Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum secundum

THe Erles of mercia / of northumberlonde edwyn and Mar¦kar wente pryuely oute of the courte / For kynge william hadde cast to put hem in bondes / And so they were rebell somwhat of tyme / but it stode hem but lytel in stede / edwyn wente toward the kyng of Scotland / and was slayne in the wey of his men / But markar and Egylwyn Bisshop of durham wente in to the yle of Ely / there the kyng stopped the oute goyng in the eest sy∣de / and made a brydge of twey myle in the west syde / Than they were aferd that were closed withynne / and yelde hem to the kin∣ge / And the kyng sente the Bisshop to the Abbay of Abyndon to be there in warde / there this Bisshop deyde for honger / for he wolde not ete for sorow / Willelmus de pontificibus libro tercio / ¶ Walkerus of lotharynge was bisshop after hym / And Edytha that had be kyng edwardes wyf sawe hym brought to wynchestre for to be sacred and saide here we haue a fayr martir By coniecturynge of the cruel men of northumberlonde she was meoued to telle what shuld afterward byfall she sawe hym why¦tely of heer / rody of face / & huge of body and of stature / W / de p / li / 4 / This yere deyde walter bisshop of herforde / of hym it is said that he lou ed hugely / I not by what mysshappe a shipster of that Cyte / But she wyst not therof / and in caas thowh she had wyst she wold haue sette lytel therby / In the mene tyme yet the bisshop thought that nothyng is more vngracio{us} than a louyng old mā / and withstode as he myght for reuerence of his owne state /

but in a tyme by fraude of the deuyl she came in to the Bisshops chambre in caas for to shape the chamberleyns lynnen clothes Seruauntes that knewe and wyst the Bisshops pryu••te wente oute for the nones ¶ Atte last. ethe Bisshop after vnsyttyng wordes wolde haue take the woman with strengthe ¶ The wo∣man styked the Bisshop bynethe his pryuy membrys wyth the sheres that she hadde in honde and soo the Bisshop dyed After him robert lotharyngus was bisshop ther / he was connyng of al maner artes and scyences / specially he conth skylle in aba•••• that is a table to make by dyuerse fygures and shappes / ••e kne∣we the cours of the mone and of the other sterres and planetes That tyme Marianus Scott and monk was closed at magounce in Almayne / In his long solytarye beyng / he serched cronykes & storyees / & was waar fyrst other alone of denys exyguus dyscord ayenst the sothnesse of the gospel in acountyng of cycles and of yeres / And marianus acounted al the yeres from the begynning of the world and put two and twenty yere that lakked of the forsayd cycles and yeres and made a grete booke of Cronykes the whiche booke this robert defloured solempnly and take oute the beste / soo that it semeth that that defloracion is now more wor¦thy than all the grete volume and longe / ¶Wyllelmus de pon / tificibus / libro primo / Also this lanfrank archebisshop of Caun¦terbury / and thomas Archebisshop of york wente to Rome y fere for to haue the pal / But lanfrank receyued the palles / one of Worship / and anthoer of loue / for lanfrank had suche grace to po¦pe Alexander / that both his felawes that come with hym to Ro∣me thomas of york / and Remigyus of dorchestre that were right fully y pryued of her croyses and rynges / he restored hem to their offyce ageyne / For the fyrste was a preestes sonne / And whyle the seconde was monk of ffyscam / he halpe duk wyllyam in ma∣ny thynges / to his wendyng to Englonde / Soo that the duc by∣hete hym by couenaunt a Bisshopryche yf he hadde the vyctorye and that was preued vpon hym byfore the pope / and therfor he was sette a doun / in the presence of the pope / Thomas of york me¦oued a cause of the chalenge of the prymate of Dorobernia that is caunterbury / and of subiection that shulde longe to hym of thre Bisshopryches / of Lyncolne / of wyrcetre and of lychefeld

¶ And sayde that the Sees of Caunterbury and of yorke were ferre atwene / and that nother of hym by Gregoryes

constitucion shulde be subgette to other / but that the one of he•• is more worthy than the other / for he is of elder•• tyme / Then∣ne lamfrank declared skylfully that that constitucion of grego∣ry maketh noo mencion of Caunterbury / but of york & of londō Than the pope demede that that cause shulde be termyned to fore the kynge and the Bisshops in englond / And though lanfrank held thomas y bounde by the professyon that thomas hadde ma∣de byfore hym byforehonde / yet hym was leuer trauayll for his successours than lete that chalenge abyde to hym to stryue ther∣for afterwarde / ¶ This yere the yere of our lord a thousande thre score and twelue at wyndsore byfore kynge wylliam & the clergye that cause was treated / & there Bedas story was shewde and therby it was shewed that from the fyrst Austyns tyme / to Bedas last tyme aboute an honderd yere and fourty / the Ar∣chebisshopryche of Caunterbury had prymacye ouer alle the lon¦de of Brytayne / and of Irlonde also / And also that he hadd holde coūsayls fast by york / & cleped therto the bisshops of york and made bisshops and punysshed somme bisshops of york for her trespaas / and sette downe many / and putte hem oute of the dyg∣nyte / Herto were rehersed pryueleges that were graunted vpon this maner of doynge / Ayenst al this thomas aleyde the pystle in the whiche pope Gregory demed that the chirches of york and of london shold be euen peres and neyther subget to other / Than lamfrank answerd and sayde I am not bisshop of london nowther the question is not meoued of the chirche of london / Thenne thomas that had many fauctours and moche folke / ga∣dred with hym answerd and sayde that Gregory had graunted to Austyn al one to haue vnder hym all the bisshops of englond and that the bisshops of london and of york shold be good fren∣des / and loue wel eyther other / and he that were fyrst ordeyned sholde be fyrste worshiped / and though Austyn had chaunged the Archebisshops see from london in to kente yef gregory wolde that Austyns successours shuld be aboue the bisshops of yorke / he wolde lyghtly haue sette in his epystle suche maner wordes / I graunte to the Austyn and to thyn successours / But for he wold not that it shold stretche to austyns successours / therfore he made noo mencion of his successours / ¶ Lanfrank answerde herto & sayde / yf that auctoryte was graunted to Austyn alone and not to his successours it was a symple yefte that the pope yaue Au∣styn that was pryue with hym / and namely whyle Austyn

