The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke : beeyng long in continual discension for the croune of this noble realme, with all the actes done in bothe the tymes of the princes, bothe of the one linage and of the other, begynnyng at the tyme of kyng Henry the fowerth, the first aucthor of this deuision, and so successiuely proceadyng to the reigne of the high and prudent kynge Henry the eight, the undubitate flower and very heire of both the sayde linages.

Colophon, below the printer's device Londini in officina Richard Graftoni typia impress. Cum privilegio ... Anno M.D.XLVIII.
Hall's work ended with 1532. It was continued to the death of Henry VIII, from Hall's notes, by Richard Grafton.
First complete ed. known - there exists a fragment of an edition printed 1542 by T. Barthlet.
F.1[superscript]1 THE UNI-on of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancaster & Yorke, ... long in continual discension for the croune of this noble realme, ... beginnyng at the tyme of Kyng Henry the fowerth, ... to the reigne of ... Kyng Henry the eight... very heire of both the sayd images. 1548.
Small scorch mark on fo.xxvi.
654 ff. = (4ff.) A[superscript]8B-E-M[superscript]6N[superscript]8O-Z[superscript]6 Aa-Ff[superscript]6Gg[superscript]8Hh-Qq[superscript]6Rr[superscript]8AA-KK[superscript]6aaa-iii[superscript]6kkk[superscript]8 - the last two lacking; from f.5 the leaves are numbered - with some errors ... from another copy; printed in black letter: with large woodcut initials at the beginning of each part; the first page has a woodcut border and the verse of the last text-leaf a full-page cut by Holbein of Henry VIII. in Parliament. The recto of the last leaf bears the printer's device.