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mcxxxiij Fundata abbatia de Cumbermare.
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1133 The abbey of Combermere was founded.
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mcxxxiiij Fundata est domus de Northon a Willelmo filio
Nigelli constabulario Cestrie. (fn. 1)
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1134 The priory of Norton was founded by William, son of
Nigel, constable of Chester.
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mcxxxv Obiit Henricus Rex.
Obiit Hugo Malbanc iv Cal. Januarias. (fn. 2)
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1135 King Henry [I.] died.
Hugh Malbanc died, Dec 29.
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mcxxxvj (Ind. lxxvj).
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1136 (Indiction 76).
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mcxxxvij Obiit Willelmus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis.
Theobaldus archiepiscopus factus.
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1137 William [de Curbolio], archbishop of Canterbury, died.
Theobald [abbot of Bec] made archbishop.
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mcxxxviij Bellum inter Gallos (fn. 3) et Scocios.
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1138 A war between the French (?) and the Scots.
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mcxl (fn. 4)
ij kal. Julii urbs cestria combusta et castellum de Bromfeld v non. Martii.
iij non. octobris obiit Willelmus abbas Cestrie
cui successit Radulphus (fn. 5) abbas xi kal. Feb.
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1140 The city of Chester was burned down on June 30, and
the castle of Bromfield on March 3.
October 5, William, abbot of Chester, died. Ralph
succeeded him as [third] abbot on January 22 [1141].
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mcxlj iijo non. Februarii Stephanus rex Anglie a
duobus comittibus, id est, a Ranulpho comite
Cestriæ et a Roberto comite Gloucestrie captus
in bello apud Lincolniam.
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1141 On February 3, Stephen, king of England, was made
prisoner in battle at Lincoln by two earls, namely,
Randle, earl of Chester, and Robert, earl of Gloucester.
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mcxliiij Willelmus puer crucifigitur apud Norwich et fames
maxima eodem anno.
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1144 A boy named William is crucified at Norwich, and
there is a very great famine in the same year.
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mcxlvj Ranulphus comes de Cestrie dolo captus est a
rege Stephano apud Northamantiam iiij kal.
Septembris. Quo audito Walenses vastaverunt
provinciam. Contra quos Robertus dapifer (fn. 6)
cum paucis armatis perrexit ad bellum, et
multa millia occidit apud Wichum iij non.
Septembris.
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1146 Randle, earl of Chester, was made prisoner by stratagem
by king Stephen at Northampton, August 29. When
the Welsh heard of it, they laid waste the province
[of Chester]. Against whom Robert [de Montalt]
the seneschal [of Chester] advanced to battle with a
few armed men, and killed many thousands at
Nantwich on September 3.
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mcxlvij Natus comes Hugo II.
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1147 Hugh II., earl [of Chester], was born.
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mcxlix Reversio regis Franciæ a Hierusalem.
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1149 The return of [Louis VII.], king of France, from Jerusalem.
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mclj (Ind. lxxvij).
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1151 (Indiction 77).
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mclij Obiit Matildis regina Anglorum tertia.
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1152 Matilda III., queen of the English, died.
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mcliij Obiit Stephanus Rex Angliæ.
Obiit Ranulphus II. comes Cestrie, et Eustachius
filius Stephani.
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1153 Stephen, king of England, died.
Randle, earl of Chester, and Eustace, son of king
Stephen, died.
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mcliiij Obiit rex Scocie et fere omnes primates totius
Anglie.
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1154 The king of Scotland died, and almost all the chief
men of the whole of England.
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mclvj Hic primo duxit Henricus Rex Angliæ exercitum
suum in Walliam contra Owinum.
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1156 In this year Henry, king of England, first led his army
into Wales against Owen.
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mclvij Obiit Radulphus abbas Cestrie pie recordacionis
Dompnus Robertus abbas eligitur, in die Sancti
Nicholai apud Lichesfeld benedicitur. Hoc anno
Basiwerk (fn. 7) fundatus.
Bellum Regium apud Colesul in quo obiit Eustagius
constabularius cum multis commilitonibus et rex
Henricus Ruelan et Basiwerch firmavit et Walenses
sibi subjugavit.
