Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

& occisus est Simon, comes de Monte Forti, quorum anime requiescant in pace.
¶iiio nonas Octobris, obiit Henricus abbas de Kelchou, loco cuius successit dompnus Ricardus
prior eiusdem domus xiiiio kal’ Nouembris. ¶Eodem anno profecti sunt ad capitulum genera
le fere omnes abbates Anglie, Wallie & Scotie, ad mandatum domini Cistercii, de arduis
negociis ordinis tractaturi, a quo capitulo Romam profecti sunt dominus Cistercii, & Clareuallensis,
cum vii aliis coabbatibus suis, de iniuriis ordini illatis, a dicto G’ cardinali que
rimoniam proposituri. Vbi patrocinante Deo, & eiusdem genitrice semper uirgine Maria,
ipsius ordinis aduocata, & patrona propria, contra sepedictum G’ cardinalem, ad libitum optinu
erunt. Insuper & eadem uice ad honorem Dei, & ordinis, & in testimonium confusi
onis ipsius G’ cardinalis, ipse dompnus Conradus, abbas Cistercii, a summo pontifice electus est
& consecratus in episcopum Portuensem, & factus est etiam \ipse/ cardinalis. Cui successit
in abbatem Cistercii, dominus Gaucherus1 abbas de Longo Ponte. ¶Profecti sunt de Scotia
ad sedem apostolicam absolutionis sue querende gratia episcopi, Walterus uidelicet Glas
cuiensis, Bricius Morauensis, & Adam Catanensis, & anno sequenti redierunt.














Anno Domini moccoxixo obiit Thomas de Colleuilla. ¶Obiit Willelmus de Valon’
aput Kelchou, cuius corpus etiam contra beneplacitum monachorum eiusdem domus, aput
Melros deductum est, & ibidem honorifice sepultum in capitulo monachorum,
iuxta sepu\l/crum patris sui. ¶Obiit Ger’ Auenel, cuius corpus \in/ eodem capitulo sepelitur.
¶In kal’ Iunii obiit dompnus Radulfus abbas de Melros. Cui successit in cura
regiminis dompnus Adam abbas de Neubotl’ viii idus Augusti, pro quo etiam sub
rogatur dompnus Ricardus magister conuersorum de Nebot’. ¶Aput Pipewelle obiit domp
nus Henricus, abbas de Nouo Monasterio, cui successit, dompnus Robertus

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and Simon, earl de Montfort, was killed. May their souls rest in peace. ¶Henry, abbot of Kelso, died on 5 October; Dom Richard, the prior of the same house, succeeded in his place on 19 October. ¶In the same year, almost all the abbots of England, Wales, and Scotland set out for the general chapter, at the order of the lord of Cîteaux, to deal with the Order’s difficult affairs. From this chapter the lord of Cîteaux, and of Clairvaux, together with 6 other fellow-abbots, set out for Rome, to bring a complaint about the injuries inflicted upon the Order by Cardinal G[ualo]. There, with God, and Mary his ever-virgin mother (the Order’s own special advocate and patron), affording protection, they obtained what they desired against the oft-mentioned Cardinal G[ualo]. At the same time, moreover, to the honour of God and of the Order, and as a witness to Cardinal G[ualo]’s confusion, Dom Conrad, the abbot of Cîteaux, was elected and consecrated bishop of Porto by the Supreme Pontiff, and was also \himself/made a cardinal. The lord Gaucher, abbot of Longpont, succeeded him as abbot of Cîteaux. ¶The bishops, namely, Walter of Glasgow, Brice of Moray, and Adam of Caithness, set out from Scotland for the apostolic see to seek their own absolution; and they returned the following year.














In the 1219th year of the Lord, Thomas de Colville died. ¶William de Volgnes died at Kelso; his body, even against the wishes of the monks of that house, was removed to Melrose, and buried there with honour in the monks’ chapter-house, next to the tomb of his father. ¶Gervase Avenel died, and his body was buried \in/the same chapter-house. ¶Dom Ralph, abbot of Melrose, died on 1 June; Dom Adam, abbot of Newbattle, succeeded him in the charge of the rule on 6 August; Dom Richard, master of the lay-brethren at Newbattle, was appointed successor for him. ¶Dom Henry, abbot of Newminster, died at Pipewell; Dom Robert,

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