church of Canterbury, should be restored againe (fully and amply as they stoode the yere before Thomas Becket departed the realme, and that free liberty shoulde be graūted to all such as were outlawed for Beckets cause to returne againe.

Item, that the foresaid customes and decrees by him established against the church, should be extinct and repelled (such onely except) that concerned his owne person, &c. besides other secrete fastinges and almose inioyned hym.

All these former conditions, the king with his sonne dyd both agree vnto: debasing himself in such sorte of humility and submission before the two Cardinals: by the occasion wherof, the Cardinal tooke no little glorye, vsing this verse of þ^e psalme: Qui respicit terrā, & facit eam tremere: qui tangit montes & fumigant. MarginaliaEx quadritogo.That is, which loketh vpō the earth, and maketh it to tremble: which toucheth the hilles, & they smoke &c. Moreouer, it is mentioned in histories of the said king: that a little after Williā king of Scots with his army made a rode into þ^e realm, he returning out of Normādy into England, came first to Canterbury: MarginaliaK. Hēry the 2. goeth on pilgrimage with bloudy steps to T. Becket.who by the way (so soone as he came to þ^e sight of Beckets church) lightyng of his horse & puttyng of his shoes, went barefoote to his tombe: whose steppes were found bloudy through the roughnes of the stones. And not onely that, but also receuyed farther penaunce by euery monk of the cloister certain discipline of a rod. By which so great deiection of the kyng (if it were true) thou maist see the blynd and lamentable superstitiō and ignorance of those dayes. If it was pretensed (as might so bee in time of warre, to gette the hartes of the people) yet maist thou learned reader see, what slauery kinges & princes were brought into at that time, vnder þ^e Popes Clergy. Marginalia1174.
The citie of Canterbury almoste cōsumed with fyre.
Ex Houedeno parte. 1. continuatæ historiæ.The same yere (as Houeden writeth) which was 1174. the whole city of Cāterbury was almost all cōsumed with fire, and the said minster church cleane burnt.

Marginalia1175.
Controuersie betwene the see of Cant. & the see of Yorke.The next yeare ensuyng, which was 1175. a conuocation of bishops was holden at Westminster by Richard Archbishop of Canterbury. In which conuenticle, being presēt all þ^e bishops & abbats of þ^e prouince of Cāterbury & of Yorke determined (as it had done a litle before in K. Henry, 1. dayes, an. 1113.) aboute obedience that Yorke should do to Canterbury. That is, whether the archbyshop of Yorke might beare his crosse in þ^e diocesse of Cāterbury or not: wherof something was touched before in the former processe of this historye. Also about the byshopricke of Lincolne, of Chichester, of Worcester and of Hereford: whether these churches were vnder the iurisdiction of the see of Yorke or not, &c. MarginaliaArchbishop of Yorke appealed the archb. of Canterbury to the byshop of Rome.Vpon these and other lyke matters: rose such controuersy betwene these two sees, that the one appealed the other to the presence of the bishop of Rome.

In this and such cases lyke, how much better had it bene, if the supremacy had remained more neere in the kynges handes at home, wherby not onely much labour and trauayl had bene saued, but also the great and wastful expenses bestowed at Rome, might with much more fruite and thanke haue bene conuerted to their cures & flockes committed vnto them, & also percase their cause no lesse indifferently heard (at least most spedely myght haue bene decided) but to the purpose agayne. MarginaliaThe clerkes of S. Oswald in Glocester excommunicated.In thys controuersie, diuers of the bishop of Yorkes clergy (such as were of Gloucester, belonging to the church of S. Oswald) were excommunicate by the archbishop of Cant. because they being summoned, refused to appeare before him, &c. At length the same yeare followyng, which was 1175. There was a Cardinal sent downe from Rome by the kinges procurement: who studied to set peace beetwene the two Archbishops. MarginaliaAgrement betwene the archb. of Cant. & Yorke.Wherupon, this way of agrement was taken (by the meanes of the king) at Winchester: that as touching the churche of S. Oswalde at Glocester, the Archbishop of Cant. shoulde cease of hisclaime therof, molesting the see of Yorke no more therein. Also should absolue againe the clerkes therof, whom he had excommunicated before. And as concernyng the bearing of the crosse and all other matters: it was referred to the archbishop of Rotomage, and of other bishops of Fraunce: so that for fiue yeres a league or truce was taken betwixt them, till they should haue a full determination of their cause.