ordeyned noo Archebisshop of york whyle he was a lyue / and also there was no bisshop at york / that shold be ordeyned by au∣styn / Also pryuelege of popes confermeth this dygnyte to Au∣styns successours of caunterbury / and demed that it is skyle and ryght that alle the chirches of Englonde sholde take loore of ly∣uynge of that place for of the welle of that place they hadde the leeme of byleue / But for thou sayst that gregory myghte yf he wolde haue confermed with a worde to austyns successours that he had graunted to seynt Austyn / That is soth but that doth no preiudyce to the see of Caunterbury / For whanne cryst sayde to peter / I shal yeue to the the keyes of the kyngdome of heuene / he myght also haue sayd / yf he wold I graunte the same power to thy success••urs / And though he sayde not soo yet he bynymeth Pe¦ters successours nothynge of reuerence / nother of autoryte / But they hadde lawfully the dispensacion of offyce of hooly chirche / what maketh that but the vertu of god that spryngeth by Cryst of peter in to his successours / Also yf thou kanst knowe bytwe∣ne fals and soth· what hath strengthe in al / hath strengthe in the partye / and what strengthe in the more / hath strengthe in the lasse / The chirche of Rome is as it were al of alle chirches and other chirches both as it were partyes therof / And as for to take hede in one maner wyse / man is the kynde of his syngulers / but in euery syngler man is the kynde of al mankynde / Soo for to take heede in somme maner wyse the chirche and the see of Rome is as it were the kynde and conteyneth al in comparyson to other chirches / and yet in euery chirche regneth the ful holynesse of Crysten feyth / The chirche of Rome is grettest of al chirches / & what hath strengthe in that chirche shal haue strength in lasse chirches / Soo that in euery chirche the power of the fyrste shal sprynge in to al his successours / but ought be namely and spe∣cially oute take / Therfore as Criste sayde to al the Bisshops of Rome that he sayde to peter / Soo Gregory sayde to alle Austyns successours / what he sayde to Austyn / Herof foloweth that as Caunterbury is subget to Rome for he taketh the feyth of Rome Soo shal york be subgette to Caunterbury / that sente thyder pre∣chours to preche hem the feyth / But for thou sayst that Gregory wold that austyn shold haue his see at london. hit maye not ston¦de / who wolde trowe that soo noble a disciple as Austyn was wolde wythstonde / nd do ayenst his maystres wille / that was soo noble a maystre and doo ayenste hooly decrees / But though it

were soo that Austyn as thou sayst passed from london / what is that to me that am not bisshop of london / therfor yef this stryf is ceesed and pees made for a tyme / yef thou desyrest to plede / I shal not be from the dome / but I shal defende myn offyce / and my ryght / By these reasons thomas was ouercome and graunted gladly that the yonder brynke of humber shold be the begynnyng of his dyocesy / Also it was demed that there afterward in thyn∣ges that longeth to worship of god and to the feyth of hooly chir¦che the archebisshop of york shold he subget to the Archebisshop of Caunterbury / Soo that yf tharchebisshop of Caunterbury wol¦de make a counseyl in ony place of englond the Archebisshop of yorke shulde be there at with the bisshops of his prouynce and he shal be obedyente to his lawful heestes / ¶ Yf the Archebisshop of Caunterbury is deede / the Archebisshop of yorke shal come to Caunterbury with bisshops of the forsayd chirche / and sacre the primate that is chosen / And yf tharchebisshop of york is dede his successour shal come co the archebisshop of Caunterbury where he wol assygne in englonde and be sacred of hym / And he shal ma∣ke hym an othe with profession and obedyence / Than lanfranck hopped for ioye and toke al this wreton for that newe doyng shol¦de not slyde oute of mynde and his successours sholde be begyled of the knowleche therof / but he bare hym soo that he loste nought that nother passed in spekynge / For it is hated a man to make hym self curious in his owne praysynge / Than lanfranck sente a pystle to pope alysaunder that conteyned al this doyng with the profession of thomas the Archebisshop of york / This yere kynge wylliam wente in to Scotland with a grete nauey and an hooste of horsmen / And made kynge malcolyn subget / and kynge malco¦lyn bycame his lyege man / and swore hym hommage and feute Sygebertus bisshop of magounce wente to saynt Iames a pyl∣gremage / but in his comyng ageyne he was made monk of clu∣ny / than shīpmen wolde haue bought his Bisshopryche / he sawe that / and wente ageyne to his bisshopriche as his abbot bad hym

¶ This yere Edgar Adelynge wente to kyng wylliam in to normandy and was acord with hym