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: 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: and after he brak prison and wente away.
[Footnote 94: "xx day" _in the Cotton MS._]
NOMI'A MAIOR' ET VICECOMITU' LONDON' TEMPORE REG' HENR' QUINTI, QUI CORONATUS FUIT APUD WESTM' NONO DIE MENSIS APRIL ANNO D'NI MILL'MO CCCCxiij.
Will' Crowm'e,[95] John Nicholl, vynt'. Anno primo. drap', maior. John Sutton, groc'.