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1157 Ralph, abbot of Chester, of pious memory, died. The
lord Robert [Fitz-Nigel] is elected abbot, and receives
the benediction at Lichfield on S. Nicholas' day
[Dec. 6]. In this year [the abbey of] Basingwerk
is founded.
A battle royal fought at Coleshill, in which Eustace
[Fitz-John, fourth baron of Halton], the constable [of
Cheshire], perished, with many of his comrades; and
king Henry fortified Rhuddlan and Basingwerk, and
conquered the Welsh.
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mclx Obiit Walterus episcopus Cestrensis cui successit
Ricardus Pecche cognomine episcopus.
Obiit Theobaldus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis.
Henricus III. (fn. 8) filius Henrici Regis filii imperatricis
rex desponsavit filiam regis Franciæ.
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1160 Walter, bishop of Chester, died. Richard, surnamed
Peche, succeeded him as bishop.
Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, died.
King Henry III., son of king Henry Fitz-Empress,
married the daughter of the king of France.
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mclxij Consecratus pater Sanctissimus Thomas archiepiscopus
Cantuariensis iij nonis Junii.
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1162 The most holy father Thomas [à Becket] was
consecrated archbishop of Canterbury on June 3.
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mclxiiij Thomas archiepiscopus Cantuariensis exivit de
Anglia.
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1164 Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, departed out of
England.
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mclxiiij Justicia de obsidibus Walensium. (fn. 9)
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1164 Justice was done on the Welsh hostages.
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mclxv Rex Henricus III. [II.] duxit in Walliam exercitum
et perdidit obsides Owini.
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1165 King Henry II. led an army into Wales and killed the
hostages of Owen.
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mclxvj (Ind. lxxviij). (fn. 10)
Obiit Matildis imperatrix mater Regis Henrici II.
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1166 (Indiction 78).
The empress Matilda, mother of king Henry II.,
died.
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mclxviij Matildis filia regis Henrici II. duci Saxonum data.
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1168 Matilda, daughter of king Henry II., was given in
marriage to the duke of Saxony.
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mclxix In hoc anno factus Hugo comes Cestrie miles,
eodem vero anno duxit Hugo comes Cestrie uxorem
filiam Simonis comitis Ebroensis nomine
Bertrad quam Rex Henricus II. Angliæ ei
tradidit quia ipsius cognata fuit.
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1169 In this year Hugh [II., Kyveliock], earl of Chester, was
made a knight. In the same year, Hugh, earl of
Chester, took to wife Bertrada, daughter of Simon,
count of Evreux. Henry II., king of England, gave
her to [the earl] because she was his own [the king's]
cousin.
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mclxx Sanctus Thomas in Angliam rediit.
Hic natus Ranulphus III. filius Hugonis comes
Cestrie.
xviij kal. Julii coronatus Henricus tertius apud
Londoniam ab archiepiscopo Eboracensi.
ix kal. Septembris venit Ricardus comes de Striguil
in Hiberniam.
Mense Octobris, obiit Owinus Rex Wallie.
Quarto kal. Januarii martirizatus Sanctus Thomas
archiepiscopus Cantuariensis in ecclesia Sancte
Trinitatis ante altare Sancti Benedicti.
In hoc etiam anno interfecit Hugo comes Cestrie
magnam multitudinem Walensium juxta pontem
de Baldert de quorum capitibus factum unum de
aggeribus apud Hospitalem infirmorum extra
Cestriam.
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1170 S. Thomas [àBecket] returned into England.
This year Randle III., son of Hugh, earl of Chester,
was born.
On June 14, Henry the third [eldest son of Henry II.]
was crowned at London by the archbishop of York.
On August 24, Richard, earl of Striguil [and Pembroke,
'Strongbow'] came into Ireland.
In the month of October, Owen, king of Wales, died.
On December 29, S. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury,
was martyred in the church of the Trinity, before the
altar of S. Benedict.
In this year also Hugh, earl of Chester, slew a great
multitude of Welshmen, near the bridge of Baldert,
of whose heads one of the mounds at the hospital for
the sick outside Chester is formed.
