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Anno mocolxxxovo obiit pie memorie Andreas episcopus de Catenesse iii kal’ Ianuarii apud
Dunfermelin. ¶Obiit pie memorie Will’ quondam abbas de Melros, apud Rieuallem. ¶Obiit
Robertus Auenel nouicius familiaris noster viii idus Marcii. Iste dedit Deo ⁊ Sancte Marie ⁊ mona
chis de Melros terram suam de Heskedale sicut carta ipsius testatur, cuius beata anima semper ui
uat in gloria. ¶Eraclius patriarcha Ierosolimitanus, ⁊ prior hospitalis de Ierusalem cum labore ⁊
merore ad H’ regem in Angliam uenerunt, auxilium ⁊ consilium humiliter ab eo petentes, quos
ipse non tam gloriose ⁊ deuote suscepit ut decuit ⁊ debuit. ¶H’ rex Anglie comitatum de
Huntedonie reddidit Willelmo regi Scottorum honorifice ⁊ plenarie sicut ipse habuit
ante guerram, apud Windelesofre. ¶Terremotus factus est magnus mense Aprili per
Angliam. ¶Eclipsis*1 solis facta est kal’ Maii feria iiii post nonam, ⁊ stelle apparuerunt. ¶
Bellum fuit in Galwela, inter Rolandum, ⁊ Gillipatricium, iiiio no’ Iulii, feria quinta in quo plu
res occubuerunt ex parte Gil\l/epatrici. Ipse uero interiit cum multis aliis. ¶Iterum Rolandus
bellum habuit contra Gillecolmum, in quo frater Rolandi occubuit, ⁊ Gillecolmus periit. ¶Obiit
Lucius papa iiius cui successit Vrbanus tercius.



Anno mocolxxxovio in YHybernie apud ciuitatem que uocatur Dune, inuencio sanctorum corporum
scilicet Sancti Patricii episcopi, ⁊ Sancti Columbani abbatis, ⁊ Sancte Brigide uirginis. Apud Parisium, obiit Gau
fridus comes Brittannie filius H’ regis Anglie. Obiit 2 abbas Cisterciensis. Cui suc
cessit, Will’ abbas de Pratea. H’ rex Anglie cum exercitu magno uenit ad *Carleolam3 contra
Rolandum mense Augusto, Rolandus autem sub conductu W’ regis Scottorum uenit ad eum
& fecit ei humagium. ¶Rex Scottorum, Will’ desponsauit cognatam regis H’ Anglie, ER
MENGARDAM nomine filiam uidelicet vicecomitis de Bello Monte qui erat filius filie
priori filii Willelmi Bastard, in capella regis de parco apud Wudestoc, presente rege cum
magna gloria, nonas Septembris, feria vi luna xviii. ¶Obiit pie memorie Christianus episcopus de
Candida Casa, nonas Octobris, apud Holcultram. Obiit Petrus abbas Clareuall’ cui successit Guar
nerius abbas de Alba Ripa.




Anno mocolxxxoviio Ricardus clericus Willelmi regis electus est ad episcopatum de Mure
uia kal’ Marcii die dominica, ⁊ idus eiusdem mensis in passione Domini consecratus est apud Sanctum
Andream in Scotia, a HVGONE eiusdem ecclesia episcopo. ¶In Brittannia, natus est ARTVRVS
filius Gaufridi comitis iiiio kal’ Aprilis, nocte scilicet sancte pasche de Constancia filia Margarete
sororis Malcolmi, ⁊ Willelmi regum Scottorum. ¶Turci Dei inimici Nazaream ecclesiam
Sancte Marie uiolauerunt, ⁊ multos occiderunt, ⁊ magister Hospitalis ibi occisus est cum v
 
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Notes

1 DB: The y in the margin implies Eclypsis.
2 DB: A gap has been left for the name of the abbot of Cîteaux (the name should be Bernard).
3 DB: The K in the margin implies Karleolam.



In the 1185th year Andrew bishop of Caithness, of pious memory, died at Dunfermline on 30 December.1 ¶William, previously abbot of Melrose, of pious memory, died at Rievaulx. ¶Robert Avenel, a novice, our benefactor, died on 8 March. He gave his land of Eskdale to God and St Mary and the monks of Melrose, as his charter testifies;2 may his blessed soul live in glory always. ¶Heraclius patriarch of Jerusalem and prior of the hospital of Jerusalem came to King H[enry] in England with toil and tears, humbly seeking aid and advice from him; he did not receive them with as much splendour and devotion as was appropriate and due. ¶Henry king of England, at Windsor, restored the earldom of Huntingdon to William king of Scots honourably and fully as he had it before the war. ¶A great earthquake happened in the month of April throughout England. ¶An eclipse of the sun happened on 1 May, on Wednesday afternoon, and stars appeared. ¶There was a battle in Galloway between Roland and Gilla Pátraic on Thursday 4 July in which very many fell on Gilla Pátraic’s side. He himself was wiped out with many others. ¶Again Roland had a battle, against Gille Coluim, in which Roland’s brother fell, and Gille Coluim perished. ¶Pope Lucius III died; Urban III succeeded him.




In the 1186th year ▬ the discovery in Ireland of the bodies of saints, namely of St Patrick the bishop, St Columbanus the abbot, and St Bridget the virgin, at a city which is called Down. At Paris Geoffrey count of Brittany died, son of H[enry] king of England. 3 abbot of Cîteaux died; William abbot of La Prée succeeded him. H[enry] king of England came with a great army to Carlisle against Roland in the month of August; however, Roland came to him under the safe-conduct of W[illiam] king of Scots and did homage to him. ¶The king of Scots, William, engaged to marry a kinswoman of H[enry] king of England, named ERMENGARDE—that is the daughter of the viscount of Beaumont who was son of the elder daughter of a son of William the Bastard—in the king’s chapel of the park at Woodstock, in the king’s presence with great glory, on Friday 5 September, the 18th day of the moon. ¶Christian of pious memory bishop of Whithorn died at Holme Cultram on 7 October. Peter abbot of Clairvaux died; Garnier abbot of Auberive succeeded him.




In the 1187th year Richard, a clerk of King William, was elected to the bishopric of Moray on Sunday 1 March; and 15 March, on Passion Sunday, he was consecrated at St Andrews in Scotland by HUGH, bishop of the same church. ¶In Brittany ARTHUR son of Count Geoffrey was born of Constance daughter of Margaret sister of Máel Coluim and William kings of Scots, on 29 March, that is during the night of holy Easter. ¶The Turks, enemies of God, violated the church of St Mary in Nazareth, and killed many, and the master of the Hospitallers there was killed with 5

Notes

1 DB: I.e., 1184.
2 JT: See https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/source/4376/ (Edinburgh, NRS GD55/39) and https://poms.ac.uk/record/source/4223/ (Edinburgh, NRS GD55/40) [accessed 20 March 2024].
3 DB: A gap has been left for the name of the abbot of Cîteaux (the name should be Bernard).