up his harness at Wyndesore" _in the Cotton MS._]

REX HENRICUS SEXTUS. [1442-1443.]

John Hatherle, irmong', Th' Beaumond, salt'. A^{o}. xxj^{mo}.
maior. Ric'us Nordon, taillo^{r}.

[Sidenote: S^{r}. William Bonevylle went to Burdeux.]

In this same yere the erle of Schrovesbery leide a sege bothe be water
and be lande to Depe, and kepte it awhile til he ferde so foule with
hys men that they wolde no lenger abyde with hym; and so he was fayn
to hye hym thens to Roane, and so brake sege. Also in this yere the
citezeins of the citee of Norwich aresyn ayens the priour of
Crichyrche of the same citee, for certeyn newe customes and
bondschipes that he wolde have begonne to have reysyd of the seid
citee of alle the comons therinne: wherfore the comons aroos, and
wolde a fryred and sautyd the priory and have distroid the prior of
the place into the tyme they hadde the fals contryved evidens that
weren sealed be old tyme with the comoun seall unwetynge of them, but
thorugh a priour of old, and certeyn false aldermen of the same citee,
that now arn dede; and the comowns kepte with strong hond the town
ayens the duke of Norfolk and alle his pissounz, that wolde a comen
thider for the cause afornseid. Wherfore the kyng sente thider the
chief juste John Fortescu, the erle of Stafford, and the erle of
Huntyngdon, and seten there in sessyons, at the whiche were manye of
the citee endyted, and the priour also; and also the citee loste there
libertes and fraunchises and fredoms that they hadde afore, and all
the citee cesed into the kynges hand; and a knyght callyd S^{r}. John
Clyfton mad capytayn therof: and manye of the worthy men there of the
citee ben fled into othere cuntres over the see, for drede, with as
moche of there goodes as they myghte have with them, and lefte there
faire places stonde stille. Also in this yere wente S^{r}. William
Bonevylle, knyght, to Burdeux with viij c of goode fytynge men, to
kepe the town unto the tvme a grett retenewe myght be mad and sent
thider. Also in this yere deide Henry Chicheley erchebisshop of
Caunterbury, in the Passion weke, and is beryed in Caunterbury; and
for hym was the bisshop of Bathe, magister John Stafford chaunceler of
Engelond, stalled erchebisshop of Caunterbury. And in this yere wente
over the see the erle of Somerset with x m^{l} of goode men; and he
hadde over with hym gret ordinance of gonnes, brigges, scalyng
laddres, and manye mo othere