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mclxxj In [hoc] anno ivit Henricus Rex in Hiberniam.
Nata Matildis filia Hugonis comitis Cestrie.
Tempestas valida tonitru fuit natali domini.
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1171 In this year king Henry went into Ireland.
Matilda, daughter of Hugh, earl of Chester, was born.
There was a heavy thunderstorm on Christmas day.
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mclxxiij Obiit Rogerus comes de Clara.
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1173 Roger, earl of Clare, died.
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mclxxiij Hic cepit Henricus tercius Rex Anglie filius
Henrici Regis Anglie inquictare patrem suum
juncto sibi Rege Francie cujus filiam acceperat
in uxorem et comite Flandrensi et eorum
auxiliis necnon et duobus comitibus Anglie,
videlicet Hugone comite Cestrensi et Roberto
comite Leicestrie.
In hoc etiam anno captus est Hugo comes Cestrie
apud Dol in Britanniam a Rege Henrico cum
Radulpho de Feugis et aliis multis, et Robertus
comes Lecestrie cum sua comitissa captus non
longe a monasterio Sancti Edmundi et omnes
Flandrenses qui cum eo venerant ut in Angliam
guerram facerent sunt a comitibus Angliæ interempti
vel vivi capti et retenti.
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1173 At this time Henry III., king of England, son of
Henry II., king of England, began to disquiet his
father in concert with the king of France, whose
daughter he had married, and the count of Flanders,
and with their assistance, and that of two English
earls, namely Hugh, earl of Chester, and Robert, earl of
Leicester.
In this year also Hugh, earl of Chester, was taken
prisoner, at Dol in Brittany, by king Henry [II.]
with Ralph de Feugeres and many others. And
Robert, earl of Leicester, was taken prisoner with his
countess not far from the monastery of S. Edmund,
and all the Flemings who had accompanied him for
the purpose of making war against England, were
either killed by the English earls or captured alive
and held prisoners.
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mclxxiiij Obiit pie memoriæ dompnus Robertus abbas
Cestrie ij kal. Februarii.
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1174 The lord Robert [Fitz-Nigel] of pious memory, abbot
of Chester, died January 31.
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mclxxv Robertus II. abbas in die Sancte Werburge scilicet
iij nonis Februariæ elegitur et in die Sancte
Agathe virginis et martyris in ecclesia Sancti
Johannis apud Cestriam benedicitur.
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1175 Robert II. is elected [5th] abbot [of Chester] on
S. Werburg's day, that is to say February 3, and
on the festival of S. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr,
[February 5] he receives the benediction in the
church of S. John, at Chester.
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mclxxvij Hugo comes Cestrie cepit totam Bromfeld in
idibus Junii feria secunda in crastino Penticostes
adjuncto sibi David filio Owino cum parva
manu.
In eodem anno Philippus comes Flandriæ et comes
Willelmus de Mandvile cum multis aliis perregerunt
ierusalem.
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1177 Hugh, earl of Chester, took the whole of Bromfield,
Monday, June 13, on the morrow of Pentecost [Whit
Monday] with the assistance of David, the son of
Owen, and a small body of men.
In the same year, Philip, count of Flanders, and earl
William of Maundeville [earl of Essex], with many
others, proceeded to Jerusalem.
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mclxxviij Erupit mare in Holland ij idus Januarii noctis
media. Submersit homines et peccora et mala
innumerabilia.
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1178 The sea broke in, in Holland [Lincolnshire], on January
12, in the middle of the night. It drowned men and
cattle, and wrought innumerable evils.
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mclxxix Concilium generale in urbe Roma sub Alexandro
IIIo papa in quo erant episcopi cccti et ij
o. (fn. 11)
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1179 A general council was held in the city of Rome, under
pope Alexander III., at which three hundred and
two bishops were present.
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mclxxx Cestria tota fere combusta id est major pars urbis
dominica in medio xl hora die octava.
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1180 Chester was almost entirely burnt down, that is to say,
the greater part of the city, on Mid-Lent Sunday at
2 o'clock p.m.
