Mydsomer Northampton felde.
In this yere, about Midsomer, therles of March, Warwik and Salisbury, landed at Sandwich, gadred people in Kent, and went thurgh London to Northampton; and the kyng had taken a felde, and was slayne on his partie the duke of Bukyngham, therle of Shrowisbury, the lord Beaumont and the lord Egremond, mych peple drowned in the river, the kyng taken and brought to London, and callid a parliament; and the duke of Yorke came out of Irland, and to Westm’ the xth day of Octobre, and there made clayme to the crowne; Titulus E. reg’ iiijti.aggrement was made bitwene the kyng and him, and he was made protectour, his title allowid to be kyng after the kyngs deceas; and ayenst Cristmas went northward and was slayne at Wakefelde with other; Mortymer crosse.
Saint Albans.and at Candilmas therle of Marche discomfeited therle of Wiltshire and other at Mortymers crosse; and at Shroftide came the lordes of the North to seint Albonys, and there discomfeited therle of Warwik and his compeigny, and toke the kyng with them into the North. Therle of Warwik fledde thens Westward to therle of March: than came therle of March and therle of Warwik with moch people to London, and there the people callid him kyng; Palme Sonday felde.and he toke it upon him, and went Northwardes and faught with the lords of the North beside Sherborne, where were moch people slayne upon Palme Sonday: and he bigan to reigne the iiijth day of March.
NOMI’A MAIOR’ ET VIC’ TEMP’E R’ EDWARDI iiijti.
REX EDWARDUS QUARTUS. [1461-1465.]
Ao. Dn’i 1461.
| Ric’ le —— maior. | John Lumbard. Vic’. | Ao. i. |
| Ric’ Flemyng. |
In this yere the kyng Edward the iiijth was crowned at Westm’, on Sonday the xxviij day of Juyn.
| Hugh Wich, maior. | George Irland. Vic’. | Ao. ijdo. |
| John Lok. |