came out of Fraunce into
England. And the kyng helde his Cristmas at Eltham; and the bisshop of
Wynchestre helde his Cristmas at Marton: and bicause that he wolde not
come in the cite of London, for evil wille that he hadde therto, the
counsel was holden at Seint Albones after Cristmas: but there wolde
not the duke of Gloucestre come. At which counsel was ordeyned that
the parliament shulde ben at Leicestre, which parliament bigan in the
bigynnyng of Lenton; where, by good trete and arbitracion of the lords
spiriele and temperel, was made a good unite and accorde atwixt the
duke of Gloucestre and the bisshop of Wynchestre, in fourme as after
folowith."

[Then follows the "Arbitirament", which extends to six folios.]

"And thus was the accord made atwixt these ij lordes of Gloucestre and
Wynchestre; and the parliament was ajourned til after Easter. Also the
same yere of the kyng, and of our lord m^{l} iiij^{c} xxv, Arthur erle
of Richemont, and Richard his brother, and the baron of Columbe, with
great multitude of Britons, leien at the sege of Seint Jaquys de
Ber'on to the some of xx m^{l} of Britons, which gaven assaute to the
towne, and were beten and myghtely put of, rebukid and slayne of them
iiij^{c}: and in the towne were cheveteynes Sir Thomas Remston, Sir
Philip Braunch, Sir Nichol Burdet, and Sir Richard Stafford, and with
them ix^{c} persones, Englisshe and Normaunes. And the nyght folowyng,
fast by the towne, in ij milles, were iij^{c} Britons loggid; and the
seid knyghts with a certeyn mayny went out and brent the milles, and
slough of the Britons bitwene iij and iiij score. And afterward Arthur
and his men maden another assaute, and there losten vij^{xx} and oon
standardes and getens, and viij^{xx} men of cote armes and legge
harneis; and Arthur was sore hurt in the thigh nygh the body: and so
thei withdrowen them homeward to Breteigne. But Thomas de Burgh with
people of the garison folowid after them, and slough of them xxv^{c}.
And the Britons lefte byhynde them there gonnes and there wyne, the
some of vj^{c} pipes of wyne, with flour, brede, figges, reisins, and
grete plente of egges and butter, with moch fisshe, and so fled with
mischief."

NOTE RR. page 116.

A^{o}. vj. Hen. VI.--"This yere the kyng held his parliament at
Westminster, and was ajourned til after Cristmas: and in this
parliament the kyng helde his see diverse daies." Then follows an
account of the grants made to the king, and of ot