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mclxxxj Obiit Alexander III. et Roger archiepiscopus
Eboracensis, et Adam episcopus Sancti Asaph.
Obiit Hugo II., ij kal. Julii comes Cestrie apud Lech.
Eodem anno obiit Simon comes Ebroensis socer
Hugonis comitis Cestrie.
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1181 Pope Alexander III. died, also Roger, archbishop of
York, and Adam, bishop of S. Asaph.
Hugh II., earl of Chester died at Leek.
The same year died Simon, count of Evreux, father-in-law
of Hugh, earl of Chester.
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mclxxxij Obiit Ricardus Pech episcopus Cestrie ij non.
Octobris.
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1182 Richard Peche [or Peckham], bishop of Chester, died
on Wednesday, October 6.
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mclxxxiij In hoc anno consecratus Gerardus Pucelle episcopus
Cestrie a Ricardo archiepiscopo Cantuariensi vij
kal. Octobris apud Cantuariam; et Wallterius
de Custane Lincolniensis episcopus in Normannia
apud Chain (fn. 12) vij kal. Julii, et Johannes
episcopus Sancti Asaph.
Eodem anno ivit quidam monachus de Cestra
nomine Willelmus de Eccleshall in Hulestire
ad Dun, et prioratum ecclesie Sancti Patricij ab
episcopo Mallachia de Dun, et a domino (fn. 13)
Johanne de Curci suscepit.
Fames magna pro panis inopia.
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1183 In this year, on September 25, Gerard Puella was
consecrated bishop of Chester, at Canterbury, by Richard,
archbishop of Canterbury; and Walter of Coutances
[was consecrated] bishop of Lincoln, in Normandy,
at Caen, on June 25; and John [was consecrated]
bishop of S. Asaph.
In the same year, a certain monk of Chester, named
William of Eccleshall, went into Ulster, to Down,
and received the priory of the church of S. Patrick
from Malachi, bishop of Down, and the lord John de
Courcy [Earl of Ulster].
A great famine owing to the want of bread.
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mclxxxiiij Obiit piæ memoriæ Gerardus episcopus Cestre
idus Januarii apud Lichfeld. Eodem anno obiit
Ricardus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis apud
Cantuariam (fn. 14) et Jocelinus episcopus de Salesberie
et episcopus Cicestrensis (fn. 15) et Waleramus
episcopus Rofensis Bartholomeus Exoniensis.
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1184 Gerard [Puella], bishop of Chester, of pious memory,
died January 13, at Lichfield. In the same year
there died Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, at
Canterbury, and Jocelin, bishop of Salisbury, and
the bishop of Chichester, and Waleran, bishop of
Rochester, and Bartholomew, bishop of Exeter.
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mclxxxiiij Item obiit Symon comes Northantonie filius
Simonis comitis cum sua comittessa, et comes
de Waren (?) (fn. 16) et multi alii barones in Anglia.
Item apud Lundonias in Westminster, Baldwinus
episcopus Wigornie electus est in archiepiscopum
de Cantuaria ab Henrico II. rege Anglie et ab
episcopis Anglie ceterisque personis. Priore
quidem Alano et toto conventu ecclesie Christi
de Cantuarie omnimodis contradicentibus et
electionem prefati Baldwini episcopi plenarie
refutantibus.
Eodem vero anno ceperunt filii Res Regis de
South Wales inquietare terram regis Henrici
Anglie contra quos Rannulphus de Glanvile
justiciarius Anglie cum multa manu ivit et
parum proficiens vicecomitem Wigornie et
multos alios milites perdidit. Tandiu veniens
Henricus rex de Normannia, prefatos Walenses
pacificavit.
Item obiit Robertus secundus abbas Cestrie ij
kal. Septembris et multi alii abbates de Anglia
Mortuo itaque abbate Cestrensi domus Sancte
Werburge in manu Regis saisiata est, et custodia
magistro Thome de Heusseburne commendata
est.
Eodem anno electus est Walterus de Custantiis
Lincolniensis episcopus in archiepiscopum Rotomagensem
ab universo clero Rotomagensi
annuente rege Anglie.
