Also in this yere the
kyng lete coynen newe nobles; and they were lesse of weyghte than the
olde noble be the peys of an half peny weighte; so that[93] be juste
weyghte liij nobles, j _d_, and an halpeny weighte, schulde maken a
pound weighte of Troye.

[Footnote 92: _See note_ BB.]

[Footnote 93: "so that a noble shuld weye but iiij _d._ and an ob.
weight: so that liij nobles, &c." _in the Cotton MS._]

REX HENRICUS QUARTUS. [1412-1413.]

Will'm Waldern, Rauf Lobenham, drap'. A^{o}. xiiij^{o}.
m'c', maior. Will' Sevenok, groc'.

[Sidenote: Obit' Henr' nup' Regis Angl' iiij^{ti}.]

[Sidenote: Coronac'o H. quinti.]

[Sidenote: S^{r}. John Oldcastle was arested, put into the Tour of
London, and after brak out.]

In this yere of oure lord a m^{l}ccccxij, the xxj[94] day of March, on
a Moneday, deyde kyng Herry the forthe, at Westm'. And lyghth entered
at Caunterbury, on the north syde of seynt Thomas schryne the martyr.
Thanne Herry, the sone and heire of the sayd kyng Herry the forthe,
began to reigne, and com to London; and ayens hym was a gret rydynge
of men of London, and broughte hym to the tour of London upon the
Fryday; and on the morwe he rood thorugh Chepe with a gret roughte of
lordes and knyghtes, the whiche he hadde newe made in the Toure on the
nyght before, unto Westm'. And on the morwe, that is to say Passion
Soneday, the whiche was a ful trobly wet day, he was crowned at Westm'
with michel ryalte. And in this yere, the firste day of Septembr', it
hayled strongly. In this yere my lord of Dorset lay at the sege of the
castell of Mount Andre in Gyan; and Blounte was capitayn of the
castell of Sobyre. Also another companye of Englysshmen lay in the
town of Barbesey; and there was don a jorney betwen Englysshmen and
Frensshmen be syde Mount Andre, in the monthe of August: and thorugh
the grace of God iij c Englysshmen xvij lesse, toke and sclewe viij m
of Frensshmen: and there were take the lord Hayle, the lord Morlet,
the bastard of Clynton, the lord en le Sale de Mary, the maire of
Rochell, the capytayn of Tholomonde, the capitayn of Ryons, the
capitayne of seynt John the Evangelist, the capitayn of Racheford, the
capitayn of Urlound, and manye othere capitaynes and gentiles whiche
were to longe to telle. In this yere was the lord Cobbeham, called
S^{r}. John Oldcastell, arested and put into the Tour of London, for
certeyn poyntes of heresye whiche he held ayens the beleve of holy
chirche: