serued. MarginaliaEdmunde Archb. of Cant. for sorrow to see the church so oppresed, departed þ^e Realme, and dyed in exile..Vpon the which so miserable request the sayd Edmund Archb. of Cant. for sorrow to see the Church so oppressed, departed the Realme, and so continued in Fraunce & dyed at Pontinia. Ex Mat. Paris. fol. 134. b. Which Edmūd was afterward made a Sainte, and canonised by Pope Innocent 4.

MarginaliaThree thousand poundes brought out of Scotland for þ^e Pope.This done, then went Petrus Rubeus the Popes nuncio, and Ruffinus into Scotland, from whēce they brought with them iij. thousand poūdes, to the Popes vse, about allhallowtyde the same yeare. At which tyme moreouer cōmeth an other harpax from the pope to England named Mumelius, MarginaliaTwenty foure Romaynes brought to England to be beneficed.bringyng w^t him xxiiij. Romanes here into the realme to be beneficed. Thus, what by the kyng on the one side, and what by Cardinall Otho, Petrus Rubeus, Ruffinus, and Mumelius on the other side, poore Englād was in a wretched case. Mat. Paris. fol. 137.

An other prety practise of the Pope to prole for money, was this. The aforesayd Petrus Rubeus commyng into religious houses and into their chapters, caused them to contribute to the Popes holynes, by the example of this Byshop and that Abbat, pretendyng that he & he of their owne voluntary deuotion had giuen so much and so much, and so seduced them. Paris. fol. 134: MarginaliaThe Pope compelleth poore christians to vow their viage to þ^e holy land, and thē for money releaseth thē of their vow.Also þ^e pope craftely suborned certein Friers, authorised with full indulgence, that who so euer had vowed to fight in the holy land, and was disposed to be released of his vow, neded not to repayre to Rome for absolution, but paying so much money as his charges would come to goyng thether, he resortyng to the sayd Friers might be assoyled at home.

MarginaliaMumelius an other messenger of þ^e Pope. An Execrable exaction of þ^e Pope vpon the house of Peterbrough.The next yeare folowyng, which was. 1241. came a commaundement Apostolicall to the house of Peterborow, that they at the Popes contemplacion must nedes graunt him some benefice lying in their donatiō, the fruites wherof at least beyng worth an hūdreth poūdes, and if it were more it should be the better welcome, so that they should be as the fermers, and he to receaue the profites. In fine, the Conuent, excused them selues by the Abbat, beyng then not at home. The Abbat when he came home excused hym selfe by þ^e kyng, beyng the patrone and foūder of þ^e house. The kyng agreeued with the vnreasonable rauenyng of these Romanistes, vtterly forbad any such example to be giuen. Ex Paris. fol. 143. But what happened? MarginaliaAbbat of Peterborough thrust out of þ^e Popes court, for denyeng the popes kinsman a benefice.The Abbat beyng therfore accused to the Pope by one of þ^e Legates, and cōmyng vp about iiij. yeares after in the tyme of Pope Innocent, to the Coūcell of Lyons, was so rated and reuiled, and so shamefully thrust out of the Popes Court, that for sorrow he fell sicke vppon the same, and there dyed. Paris. fol. 184.

MarginaliaThe obligation of king Iohns tribute to the Pope, burned in the Popes wardrope at Lyons.In the tyme of which Councell of Lyons, Pope Innocent 4. (for somuch as the instrument or obligatiō, wherby the Realme of England stode tributary to the Pope, was thought to be burned in the Popes chamber a litle before) brought forth either the same, or another charte like vnto it, whereunto he straitly charged & cōmaunded euery English Bish. beyng there present at the Councell seuerally to set to his hand and seale. Which vnreasonable petition of þ^e pope, albeit it went sore agaynst the hartes of the Byshops, MarginaliaThe Bishops of England put their handes and seales to þ^e Popes bill for the tribute of England.yet (see in what miserable subiectiō the Pope had all the Bishops vnder him) none of them durst otherwise do but accomplish the Popes request therin, both to their owne shame, and preiudice to the publicke freedome of the Realme. Amongest which Byshops, the longest that held out, & last that put to his seale was the Byshop of London. Which Acte when the kyng and the nobilitie vnderstode, they were mightely, & worthely therewith all offended. Ex Paris. fol. 192. an. 1245.