Eodem anno venerunt in Angliam ad Sanctum
Thomam archiepiscopum Cantuariensem archiepiscopus
de Cholona et Philippus comes
Flandrie.
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1184 Also there died Simon [de Senlis], earl of Northampton
(son of earl Simon), and his countess, and [William]
earl of Warwick, and many other barons of England.
Also at Westminster, near London, Baldwin, bishop of
Worcester, was elected archbishop of Canterbury, by
Henry, king of England, and by the bishops of
England and others of the clergy. But Alan the
prior, and the whole convent of Christ Church, Canterbury,
altogether objected, and utterly refused to
allow the election of the said bishop Baldwin.
In the same year, the sons of Rees, king of South
Wales, began to disturb the land of king Henry of
England. Ralph de Glanville, justiciary of England,
marched against them with a considerable band [of
men], but before he had advanced far he [was
defeated] and lost the sheriff of Worcester, and many
others of his soldiers. At length king Henry II.
came himself from Normandy, and pacified the aforesaid
Welsh.
Also Robert the second, [fifth] abbot of Chester, died
August 31, also many other abbots of England.
Upon the death of the abbot of Chester the monastery
of S. Werburg was seized into the hands of the
king, and the custody of it committed to master
Thomas of Husseburne.
In the same year, Walter of Coutances, bishop of
Lincoln, was elected archbishop of Rouen, by the
whole of the clergy of the diocese of Rouen, and
with the assent of the king of England.
In the same year there came into England to [the shrine
of] S. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, [Philip]
archbishop of Cologne, and Philip, count of Flanders.
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mclxxxiiij Item Johannes Cumin primus archiepiscopus de
francis in Hirlandia apud Dublin in tertio
anno sue consecrationis venit in Dublin mense
Septembris.
Item dedit Henricus Rex Anglie primo Johanni
filio suo dominium de Hibernia. Qui Johannes
misit Philippum de Wigornia cum multa familia
sua in Hiberniam ad suscipiendas munitiones
Hibernie.
Eodem anno obiit Willelmus Patrich et Simon
filius Osberni et Robertus de Aldeford, cujus
terram dedit Henricus II. rex Anglie cum
filia supradicti Roberti relicta non dum bima
Roberto Pipard fratri Gilthleberti Pipard. (fn. 17)
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1184 Also John Cumin, first of the French, archbishop in
Ireland, came to Dublin, in the third year of his
consecration, in the month of September.
Also Henry [II.], king of England, first gave to his
son John the lordship of Ireland. Which John sent
Philip of Worcester with a great retinue into Ireland
for the purpose of undertaking the defence of Ireland.
In the same year there died William Patrick, and Simon
Fitz-Osbert, and Robert of Aldeford, whose land
together with the orphan daughter of the above-named
Robert, not yet two years old, Henry, king
of England, gave to Robert Pipard, brother of Gilbert
Pipard.
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mclxxxv Johannes sine terra filius Regis Henrici II.
cum multa manu armatorum et navium multitudine
apud Penbroch Wallie mare ingrediens Ebdomada
pascali Hiberniam Rex coronandus
petiit. Ceteri vero Anglie cc justicie et primores
cum ejus (?) sociis apud Cestria iter navale arripiunt.
Patriarcha de Jerusalem venit post Purificationem
Sancte Marie mense Februarii in Angliam, ad
auxilium expetendum contra Saracenos.
Baldwinus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis pallium
a dompno papa sibi delegatum suscepit, dieque
Sancti Dunstani xiiij kal. maii [junii ?], primo
missam apud Canterburiam celebravit. Eodem
anno obiit Lucius papa et subrogatus est
Urbanus Papa.
Prima quoque die post ramis Palmarum id est,
feria secunda hoc est xvij kal. Aprilis, magnus
terre motus plerisque locis Anglie et ut aiunt
quidam omni particulariter orbis climate hora
diei sexta contigit.
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1185 John Lackland, son of king Henry II., with a great
band of armed men, and a multitude of ships, arrived
by sea at Pembroke in Wales. On the Sunday after
Easter he started for Ireland in order to be crowned
king there. But two hundred other justices and
nobles of England, with his [their ?] companions,
commence their sea voyage to Ireland at Chester.
