I.]

[Sidenote: The rysynge of erles and barons of this land.]

This yere of oure lord a m^{l}cccxxj was strongly the barouns werre;
and Thomas erle of Lancastre the xij kal' of Aprill was beheded. And
in this yere was the rysynge of the erles and barons of this lond; and
they token S^{r}. Piers of Gaveston, the kynges sworn brother, and
smot of his hed; for which the kyng afterward in oo day dede do
beheded xx/iiij lordes and gentyles for the deth of the seid Piers.

REX EDWARDUS SECUNDUS. [1321-1323.]

Hamo Chikewell, m'. Ric' Constantyn. A^{o}. xv^{o}.
drap'. Ric' of Hakeney.

[Sidenote: The sonne was turned into blod.]

In this yere of oure lord a m^{l}cccxxij, the laste day of Octobre,
the sonne was turned into blod, and so endured fro the morwe of the
day unto xj of the belle[46] befor noon.

[Footnote 46: "of the Belle of the mydday" _in the Cotton MS._]

Id'm maior. John Grantham. Anno xvj^{o}.
Rog' of Ely.

[Sidenote: The vi^{th} peny of moveables.]

[Sidenote: An ordynance what the kynges offycers schulde taken in
every degre.]

This same yere the kyng hadde the syxte peny of moebles goodes thorugh
out Engelond. Also in this yere in the monthe of Juyne, forasmoche as
the officers of the kynges houshold have ben alwey behynden, and in no
certeynte of that they ought to don, nor in no certeyn what thei
schulde taken of the kyng be resone of there offices, whereof
examination of the saide offices ne myghte not be done, ne the
officers charged as they oughte to ben, to gret damage and dishonor to
the kyng, and the governaunce of his houshold not wel disposed, the
kyng havynge reward to the state above seyd, and hise goodes in other
manner dispendid thanne they oughte, comaunded Sire Bertilmewe
Badlesmere styward of his houshold, Sire Hugh Spencer chamberleyn,
Sire Roger of Norbury tresorer, and Sire Gilbert of Wyghton
countroller, that thei schulde ordeyne thereupon remedie; whiche be
the vertu of the kynges comaundement, ordeyned alle manere officers of
houshold, and what service every officer schulde have, and what every
officer schulde take, and what servaunts every officer schulde have,
and what the servaunts schulde take: and whan alle the ordinaunce was
made and rad before the kyng in presence of the worschipfull fadres
William Milton erchebysshop of Yorke, Maistre Walter Stapilton bysshop
of Excestre, the bysshop of Ely chaunceler of Engelond, the bishopp