Steph'us Broun, maior. Nicholl Yeo, drap'. A^{o}. xvij^{o}.
Hugo Dyke, ser'.
[Sidenote: A gret myschief fell at Baynard castell.]
[Sidenote: Another myschief fell at Bedford.]
[Sidenote: Obit' comit' Warr'.]
[Sidenote: Knyghtes of the bath.]
[Sidenote: A gret derthe of corn.]
[Sidenote: The erle of Hunt' with a faire meyne wente over the see
into Gascoigne.]
[Sidenote: Robert Chicheley citezein of London deyde.]
[Sidenote: Bawdes were sett on the pillory, and strompettes were led
to Neugate.]
This same yere,[124] upon newe yere day after mete, at Baynard castell
fyl a down sodeynly a stak of wode and killed iij or iiij men
myschevesly, withoughten othere mo that were there sore hurt. Also
anon after at Bedford, on the schire day, weren xviij men at onys
murdred myschevously withoughte any strok, in fallynge doun hedlynge
at the stayre of there Shire-hous, and manye mo foule hurt. Also the
laste day of Aprill, at Roane in Normandye died S^{r}. Richard
Beauchamp erle of Warwyk, there beynge lieutenaunt undir the kyng, on
whos soule God have mercy! Also the same yere anon after Estre, W.
Estfeld of London, mercere, and Lowys John were made knyghtes of the
bathe. Also the same yere was the newe cunduyt in Fletstret begonnen
to make. Also this yere was so gret derthe of corn that men were fayn
to ete rye bred and barly, the whiche nevere ett non before; and
rather thanne fayle, bred mad of benes, peses, and fecches, and wel
were hym that might hav ynowe therof; for a bushel of whete was worth
iii _s._ at London, and in sum cuntre derrere; and that mad bakers
lordes: but y prey God nevere let us see that day no more yf his wille
be. Also in this same yere wente over the see the erle of Huntyngdon
with a faire mene into Gascoigne and Gyan, for to defende that land
fro the kynges enemyes. Also the same yere wente the duke of Norfolke,
the erle of Stafford, the erchebysshop of York, and othere lordes and
bysshoppes over the see to Caleys, for to trete for the pees betwen
Engelond and Fraunce and betwen Engelond and Flaundres. Also the same
yere deyde a worthy citezein of London, Robert Chicheley, grocer, that
yaf to xxiiij hundred men a gret dyner. Also the same yere in hervest
tyme weren too baudes sett on the pillory, and iij strompettes were
led to Neugate, and there were put on there hedes ray hodees, and
with roddes of a cubitt of lengthe in there handes, and so they were
leed be the schirreves officers to the pillory in Cornhull, and there
was there charge reed, how they schulde be put out of the franchise of
London citee, and no more comyn withinne the walles of the citee, but
they comen in with there raye hodees on there hedes upon certeyn
peyne. Also the same yere in hervest tyme were brent at the standard
in Chepe diverses nettes, cappes, sadelys, and othere chaffare, for
they were falsly mad and deseyvably to the peple.
[Footnote 124: _See note_ CCC.]