17. Nicholas de Longespe.
NIcholas de Longespe was sonne (I take it) vnto Wil∣liam Longespe base sonne of King Henry the second,* 1.1 and Earle of Salisbury that lieth buried on the left hand of the entrance into the Lady Chappell Unto this Earle ly∣ing very sicke, the Bishop brought the Sacrament. Hee vn∣derstanding of the Bishops comming, met him at the cham∣ber doore halfe naked, with a halter about his necke, threw himselfe downe prostrate at his féet••, and would not be ta∣ken vp vntill hauing made confession of his sins with teares and other signes of wonderfull hearty and sincere repen∣tance, he had receiued the Sacrament in most deuout man∣ner. Some two or thrée dayes after hee liued, continuallis bewailing his sinnefull life with whol•• flouds of teares, and departed 1226. This Nicholas, his whether sonne or kins∣man, was consecrate 1291. and dying 1297. was buried hard by him vnder a huge marble st••ne sometimes inlaide with brasse and adorned with the armes of their house.