The following is the account of the events in this year [Ao. xlix. Edw. III.], in the copy in the Cottonian MS.—“In this yere, at the towne of Brugges in Flaundres, was tretid upon diverse articles hangynge atwixt the pope and kyng Edward. Also the same tyme at Brugges was tretid for a peas bitwixt the ij realmes Fraunce and England. Also this yere deide William Witlesey archebisshop of Caunterburye, and the monkes chose the cardinall of England; and the kyng was wroth therwith, and wolde not consent therto, ne the pope nor cardinall; and so Maister Symon succedid.”
Note O. [page 71].
The only event noticed in the copy in the Cottonian MS. in the 51st Edw. III. is the death of Edward prince of Wales, and his burial at Canterbury.
Note P. [page 71].
It is singular that in both MSS. the events mentioned in the text, as well as the death of Edward the Third, are said to have occurred in the fifty-second year of that monarch’s reign, for he died in the fifty-first year, namely on the 21st of June 1377. The commencement of his reign is always calculated from the 25th of January 1327, when his father resigned the crown.
Note Q. [page 77].
Ao. ix. Richard II.—The copy in the Cottonian MS. only states under this year, that “This yere, the yere of oure lord ml iijc and iiijxx and vj, kyng Richard went into Scotland with a roial power.”
Note R. [page 79].
Ao. xiv. Richard II.—No other circumstance is mentioned under this year in the Cottonian MS., than the following,
“In this yere was the good man at the litle Condit mordred.”