Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 34 /

ANon vpon saynt symons day & Iude kyng Iohns sone hen∣ry a child of ix yere old was made kyng / he was holpen by strength & wyt of the Popes legate of the bisshop of wynchestre / of therles of penbroke / & of chestre / for ranulph erle of chestre had than take lyncoln ageynst lowy•• & slayn ther many frenssh men Than lowis saw that his party was febled & toke money & yel¦ded vp the strengthes that he had holde / & was assoilled of the po¦pes legate / & went ageyne in fraunce / Lewyd men that helde with lowys were not disheryted but clerkes as the trespas wa•• grete were pryued of her benefyces / other sente to the court of ro∣me for to be assoylled / Ranulph erle of chestre went to ierl̄m af∣ter that he was acorded with lewelyn prync•• of wales / & damye∣ta was taken of crysten men / This yere fyrst the abbotes of blac ordre come to geders at oxenford for to tr••te of thordre / kyng hen¦ry began the newe werk at westmestre / & ranulph erle of chestre cam oute of the hooly lande and bylded the castels of charteley & of beston & thabbay of delacresse of the whyte ordre / for the cos¦tes of these castels / he toke tollage of & in all his lād / Also this yere seint thomas of caunterbury the martir was translated by

Steuen the Archebisshop duryng the solempnyte he fond hey and prouende to al men that wold axe hit in the wey bytwene lōdon and Caunterbury / ¶Also in the day of the translacion he made wyn to renne in pypes contynuelly in dyuers places of the Cy∣te / & so the cost that steuen made in thi•• solempnite / his fourth suc¦cessour bonefacius payed it vnnethe / Alysander kyng of scotlād wedded Ione kynge henryes syster / On saynt luk the euāgelystes day cam a wynde oute of the north syde / that brake doune houses orchardes and wodes / belhous / and belfrayes / Also fyry dragōs & euyl spirites were seen fle aboute in the whyrlwynde / At ox••¦ford in the counseyl of bisshops was one taken that hadde in his body woundes as oure lord Cryst had y nayled to the crosse / This sayde that he was Ihesus / but by dome of holy chirche he was take to be punysshed & at abburbury he was nayled to the crosse / Dauid an erle of Scotland had a sonne Iohan that wed¦ded lewelins doughter prince of wales as it were for final acor¦de bytwene him and lewelyn and his eme Ranulph Erle of ches¦tre / Iohan kyng of Ierusalem cam in to Engl̄and for socour of the hooly land / the lordes of englonde graunted kyng henry ••he wardes of heyres and of her ••andes and that was begynnyng of moche harme in englond / and sone therafter kyng henry toke the fyftenth peny in al englond / This yere fyrst come frere menours in to englond two yere byfore saynt Fraunceys deth / After hono¦rius the nynthe gregory was Pope fourten yere / this strengthed the sentence of cursyng ayenst Frederyk the Emperour / Therfore the Emperour toke many prelates and two Cardynals that we•• to the counseyle / This Pope made broder Raymund to compyl•• fyue bookes of decretales that were gadred of many constituciōs pystles and decretales / Also in a tyme this Pope was besyeged of the emperour in the cyte of Rome / & he saw that the romayns had takē mede of thēperour / than he toke in his hādes the hedes of thappostles petir & paul̄ / & made a processiō frō seint iohns chirch the lat{er}an to seint pet{er}s chirch & so he awelded the hertes of the roma¦mayns / therfor thēperour was aferd & wēt thens a ferre wey / Steuen tharchebisshop deyd he quoted the bible at paris & marked the capytres / & endited kyng rychardes lif / & left aft{er} him many good bokes that he had made / the grete deen of lōdon maist richard of wethershed was archebisshop aft{er} him / also thi•• yere deid williā of alune a lettred mā / first he was chaūceler & than bisshop of pa¦ris / & lefte after him many bokes that he had made de sacramentis

Cur deus homo / de fide et de legibus / & de vniuso corporali & spū∣ali / gregory toke the dyme ••f holy chirche / while the Bisshop o•• london sayde his masse in saynt paules chirche fyl so grete thyck∣nesse of cloudes derknesse of the sonne / with thundryng & lyght∣nyng and stenche that no man myght suffre / so that the peple wēt oute of the chirche / & lefte the bisshop there with his seruaunte•• aloone / This yere kynge henry graunted englysshmen many Fre∣doms / but he toke of hem the fyftenth dele of her goodes / & catail for to wynne landes beyonde the see that the kyng of fraunce had occupyed in kyng henryes tyme / & so he sayled ouer see with gret•• strength & dyd•• lytel prouffyte / william de brewes was blamed for lewillyns wyf prynce of wales / & prysoned and hanged / therfor fyl grete stryf bitwene the kyng and lew••lyn / Ranulph erle of chestre. of lyncoln & of huntyngdon deyd at walyngford & was beryed at Chestre in the chapytre of monkes with his for faders / his sistres sonne Iohan scot was erle after hym / This ra¦nulph dyed withoute children / & had four sustres / the eldeste of hem mold was maryed to dauyd an erle of scotland / of hym cā Iohn scot / the second sister mablye was maryed to therle of arū∣del / the thyrdde agnes to therle of derby william de Ferraus / the fourth hawys was maryed to therle of wynchestre robert quy∣nycy / kyng henry made the hospytal of saynt Iohan withoute eest yate at oxenford & layd the fyrst stone / whan rychard archebis∣shop of caunterbury was dede / saynt edmond of abendon was ar¦chebisshop after hym that was at that tyme tresorer of salesbury. he dyed beyonde the see the eyghtenth yere of his bisshoprych and was bury••d at poūtney in burgoyn / & the seuenth yere therafter he was translated by fauour of the fourth innocent the pope