"Brutus, under the setting sun, beyond the Gallic realms, there is an
island in the ocean all inclosed by sea; there is an island in the
ocean, once inhabited by giants, now indeed desert, fit for thy
tribes. This seek, for it shall be to thee a perpetual abode; Hence
shall arise another Troy to thy sons; Here from thine offspring shall
Kings be born, and to them shall all the earth be subject."
Brutus, comforted with such a reply, and having prepared a fleet,
steered with his people into the Island Albion which is now called
England, and began to reign therein, in the xxxv^{th} year of his age;
who in the xxiiij^{th} of his reign is buried at London. In the year
one thousand two hundred and forty five, after the death of Brutus,
king Lucius flourishes. In the year of grace cxxiiij was the
coronation of Lucius the first Christian king, who after reigning
lxvij years, was buried at London. From the death of Brutus until the
reign of Arthur, there reigned in England separately C kings, of whom
sixteen were Christians. In the year dxvj, was the coronation of king
Arthur, who reigned xxvj years; concerning whose death or burial,
histories do not relate anything certain. In the year diiij^{xx}vj
from the Angles, Albion is called Anglia, divided into eight kingdoms;
that is, Kent, Suthsex, Westsex, Mercia, Estsex, Estanglia, Derram,
and Bervic. In the year dc and one, began to reign king Sebert the
renovator of the church of Westminster, which he then dedicated to the
blessed Peter, in which the king himself in the xv^{th} year of his
reign is entombed. In the year dcxxxv, the coronation of king Oswald,
who after reigning nine years is crowned with martyrdom. In the year
dcxxxvj the coronation of king Oswyny, who in the ix^{th} year of his
reign being martyred, lies at Tynmouth. In the year dcclxxvj the
coronation of king Ethelbrist, who in the viij^{th} year of his reign
being made a martyr, was buried at Hereford. In the year dcccxxj the
coronation and martyrdom of king Kenelm, who was buried at
Wynchecombe. In the year dccclv the coronation of king Edward at
Bures, who after xv years obtaining the laurels of martyrdom, rests in
the same place. In the year dccclxxj the coronation of king Alfred,
the first monarch of England; who in the xxix^{th} year of his
government was buried at Wynton. In the year dcccc and one, the
coronation of Edward the first, son of Alfred, at Kyngeston; he
governed xxiiij^{or} years, and is buried at London. In the year
dccccxxiiij, the coronation of king Athelstan at Kyngeston; he after
xvj years was buried at Malmesbury. In the year dccccxl, the
coronation of king Edward the second, son of Athelstan, at Kyngeston;
he in the sixth year of his reign is buried at Glastonbury. In the
year dccccxlvj, the coronation of king Edred at Kyngeston, who in the
ix^{th} year of his reign was buried at Wynton. In the year dcccclv,
the coronation of king Edwyn at Kyngeston; he reigned four years; and
was buried at Wynton. In the year dcccclix, the coronation of king
Edgar, who reigned xvj years; he lies at Glastonbury. In the year
dcccclxxv, the coronation of Edward the second, son of Edgar, at
Westminster, who in the iiij^{th} year of his reign adorned with
martyrdom, is buried at Septon. In the year dcccclxxix, the coronation
of king Ethelred at Kyngeston, and in the xxxviij^{th} year of his
reign he is buried at London. In the year one thousand xvj, the
coronation of Edward the third iron-side, at Kyngeston, and his burial
at Glastonbury. In the year one thousand xvij, the coronation of king
Knute at Westminster, and in the xix^{th} year of his reign, his
burial at Wynton. In the year one thousand xxxv, the coronation of
king Harold the first; he in the fifth year of his reign was buried at
London. In the year one thousand xl, the coronation of king
Hardeknute, and in the second year of his reign, his burial at Wynton.
