A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips].

  • Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.
Date:
1679
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Credit: A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    take from them the rewards of their fervice, Clocejier and twelve ordained to deal for the peace of the State, are earnell for reftauration alledging, It were hard mcafurc to grant them their lives, and not their livelihoods; but not prevailing, in great difeontentraent Glocejltr re¬ tires frona Court, fends Meflengers to warn the King to remove ftrangers from his Council, and obferve the Provifions at Oxford, as he promifed AiEveJJiam: otherwife that he fhould not mar¬ vel if himfelf did what he thought fit. Hereupon fohn de Warren^ Earl oiSurrey, and WiUiam de f'^alentia, are fent to the Earl of Glocefler; who though they could not perfwade him to fubmit to the King : yet thus much they got of him un¬ der his hand and Seal, that he would never bear arms againft the King, or his SonEdwardy but ^ only defend himfelf and purfue Roger Mortimery and his other enemies. And now a Parliament is convoked at ‘Bwrj', wherein many demands arc made by the King and the Legat, and all for mo¬ ney from the Clergy, but all denied, that no¬ thing but denials are done in this Parliament. After this, the Legat imployes Solicitors to per- j fwade the dif-inherited Lords which held the j Ifle of Sly, to return to the faith and unity of the Church, and to the Peace of the King, ac¬ cording to the form propounded at Coventry. To ^ which the Lords make anfwer, That they never ^ oppofed the unity of the Church, but the ava¬ rice of Church-men that were put in authority j and that they never oppofed the King, but for the good of the Kingdom; and then required, that the Provifions at Oxford might be obferved, and pledges be given them for their fecurity. Hereupon the year after, the King prepares a mighty Army, and Prince Edvpardm\h Bridges entringthelflc of fliutsthemup,fothathe confirains them at laft to yield. Alfo the Earl of Glocefler coming to London with an Army, is by the Legat once again perfwaded to render hira- felf to the King; and upon forfeiture of twelve thoufand Marks, if ever he fhould raife any commotion again, is reconciled. Now remains Lewellin and the Welch to be chaftened for aiding of Simon Mount ford j but the King going againft them with an Army, they give him Two and thirty pounds fterling, and fo make their peace j And here was an end of the firft Wars between the Kings of England and their Barons. ' The nest year after the Popes Legat Othobon,! figns with the Croyfado both the Kings Sons, I ^fxvard and Edmund^ the Earl of (flocefter, and ' iniEdmZ^, divers Noble-men induced to undertake the Ho- ^ ly War by the folicitation of him and the King war.°^ of France ; who notwithftanding his former calamities endured in that aftiom would once again adventure it. And becaufc Prince Edward wanted means to furnifh himfelf our, the King of France lends him Thirty thoufand Marks upon a mortgage of Cfafcoyn. And now whileft this preparation is in hand, King Henry labours to eftablifh the Peace of the Kingdom, and to reform the excefles which the War had bred : and the fame year affembles his laft Parliament at Til.’ Statutes Marlcborough. where the Statutes of that Title r.v ^ '’vere enaded. Near two years it feems to have ^ been after the undertaking the Crofs, before Prince Edward fet forth; but then taking his Wife Eleanor with him, though young with child, he fet forward, and in the voyage, when many of his people feeraed defirous to leave tym, to and return home, he is faid to have ftrucken his breaft, and fworn, That if ail his followers forfookhim, he would yet enter u^con, or Ptole- maiSy though but only with his Horfc-kceper Fowin, Shortly after Richard King of the Ro^ mans died, and the year following King Henryi Of his Taxations and veayes for raifing of Money. NEver Son was more like a Father in any thing, than King Henry was like his Father King Jahuy in this point, for raifing of money; for he trod diredly in all his fteps, if he added not fomething of his own. King fohn had great Subfidics granted him by Parliament, for any great aftion he undertook, fo had King Henry. King fehn refumed the Lands aliened from the Crown, fo did King Henry. King John made benefit of the vacancy of Bifhopricks, and Ab¬ beys, fo did King Henry. King John took great Fines of many for crimes not proved, but only fuppofed, fo did KingKing made benefit of a new Seal, fo did King Henry. King extorted great fumsfrom the fews.^ fo did King Henry. And one way more he had to get money, which perhaps his Father had not*, and that was by begging, as he told the Abbot ofS'SS Borough, It was more Alms to give money to him, than to the Beggar that went from door to door. Indeed Taxations in this Kings Reign may be reckoned amongft his annual Revenues, for fcarceany year pafled without a Parliament; and feldom any Parliament without a Tax ; or if any fometimes without, it was then caufe of the greater Taxation fome other way -, as when betook of the Londoners for having aided the Barons, Twenty thoufand Marks. Of his Laws and Ordinances. IN this Kings Reign were ratified and con¬ firmed the two great Charters of Magna Charta and Charta de Forejla, Alfo in his time were cnaded the Statutes called of Mertony of Oxford and of Marleborough. Alfo fteaiing of Cattci, which before was but pecuniary, he made capital: and the firft fuifered for the fame, was one of DunflabUy who having ftoln twelve Oxen from the Inhabitants of Colne, and being purfued 10 Redburny was by aBayliffof Sr. ac¬ cording to the Kings Proclamation, condemned and beheaded. And it may feem ftrange, that in ihefe times fo much blood fhould be fhed in the field, and none upon the Scaffold j for till the twenty fixth year of the King, that one Wil¬ liam Maraifcy the fon oiCeojfry Maraifcy a No¬ ble man of Ireland, being condemned for Pira¬ cy and Treafon, Was hanged, beheaded, and quartered, there is no example of that kind of punifhment to be found in our Hiftories. Parti¬ cularly in this Kings Reign was made that Sta- tute, by which the Ward and marriage of the to Heirs of Barons within age is given to the King. Alfo in this Kings Reign the Pleas of the Crown were pleaded in the Tower of London. All Wears in the are in this Kings time or¬ dained to be plucki up and deftroyed. Alfo the Citizens