n this yere, iiij
nonas April, deyde pope Nicholas. Also in this yere deyde S^{r}.
Robert Burnell bysshop of Bathe, and thanne chaunceler of Engelond.
Also in this yere frere John Pecche erchebysshop of Caunterbury deyde.
And in this same yere anon after Whitsonday, the justices of eyr saten
at Hereford. And in this yere anon after the feste of seynt Michel,
they saten at Schrowesbury.

Id'm custos.[21] Robert Rokesley the younger. A^{o}. xxij^{do}.
Martyn Ambresbury.

[Footnote 21: "Raffe Sandwich custos pro p'te anni" _in the Cotton
MS._]

[Sidenote: A gret snowe.]

In this yere fel the grettest snowe that evere was seyn before this
tyme; wherfore a vercyfyer made in metre thise vers:

[Sidenote: v's'.]

_"C'stino tiburci s'c'or' Valariani
Nix cadit innanis vent' vehemens Borial'
Emulsit silvas ussit quas rep'it herbas
Edes dampnose detexit et impetuose
Quas clam p'stravit sic plurima dampna patravit."_

[Sidenote: A weddyng.]

And in this yere the erle of Barre wedded dame Elianore the kynges
doughter at Bristoll, aboughte the Exaltacion of the Holy Crosse.

REX EDWARDUS PRIMUS. [1294-1296.]

Sire John Bryton, knyght, custos. Ric' Glouc'. A^{o}. xxiij^{cio}.
Herry Box.

[Sidenote: A gret rysyng in Walys.]

[Sidenote: The Normanes arryved at Dovorre.]

In this yere was a gret rysyng in Walys, wherfore the kyng wente into
Walys and made pees and reeste. Also the townes of Bloy and Bayone
werre wonne be S^{r}. John Seynt John and other worschepful bachelers
of Engelond. Also the same yere the Normaunes arryved at Dovorre and
brent a gret part of the towun and martyred an holy man that was
clepyd Seynt Thomas of Dovorre: but the Normaunes were sclayn every
modir sone, ther eschapid none. Also in this yere the kyng 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 sche 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. Wherfore kyng Edward sente
hyse ambassatours to the kyng of Almaigne, Spayne, and of Aragon, and
to manye other dukes and erles beyonde the see, preyenge and as