From the nativity of Jesus Christ until the reign of Edward the
second, king and confessor, there passed separately in England a
hundred kings, and lx^{ty} and five kings; of whom Oswyn, Oswald,
Ethelbert, Kenelm, Edward, Edward, were martyred; and Constans,
Cedwall, Sebert, Wynfrid, Ethelred, Edbert, Offa, and Kynred were
buried in monks' orders. In the year of grace one thousand xlij, the
coronation of saint Edward king and confessor, at Wynton; who in the
xxv^{th} year of his reign is honorably inshrined in the church of
Westminster, which he himself had made to be erected. In the year one
thousand lxvj, the coronation of duke Harald at Westminster, and his
burial at Waltham. In the year one thousand lxvij, the coronation of
William the first, duke of Normandy, at Westminster; who in the
xlvij^{th} year of his reign caused England to be described in a
volume called DOMUSDAY; and in the iiij^{th} year after, is buried at
Caen. In the year one thousand lxxx, the coronation of William Rufus
at Westminster, and in the xiij^{th} year of his reign, he is buried
at Wynton. In the year one thousand C the coronation of king Henry the
first, brother of William Rufus, at Westminster, who after reigning
xxxv years, was buried at Redyng. In the year Mcxxxv, the coronation
of king Stephen at Westminster, he in the xix^{th} year of his reign
was buried at Feversham. In the year one thousand cliiij, the
coronation of the emperor Henry the second at Westminster, and in the
xxxv^{th} year of his reign, his burial at Fontevrault. In the year
one thousand clxiiij, was the translation of saint Edward king and
confessor, at Westminster, on the third of the Ides of October, by the
blessed Thomas archbishop of Canterbury. In the year one thousand
clxxxix, the coronation of king Richard at Westminster, who when he
had reigned xj^{en} years, was buried at Fontevrault. In the year one
thousand clxxxxix, the coronation of king John at Westminster; and in
the xviij^{th} year of his government he is buried at Wygorn. In the
year one thousand ccxvj, the coronation of Henry, son of king John at
Gloucester; who in the fourth year following was again crowned at
Westminster; in the lvij^{th} of his reign is interred at the same
place. In the year one thousand cclxxiiij, the xiiij. kl. of
September, the coronation of Edward the first after the Conquest, at
Westminster, who in the xxxv^{th} year of his reign is buried at the
same place. In the year one thousand cccvij, the x kl. of March, the
coronation of Edward the second at Westminster; who in the xx^{th}
year of his reign is buried at Gloucester. In the year one thousand
cccxxvj, is crowned Edward the third, the flower of the Christian
knighthood, at Westminster, in the xiiij^{th} year of his age. In the
year one thousand cccxlvj, on the third day of September, the same
[Sidenote: Edward the third subjugated to his dominion the city of
Caleys.]
lord king Edward began to besiege the town of Caleys with the castle,
and continued his siege until the third day of August, the succeeding
year, on which day he subjugated the said town with the castle to his
dominion. In the year one thousand cccxl, the viij kl. of July, the
illustrious king of England Edward the third conquered the French at
le Sclus in a naval engagement. In the year one thousand cccxlvj the
vij^{th} kl. of October, the French are vanquished by the English at
Cressy, and the king of Bohemia is punished. In the same year, the
xvj^{th} kl. of November, the Scots are overcome by the English at
[Sidenote: David king of Scotland is taken.]
Durham, and David king of Scotland is taken. In the year M^{l}. ccclvj
[Sidenote: The capture of John, king of France.]
the xiij^{th} kl. of October, was the capture of John king of France
at Peyters, by the excellent prince Edward the first-born of the
gracious king Edward the third. In the year one thousand ccc lxxvj,
the vj^{th} of the Ides of June, died the same prince Edward, on which
day fell the festival of the Trinity. In the year one thousand
ccclxxvij, the xj^{th} kl. of July, died king Edward the third, the
flower of the Christian knighthood; and on the third of the nones of
the same month, he was buried at Westminster, in the lj^{st} year of
his reign. In the year one thousand ccclxxvij, the xvij^{th} kl. of
[Sidenote: Richard, son of Edward.]
August, at Westminster, was the coronation of Richard the second, son
of Edward prince of Wales, in the xj^{th} year of his age. In the year
one thousand ccclxxxxix, the third of the Ides of October, at
[Sidenote: Henry iiij^{th}.]
Westminster, was the coronation of the illustrious king Henry the
fourth. In the year one thousand ccccxiij, the ninth day of April, at
[Sidenote: Henry the fifth died in France.]
Westminster, was the coronation of the illustrious king Henry the
fifth; who, at Boys Seynt Vyncent near Paris in France, ended his life
on the last day of August, in the x^{th} year of his reign,
commencing. And afterwards his bones were interred at Westminster. In
the year of our Lord one thousand cccc xxij, Henry the sixth king of
England, then a child of not the age of one year, was crowned on the
day of saint Leonard bishop and confessor, at Westminster, in the
viij^{th} year of his reign, commencing. And afterwards, the same king
was crowned king of France at Paris, in the church of the blessed Mary
there, on the xvj^{th} day of December, in the commencement of the
x^{th} year of his reign.