Obiit Willelmus abbas Rieuall’. Magister Willelmus Blesensis
factus est episcopus Lincolnie. Rediit Iohannes rex in
Angliam terris suis &
castris transmarinis ignominiose satis amissis.
Anno moccoiiiio1 dompnus Gaufridus administrationem Rieuall’ suscepit. Obiit
Alanus filius Walteri. Obiit regina
Alienor. Danecastria in uigila pasche funditus
combusta est. Obiit comes Duncanus. Obiit Godefridus de
Luci episcopus Winthonie.
Septem episcopi in Terra Promissionis renunciauerunt fidei Christiane. Baldewinus comes
Flandrie factus est imperator Constantinopolitanus. Iohannes de Curci per fraudem
suorum ab Hug’ de Lasci captus est.
Obiit Petrus abbas de Weborn apud Vacell’.
Obiit abbas Alexand’ de Sautreia.
Anno moccovo2 comes Dauid fecit homagium nepoti suo Alexandro filio
regis Willelmi. ¶Vise sunt
due lune simul in firmamento eiusdem quantitatis quarum
cornua ex una parte coherebant ex altera separatim
fluctuabant, sed tandem
conueniebant. ¶Gelu magnum ⁊ horrendum ⁊ diuturnum oues ⁊ boues ⁊
equos siluestres
ubique terrarum strauit. Muri Rothomagi ab hominibus regis Francie solotenus prostrati
sunt.
Obiit Hubertus archepiscopus Canthuarie iii idus Iulii. Obiit Rad’ abbas de
Iodewrth vii idus Augusti.
Anno moccovio3 dompnus Ricardus de Cane4
factus est abbas de Kelchou iiii kal’ April’. ¶iii idus April’ luna
xixa5 audita sunt
tonitura. ¶vii kal’ Mai cecidit nix in tanta quantitate quod uix non uidentibus
possit persuaderi. vi idus Maii obiit Willelmus Blesensis episcopus Lincolnie. Obiit
comes Arald. Obiit dompnus Will’
ix abbas de Melros vi idus Iunii, factus est
dompnus Patricius supprior de Melros abbas eiusdem loci.
William, abbot of
Rievaulx, died. Master William of Blois was made bishop of Lincoln. King John returned
to England after quite ignominiously losing his lands and castles beyond the
sea.
In the 1204th year Dom Geoffrey received the administration of Rievaulx. Alan son of
Walter died. Queen Eleanor died. Doncaster was burned to the ground on the eve of
Easter. Earl Donnchadh died. Geoffrey de Lucy, bishop of Winchester, died. Seven bishops
in the Promised Land renounced the Christian faith. Baldwin, count of Flanders, became
emperor of Constantinople. John de Courcy, through the treachery of his own men, was
taken prisoner by Hugh de Lacy. Peter, abbot of Weburn, died at Vacelle. Alexander,
abbot of Sawtry, died.
In the 1205th year Earl David did homage to his nephew Alexander, son of
King William. ¶Two moons of the same size were seen at the same time in the sky: their
horns touched at one end; at the other end they wavered, but finally came together. ¶A
severe frost—dreadful and longlasting—destroyed the sheep and cattle and wild horses of
lands everywhere. The walls of Rouen were thrown to the ground by the men of the king of
France. Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, died on 13 July. Ralph, abbot of Jedburgh,
died on 7 August.
In the 1206th year Dom Richard de Cane1 was made abbot of Kelso on 29
March. ¶Thunder was heard on 11 April, the 19th
2 day of the moon. ¶On 25 April snow fell in such quantity that it is
scarcely possible to persuade those who had not seen it. William of Blois, bishop of
Lincoln, died on 10 May. Earl Harald died. Dom William, 9th
abbot of Melrose, died on 8 June; Dom Patrick, subprior of Melrose, was made abbot of
the same place.