annos pro iusticia decertans
regis senioris Anglorum Henrici, uiolentiis in Galliis exulauerat,
innumerabiles
etiam ibi pro Christi ecclesia perpessus iniurias, utpote infantibus infra annos
ad ubera pendentibus in cunis, illius secundum carnem propinquis ⁊ ceteris omnibus
senibus cum iunio
ribus ab Anglia instante nequissimo regis edicito1 eliminatis, pace tandem inter ipsum ⁊
regem domini pape ⁊ curie Romane necnon Gallicane ecclesie ⁊ maxime pii regis Franciae
Ludovici instantia ad plenum ut putabatur reformata postquam ab eo in osculo pacis
fu
erat susceptus, ⁊ in Anglia cum litteris suis liber abire permissus. A
domesticis, ⁊ sceleratissi
mis baronibus ⁊ detestandis militibus regis, paucis
diebus postquam in suam sedem fue
rat susceptus euolutis seuientis regis ira, ob
creditam sibi a domino papa ut dictum le
gationem ⁊ ob episcoporum suorum
suspensionem, longe magis dissimili ⁊ sceleratiore modo quam
Herodis in Iesum, uel
secundi in Iohanem baptistam, ad mortem contra ius ⁊ fas dampnatus,
in principali
totius Anglie sancte Trinitatis ecclesia, ante sanctum altare beati Benedicti,
innumera
bilium, martyrum, confessorum, uirginum, utpote in tali ecclesia
circumuallatus reliquiis,
quinta die locum suum optinens post natiuitatem
Saluatoris, sicut beatus Thomas
apostolus v die, eandem natiuitatem precedit,
sequenti scilicet die post natale innocentum
sanctis innocentibus in altera uita
copulandus. Sui ipsius imitatus Iesum mortem interfecto
ribus remittens, amputata
fere unius ex clericis suis qui crucem preferabat dextera.
Proh dolor ⁊ sicut
uerus Christi martyr detruncatur, cuius sanguinis effusionis iniuriam
omnibus
linguis inexplicabilem. In carnes impiorum inprimis qui opus abhominabile
perpetrauerunt, preceptum statuerunt, consilium subministrauerunt, assensum
prebu
erunt, demum induces ⁊ sequellas omnes assistentes qui huius
sceleris scelerum, notitiam
antea habuerunt, uindicet quam totius2 Domini gladius ⁊ redditor altissimus.
Obiit Nicolaus cancellarius regis Scotorum. Obiit Conanus dux Britannie ⁊ comes de Richemunt. Obiit Ferchet
comes de Strathern. Mare uisum est a multis ardere in Anglia.
Obiit Radulfus monachus
de Meylros apud Cuprum in patrem
eligitur, ⁊ a Ricardo episcopo Sancti Andree in purifi
catione beate Marie apud
Coldingham in abbatem benedicitur. Sepulcrum pii patris nostri
dompni Walleui
abbatis secundi de Melros a bone memorie Inger’ Glasguensi episcopo ⁊ iiiior abbatibus ad hoc
uocatis reseratum est, ⁊ corpus
eius integrum inuentum, ⁊ uestimenta intacta anno
xiio
obitus sui, xi kal’ Iunii. Et post sacra missarum sollempnia, idem antistes ⁊ abbates
quos prenumerauimus cum ipsius monasterii uniuerso conuentu, super ipsam
sanctissimi corporis glebam
posuerunt lapidem nouum, id est marmor politum. Et
facta est leticia magna, conclaman
tibus qui aderant ⁊ dicentibus, vere hic homo Dei
est. Pie memorie dompnus Poncius
abbas Clareuall’ in episcopum Clari Montis
eligitur, ⁊ ibidem pastor preficitur, translatus ⁊ as
sumptus de ualle in montem de
Clara Ualle in Clarum Montem de claritate in claritatem
tanquam a Domini spiritu.
Simon de Tonei monachus de Melros olim abbas de Kogeshala in episcopum
Mureuie
electus est, ⁊ adductus. Henricus rex Anglie cum manu ualida ⁊ robore magno
uisitandi gratia in Hyberniam uento ⁊ uelo transpositus, ⁊ transportatus est. Aedwardus
episcopus de Aberden obiit.
for justice against the violent deeds of the elder King Henry of England,
who had been exiled in France, there enduring countless wrongs for the church of Christ
(in that those related to him by blood—under-age children, those hanging from breasts,
or in cradles, and the rest, old and young—were banished from England, by the vilest
order of the king); at length, after peace was fully restored (as it was thought)
between him and the king at the urging of the lord pope and the Roman curia, and also
the French church, and mostly of Louis, the pious king of France, and the kiss of peace
had been received by him, he had been allowed to go back to England a free man with the
king’s letters. A few days after he had been received in his see, he was condemned to
death against law and justice by the king’s household—most evil barons and detestable
knights—unleashed by the anger of the king, raging in a manner by a far greater extent
different and more evil than that of Herod against Jesus, or by the second Herod against
John the Baptist, because of his [Thomas’] commission as legate of the lord pope, as has
been said, and because of his suspension of the king’s bishops. It happened before the
altar of the blessed Benedict in the church of the Holy Trinity, England’s principal
church, the holy place of countless martyrs, confessors, and virgins (inasmuch as he was
surrounded by relics in such a church), gaining his place among them five days after the
birth of our Saviour (just as the blessed Thomas the apostle comes on the 5th day before the same birth), that is, on the day following
the birth of the innocents; and he is to be united with the holy innocents in the other
life. He imitated Jesus, remitting the death due to his killers on account of his own
death; the right hand of one of his clerks, who was holding out a cross, was almost cut
off; and so—oh woe!—the true martyr of Christ is maimed: the wrong of his blood-letting
is inexplicable in any language. May the sword of the Lord, the highest deliverer, take
vengeance immediately against the flesh of the evil-doers, especially those who
perpetrated the abominable deed, gave the order, furnished advice, and showed agreement;
in sum, initiators, followers, and all assistants who had notice beforehand of this evil
of evils.
Nicholas, chancellor of the king of Scots, died. Conan duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond died. Ferteth earl of
Strathearn died. The sea appeared to many in England to be on
fire. ▬Ralph, a monk of Melrose, was chosen as father at Cupar,
and was blessed as abbot by Richard bishop of St Andrews at Coldingham on the
Purification of the blessed Mary.1 The tomb of our
pious father Dom Waldef, second abbot of Melrose, was opened by Ingram of good memory
bishop of Glasgow and 4 abbots asummoned for this, and his body was discovered to be
complete, and vestments intact, on 22 May, the 12th year of
his death. And after the rite of holy mass, the same high priest and abbots who we have
enumerated with the entire convent of that monastery placed a new stone—that is, a
polished marble—over the clay of the most holy body. And great rejoicing took place,
with those who were present exclaiming and saying: here truly is a man of God. Dom Pons
abbot of Clairvaux, of pious memory,2
was elected as bishop of Clermont; and was appointed pastor in that place, translated
and taken from the valley to the hill, from the Bright Valley to the Bright Hill, from
brightness to brightness, as by the spirit of the Lord. Simon de Tosny, a monk of
Melrose, previously abbot of Coggeshall, was elected as bishop of Moray, and brought.
Henry king of England with a powerful force and great strength was carried across and
transported to Ireland for the sake of making a visitation. Edward bishop of Aberdeen died.