runt amputatis capitibus animas exalare fecerunt. Duos uero
natu maiores retinuerunt quos apud
Edinburch ab equis dilaniari fecerunt. Sedata
tandem Galueya, heredes terras acceperunt quas inter
se equa
lancea diuiserunt
Item, desponsata est, domina Mariori, soror domini Alexandri regis Scot’ apud
Ber\u/uich in die Sancti Petri ad
Vincula, cuius
desponsationi interfuit ipse rex, ⁊ magnates eius regni sicut ex altera parte dominus G’
Anglie, mareschallus, ⁊ comes de Penbruch qui eam duxit in uxorem, cum multis
nobilibus uiris
Anglie.
Hoc anno contulit dominus Alexander rex Scocie domui de
Melros forestam de
Ettrich ⁊ abbatiam de Melros cum iiiior grangiis circumiacentibus a foresta sua liber esse constituit.
Ano1 domini
moccoxxxovio Dompnus Constantinus, abbas
de Neubotle, suo cessit officio cui successit, dompnus
Rogerus, cellerarius de
Melros.
Eodem anno obiit uenerabilis Gillebertus episcopus de Dunkeldin, ⁊ in
insula Sancti Columbani est sepultus. In loco autem
eius electus est, dompnus
Gaufridus clericus regis.
Item, Iordanus, abbas de Dundraynan, et Robertus dictus
abbas de Glenlus deponuntur,
⁊ ad regimen de Dundraynan dompnus Leonius, monachus
de Melros, in die Ascensionis
eligitur. Nec multum post dompnus Michael, prior de
Melros, de Glenlus abbas constituitur.
Item, dompnus Alanus primus abbas Sancti
Eduuardi de Balmurinavh obiit in vigilia apostolorum
Petri ⁊ Pav.2 Cui successit, dompnus Radulphus, eiusdem
domus cellerarius. ¶Rex etiam Anglie
⁊ rex Scocie conuenerunt apud Nouum Castrum
ubi mutuum habuerunt colloquium. Obiit Willelmus episcopus
Wigornie. Item, dompnus
Herbertus, abbas Calcovenis, in die Natiuitatis beate Marie, ba
culum cum mitra
super maius altare posuit ⁊ taliter pastorali cure ualedixit. Cui successit
dompnus Hugo de ▬▬▬▬▬ eiusdem loci
monachus.
Anno Domini moccoxxxoviio Pie recordationis, dominus Ricardus, Dunelmensis episcopus, ⁊ fun
dator,
noue ecclesie Salesbyriensis egregius, viam uniuerse carnis est ingressus, in crastino
Sanctorum
Tyburcii, ⁊ Valerii, feria scilicet iii ante pascha, hora prima, cuius
corpus sepelitur in ecclesia sanctarum moniali
um de Tarent, quam ipse fundauit. Ad
sacrum cuius tumulum frequenter, membra languentum
modo sanitati quolibet morbo
fuerint grauati restituuntur. Eodem anno, predicti, reges
cum suis reginis ⁊
nobilibus uiris utrorumque regnorum conuenerunt in die Sancti Mauricii
apud
Eboracum, ubi per xv dies tractauerunt de negociis regnorum, presente Otho
ne legato
domini pape, ⁊ tandem dissoluto concilio, rex quidem Scocie repatriauit. Sed regina
the heads of as many as they came across, and caused them to
breathe out their souls. But they kept back two of the older men, whom they then had
torn to pieces by horses at Edinburgh. At length, with Galloway settled, the heirs took
possession of their lands and divided them among themselves in equal measure.
Also, the lady Marjorie, sister of the lord Alexander, king of the Scots, was given in
marriage at Berwick on the day of St Peter’s Chains; and the king himself attended this
wedding, as well as the magnates of his kingdom, just as on the other side there were
present the lord G[ilbert], marshal of England and earl of Pembroke (who married her),
with many of the noblemen of England.
In this year, the lord Alexander, the king of Scotland,
bestowed the forest of Ettrick on the house of Melrose and established the abbey of
Melrose, with 4 granges round about, to be free from his forest.
In the 1236th year of the Lord,
Dom Constantine, abbot of Newbattle, resigned his office; Dom Roger, the cellarer of
Melrose, succeeded him.
Gilbert, the venerable bishop of Dunkeld, died in the same
year, and was buried on the Isle of St Columba.1
In his place, Dom Geoffrey, a clerk of the king, was elected.
Also, Jordan, the
abbot of Dundrennan, and Robert, the so-called abbot of Glenluce, were deposed, and Dom
Leonius, a monk of Melrose, is elected to the rule of Dundrennan on Ascension Day. Not
long afterwards, Dom Michael, prior of Melrose, is appointed abbot of Glenluce.
Also, Dom Alan, the first abbot of St Edward in Balmerino, died on the vigil of the
apostles Peter and Paul; Dom Ralph, the cellarer of the same house, succeeded him. ¶The
king of England and the king of Scotland came together at Newcastle, where they had a
conference with each other. Also, Dom Herbert, the abbot of Kelso, placed his staff and
mitre upon the high altar on the Nativity of blessed Mary, and so bade farewell to his
pastoral charge. Dom Hugh de ▬▬▬▬▬, a monk
of the same place, succeeded him.
In the 1237th year of the Lord, Richard, the lord bishop of Durham of good memory, and the
distinguished founder of the new church of Salisbury, entered the way of all flesh on
the morrow of Saints Tiburtius and Valerian, that is, the Tuesday before Easter, upon
the first hour; his body being buried in the church of the holy nuns of Tarrant, which
he founded himself. ‘At his sacred tomb, the limbs of the sick in great numbers, by
whatever disease they might be burdened, are now restored to health.’2 In the same
year, the kings mentioned before, along with their queens and the noblemen of the two
realms, met at York on St Maurice’s day, where for 15 days they discussed the affairs of
their kingdoms; and Otto, the legate of the lord pope, was present. At length, after the
council was dissolved, the king of Scotland returned to his own country. The queen