Sancti
Mathei apostoli ⁊ ewangeliste, ⁊ in uigilia Sancti Dionisii apud Melros, coram eo
supradictus H’ iterum in abbatem de Calc’
eligitur. Nam predecessor eius, vir
uita, ⁊ moribus laudabilis, Herbertus plenus dierum, gratis, curam reli
quit
pastoralem. Celebrauit idem Hotho con scilium suum apud Edinburc, in
crastino ▬ Sancti Luce
ewangeliste,
⁊ post sollempnitatem Omnium Sanctorum a Scotia discessit. ¶Item do\p/minus1 Hen
ricus abbas de Gedewrze, vir grandeuus ob
inbecillitatem corporis pastorali cure valedixit, cui successit
dompnus Philippus
eiusdem domus canonicus. Eodem anno leuata sunt ossa uenerabilis
HAde, episcopi
Cathenesye2 a loco ubi post martyrium sepulta erant, ⁊ ad sedem episcopalem
delata ibique hono
rifice sepulta, in quorum leuatione ut fertur facta sunt miracula
non pauca.
Anno Domini moccoxlo3 Obiit
venerabilis Leonius abbas Riewalis vi idus Ianuarii
cui post pascha successit
dompnus Adam de Tilletai, abbas.
Eodem anno, in die Sancti Vincencii4
consecratur dominusis. Dauid de Bernam in sede
sua a domino
Willelmo episcopo de Glascu.▬▬▬▬▬
Dompnus Walterus abbas de Driburc cessit officio suo.
⁊ dompnus Iohannes eiusdem domus canonicus ei suc\cessit/. Obiit L
rex Wallie, cui
successit Dauid filius eius. Obiit Iohannes de Normanuille. Item dompnus Alexander abbas
de Cupro pasto
ralem curam reliquid. Et dompnus Gillebertus eiusdem domus monachus,
ei successit. Item, obiit Iocelinus episcopus
Bato
niensis. Item, obiit 5 episcopus Norwicensis,
cui successit dominus Willelmus de Raleya. Item, obiit
magister Robertus de
Bigham, episcopus Salisbiriensis. Item, obiit magister Edmundus archiepiscopus
Cantua
riensis. Item, obiit Alexander, episcopus Cestrensis, cui successit dominus
Hugo de Patishil. Item, dominus
papa Gregorius ex omni regno Christiane fidei
quibusdam episcopis mandauit, ut personaliter Romam
uenirent, ⁊ suam presenciam
sibi in proximo pascha exhiberent. Uocati \sunt/ autem de Scocia
nominatim dominus Willelmus Glasguensis, ⁊ dominus Dauid de Sancto Andrea, qui in
Aduentu
Domini iter arripientes egressi sunt de terra sua, reliquentes multos in
egressu suo
dolentes. Obiit dompnus Galfridus abbas de
Dunfermelin ⁊ dompnus Robertus eiusdem
domus monachus ei successit.6
Eodem anno leuata sunt ossa abbatum de Melros que iacebant in introitu
ca
pituli ⁊ in orientali parte eiusdem capituli decencius sunt tumulata, preter
os
sa uenerabilis patris nostri Walleui, cuius sepulcrum apertum fuit et corpus
eius incineratum inuentum. Ex quo qui affuerunt ex minutis ossibus
secum
asportauerunt, ⁊ reliqua in pace dimiserunt. Aderat ibi presens miles
bone
oppinionis dictus Gilellmus filius comitis nepos domini regis hic den
tem precibus
obtinuit, per quem ut ipse postea retulit, infirmi multa secuti
sunt
beneficia.
of St Matthew
the apostle and evangelist; and on the vigil of St Dionysius at Melrose, in his
presence, H[ugh], mentioned before, was elected a second time as abbot of Kelso. For his
predecessor, Herbert, a man of praiseworthy life and manners, full of days, willingly
gave up his pastoral charge. The same Otto celebrated a counscil at Edinburgh on the morrow ▬ of St Luke the evangelist, and
after the solemnity of All Saints, he left Scotland. ¶Also, Dom Henry, abbot of
Jedburgh, a man of great age, bade farewell to his pastoral charge on account of
feebleness of body, and Dom Philip, a canon of the same house, succeeded him. In the
same year, the bones of the venerable hAdam, bishop of Caithness, were raised
from the place where they had been buried after his martyrdom, and being removed to the
episcopal see, they were buried there with honour. Upon their elevation (as it is
reported), not a few miracles were produced.
In the 1240th year of the Lord,
the venerable Leonius, abbot of Rievaulx, died on 8 January; Dom Adam de Tilletai, an
abbot, succeeded him after Easter.
On St Vincent’s day in the same year, the lord
David de Bernham was consecrated in his see by William, the lord bishop of Glasgow.▬▬▬▬▬
Dom Walter, abbot of Dryburgh, resigned his office.
and Dom John, a canon of the same house, succeeded him.
Llywelyn, king of Wales, died, and Dafydd his son
succeeded him. John de Normanville died. Also, Dom Alexander, abbot of Coupar, gave up
his pastoral charge, and Dom Gilbert, a monk of the same house, succeeded him.
Also, Jocelin, bishop of Bath, died. Also, bishop of Norwich, died; the lord
William de Raley succeeded him.
Also, Master Robert de Bingham, bishop of Salisbury,
died. Also, Master Edmund, archbishop of Canterbury, died. Also, Alexander, bishop of
Chester, died; the lord Hugh of Pattishall succeeded him. Also, Gregory, the lord pope,
commanded that certain bishops from every kingdom of the Christian faith should come to
Rome in person and present themselves to him upon the next Easter. From Scotland there
\were/called, namely, the lord William of Glasgow, and the
lord David of St Andrews, who set out on their journey upon the Advent of the Lord, and
departed from their own land, leaving behind many who were sorrowful at their departure.
Dom Geoffrey, abbot of Dunfermline, died, and Dom Robert,
a monk of the same house, succeeded him.
In the same year, the bones of the abbots
of Melrose, which used to lie in the entrance to the chapter-house, were raised and
entombed more fittingly on the east side of it, except for the bones of our venerable
father Waldef, whose tomb was opened and his body found in ashes. Those who were present
took away with them from it some of the tiny bones, and left the rest in peace. There
was present there a knight of good repute called William fitz Count, a nephew of the
lord king. He obtained by his prayers a tooth, by which, as he himself related, the sick
secured many benefits.