Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

Anno mocoxloixo obiit Ricardus \quondam/ abbas de Malros apud Claram uallem in conuentu. ¶Henricus
filius imperatricis filie regis Henrici, \primi/ ⁊ filius comitis Andeg’ honorifice a rege Scottorum1
Dauid apud Carleil susceptus, arma militaria ab eo recepit. ¶Rex Francorum Ludouicus a
Ierosolimis reuersus est.
Anno mocolo facta est abbatia de Holmcultre, in kal’ Ianuarii \⁊ Eueraardus primus abbas/\xii kal’ Iunii/ ⁊ abbatia de Kinlos
in Muref. Ordo Premonstracensis uenit ad Drueburch ad festiuitatem Sancti Martini.

Anno mocoloio papa Eugenius iiiior pallia per legatum suum Iohannem Papirum transmisit in
Hiberniam quo nunquam antea pallium delatum fuerat. Obiit Gaufridus comes Andeg’ ⁊ Henr’
filius eius successit ei. Ordo Premonstratensis uenit ad Rikemunt
Anno mocoloiio obiit Matildis regina Anglorum. Obiit Henricus comes Norhimbrorum filius regis
Dauid Scottorum, ⁊ Matildis filia eius. Obiit Baldwinus primus abbas de Alnewic cui successit
Patricius. Obiit Will’ Dun’ episcopus. ¶Conventus uenit ad Drieburc die Sancte Lucie, ⁊ Rogerus factus est abbas, primus

Anno mocoloiiio obiit Dauid rex Scottorum, ix kal’ Iunii, ⁊ Malcolmus nepos eius xiiam annorum
puer filii sui Henrici comitis filius, successit ei. Obiit papa Eugenius, ⁊ Anastasius successit ei. Obiit
Henr’ archiepiscopus Ebor’ et Bernardus abbas de Clara ualle. Pax Anglie reddita est paci
ficatis ad inuicem rege Stephano ⁊ Henrico duce Normannie quem ⁊ rex Stephanus
adoptauit in filium ⁊ heredem ⁊ successorem regni, mediantibus uenerabilibus Thedbal
do Cantuar’ archiepiscopo, ⁊ Henrico Wintoniensi episcopo constituit. Hugo thesaurarius
Ebor’ cognatus regis consecratus est ab Anastasio papa in episcopum Dun’ Rome, dominica an
te natale Domini.
Anno mocoloiiiio obiit Eustachius filius regis prius, ⁊ postea rex Stephanus ⁊ Henricus dux
Normannie filius Gaufridi cmitis3 Andeg’ filius imperatricis successit ei, coronatus in
dominica ante natale Domini. ¶Will’ dudum Ebor’ archiepiscopus quem suspenderat papa Eugenius
Romam in superiore anno profectus, gratiam ab Anastasio papa recuperauit, ⁊ in imminen
ti anno in suam honorifice receptus est sedem. Sed non multo post proditione ut di
ctum est suorum clericorum post perceptionem eucharistie infra ablutiones liquore
letali infectus, extinctus est, cui successit Rogerus Cantuariensis archidiaconus.

Anno mocolovo obiit papa Anastasius, cui successit Adrianus. 4


Anno mocolovio conuentus sanctimonialium secundo uenit ad Eccles. Douenaldus filius
Malcol,5 apud Witerne captus est, ⁊ incarceratus in turre de Rokesb’ cum patre suo.
Anno mocoloviio rex Malc’ Scott’ ueniens ad regem Anglie Henr’ apud
Cestram deuenit homo suus, eo modo quo auus suus fuerat homo ueteris regis Henr’ saluis omnibus
dignitatibus suis. Rex Henr’ primum exercitum duxit in Walliam, ⁊ cepit Rueland.
Anno mocoloviiio iterum firmatum est castellum de Werc precipiente rege Anglie.
Rex Anglie H’ ⁊ Malcolmus \rex Scottorum/ apud Carlel conuenerunt, sed non bene pacificati ab
inuicem dicesserunt, ideoque rex Scottorum non adhuc miles factus est.

