Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

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Anno mocoxcoviiio1 obiit Celestinus papa vi idus Ianuarii. Cui successit2 In
nocencius. Rog’ filius comitis Leircestrie consecratus est in episcopum Sancti Andree prima dominica
xl. Obiit Erchinbaldus abbas de Dunfermel’, cui successit Rob’ de Berewich. Natus est Alexander
filius Willelmi regis Scott’ in die Sancti Barthol’ apostoli, in cuius natiuitate multi gaudebant.









Anno moco\xcoixo/ixo obiit Iocelinus Glasg’ episcopus apud Melros xvi kal’ April’. Obiit Ricardus rex Anglie pridie
idus April’. Dompnus Ern’ abbas Rieu’ cessit cure pastorali, cui successit dompnus Willelmus de Pun
chard’. Iohannes rex Anglie in die Ascenscionis est coronatus. Obiit Hugo cancellarius vi idus Iulii. Obiit
Matheus episcopus de Aberden xiii kal’ Sept’. Willelmus Maleuicinus factus est cancellarius vi idus Sept’.










Anno mocco dompnus Willelmus magister conuersorum de Melros factus est abbas de Cupro xviii kal’ Febr’.
Consecratus est dominus Willelmus Maleuicinus.
 

Notes

1 DB: For this annal, compare Scotichronicon, iv, pp. 418–20 (VIII.59, ll.32–5): Anno sequenti Rogerus filius comitis Leicestrie consectratus est in episcopum Sanctiandr’ dominica prima Quadragesime. Obiitque Archibaldus abbas de Dunf’ cui successit Robertus monachus eiusdem. This is followed by a notice of Alexander II’s birth which has been derived from Gesta Annalia (Chron. Fordun, i, p. 275).
2 DB: Initial s corrected from c by the scribe.












In the 1198th year Pope Celestine died on 8 January; Innocent succeeded him. Roger, son of the earl of Leicester, was consecrated bishop of St Andrews on the first Sunday in Lent.1 Archibald, abbot of Dunfermline, died; Robert of Berwick succeeded him. Alexander son of William, king of Scots, was born on the day of St Bartholomew the apostle;2 and many rejoiced at his birth.









In the 11 \99th / 9th year Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow, died at Melrose on 17 March.3 Richard, king of England, died on 12 April. Dom Arnold, abbot of Rievaulx, resigned his pastoral charge; Dom William of Puncharde succeeded him. John, king of England, was crowned on Ascension day.4 Hugh the chancellor died on 10 July. Matthew, bishop of Aberdeen, died on 20 August. William Malveisin became chancellor on 8 September.










In the 1200th year Dom William, master of the lay brothers of Melrose, became abbot of Coupar on 15 January. The lord William Malveisin was consecrated.5

Notes

1 DB: I.e., 15 February.
2 DB: I.e., 24 August.
3 DB: Roger of Howden adds: et ibidem in choro monachorum, ex boriali parte ecclesiae sepultus est (‘and there he was buried in the choir of the monks in the north part of the church’). Howden, Chronica, iv, p. 85.
4 DB: I.e., 27 May.
5 DB: I.e., as bishop of Glasgow.