Anno mocolxxiio ventus ualidissimus fuit
in die sanctorum Innocentium. Ecclesia Cantuar’ per duos cardi
nales in Franciam
missos reconciliata est ⁊ paci reddita. Simon electus est1 de Mureuia consecrationis
munus apud
Sanctum Andream in Scotia x kal’ Februarii suscepit. Matheus archidiaconus Sancti Andree
ad
episcopatum de Aberden est electus, ⁊ postea iiiito
no’ April’, scilicet in Passione Domine consecratus. Henricus
rex Anglie de
Hybernia post pascha rediit.
Anno mocolxxiiio Papa Alexander tertius,
in capite ieiunii apud Anagniam beatum Thomam
Cantuarien’ archiepiscopum
canonizauit, ⁊ eius memoriam in cathalogo sanctorum scribi instituit, ⁊ diem passionis
ipsius festiuum ⁊ celebrem auctoritate apostolica haberi firmiter precepit. Ipse
autem in martyris memoriam primam
missam astante clero ⁊ populo innumero, more suo
deuotissime cantauit, ⁊ in collecta, ⁊ in secreto, ⁊
postcommunione de eo sicut de
martyre ⁊ pontifice mentionem sollempniter fecit. Et qui uidit ⁊ audiuit
testimoni
um perhibuit. Facta est contentio ⁊ fere inexorabile bellum, inter uentrem
⁊ uiscera, inter patrem ⁊
prolem, inter Henricum seniorem ⁊ Henricum2 iunioremc regemd filiuma eiusb Angliee, ita ut puer ipse miles tamen
iam tunc ⁊ rex, obortis
quibusdam molestiis, ⁊ grauaminibus a patre illatis, clanculo noctu ad regem
Francorum patrem suum dictum in lege se citissime transtulit, ⁊ hoc ex consilio matris
sue ut dicebant,
nos nescimus, uiderit ips\a/3 ⁊ iudicet ipse. Cogitabat
enim pater ut rumor uulgi erat, filium capere
⁊ in custodiam firmam ⁊ securam
ponere. Secuti sunt eum tam de Anglia quam Normannia uiri
potentes ⁊ nobiles ad
bella promptissimi, quorum fretus consilio ⁊ auxilio surgit filius immo filii
in
patrem, ⁊ guerrarum tumultu ⁊ turbine non solum cismarine sed transmarine prouincie
commote in ar
ma ruunt, ⁊ dexteras iungunt ad dimicandum. ¶Rex etiam Scottorum
Willelmus uetera dampna nouo con
flictu resarcire sperans, bella immania per
consilia iniqua contra cognatum ⁊ dominum suum Henricum
regem Anglie instaurat, ⁊
cum ingenti exercitu castra metatus est ante castrum quod Werc nominatur,
⁊ moram
aliquantulum ibidem fecit, sed nichil plus profecit. Profectus autem inde rex magnam
partem Nor
thumbrie Scotti crudeliter igne combusserunt, ⁊ plebem eius ferociter
gladio transuerberauerunt.
Inde ad Carlegium iter recuruant, ⁊ ciu\i/tatem totis uiribus oppugnant, sed exercitus Anglie
simu
lato a quibusdem ⁊ significato aduentu fuge se uelociter dederunt. ¶Miracula
magna ⁊ inau
dita per beatum martyrem Thomam archipresulem facta sunt in
Angliam. Tonitruum horribile mugiit,
xvii kal’ Septembris. Tussis
quedam mala ⁊ inaudita omnes fere longe lateque occupauit, in qua
uel ex qua peste
multi mortui sunt. Robertus comes Legrecestrie una cum coniuge sua in
finibus
Sancti Aedmundi captus est ⁊ in custodia artissima positus. Sed ⁊ Flandrensium populus
infinitus
a finibus suis egressus, ut fines Anglie occuparent in eisdem finibus
quibus ⁊ comes cursum fixerunt,
⁊ uitam finierunt. Benedictus Deus qui perdidit
impios, ne perderent pios.
In the 1172nd year there was an
exceptionally strong gale on the day of the Holy Innocents.1 The church of Canterbury was reconciled and peace restored by two
cardinals sent into France. Simon bishop-elect of Moray received the favour
of consecration at St Andrews in Scotland on 23 January. Matthew archdeacon of St
Andrews was elected to the bishopric of Aberdeen, and consecrated afterwards on 2 April,
namely on the Lord’s Passion. Henry king of England returned from Ireland after
Easter.
In the 1173rd
year Pope Alexander III on Ash Wednesday2 at Anagni
canonised the blessed Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, and directed that a record of him
be written in the list of saints, and commanded firmly that the day of his suffering be
held as a feast and celebrated by apostolic authority. And he chanted in his most devout
manner the first mass in memory of the martyr, with innumerable clergy and people
standing nearby; both in company and in private, and at post-communion, he solemnly
spoke of him as of a martyr and bishop. And he who saw and heard, bore witness. Strife
and almost relentless war was made between belly and bowels, between father and child,
between Henry the elder and Henry the younger his son king of England, he as a boy,
nevertheless at this point then a knight and a king, after certain troubles had arisen
and grievances been uttered by the father he secretly at night took himself with great
speed to the king of the French, his father-in-law—and this so they have said was on his
mother’s advice; we ourselves don’t know—he who will have these things may judge. For
according to common gossip the father was thinking of seizing the son and putting him in
firm and secure custody. Powerful men and nobles from England as well as Normandy
followed him to war immediately; relying on their help and counsel the son—or rather
sons—rose against the father; and aroused to arms, territories not only this side of the
sea but overseas rushed headlong into the turmoil and whirlwind of war, and clasped
right hands together for fighting. ¶Now William king of Scots, hoping to make good old
losses by a new conflict, by evil counsel renews a brutal war against his relative and
lord Henry king of England, and pitched a fortified camp with a huge army before a
castle called Wark, and made a little delay at the same place, but gained nothing more.
But when the king advanced from there the Scots cruelly burnt with fire a large part of
Northumberland, and fiercely pierced the people through with their sword. From there
they turn back the way to Carlisle, and attack the city with full force, but they
resorted rapidly to flight when the arrival of the army of England was indicated by some
by a pretence. ¶Great and unheard of miracles were performed in England by the blessed
martyr Archbishop Thomas. A fearsome thunder storm roared on 16 August. A certain nasty
and unheard of cough seized nearly everyone far and wide; many died in this epidemic or
because of it. Robert earl of Leicester along with his wife was captured in Bury St
Edmund’s and put in closest custody. But then a large number of Flemish people, who had
departed from their territory in order to seize the territory of England, directed their
course to the same territory as the earl, and ended their life. Blessed be God who
destroyed the wicked lest they would destroy the pious.