Anno mocoloixo obiit Rodbertus episcopus Sancti Andree. Obiit pie memorie Waldeuus abbas iius
de Malros iiio non’ Augusti, qui fuit awnculus regis M’ ⁊ Will’ eiusdem ecclesie monachus ei successit  
primus AscelinusInclitus in Scocia \regnauit/ Malcolomus rex
Bis senis annis mensibus atque tribus
Non satis in regno iam tunc pax firma uigebat
Fertur aput Gedewrhe2 rex sine labe mori
Quatuor hii reges iam tunc in pace sepulti
In tumba resident rex ubi Malcolomus

Notes

1 DB: Written over an erasure.
2 DB: Read Gedewrthe (with the Andersons, The Chronicle of Melrose, p. xxvi, who suggest that the h might be an error for a thorn).
3 DB: Read comitis.
4 DB: The erased word may have been Angligena.
5 DB: Read Malcolm.
In the 1149th year Richard, the \former/ abbot of Melrose, died at Clairvaux in the convent. ¶Henry, son of the empress, daughter of King Henry \the First/ and son of the count of Anjou, was honourably received by the king of Scots, David, at Carlisle, and assumed the arms of knighthood from him. ¶Louis, king of the French, returned from Jerusalem.
In the 1150th year the abbey of Holme Cultram was created, on 1 January, \and Everard [was] the first abbot/ , and the abbey of Kinloss in Moray \on 21 May/ . The Premonstratensian order came to Dryburgh, on 10 November.

In the 1151st year Pope Eugenius sent 4 palls with his legate, John Paparo, to Ireland, where a pall had never previously been taken. Geoffrey count of Anjou died, and his son Henry succeeded him. The Premonstratensian Order came to Richmond.
In the 1152nd year Matilda queen of the English died. Henry earl of the Northumbrians, son of David king of Scots, died, and Matilda his daughter. Badwin, the first abbot of Alnwick, died; Patrick succeeded him. William bishop of Durham died. ¶The convent came to Dryburgh on 13 December, and Roger was made abbot: the first

In the 1153rd year David king of Scots died, on 24 May, and his grandson Máel Coluim, a boy of 12 years, son of his own son Earl Henry, succeeded him. Pope Eugenius died, and Anastasius succeeded him. Henry archbishop of York died, and Bernard abbot of Clairvaux. Peace was restored in England after a settlement was reached between King Stephen and Henry, duke of Normandy, who King Stephen now adopted as a son, and appointed as his heir and successor of the kingdom, with the venerable Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, and Henry bishop of Winchester mediating. Hugh, the treasurer of York, a relative of the king, was consecrated as bishop of Durham by Pope Anastasius in Rome on the Sunday before Christmas.
In the 1154th year, first Eustace, the king’s son, died, and then King Stephen; and Henry duke of Normandy, son of Geoffrey count of Anjou, and son of the empress, succeeded him, and was crowned on the Sunday before Christmas. ¶William, archbishop of York a little while ago—who Pope Eugenius had suspended—, having set out for Rome in the year above, regained esteem from Pope Anastasius, and in the next year was honourably received in his see. But he was destroyed not long after, by the treachery of his clerks, so it is said—infected after receiving the eucharist by a lethal fluid within the cleansing-waters. Roger archdeacon of Canterbury succeeded him.

In the 1155th year Pope Anastasius died; he was succeeded by Adrian.

In the 1156th year a convent of nuns came for a second time to Eccles. Domnall son of Máel Coluim was captured at Whithorn, and was incarcerated in the tower of Roxburgh with his father.
In the 1157th year Máel Coluim king of Scots, coming to Henry king of England at Chester, became his man, in the manner in which his grandfather had been the man of King Henry, saving all his dignities. King Henry led a powerful army into Wales, and he took Rueland.
In the 1158th year the castle of Wark was strengthened at the command of the king of England. H[enry] king of England and Máel Coluim \king of Scots/ met at Carlisle, but they departed not well pacified on either side, and as a result the king of Scots was not yet made a knight.

In the 1159th year Robert bishop of St Andrews died. Waldef, of pious memory, 2nd abbot of Melrose, died on 3 August. He was the uncle of King M[áel Coluim], and William, a monk of the same church, succeeded him
Ascelin [was] the first [abbot] The renowned King Máel Coluim \reigned/in Scotland
for twelve years and three months.
Firm peace did not yet flourish then sufficiently in the kingdom.
It is said the king died without a slip1 at Jedburgh.
These four kings then are now buried in peace,
and lie in the tomb where King Máel Coluim is.

Notes

1 DB: I.e., he died a virgin.