Th' Catworth. Nich'as Wifelde. Vic'. A^{o}. xxij.
John Norman.
[Sidenote: Creacion A^{o}. xxij R' H. vj^{ti}.]
This yere came the duke of Somerset out of Fraunce into Engelond, that
had lost many of his men: and that yere the erle of Suffolk, the
privey seall, Sir Robert Rose, and the kyngs secretarie went in
ambassade into Fraunce to trete for peas; an peas was made for xviij
monethes; and the suerte hadde of the maiden for mariage afore record
of alle the rial of Fraunce, in presence of our ambassades: and so
comen ageyne into England presentyng unto the kyng thes tithings, for
the which in alle England and Fraunce was made grete solempnite and
ioie. And this yere deide the duke of Somerset, on whose soule God
have mercy. And that yere was ordeyned thurgh England that no market
shuld be more upon the Sonday. And in that yere the erle of Stafford
was made duke of Bukkyngham, the erle of Dorset markes of Dorset, the
erle of Suffolk markes of Suffolke, and the erle of Warwike duke of
Warwike.