Anno re. 8
- Iohn Holylande
- [date 1206] Edmonds fitz Gerrard
About this tyme the Irishemen and* 1.1 shortly after the Welshemen rebelled,
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About this tyme the Irishemen and* 1.1 shortly after the Welshemen rebelled,
for that he leuied on theim suche gre∣uous taskes to warre agaynst France•• so that the Kynge was fayne to rayse a great taxe throughout this Realme of Englande to wythstande theyr force. He required of the white monkes syxe thousande marke: but they refused the payement of so greate a summe, so that the king toke great displeasure against them: by reason wherof after his re∣turne out of Ireland, he exacted of them more then before he had desyred: wher by he caused some abbottes to forsake theyr houses.
Wales and Ireland re∣••elled.