of Scotland is taken. In the year M^{l}. ccclvj
[Sidenote: The capture of John, king of France.]
the xiij^{th} kl. of October, was the capture of John king of France
at Peyters, by the excellent prince Edward the first-born of the
gracious king Edward the third. In the year one thousand ccc lxxvj,
the vj^{th} of the Ides of June, died the same prince Edward, on which
day fell the festival of the Trinity. In the year one thousand
ccclxxvij, the xj^{th} kl. of July, died king Edward the third, the
flower of the Christian knighthood; and on the third of the nones of
the same month, he was buried at Westminster, in the lj^{st} year of
his reign. In the year one thousand ccclxxvij, the xvij^{th} kl. of
[Sidenote: Richard, son of Edward.]
August, at Westminster, was the coronation of Richard the second, son
of Edward prince of Wales, in the xj^{th} year of his age. In the year
one thousand ccclxxxxix, the third of the Ides of October, at
[Sidenote: Henry iiij^{th}.]
Westminster, was the coronation of the illustrious king Henry the
fourth. In the year one thousand ccccxiij, the ninth day of April, at
[Sidenote: Henry the fifth died in France.]
Westminster, was the coronation of the illustrious king Henry the
fifth; who, at Boys Seynt Vyncent near Paris in France, ended his life
on the last day of August, in the x^{th} year of his reign,
commencing. And afterwards his bones were interred at Westminster. In
the year of our Lord one thousand cccc xxij, Henry the sixth king of
England, then a child of not the age of one year, was crowned on the
day of saint Leonard bishop and confessor, at Westminster, in the
viij^{th} year of his reign, commencing. And afterwards, the same king
was crowned king of France at Paris, in the church of the blessed Mary
there, on the xvj^{th} day of December, in the commencement of the
x^{th} year of his reign.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

In the 36th page of the preceding Chronicle it is stated that "In this
yere (1295) the kyng [Edward the first] was defraunded of his lond in
Gascoigne in this manner, sothly: the kyng hadde yoven the forseyd
lond of Gascoyne to the kynges suster of Fraunce, for that she schulde
be yoyned to hym in fre mariage: and be some of his counseill enfeffed
here in the sayd lond of Gascoigne, whiche lond of Gascoigne sche yaf
to Charles here brother, and to other; and the matrymoigne betwen here
and kyng Edward sche sette at noughte, and wolde noughte stonden
therto."--That ci