In February, after the feast of the Purification of S.
Mary, [Heraclius,] patriarch of Jerusalem, came to
England to seek assistance against the Saracens.
Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, received the pall
committed to him by our lord the pope, and on S.
Dunstan's day, May 19, he celebrated his first mass
at Canterbury. In the same year pope Lucius [III.]
died, and Urban [III.] was elected pope in his place.
On the first day after Palm Sunday, that is on Monday,
April 15, there was a great earthquake in very many
places in England, and as some say particularly, in
every region of the earth; it happened at the sixth
hour of the day.
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mclxxxv Eodem anno successit in episcopatum Hereford
Willelmus de Ver, et Willelmus de Norhahe in
episcopatum Wigorniensi.
Sed et Henricus II. Rex et Baldwinus archiepiscopus
posuerunt unum abbatem ad Cestriam
nomine Robertum de Hastiges qui apud Cantuariam
ab archiepiscopo Baldwino est benedictus.
Eodem anno interfectus Hugo de Lacy a quodam
Hiberniense in Hibernia. Quo audito Henricus
rex preparuit Johannem filium suum iterum
mittere in Hibernia. Qui Johannes veniens
Cestriam dum ventum ibi expectat, nuntiatur
patri suo mors Galfridi fratris sui comitis de
Britania. Qua audita Henricus rex revocare fecit
Johannem filium suum et misit in Hiberniam
Phillippum de Wigornia cum aliis quam paucis.
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1185 In the same year William de Vere succeeded to the
see of Hereford, and William of Northall to the see
of Worcester.
But king Henry II. of England, and Baldwin, archbishop
[of Canterbury], placed as abbot of Chester a
certain Robert of Hastings, who received the benediction
at Canterbury from archbishop Baldwin.
The same year Hugh de Lacy was killed in Ireland by
a certain Irishman. When king Henry heard of it,
he prepared to send his son John again into Ireland.
But when John had come to Chester, and was waiting
for a [favourable] wind, the death of his brother
Geoffry, count of Brittany, is announced to his father;
when Henry heard of this, he caused his son John to
be recalled, and sent Philip of Worcester with a very
few others to Ireland.
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mclxxxvj Henricus II. Rex Anglie et Baldwinus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus
volentes consulere episcopatus
et abbatias vacantes in Anglia, primo apud
Oxenford congregatis ibi quam plurimis de
Anglia personis, electi sunt ibi episcopus Lincolniensis
quidam prior de ordine de Chartuse.
Et episcopus de Sancto Asaph quidam canonicus
de Haheman, nomine Reinerus, Et Abbas. de
Abendon prior de Redigs (fn. 18) nomine . . . .; Et
Abbas de Burton qui fuit prior de Habendon
nomine Nicholas.
Item apud Northamtunam facta est item congregacio
eodem anno et electi sunt ibi coram
Henrico Rege et Baldwino archiepiscopo Cantuariensi
feria tertia id est kal. Julii Godefrei de
Luci in episcopum Exoniensem, sed eodem
Godefrei de Luci renunciante suo episcopatui,
subdecanus Salesberie pro eo in ecclesia Exonie
subrogatus est.
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1186 Henry II., king of England, and Baldwin, archbishop
of Canterbury, wishing to provide for the vacant
bishoprics and abbeys, in the first place assembled
at Oxford as many of the clergy of England as
possible, and there elected a certain prior of the
Carthusian order [S. Hugh, prior of Witham] as
bishop of Lincoln, and a certain canon of Haghmon
[in Shropshire], named Reiner, as bishop of S. Asaph;
and as abbot of Abingdon, the prior of Rochester,
[Alfred] by name; and as abbot of Burton, Nicolas,
who was then prior of Abingdon.
Also a council was held at Northampton the same
year, and there in the presence of king Henry and of
Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, on Tuesday,
July 1, Godfrey de Lucy [afterwards bishop of Winchester]
was elected to the bishopric of Exeter, but
upon his refusal of the see, [John,] subdean of Salisbury,
was elected to the church of Exeter in his
place.
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