Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

in abbatem eiusdem domus;. Walterus electus Glasguiensis quesita licencia domini pape, in sede sua apud Glas’
consecratus est in die commemorationis fidelium animarum;. Adam abbas de Alnewic depositus est vo idus Decembris;.









Anno moccoixo Iohannes rex Anglie mandauit Willelmo regi Scot’ vt ei occurreret apud Nouum Castellum,
& obuiauerunt adinuicem Boyeltun. Rex itaque Scotorum Willelmus processit ⁊ rex Anglorum uenit usque
ad Norham ixo kal’ Maii, feria va ⁊ tam in reditu quam in transitu hospitatus est in Alnewic propriis expensis, ⁊
habuerunt colloquium ambo reges apud predictum castellum ⁊ infecto negotio abinuicem discesserunt;. vio kal’
Mai. Rad’ sacerdos de Dunbar accepit curam de Heccles. Obiit episcopus Iohannes Candide Case cui successit Walterus
camerarius Alani filii Roland. ¶Obiit magister Randulfus archidiaconus Sancti Andree, cui successit magister
Laurentius officialis. ¶Alanus filius Rolandi duxit filiam Dauid comitis fratris regis Scotie in uxorem. ¶Data est licencia
a domino papa in abbaciis per Angliam, semel in ebdomada diuina celebrare officia, uoce submissa, ianuis clausis, ex
clusis secularibus;. ¶Circa festum Sancti Iacobi rex Anglie ⁊ rex Scocie cum exercitibus suis adinuicem occurrerunt, vbi pacem
inter eos pepigerunt. Ita tamen quod rex Scottorum regi Anglorum duas filias suas dedit maritandas cum xiii millibus librarum,
⁊ cepit licenciam subuertendi castellum quod erectum fuit contra Berwic quod ⁊ factum est. Et pro pace tenenda dedit ei obsides
filios proborum hominum terre sue, ⁊ facta est contra uoluntatem Scottorum. ¶Circa festum Sancti Martini uenerunt duo episcopi scilicet de
Salesbir, ⁊ de Rouecestria, in Scociam, quorum alter apud Kelchou commoratus est scilicet Salebiriensis, alter autem apud Rokesburc, uterque propriis expensis. Quibus venerabilis rex Scocie honoris gratia dedit octoginta celdras frumenti, ⁊ lxvi
de brais, ⁊ octoginta de auena.1 Abbas de Cupro Ric’ cessit et Alexand’ ei successit









Anno moccoxo2 obiit Ricardus episcopus de Dunkeldin, mense Maio. Et Thomas de Colouilla captus est ⁊ apud Eden
burc custodie mancipatur, propter sedicionem quam contra regem suum ⁊ dominum machinatus est, ut infamia narrando
clamat, qui ad festum Sancti Martini se redemit. ¶Mense Iunio Iohannes rex Anglie congregato exercitu Hyberniam
sibi subiugauit. Rediens autem de Hybernia monachos Cistercienses in multis expoliauit; A Iudeis autem quicquid
fere habebant auferens, eosque a domibus suis excludens, quibusdam oculos eruens, quosdam fame perdens,
omnes in tanta necessitatis3 deiecit pericula, ut Iudei a Christianis, in nomine Iesu Christi
hostiatim uictum mendicabant, ⁊ famen passi sunt ut canes ⁊ circuierunt ciuitates
ut preostenderetur ad litteram quid de illis uenturum sit spiritualiter, teste propheta qui dicit,

