Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

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*fautores
optinuerunt. Inauditam enim ⁊ inusitatam dominus papa, eidem legato conces
serat auctoritatem, faciendi uidelicet ut ita dicam quicquid animo ip
sius sederet in clero, ⁊ populo, per Angliam, ⁊ Scotiam, ⁊ Wales constituto,
transponendi, ⁊ deponendi, ⁊ alios ponendi, suspendendi, ⁊ excommunicandi, ⁊ ab
soluendi episcopos ⁊ abbates, ⁊ alios ecclesiarum prelatos, ⁊ clericos, necnon ⁊ quod maius fuit
priuandi etiam monachos Cisterciensis ordinis priuilegiis suis. ¶Obiit dompnus Walter ab
bas Noui Monasterii, apud Cisterciem, tempore capituli generalis, loco cuius electus est in abbatem
dompnus Henricus prior de Rupe. ¶Absoluti sunt ab officiis suis, ⁊ a domibus propriis
eliminati in capitulo generali ii abbates, ⁊ v priores de Wales, propter excessus suos ad
uersus predictum cardinalem, abbates scilicet de Alba Landa, \Blanchelande in Normandia/ ⁊ de Strata Florida \Vauflory/.
¶Mense Maio A’ dei gratia rex Scott’ congregato uniuerso excercitu suo obsedit
castellum de Midford, quod cum per septimanam obsedisset ad propria reuersus est.
¶Minati sunt Philippus de Vllecotes, ⁊ H’ de Baillol ut terram domini regis Scott’
ultionis causa deuastarent, quo audito dominus rex cum summa festinatione gener
ali exercitu, Anglorum scilicet ⁊ Scottorum, ⁊ Galweiorum iii nonas Iulii, uersus Northumbriam
iter iterato arripuit. ¶Obiit domina Eua, de Galweia iii idus Iunii. ¶Electus est domp
nus Helyas quondam abbas Rieuallis in abbatem de Reuesbi, mense Decembri;
¶Eodem anno mense Marcio facta est sedicio ut dicitur contra dominum Laodowicum
in insula de Rie. Quidam enim qui cum ipso iurauerant contra regem Anglie, Willelmus scilicet
longa spata, frater Iohannis regis, ⁊ Willelmus iunior marscallus Anglie ⁊ eorum complices
contra spem ipsius Laodovici in eadem insula insurrexerunt in ipsum. Sed prouidente
diuina gratia que nunquam suos desolatos dereliquit, naues non pauce quas
pater ipsius Laodouici, Philippus scilicet rex Francie in Angliam direxerat eadem hora ad
eandem insulam applicuerunt miro euentu,1 quibus aduenientibus, ⁊ ipse liberatus
est, ⁊ aduersarii ipsius fuge presidium petere sunt coacti. ¶xiii kal’ Iunii,
comissum est prelium aput Lincolniam inter fautores Laodouici filii regis
Francie, & * Henrici noui regis Anglie. Ex parte uero Laodouici erat pars
maxima totius milicie Anglicane, \necnon/ & Gallicane, inter quos isti fuerunt fa
mosiores, Marscallus Francie cum sua sequela. Comes de Perches auunculus
ut dicitur ipsius Laodouici, consanguineus \uero/ utriusque regis, Anglie uidelicet &
Francie cum sua sequela, & alii magnates Gallie quamplurimi, cum innu
mera equitum, armatorum, clientum, albasteriorum, & peditum multitudine.
Item ex parte Ladouici erant fere omnes magnates ⁊ barones Anglie. Ex parte autem
H’ noui regis erat supradictus G’ cardinalis qui sacris indutus uestimentis
incedens omnes fautores Laodouici autoritate Dei Omnipotentis, & domini pape
excommunicauit. Erant etiam cum illo archiepiscopus Eboracensis, & alii vii episcopi, videlicet,
Wirecestrencis, Herfordensis, Salesbiriensis, Lincolniensis, Baensis, Ecces

