26. Robert Burnell.
IN the moneth of Ianuary following Robert Burnell Arch∣deacon [ 1274] of Yorke and Canon of Welles was elected A man of great power and authoritie in those daies, being first Trea∣surer, then Chauncellor of England and alwaies of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vnder king Edward the first. That gaue him meanes of gathering great wealth, which he 〈◊〉〈◊〉, partly in buil∣ding his houses (as namely that goodly hall of the pallace at Welles, pulled downe some fifty yeeres since by a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the court, that for a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 reward of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, soone after lost his head. But his principall care was to inrich his brethren and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, whom he greatly advanced. He was much 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 affaires, from which he could be so ill spared, as the king was content for a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to let him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his court of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at Bristoll Some there be suppose the castle of 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to haue beene built by him, at what time he was occasioned to hue in those parts. He sate eighteene yeeres, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 burted in the middle of the body of his church, vnder a marble stone, somewhat below the pulpit.