Notes

1 DB: For this annal, compare Scotichronicon, iv, p. 444 (VIII.68, ll.29–36): …venerunt in Scociam episcopus Salesbirie commorans apud Roxburgh et episcopus de Rouecestire commorans apud Kalco, quibus rex Willelmus curialiter dedit octoginta celdras frumenti et sexaginta sex celdras de brasio et octoginta de avena. Quo in anno Alanus de Galweia filius Rotholandi duxit in uxorem Margaritam filiam David comitis de Hontingtona [apud Dunde], et obiit Johannes episcopus Candide Case, cui successit Walterus camerarius Alani filii Rotholandi… Note that apud Dunde has been added subsequently by the text hand in MS C of Bower’s Scotichronicon.
2 DB: For this annal, compare Scotichronicon, iv, p. 456 (VIII.72, ll.47–54): Hoc eciam in anno obiit Richardus episcopus Dunk’; et Johannes rex Anglie totam fere Hiberniam sibi subjugavit, monachis quoque precipue ordinis Cisterciensis multa mala irrogans. Judeos per Angliam perimens, quosdam fame perdens, quorundam oculos eruit ita ut ostiatim in nomine Jhesu Christi panem suum mendicarent. Similiter et in hoc tempore fecit Philippus rex Francie, ita quod militibus suis terras suas et cartas quas Iudeis impignoraverant absque fenore restituit.
3 DB: Altered from necessitates.
abbot of the same house. Walter, bishop-elect of Glasgow, having sought permission from the lord pope, was consecrated in his see at Glasgow on the day of the commemoration of the souls of all the faithful.1 Adam, abbot of Alnwick, was deposed on 9 December.










In the 1209th year John, king of England, commanded William, king of Scots, to hasten to him at Newcastle, and they met up together at Bolton. And so William, king of Scots, went on; and the king of the English came as far as Norham on Thursday 23 April, and both in returning and in passing William lodged at Alnwick at his own expense. Both kings held a conference at the aforesaid castle;2 and they parted from each other on 26 April, their work unfinished. Ralph, priest of Dunbar, received the charge of Eccles. Bishop John of Whithorn died; Walter, chamberlain of Alan son of Roland, succeeded him. ¶Master Ralph, archdeacon of St Andrews, died; Master Laurence, the official, succeeded him. ¶Alan son of Roland married the daughter of Earl David, brother of the king of Scotland. ¶Permission was granted by the lord pope for the divine office to be celebrated in abbeys throughout England once a week, with lowered voice behind closed doors, excluding seculars. ¶Around the feast of St James,3 the king of England and the king of Scotland met each other with their armies. There peace was concluded between them; on condition, however, that the king of Scots gave his two daughters to the king of the English to be married, with 13 thousand pounds, and that he received permission to pull down the castle which had been erected opposite Berwick—which, indeed, has been done. And for keeping peace, he [King William] gave him [King John] as hostages the sons of important men of his country, against the wish of the Scots. ¶Around the feast of St Martin,4 two bishops, namely of Salisbury and of Rochester, came to Scotland, of whom one—namely Salisbury—stayed at Kelso, the other at Roxburgh, each at his own expense. The venerable king of Scotland granted them, by reason of honour, 80 chalders of wheat, 66 of barley, and 80 of oats. Richard abbot of Coupar resigned and Alexander succeeded him









In the 1210th year Richard, bishop of Dunkeld, died in the month of May. And Thomas of Colville was captured and placed in custody at Edinburgh because of the sedition which he had plotted against his king and lord, as the disreputable proclaim by gossip; and he ransomed himself on the feast of St Martin.5 ¶In the month of June John, king of England, gathered together an army and subjugated Ireland. Returning then from Ireland, he despoiled Cistercian monks in many ways. Then, carrying off from the Jews nearly everything they possessed and driving them from their homes—gouging out the eyes of some, destroying others by starvation—he cast all of them into such danger through want that the Jews were begging from door to door for food from Christians in the name of Jesus Christ; and they suffered hunger like dogs and went around the cities, so that it was foretold to the letter what was to happen with regard to them, according to the Spirit, as witnessed by the prophet who said:

Notes

1 DB: I.e., All Souls’ Day, 2 November.
2 DB: I.e., Newcastle.
3 DB: I.e., 25 July.
4 DB: I.e., 11 November.
5 DB: I.e., 11 November.