barons, knights, and esquires rode through Cheap to the Tower, where the
archbishops of Canterbury and York, the bishop of Hereford, the abbot of
Westminster, the prior of Christchurch Canterbury, and various other spir-
itual clerks were at that time waiting. And there the king was asked if he was
willing to resign all the right that he had to the crown of England and its
appurtenances as set out in the bill of resignation handed to him. To which
the king replied that he would do it willingly in the interests of his dear
cousin the duke of Lancaster upon certain conditions which he would state.
He was told by them, however, that there was no way in which this could
be done; he must do it simply, without any conditions. Whereupon the king
picked up the aforesaid bill himself and read it out with good cheer, loudly
and clearly, thus resigning to the duke of Lancaster all the right that he had
to the crown of England and its appurtenances, together with all other
lands apart from the lands and tenements which he had bought from Roger
Walden and from Sir William Scrope, the former treasurer of England, with
which to endow a yearly anniversary for his soul at Westminster abbey, the
latter having been allowed to him in presence of all the aforesaid lords. And
upon this the names of certain witnesses were entered as of record.
Adam of Usk. British Library MS Additional 10104, fols. 162r–162v. In C. Given-Wilson (ed.
and trans.) (1997)
The Chronicle, 1377–1421. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 61–5.
Language: Latin
Manuscript date: 1401
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