MarginaliaPetrus Rubeus, Petrus de Supino the Popes collectors in England.After what tyme Cardinall Otho was sent for by pope Gregory in all hast to come to þ^e general Coūcel, ij. other in his rowme here remained, whose names were Petrus Rubeus, & Petrus de Supino. Of whō þ^e one bearyng hiim selfe for þ^e popes kinsmā, brought outhis Billes and Bulles vnder the Popes authoritie, to such an Abbat or to such a Prior, or to such and such a Byshop, and so extorted from them a great quantitie of gold and siluer. MarginaliaA thousand & fiue hundreth markes brought out of Ireland for the Pope.The other, to wyt, Petrus de Supino sayled to Ireland, from whence he brought with hym a thousand and v. hundreth Markes to the Popes vse. an. 1241. Ex Paris. fol. 147. b. All which money notwithstandyng gotten by both the collectours, in the cariage vp to Rome, about the death of Pope Gregory, happened into the handes of Fridericke þ^e Emperour, who caused it agayne to bee restored as nere as he could, to them of whom it was taken. Paris. fol. 151.

MarginaliaM. Martinus an other messenger for the Popes money, an. 1244.After these, came in then M. Martinus a new Marchaūt from the new Pope Innocent. an. 1244. armed with full power to suspend all Prelates in England from giuing benefices, till the Popes kynsmen were first preferred. Neither would he take the fruites of any benefice, vnless it were aboue the value of xxx. Markes. At his first cōmyng he required of Prelates, and especially of religious houses to furnish hym with horses and palfreys, such as were conuenient for the Popes especiall Chaplein and Legate to sit vpon. MarginaliaExtortion of þ^e Popes Legate vpon þ^e clergie of England.Also with plate, rayment, prouision for his kitchyn and celler &c. and such as denyed or excused, he suspended, as the Abbat of Malmesbury, and þ^e Prior of Merton. All prebēdes that were voyde he sought outo & reserued thē for þ^e Popes behoufe. Amōg which was the goldē prebend of Sarum, belonging to the Chauncellour of the Queere, whom he preferred to þ^e Bishoprike of Bathe, and so seised vppon the prebend beyng voyde, agaynst the willes both of the Byshop and the Chapter. Paris. fol. 167. 180. Moreouer he brought with him blankes in paper and parchment signed in the Popes chamber with his stampe and seale, wherin he might afterward write to whom, and what he would. Paris. fol 178. b. MarginaliaContributiō of ten thousand markes for the Pope.requiryng furthermore of the kyng in the Popes behalfe, to help his holynes with a contribution to be taxed amongest his Clergy, at lest of x. thousād markes ibid. MarginaliaThe Pope craftely holdeth with the kyng, that the king might hold with him.And to the end that the Pope might wynne the kyng sooner to his deuotion, he writteth in the kynges behoufe to the nobles and commōs of the Realme, that they should not fayle, vpon payne of his great curse, to conferre, such subsidie of money to the subuention of the kyng, as then had demaunded of them, but they stode stiffe in not grauntyng to hym.

While the insatiable auarice of the Pope thus made no end in gatheryng riches & goodes together in England, the nobles and Barons, with the communitie as well of the Clergie as the laitie, weyng the miserable state of the Realme & namely of the Church, which now neither had libertie left them to chuse their owne ministers, nor yet could enioy their own liuinges, layd their heades together, MarginaliaIntimatiō geuē to the king, touching the importable oppression of the realme by the Pope.and so exhibited an earnest intimation to the kyng, besechyng him to consider the pitifull affliction and oppression of hys subiectes vnder the Popes extorsion, liuyng in more thraldome, then euer did the people of Israell, vnder Pharao. Wherupō the kyng begynnyng at last to looke vp, and to consider the iniuries and wronges reacued in hys Realme through the auarice of þ^e Court of Rome, directeth to Pope Innocent 4. this letter in tenour as foloweth.

MarginaliaK. Henries letter to the Pope.SAnctis. in Christo pat. ac Domino Innocentio Dei gratia summo pontifici, Henr. eadem gratia Rex Angliæ. &c. Salutem & pedum oscula beatorum. &c. To the most holy father in Christ and Lord, Innocent by the grace of God chief Byshop, Henry by the same grace, kyng of Englād &c. gretyng and MarginaliaThe king offereth to kisse þ^e Popes feete.kyssyngs of his blessed feete. The more deuout and obsequious the sonne sheweth him selfe in obeyng the fathers will, the more fauour and supportation doth he deserue to find at his fathers handes again. This therfore I write, for that where as both we and our Realme haue euer and in all thinges bene hetherto at the deuotion and commaundement of your fatherhode, and that although in some certein affayres of ours