Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) - Richard the First

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12), by Raphael Holinshed This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Author: Raphael Holinshed Release Date: September 27, 2005 [EBook #16762] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [202] RICHARD THE FIRST, Second sonne to Henrie the second. An. Reg. 1. Richard the first of that name, and second sonne of Henrie 1189. Wil. Paruus.the second, began his reigne ouer England the sixt day of Julie, in the yere of our Lord 1189. in the seauen and thirteeth yeare of the emperour Frederike the first, in the eleuenth yere of the reigne of Philip the second king of France, and king William surnamed the Lion as yet liuing in the gouernement of Scotland. This Richard, immediatlie after the solemnities of his fathers funerals were ended, made hast to Rouen, where he was ioifullie receiued, and proclamed duke of Matt. Paris.