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Tudor Books, Holinshed's Chronicle 1421

Holinshed's Chronicle 1421 is in Holinshed's Chronicle.

Coronation of Catherine of Valois

After that done, he made great pu[...]ueyance for the coronation of his Q. & spouse, the faire Lady Katherine, whiche was done the daye of S. Mathie, beeing the 24. of February [1421], with all such Ceremonies and princelyke solemnitie as apperteined, and as in ye Chronicles of Robert Fabian is at large expressed. After the solemne feast of the Coronation once ended, the King as well to visit certayne places for devotion, by way of pilgrimage, as also to see in what state and ord[...]r diners parts of his Realm stoode, departed from the Q. appointing day and place where she should meete hym, and so journeyed forthe from place to place, thorough sundry Countreys, as well of Wales as Englande, and in every quarter where he came, hee heard with diligent eare the complaintes of sutors, & tooke order for the administration of justice both to high and lowe, causing manie mysdemeanors to be reformed. At length he came to the town of Leycester, where he foud the Quene according to the appointment before taken.