d beheded; and thanne his bowels brent, and the laste his
bodye quarterd in iiij quarters, whiche were sent to be sett up in
iiij parties in Engelond; and be the kyng comaunded that his hede
schulde be seete on the tour of London. And fro that tyme forth the
kyng occupied alle the lond of Walys. And thanne he dyvyded it into
schires and hundredys, in maner as it is in Engelond; and at
Abbercouewe[15] he made a gret and a strong castell, fro whiche place
the monkes of Cisteux remeved; and in another place a mancion edified
for them. He made there a fair toun, and he lete make the castell of
Carnarvan in Snowdon, where that his sone was born: and also he lete
make the castell of Plaupautuvouc.[16] And also in this yere Petir
kyng of Aragon occupyed the kyndom of Cecilie, ant putte out kyng
Charles, whiche anon after mad an ende of hys lyf; wherfore the pope
Martyn accursed the said Petir, and the kyngdom of Aragon he yaf to
the kynges sone of Fraunce. And in this yere aroos werre betwen the
kyng of Fraunce and the kyng of Spayne; and the kyng of Fraunce with a
gret ooste wente into Spayne, whiche dede nothyng worthy to be
preysed. Also in this yere Reynold of Lanfare,[17] Robert Pynot, Poule
of Stebenhithe, Thomas Corewener, John Tholosan, Thomas Russell, and
Robert Scot, weren accused of the deth of Laur' Doket, whiche was
hongen in Bowe chirche: and they were dampned, drawe, and hanged; and
on Alyce a woman was brent for the same cause: and Rauf Crepyn, Jordan
Goodcheppe, Gilbert Clerk, and Geffrey Clerk, weren atteynt and sent
to prison into the tour of London. Also in this yere the grete conduyt
in Chepe was newe begonne to maken.

[Footnote 15: _Corrected from the Cotton MS._]

[Footnote 16: "Lambatre vanc, and otherwise it is called Abrestewith"
_in the Cotton MS._]

[Footnote 17: "Lancastre" _in the Cotton MS._]

REX EDWARDUS PRIMUS. [1284-1287.]

Id'm maior[18] usq' Stephanus Cornhull. A^{o}. xiij^{o}.
f'm ap'lor' Petri Rob^{t}. Rokesley.
et Pauli.

[Footnote 18: "Gregorie Rokesley p' p'te anni" _in the Cotton MS._]

[Sidenote: The fraunchise of London is sesed into the kynges hond.]

[Sidenote: Edward the kynges sone was born.]

This yere upon seynt Petyr day and Poule the fraunchise of London was
sesed into the kynges hand; forasmoche as Gregory Rokesby maire yelde
up the seal at Berkynge chirche, and toke it to Rauf Asshewy; and
thanne was Rauf Sandwych mad wardeyn of the citee. And in this