MarginaliaK. Edward sitteth hys owne person in the kinges benche, iudging.In this yeare we read that king Edward, in the cause of a certeyne widowe for rape, sat hys owne person, in Westminster hall vpon his owne benche, discussyng her cause. Ex Scal. mundi.

Marginalia1463.The yeare folowing, king Henry issuyng out of Scotlād with a sufficient power of Scotish and French mē, came into þ^e Northcountrey to recouer the crowne, vnto whom the Lord Radulph Percy, and Lord Radulphe Grey, flyeng from kyng Edward, did adioyne them selues: MarginaliaK. Henry. 6. againe repulsed, in the battayle of Exham.but the Lorde so disposyng, kyng Henry with his power was repulsed in the battaile of Exham, by the L. Montagew, hauyng then the rule of the North: where the Duke of Somerset, Lorde Hungerford, Lord Roosse, with certaine other were takē, The Lord Radulphe Percy was slayne, the residue fled. Albeit the history of Scal. mundi referreth this battaile to þ^e yeare. 1464. the. 15. day of May. In þ^e which moneth of May, were beheaded, þ^e duke of Somerset, L. Hungerford, L. Roosse, L. Philip Wentworth, L. Thomas Hussye, L. Tho. Fyndern, beside. xxi. other belongyng to þ^e retinue, & housholde of kyng Henry. 6. Queene Margaret findyng no restyng place here in England, tooke her progresse agayne from whence shee came, learnyng in her owne countrey to drinke that drinke, which she her selfe had brued here in England.

MarginaliaK. Henry. 6. taken, arrested, & committed to the Tower.And not long after, the next yeare. an. 1465. on the day of S. Peter and Paule, kyng Henry beyng founde and knowen in a woode, by one Cantlow (as they saye) was arrested by the Earle of Warwicke, and at last of a kyng, made prisoner in the tower of London.

MarginaliaAn. 1465In this meane tyme, kyng Edward (after the motiō of Mariage for hym beyng made, and first the Lady Margaret, sister to Iames the. 4. K. of Scottes thought vpon, but that motiō takyng no effect, afterward þ^e lady Elizabeth sister to Henry kyng of Castelle, beyng intended, but she beyng vnder age, the Earle of Warwicke turnyng then his legation and viage to the French kyng Lewes the. xi. to obtayne Lady Bona, daughter of þ^e duke of Sauoy, and sister to Carlot the Frenche Quene, & obteyning the same) MarginaliaThe kinges sodein mariage with Queene Elizabeth.had cast fauour vnto one Elizabeth Grey, widow of Syr Iohn Grey knight, slaine before in the battaile of S. Albons, daughter to þ^e Duches of Bedford, & Lord Riuers, & fyrst went about to haue her to his concubine: But she, as being vnworthy (as she sayd) to be the wife of such an hygh personage, so thinking her selfe to be to good to be his concubine, in such sorte wanne the kynges hart, that incontinent, before the returne of the Earle of Warwicke, hee maried her: at the which mariage were no moe then onely the Duches of Bedford, two gentlewomen, the priest and clerke. Vpon this so hastye & vnluckye mariage, ensued no litle trouble to the kyng, much bloudshed to the realme, vndoyng almost to all her kynred, & finally confusion to þ^e K. Edwardes. ij. sonnes, which both were declared afterward to be bastardes, & also depriued of theyr lyues: MarginaliaThe fyrst fallingout betwene K Edward, and the Earle of Warwycke.For the Earle of Warwicke, who had bene the faithfull frende, and chief mainteiner before of the kyng, at the hearing of this mariage, was therewith so greuously moued & chaffed in his minde, þ^t he neuer after sought any thyng more, then howe to worke displeasure to the king, and to put him beside his cusshion. MarginaliaConspiracie agaynst king Edward.And although for a tyme he dissembled his wrathfull moode, till hee might spye a tyme conuenient, and a worlde to set forward his purpose, at last finding occasiō somewhat seruyng to his mynde, he breaketh his hart to his. ij. brethren: to witte, the Marques Mountacute, & the Archbishop of Yorke, conspiryng with them how to bryng hys purpose about. Thē thought he also to proue a farre of, the mynde of the Duke of Clarence, kyng Edwardes brother, and lykewise obteined hym, geuyng also to him his daughter in Mariage.