MarginaliaAn. 1176
Iustices of assise deuided into vi. circutes.The next yere following, the foresayd king Henrye þ^e 2. (deuiding the realme of England into 6. partes) ordeined vpon euery part. 3. Iustices of assise. The circuite or limitatiō of which Iustices was thus disposed. The first vpon Northfolke, Suffolke, Cantebridgeshire, Huntendūshire, Bedfordshyre, Buckinghamshyre, Essex, Hertfordshire. 2. Vpon Lincolnshyre, Nottinghāshyre, Derbishyre, Staffordshyre, Warwickeshyre, Northamptonshyre, Leicestershyre. 3. Vpon Kent, Surrey, Southamptonshyre, Southsaxe, Barkeshire, Oxfordshyre. 4. Vpon Herefordshyre, Gloucestershire, Wircestershyre, Salops shire. 5. Vpon Wiltshyre, Dorcetshire, Sommersetshyre, Deuonshire, Cornwal. 6. Warwickshire, Richmondshire, Lancaster, Coplande, Westmerlande, Northumberland, Cumberland.

MarginaliaEx Epitome Math. Parisiensis & aliarū historiarum.In the which yere also, Richard Archbishop of Cant. made 3. archdeacons in his dioces, where as before there was but one. About which time also it was graunted by the kyng to the popes Legate: that a clearke shoulde not be called before a temporall iudge, except for offence in the Forest, or for his lay fee that he holdeth.

Item, that no Archbishoprike or bishopricke, nor abbey should remayne in the kings handes ouer one yeare without great cause. MarginaliaA friuolous contention betwene the archb. and the abbot of Canterbury. Where was here the precept of the gospell: he that will be greatest amongst you, let him be an vnderling to other.It chaunced the same yeare þ^t this was done: there was at Canterbury, one elected to be abbot in the house of saint Austē named Albert: who made great labour and sute vnto the archbishop, þ^t he woulde come to his church and there cōsecrate hym abbot of S. Austens. To whom the Archbishop sent word againe, þ^t he was not bounde to come to him but rather the other should repayre to the Metropolitane church of Canterbury, there to receiue his consecration. Wherupon (controuersy risyng betwene thē) the foresaid new Electe appealed vp to þ^e audiēce of þ^e pope, & so laboured vp himself to Rome. Where, he so handled the matter, (by what meanes I cānot tel vnlesse with his goldē bottel wherw^t he quēched the popes thursty soule, for abbots neuer trauell lightly without fat purses to Rome) that with short dispatch he procured letters from Alexander the pope, to Roger bishop of Worcester: MarginaliaThe tenor of the popes letter to the byshop of Worcester.Signifieng to him, that he had geuen in charge and commaundement to þ^e archbishop of Cant. (in the behalf of his deare sonne Albert) that he should consecrate him within his owne monastery: which monastery properly and solie without mediation, belonged to the iurisdiction of Rome: and so lykewise should do to his successors after him, without anye exaction of obedience of them. Which thing further he said if the archb. would refuse to do, within the terme apointed: that then he the foresaide bishop of Worcester, should (by the autority committed vnto him) execute the same in all maner of appellation or other decree whatsoeuer should come, that notwithstanding. This letter beyng obtained, the abbot (that would be,) returneth home supposing with himself all things to be sure. The archb. vnderstanding the case: and seeyng himself so straightly charged, and yet lothe to yelde and stoupe to the abbot, tooke to him pollicy where autority would not serue: and both to saue himselfe, and yet to disapointe the abbot, he watcheth a tyme when the abbot was about busines of hys house. And commyng the same tyme to the monastery (as he was commaunded to do) with all things apointed, that to such a busines appertayned: called for þ^e Abbot, pretendyng no lesse but to geue hym his consecration. The abbot beyng called for, was not at home. The