Notes

1 JT: The scribe has used symbols (///) to indicate an alternative word order: miro applicuerunt euentu.
*supporters
For the Lord Pope had granted unheard-of and unusual authority to this legate, to do to the clergy and people of England, Scotland, and Wales whatever (so to speak) was in his mind; the authority to translate, to depose and appoint others, to suspend, excommunicate, or to absolve bishops, abbots, other prelates of the Church, and clerks; and what is more, the authority even to deprive the monks of the Cistercian Order of their privileges. ¶Dom Walter, abbot of Newminster, died at Cîteaux at the time of the general chapter, and in his place Dom Henry, prior of La Roche, was elected as abbot. ¶During the general chapter, 2 abbots and 5 priors from Wales were discharged from their offices, and put out of their own houses, on account of their stand against the foresaid cardinal; that is, the abbots of Whitland \ Blanchelande in Normandy1 / , and of Strata Florida \ Vauflory 2 / . ¶ ¶In the month of May, A[lexander], by the grace of God king of the Scots, mustered his entire army and besieged the castle of Mitford; and when he had maintained the siege for a week, he returned home. ¶Philip de Ulecotes and H[ugh] de Balliol threatened by way of revenge that they would devastate the land of the lord king of the Scots; and when the lord king heard of it, he set out with the utmost haste for a second time towards Northumbria, on 5 July, with a general army of English, Scots, and men of Galloway. ¶The lady Eva, of Galloway, died on 11 June. ¶Dom Elias, formerly abbot of Rievaulx, was elected abbot of Revesby in the month of December. ¶In the month of March of the same year, as it is related, an uprising occurred against the lord Louis on the island of Rye. For, certain men who had taken a vow with him against the king of England, namely, William Longspée, brother of King John, and William the younger Marshal of England, and their accomplices, contrary to Louis’ expectation, rose up in rebellion against him on the same island. But under the care of divine grace, which never abandons its own, not a few ships which Louis’ father, Philip, the king of France, had directed to England, by a marvellous fortune landed on the same island at the same hour. With their arrival he was freed, and his opponents were compelled to seek safety in flight. ¶On 20 May, a battle was fought at Lincoln between the supporters of Louis, son of the king of France, and the * of Henry, the new king of England. On Louis’ side was the greater part of all the English knights and \also/the French, among whom these were the more celebrated: the Marshal of France with his retinue, the Count of Perche, said to be the uncle of this same Louis, and \moreover/a kinsman of each of the two kings (of England, that is, and of France), with his retainers and other dignitaries of France with a countless number of knights, men-at-arms, retainers, cross-bowmen and multitudes of foot-soldiers. On Louis’ side also were almost all of the nobility and the barons of England. On the side of H[enry], the new king of England, on the other hand, there was the above-mentioned cardinal, G[ualo], who, indecently dressed in sacred vestments, excommunicated all Louis’ supporters by the authority of God Almighty and the lord Pope. There were also with him the archbishop of York, and 7 other bishops, namely, of Worcester, Hereford, Salisbury, Lincoln, Bath, Exeter,

Notes

1 JT: The glosser has confused the Cistercian abbey of Whitland (Carmarthenshire, Wales) with the Premonstratensian abbey of Blanclande (Neufmesnil, Normandy). For the latter, see Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies in England and Wales. Also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries as were in any manner connected with religious houses in England. Originally published in Latin by Sir William Dugdale, vol. 6, part 2, ed. John Caley, Henry Ellis and Bulkeley Bandinel (London, 1846), p. 1116. Note also the entry on Cotton MS Faustina B IX, f. 20r, at AD 1165: ‘The Premonstratensian Order came to Blancheland.’
2 DB: Strata Florida in Welsh is Ystrad Fflur, ‘Flower Strath’. The glosser potentially attempted to translate this into French as ‘flower valley’ (Vauflory). They may have been influenced by other Cistercian houses in France incorporating the element ‘valley’ into their names, e.g., Vaucelles Abbey, Vauclair Abbey, Vauluisant Abbey. As a late-medieval scribe, they may have been based at Thorney Abbey, rather than Melrose. For the Thorney connection, see Broun, The Chronicle of Melrose Abbey, pp. 44, 71 and 173.