This matter beyng thus prepared, agaynst þ^e kyng, the first flame of this conspracie began to appeare in the Northcountrey. Where þ^e Northrenmen in short space gathering thē selues in an open rebellion, & finding captains of their wicked purpose, came down frō Yorke toward Londō. Against whom was appointed by þ^e king, W. lord Herbert Earle of Penbroke, with the lord Stafford, and certayne other Captaynes, to encounter. The Yorkeshiere mē geuing the ouerthrow, fyrst to the lord Stafford, then to the Earle of Penbroke and hys company of Welchmē, at Banbery field, at last ioyning together with the army of the Earle of VVarwicke, & Duke of Clarence, MarginaliaK. Edward takē prisoner by the Earle of Warwicke.in the dead of the nyght, secretly stealinge on the kinges fielde at Wolney by Warwicke, killed the watch, & toke the king prysoner, who first being in the Castelll of Warwicke, then was conueied by nighte to Myddelham Castel in Yorkeshire, vnder the custody of the Archbishop of Yorke, where he hauing loose keeping and libertie to go on hunting, meeting with syr Williā Stanley, syr Thomas of Borough, & other his frendes, was to good for his keepers, and escaped the handes of his enemies, and so came to Yorke, where he was well receaued: from thence to Lankester, where he met wyth the lord Hastings his Chamberlaine, wel accompanied, by whose helpe he came safe to London.

MarginaliaThe rebelliō in Lincolnshyre repressed.After this tumulte, when reconciliation could not come to a perfecte peace & vnitie, although much labour was made by þ^e nobilitie, þ^e Earle of VVarwicke raiseth vp a new warre in Lincolneshire, the captaine whereof was syr Robeart Wels knight, who shortely after being taken in battaile, with his father, and syr Thomas Dymocke, were beheaded, þ^e residue casting away their coates, ranne away and fledde, geuing the name of the field, called Losecoate fielde. MarginaliaThe Earle of Warwycke and the duke of Clarence flye into Fraunce.The Earle of VVarwicke, after this, put out of comforte and hope to preuayle at home, fled out of England. An. 1470. fyrst to Calice, then to Lewes the Frenche Kinge, accompanied with the Duke of Clarence. The fame of the Earle of Warwicke & of his famous actes, was at that time in great admiration aboue measure, and so highelye fauoured, that both in England and Fraunce, all men were glad to beholde his personage. Wherefore the comming of this Earle and of the Duke of Clarence, was not a little gratfull to the Frenche King, and no lesse oportune to Quene Margaret, King Henries wyfe, & prince Edward her sonne, who also came to the frenche Courte to meete & confer together, touching their affaires: where a league betwene them was concluded, and moreouer a mariage betwene Edward prince of Wales, & Anne the seconde Daughter of the Earle of Warwicke was wrought. Thus al thinges falling luckelie vpō þ^e Erles parte, beside the large offers, and great promises made by the frenche King, on the beste maner, to set forward their purpose, the Earle hauing also intelligence by letters that the hartes almost of all men went with him, and longed sore for his presence, so that ther lacked now but onely haste with all speede possible to retourne: MarginaliaThe Earle of Warwycke and the duke of Clarence returne into Englād.hee with the Duke of Clarence well fortefied w^t the frenche nauy, set forward toward Englande: For so was it betwene thē before decreed, þ^t they two should proue þ^e first venture, and then Quene Margaret with Prince Edward her sonne, should folowe after. MarginaliaThe receauing of the Earle of Warwycke into England.The arriual of the Earle was not so soone heard of at Dartmouth in Deuenshire, but great concourse of people by thousaundes went to him from all quarters, to receaue and welcome him. MarginaliaK. Henry againe proclaymed kyng.Who immediatly made proclamation in þ^e name of King Henry the. 6. charging all men able to beare armour, to prepare themselues to fight against Edwarde Duke of Yorke, vsurper of the crowne. Here lacked no frendes, strength of men, furniture, nor policie conuenient for such a matter.

Whē king Edward (who before, not passing for the