¶Here is a lytell shorte Cronycle / begynnynge at the .vij. ages of the worlde / wt the comȳge of Brute: and the reygne of all the kynges / with the sayntes and martyrs that haue ben in this lande.
¶This is the Cronycle of all the kynges names that haue ben in Englande / and how many yeres they reygned / & how many seyntes & martyrs haue ben ī this lāde.
- BRute came after ye makȳge of the worlde into this lande / fyrste called Albyon / in the tyme yt Ely the preest of the lawe was in the lande of Israell. iiij.M.lxxvii. yere.
- ¶Newe Troye (that nowe is called London) was founded by the makynge of Brute / after the makynge of the worlde. iiij.M.C.xxiiij. yere.
- ¶Rome was founded by Remus and Romulus. iiij. [...].iiii.C.lxxxxiiii. yere.
- ¶Iesu Chryst was conceyued by the holy ghost in ye mayden Marie on a fryday: in the tyme of kȳge Kambalyn / whiche was kynge of Brytayne: the .xv. day of Marche: after the makynge of the worlde. v.M.C.lxxxxix. yere.
- ¶Iesu Christ was borne / whā his mother was .xiiii yere olde on a sonday / the .xv. day of December / in the same yere: after the makynge of the worlde. v.M.C.lxxxxix. yere.
- ¶Seynt Iohā the Baptyst was heded ye .xxv. day of August after the incarnacyon. xxxii. yere.
- ¶Iesu Christ suffred pass [...]on a fryday / the .xv. day of Marche / after hi [...] Incarnacyon. xxxiii. yere.
- ¶Seynt Stephen was martyred the thyrde day of August / after the incarnacyon xxxiii. yere.
- [Page]¶Seynt Poule was cōuerted the .xxv. day of Ianuary: after the incarnacyon xxxiiij. yere.
- ¶Our lady mary was taken into heuen / the .xv. day of August / in the .lx. yere of her age: after the incarnacyon. xlv. yere.
- ¶Seynt Longyous was martyred after the Incarnacyon. lvii. yere.
- ¶Seynt Peter and Paule / were martyred the .xxix. day of Iune / after the incarnacyon lxix. yere.
- ¶Lucy the kynge of Brytayne became chrystē / after the incarnacyon C.lxii. yere.
- ¶Seynt Katheryne was martyred by Maxencius Emperour of Rome / in the tyme that Cōstātyne seynt Elyn son was kynge of Brytayne / after the incarnacyon. ii.C.iii. yere.
- ¶Seynt Vrsula / with the .xi.M. virgyns were martyred at Coleyne: by a Sarazyn yt was called swayne / the whiche was kynge of Coleyne in that tyme that Maximian was kynge of Brytayne: after the Incarnacyon ii.C.lxxxxvii. yere.
- Seynt Albō was martyred by ye foresayd Swayne / in the tyme of Maximyan: after the incarnacyon. iii.C.i. yere.
- ¶Seynt Gregory the pope / sent into Englande seynt Austyne / after the incarnacyon. v.C.lxxxxvi. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edmunde the kynge was martyred by Hū gar and Hubba of Denmarke: in the tyme that fyrste Alured was kynge of Englande: after the incarnacyon viii.C.lxx. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edwarde the martyr / was martyred by [Page] his stepmother after the incarnacion. ix.C.lxxx. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edwarde the confessour was quycke & deed in the yere of grace. M.lxvi. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edmunde the kyng was trāslated the tyme that wyllyam Ruphus was kynge of Englande the yere of grace. M.lxxxxvi. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edwarde the confessour was translated by seynt Thomas of Canterbury in the tyme of kynge Henry. ii. yere of grace.
- ¶Seynt Thomas of Caūterbury was martyred in the same kynge Henryes tyme / in the yere of grace. M.C.lxx. yere.
- ¶The same seynt thomas was translated in ye tyme of kynge Henry / in the yere of grace. M.CC.xx. yere.
¶These ben the Cronycles of the kynges that haue ben syth Brute came in to this lande fyrste.
- ¶Brute came into this lande after the makyng of the Worlde .iiij.M.lxxvij. yere. And he lyued in the lande or he were crowned .xl. yere. And after he was crowned. xx. yere.
- ¶Loytroyne his son reygned v. yere.
- ¶Madan his son xxx. yere.
- ¶Ebranke his son xl. yere.
- ¶Leyly his son ix. yere.
- ¶Bladud his sone xxi. yere.
- ¶Guentolyn his wyfe xv. yere.
- ¶Memps his son xxiiij. yere.
- [Page]¶Brute Bremenshull xxx. yere.
- ¶Ludebras xiii. yere.
- ¶Lyre his son xlviii. yere
- ¶Credell his doughter v. yere.
- ¶Conadage her suster son xxxiii. yere.
- ¶Reynolde his sone xx. yere.
- ¶Gorbodyan his son xv. yere.
- Denobaude wan the realme by conqueste / and reygned. xl. yere.
- ¶Bellyn his sone xi. yere.
- ¶Cornabatrus his son xxv. yere.
- ¶Guentolem his son xxv. yere.
- ¶Scisille his son xxv. yere.
- ¶Kymore his son xix. yere.
- ¶Morwyche his son ix. yere.
