Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

Anno domini .M.CC.xlix.		Anno domini .M.CC.l.
	Rafe hardell.
Roger fyz Roger.		Anno .xxxiii.
	Iohn̄ Tosalane.

IN the .xxxiii. yere of kyng Hen¦ry in the moneth of October dyed Robert Grosthede byshoppe of Lyncolne. He was the maker of the boke callyd Pety Caton and ma∣ny other.

This Robert for so mich as y^e .iiii. In¦nocent pope, greuyd y^e chyrch of En∣glāde with taskis & paymētes agayn reason / he therfore sente vnto hym a sharpe pystle. This pope than gaue vnto a chylde a neuew of hys, a cha¦nonry whych fell voyde in the chyrch of Lyncolne / and sent the chylde vn∣to the byshoppe, chargynge hym to admytte the sayd chylde, and to sette hym in hys place. But thys bys∣shoppe boldely denyed the resceyt of the chyld / & wrote vnto the pope y^t he wold not nor shuld receyue such to y^e cure of soule, y^t could not rule the self. Therfore this Robert was somoned to apere before y^e pope,* 1.1 & therupon ac∣cursyd. Thē he appealyd frō Innocē¦tis courte vnto Crystes owne trone. Then after the deth of thys Robert as the pope laye in hys bedde at hys reste / one aperyd to hym in clothyng

of a byshoppe, and sayde to hym a∣ryse wretche and come to thy dome / and after smote hym wych hys crosse vpon the lefte syde. Upon the morne after, the pope was foūden dede, and hys bedde all blody. But of thys is nothynge in the cronycle or storye of Innocent.

After that sayenge of Polycrony∣con, this byshoppe Grostehede shuld dye in the .xxxvii. yere of thys kynge Henry / the whyche sayenge agreeth better with the storye, except that the sayde pope lyued after the deth of the sayde byshoppe .vi. yere.

Notes

• * 1.1

  An appele from the pope.