Anno mocolxxiiiio obiit bone memorie Inger’ episcopus Glasgon’ in die purificationis beate
Marie. Kal’ Marcii,
obiit Ascelinus primus abbas de Kinlos in Mureuia. Cui in loco
ministerii huius Reinerius successit monachus
de Meylros. Obiit Osbertus primus
abbas de Ieddewrtha. Cui successit Ricardus eiusdem cellerarius. Iocelinus
abbas
monasterii de Melros numero iiiitus a clero a populo
exigente, ⁊ rege ipso assenciente, ad ecclesiam
Glasguensem presul eligitur, x
kal’ Iunii, apud Pert in Scotia, uir mitis ⁊ morigeratus, uir mansuetus ⁊
mo
deratus. Willmus rex Scotie rursus exercitum Alnewic direxit, immo ipse duxit,
multos fugauit, multos
prostrauit. Henricus rex Anglie senior inter hec tonitrua
Angliam uenit, corde compunctus, animo contritus,
laneis indutus, ⁊ pedibus nudis
incedens cum numerosa presulum ⁊ procerum multitudine sepulcrum beati Thome
Cantuarie in ipso regni ingressu quo cicius potuit inuisit, peccatorum suorum penitens ⁊
pacem deposcens.
ad Richemund1Mane enim facto Willelmus rex
Scottorum apud Alnewic capitur, ⁊
ad Richemund cum merore ducitur, ⁊ in custodiam
ad tempus ibi reuerenter reseruatur. Postquam autem
regi Anglie res innotuit,
ipsius imperio in Normanniam transponitur, ⁊ in turri de Faleisio thesaurus
desidera
bilis seruandus reponitur. Dauid comes frater eius iunior cum hec
cognouisset Legrecestriam de qua pug
nabat uelociter reliquat ⁊ sese cum suis ut
potuit in Scociam transtulit. ¶Beatus Bernardus primus
abbas Clarauallis a domino
papa Alexandro tercio in urbe Roma sollempniter auctori\z/atur,2 ⁊ in catha
logo memoriam eius scribi auctoritate
apostolica constituitur.
Anno mocolxxvo Willelmus rex Scottie cum
suis de custodia rediit ad sua. Iocelinus ecclesie Glasguensis3
electus, ex mandato domini pape Alexandri iii in
episcopum consecratus est a domino Eskilo Lundensi archiepiscopo
sedis apostolice
legato ⁊ totius Dacie primate in Clar\a/ualle.4
Laurencius monachus noster quondam abbas in Orcadia ii idus
Maii electus est, ⁊ in crasti
na die ascensionis Domini a Iocelino episcopo Glasg’
in ecclesia nostra honorifice in abbatem benedictus.
Ecclesia Clareuallis
dedicatur. Reliquie Sancti Bern’ Clareuallis abbatis primi honorifice translate, ⁊ in
ecclesia
locate sunt ea reuerentia que sanctum decuit. Comites ⁊ barones ⁊ omnes
maiores ⁊ potentiores per regnum
Scotie coram rege suo Willelmo ligantiam
fecerunt, ⁊ obsides dederunt, ⁊ episcopi eiusdem regni in uerbo ueritatis
fide
litatem iurauerunt Henrico regi Anglie, ciuitate Eboraco.
Anno mocolxxvio Wiuianus tituli Sancti Stephani in Celie
Monte presbiter cardinalis apostolici sedis legatus Scociam
intrauit, conculcans ⁊
comminuens obuia queque expeditus capere, nec impeditus rapereo. Ricardus comes
cognomine Strangboge in Hybernia obiit. Facta est
contentio inter Walterum abbatem Tironensem, ⁊
Iohannem Kalcoensem de subiectione,
quis eorum uideretur esse maior.
In the 1174th year Ingram of good memory,
bishop of Glasgow, died on the day of the Purification of the blessed Mary.1 On 1 March Ascelin the first abbot of Kinloss in Moray died;
Renier a monk of Melrose succeeded him in this place of ministry. Osbert first abbot of
Jedburgh died; Richard cellarer of the same place succeeded him. Jocelin abbot of the
monastery of Melrose—the 4th in number—is elected bishop at
the church of Glasgow, compelled by clergy, by people, and the king himself agreeing, on
23 May at Perth in Scotland: a gentle and well mannered man, a mild and moderate man.
William king of Scotland again dispatched—or, rather, himself led—an army to Alnwick;
many he drove away, many he laid low. Henry the elder king of England came to England
amid these thunderous events, and visited the tomb of the blessed Thomas of Canterbury
as fast as he could on his arrival at the kingdom, his conscience stung, spirit crushed,
dressed in woollen clothes, walking barefoot with many bishops and a multitude of the
elite, repenting his sins and calling for peace.
to Richmond
For as morning broke William king of Scots is captured at Alnwick, and led
grief-stricken to Richmond and kept there respectfully in custody for a while. But after
the matter was made known to the king of England, he was transported to Normandy on his
authority, and deposited in the tower of Falaise, a carefully kept desirable treasure.
Earl David, his younger brother, when he got to know this, speedily left Leicester which
he was fighting to gain, and took himself to Scotland with his followers as best he
could. ¶Blessed Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux, is solemnly canonised by the lord
pope Alexander III in the city of Rome, and arranged by apostolic authority that a
record of him be written in the list [of saints].
In the 1175th year William king of Scotland with his followers returned
to his [country] from custody. Jocelin elect of the church of Glasgow, by order of the
lord pope Alexander III, was consecrated in Clairvaux as bishop by the lord Eskil,
archbishop of Lund, apostolic legate and primate of all Denmark.
Laurence our monk, formerly abbot in Orkney, was elected on 14 May, and on the day after
Ascension Day2 he was blessed honourably as abbot in our
church by Jocelin bishop of Glasgow. The church of Clairvaux is dedicated. The relics of
St Bernard first abbot of Clairvaux were honourably translated and placed in that church
with the reverence which was fitting for the saint. The earls and barons and all the
greater and more powerful throughout the kingdom of Scotland, before their king William,
performed an oath of allegiance and gave hostages, and the bishops of the same kingdom
swore fealty on the word of truth,3 to Henry king of
England at the city of York.
In the 1176th year Vivian, cardinal priest of the church of St Stephen
on Caelian Hill, legate of the Holy See, entered Scotland, trampling and threatening all
obstacles, quick to take and not shy to snatch away. Earl Richard, surnamed Strongbow,
died in Ireland. A dispute arose between Walter abbot of Thiron and John abbot of Kelso
regarding subjection, [i.e.,] which of them should be regarded as the greater.