- ¶Grandobodyan his son xi. yere.
- ¶Protegayle his son xvi. yere.
- ¶Petitur his brother v. yere.
- ¶Esydur his brother. xiiii. yere.
- ¶And after this Esydur / reyned .xxxiii. kynges eche after other in peas / the fyrst kynge of tho .xxxiii. was Gorbodian / and he reygned. xii. yere.
- ¶Morgan. i. yere.
- ¶Cighnus vi. yere.
- ¶Iowalā viii. yere.
- ¶Rohugo ii. yere.
- ¶Voghen xiii. yere.
- ¶Catyll xv. yere.
- ¶Porrer ii. yere.
- ¶Cherin xviii. yere.
- ¶Coyll xii. yere.
- [Page]¶Sulgenis xiii. yere.
- ¶Esdad xx. yere.
- ¶Audragie xvii. yere.
- ¶Vrian v. yere.
- ¶Elyud ii. yere.
- ¶Eldadan xv. yere.
- ¶Claten xii. yere.
- ¶Ouirgunde viii. yere.
- ¶Mortan vi. yere.
- ¶Bledagh iiii. yere.
- ¶Caph i. yere.
- ¶Gen ii. yere.
- ¶Seysell / and kynge Bled xxii. yere.
- ¶Tabreth xx. yere.
- ¶Archinal xiiii. yere.
- ¶Croll xxx. yere.
- ¶Rodynger xxii. yere.
- ¶Hector v. yere.
- ¶Harper vi. yere.
- ¶Carpour vii. yere.
- ¶Digneyll iii. yere.
- ¶Samuell xxiiii. yere.
- ¶Rede ii. yere.
- ¶Ely vii. monethes.
- ¶Lud the last kynges son of .xxxiii. reygned. xi. yere.
- ¶Cassibalan his brother xxvii. yere.
- ¶Andragen Luddes fyrst son viii. yere.
- ¶Kembalyn before the incarnacyon. ii. yere.
The hole sūme / from the comȳge of Brute / tyll the Incarnacyon is .M.C.xxii. yere.
- [Page]¶Gryuder & Armogis his .ii. sonnes. xliiii. yere.
- ¶Koyle Armogis his son xii. yere.
- ¶Lucy his son reygned an Hethen man. xi. yere.
- and a Christen man. ii. yere.
- ¶And afterwarde was so great debate in the lāde / yt the realme was without a kynge. l. yere.
- ¶Coyle that made Colchester / was kynge thanne. xiii. yere.
- ¶Cōstātyne the Romayne / that wedded seynt Elyn / Coyles doughter. xv. yere.
- ¶Constantyne that was emperoure his son. xx yere.
- ¶Octauyan reygned after yt Constantyne was gone to Rome to be crowned Emperour xv. yere.
- ¶Maximian wedded Octautans doughter and reygned .xxviii. yere. in his tyme saynt Albon was slayne
- ¶Constantyne / cosyn to the kynge of lytell Brytayne reygned. xii. yere.
- ¶Constantyne his son that was a mōke at Wynchester reygned. v. yere.
- ¶Forteger that was Erle of Esser reygned xi. yere.
- ¶Fortymer his son xiiii. yere.
- ¶Engyst of Saxony in the lande of Germany / that was a Sarazyn / wan the lande & reygned v. yere.
- ¶Aurylambros Constāstynes son slewe Engyst and droue the Sarazyns a way / & reygned viii. yere.
- ¶Vter pendragon his brother reygned xvii. yere.
- ¶Arthur his son reygned xxvii. yere.
- ¶Constantyne arthurs cosyn xxiiii. yere.
- ¶Garan for Constantyne had none heyre xxx. yere.
- ¶Tonagh his cosyn xxiiii. yere.
- [Page]¶Syryke reigned xxv. yere.
- ¶Seynt Ethelbert & Sebert / that were c [...]uerted by seynt Iustyne & his felowshyp reygned l. yere
- ¶Elfrede and Cadwaller / seynt Oswalde and [...] walyn reygned in the realme of Englande one after another. lxxx. yere.
- ¶Offa seynt Oswaldes brother xlviii. yere
- ¶Alured the fyrst / in his tyme seynt Edmunde of Bury was slayne of Hunger and Hubba / the kynges bretherne of Denmarke xxx. yere.
- ¶Edwarde the fyrst his son xxv. yere.
- ¶Edmunde his brother xvii. yere.
- ¶Adelstone xxv. yere.
- ¶Eldrede his brother x. yere.
- ¶Edwyn his thyrde brother iiii. yere.
- ¶Edgar his son xvii. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edwarde the martyr his son xii. yere.
- ¶Swayne that was kynge of Denmarke. xv. yere.
- ¶Eldrede seynt Edwardes brother ix. yere.
- ¶Edmūde Irensyde & knowt Swayne sone. xx. yere
- ¶Harolde harefote Knowtes sone xiii. yere.
- ¶Hardeknowte his brother xvi. yere.
- ¶Seynt Edwarde the confessour Eldredes sone reygned. xxiii. yere.
- ¶Harolde / that was godwyns sone / Erle of westsex reygned. i. yere.
Here endeth the Cronycle of all the kynges / that reyned before the conquest.