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ye discontented Lds. came to London, for which reason ye K. sent an order to ye Ld. Mayor; Alder. & com. Coun. to secure ye City yt. no danger might happen to him or ye. City.

ye Bish. E & B. excus'd themselves from treating about ye. Ordinances in ye. Absence of ye K. but said they should be ready to treat with him in person whenever he should please to call them together.

Ye. discontented Lds. rais’d an army & openly declar’d yt they would by force drive Gaveston from Ye. K. deletion unclear /deletion addition they unclear him at Legarbourgh, & took him Prisoner; but /addition when they had him in their power they never thought of ye. promises they had made him but instantly beheaded him.

Ye. discontented Lds. sent a haughty message to ye. K. demanding Yt. their ordinances should be confirmed, which if he did not soon do, they would compel him to it.

A treaty was begun between ye. K & his B. by ye. mediation of some Bish. it was a greed yt those concern’d in ye. death of Gaveston should come & make submission on their knees to ye. K. in Westminster Hall.

A Parlia. met at Westminster in 1313. at which yr. K. renew’d his complaints against yr. B. for ye. injuries he had receiv’d, & for ye. death of Gaveston; ye. R. said yt. he ought rather to thank them for having destory’d a common Enemy; they also declar’d yt. they would no longer trust to his vain promises, nor be any longer kept from their securities.

ye. Queen, some of ye. Bish. & ye. E. f Glocester settl’d ye. breach which was again beginning to be made between ye. K. & B.

ye. B. made a formal submission to ye. K. in Westminster-Hall

In this manner ye. K. & B. being reconcil’d, they granted Him a fifteenth of all their moveables Goods deletion ye. Scot’sh gain a Victory at Bannockburn in 1314. /deletion

A Parlia. met at Westminster in 1314, where ye. Twentieth part of their goods, or moveables was Granted to ye. K. but it was refus’d to be pay’d in Staffordshire & in Shropshire, because they pretended yt. ye. M. Ch. ye. Charter of Forests & ye. Perambulation of Forests had not been duly observ’d.