strensis, & Wincestrensis, necnon & uterque Willelmus,
marscallus Anglie, Willelmus Lon
ga Spata comes Salesbirie, & comes de Alba
Mare, & Robertus de Veteri Ponte,
Brian de Insula, Gaufridus de Neuile
camerarius Anglie, & Ricardus filius
Iohannis regis. In hoc igitur conflictu
omnes pariter qui ex parte Laodouici erant
pondere excommunicationis
aggrati1 miraculose2 a paucis
capti sunt, // in ipsa Lincolnia3
& incarcerati, & quod ualde dolendum extitit nobilis ille dictus
comes de
Perche in eodem conflictu post longam & diutinam sui defensionem
crudeli nimis
uiolencia necatus occubuit. *reconciliati sunt
¶Eodem anno vii idus Septembris, congregato generali excercitu totius Anglie, & mag
na parte milicie Gallicane
circa Londonias, * Laodouicus filius regis Francie,
& H’ nouus rex 4 Anglie mediantibus sepedicto G’ cardinale, &
utriusque regni
magnatibus, ita tamen quod dicto Laodouico, darentur x mille
librarum in reconpen
sacionem expensarum suarum reconciliati sunt. Ibidem
uero Laodouicus de papilione sua
ad tentorium cardinalis, discinctus &
discalciatus cum suis commilitonibus uenit abso
lutionem petiturus, vbi tandem
prestito prius iuramento standi iudicio ecclesie,
& quod infra certum terminum
de se & suis Angliam euacuaret desideratam adeptus
est absolutionem. Barones etiam & milites qui ab utraque
parte capti sunt ⁊ incar
cerati absoluti sunt & liberati, & omnes omnino
Anglici ab humagio quod fecerant
dicto Laodouico, absoluti sunt. Rex uero Scotie,
& omnes comites, & barones, milites &
magnates, episcopi & prelati
totius regni Scotie, interdicti sunt & excommunicati.
¶Anno eodem congregato
excercitu dominus A’ rex Scotie profectus est uersus An
gliam, & cum uenisset
usque Iedewrð, audita pace inter Laodouicum & regem
Anglie remisit excercitum
& remansit, mense, Septembris. ¶Dominus A’ rex Scot’
absolutus est a uinculo
excommunicationis aput Berwic, in kal’ Decembris, a domino ar
chiepiscopo
Eboracensi, & a domino, Dunelmensi, episcopo, per autoritatem domini legati in
Angliam
commorantis, & tertia die sequenti mater eiusdem regis absoluta est a
domino Dunel
mensi episcopo. Archiepiscopus uero statim absoluto rege uersus
Carleolum iter arripuit
ut saisinum castelli per mandatum domini regis Scot’ ad
opus regis Anglie
susciperet. ¶Eodem tempore proficiscente domino rege uersus
Angliam omnis ecclesia
Scoticana sub interdicto ponita a diuinis laudibus
cessauit, exceptis mona
chis albis, qui secundum priuilegia a sede apostolica sibi
indulta celebrauerunt.
Rex autem apud Norhauntun ueniens tam a dicto legato quam a
nouo rege
Anglie cum summa reuerencia susceptus est, & ibidem hominium fecit
dicto regi
Anglie pro comitatu de Huntedun, & ceteris terris quas
predecessores sui tenu
erant de regibus Anglie, proximo die sabbati ante natale
Domini. ¶
and Winchester,
and likewise also William, marshal of England, William Longspée, earl of Salisbury, and
the earl of Albermarle, and Robert de Vieuxpont, Brian de Insula, Geoffrey de Neville,
chamberlain of England, and Richard, son of King John. In this conflict, therefore, all
who on Louis’ side had been alike weighed down with the burden of excommunication were
somewhat miraculously captured by a few men //
imprisoned and in
Lincoln itself; and it was greatly to be regretted that that noble man, the said count
of Perche, fell in this same conflict after long and lasting defence of himself, slain
with cruel and excessive violence. *were reconciled
¶On 7 September of the same year, a general army
of the whole of England and the large part of the French militia of France gathered
around London, and Louis, the son of the king of France, and Henry, the new king
1 of England, * through the mediation of the frequently mentioned
Cardinal G[ualo] and the nobility of each kingdom were reconciled, so long as
Louis be given 10 thousand pounds as recompense for his expenses. This same Louis, with
his fellow-soldiers, ungirt and barefoot, came from his pavilion to the tent of the
cardinal to seek absolution, where he finally received the desired absolution, having
first sworn an oath to abide by the judgement of the Church, and that he would rid
England of himself and his men within a specified time. The barons and knights who had
been captured and imprisoned on either side, moreover, were absolved and freed; and all
Englishmen were entirely released from the homage that they had done to the said Louis.
The king of Scotland, meanwhile, and all the earls, and barons, knights and magnates,
bishops and prelates of the whole of the realm of Scotland, were placed under
interdiction and excommunicated. ¶In the same year, the lord A[lexander], the king of
Scotland, having gathered an army, advanced against England, and when he had come as far
as Jedburgh, and had heard of the peace between Louis and the king of England, he
disbanded his army and remained there for the month of September. ¶On 1 December, the
lord A[lexander], the king of Scotland, was released from the fetters of excommunication
at Berwick by the lord archbishop of York and the lord bishop of Durham on the authority
of the lord legate who was resident in England, and on the third day following, the
king’s mother was absolved by the lord bishop of Durham. Immediately after absolving the
king, the archbishop made his way towards Carlisle in order to receive the seisin of the
castle on behalf of the king of England, by order of the lord king of Scotland. ¶At the
same time, as the lord king was setting off towards England, every Scottish church
placed under the interdict ceased from the worship of God, except the white monks, who
celebrated according to the privileges permitted to them by the Apostolic See. Upon his
arrival at Northampton, however, the king was received with the greatest honour both by
the said legate and by the new king of England; and here, on the Saturday next before
the Nativity of the Lord, he did homage to the said king of England in return for the
earldom of Huntingdon and the rest of the lands which his predecessors had held from the
kings of England. ¶