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A29168	A complete history of England from the first entrance of the Romans under the conduct of Julius Cæsar unto the end of the reign of King Henry III ... : wherein is shewed the original of our English laws, the differences and disagreements between the secular and ecclesiastic powers ... and likewise an account of our foreign wars with France, the conquest of Ireland, and the actions between the English, Scots and Welsh ... : all delivered in plain matter of fact, without any reflections or remarques by Robert Brady ...	Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700.	1685 (1685)	Wing B4186; ESTC R19638	1,289,549	1,106

Kings favour who neither respected him as his Spiritual Father or Arch-Bishop and utterly refused his Prayers and Blessings At the Kings return into England after the expence of a vast Sum of Money without effect [8.] Ib. n 30. Anselm would go to Rome for his Pall. Anselm went to him to let him know his intention of going to the Pope to demand his Pall. The King asked him from which Pope he would require it [9.] Ibidem n. 40 50. The King is not willing he should No Pope to be owned without the Kings Licence he answered him from Vrban to which the King replied that as yet he had not acknowledged him Pope neither had it been the Custom in his or his Fathers time that any one in the Kingdom of England should nominate or accept of a Pope without their Licence or Election and whosoever should take from him this power did the same thing as if he should endeavour to take away his Crown Anselm wondring at these things rehearsed what before he had said to the King at Rochester That while he was Abbat of Bec he had recognised Vrban Pope and that he would not by any means depart from his obedience and subjection which words very much [1.] Ibid. fol. 26. lin 1. moved the King so as he protested that the Arch-Bishop against his will could not keep the Faith he ought to him and Obedience to the Apostolick See [2.] Ibidem A Council of all the Bishops Abbats and great Men of the Nation Anselm therefore desired a Council or Convention of the Bishops Abbats and all the Great Men of the Nation for the determination of this Question Whether he might saving his Revenue and Obedience to the Apostolick See keep his Faith to a Terrene King Which [3.] Ibidem n. 10. was granted and almost all the Nobility of the whole Kingdom met at Rockingham in the Church within the Castle the Eleventh of March by the Kings Order and Decree for the ventilateing of this Cause In which Convention Anselm made a Speech [4.] Ibidem n. 20 30 40. c. recapitulating how hardly he had been drawn to accept of the Arch-Bishoprick and only by their perswasion and that he had told the King he could not one hour depart from his Obedience to Pope Vrban and then with much perplexity urging the difficulty of his bearing Faith to both King and Pope asks the Bishops Advice in the presence of the Great Men who [5.] Ibidem fol. 27. n. 10 20 30. The Bishops advise Anse●m to obey the King in all things Anselms Speech to the Bishops and Great Men. unanimously advised him to submit and obey the King in all things But he told them since he gave him their Prince Counsel only according to the will of one Man meaning the King he would apply himself to the chief Pastor and Prince of all Men and would follow what Counsel he should receive from him in the business of his own Church Because it was said to Peter Thou art Peter and upon this Rock I will build my Church and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it and to thee I will give the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and whatever thou bindest on Earth shall be bound in Heaven and whatever thou loosest in Earth shall be loosed in Heaven So also to all the Apostles in Commune it was said He that hears you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that toucheth you toucheth as it were the Pupil of my Eye And as things were taken to have been principally said to St. Peter and in him to the rest of the Apostles so we hold the same to be principally spoken to the Vicar of St. Peter and by him to the other Bishops Successors to the Apostles not to any Emperor King Duke or Count. Yet we are also taught in what things we ought to be subject to Temporal Princes Give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and the things that are Gods unto God These are the Words these the Counsels of God these I approve these I receive from these I will not depart Wherefore ye shall all know in general that in the things that belong to God I shall yield Obedience to the Vicar of St. Peter and in those that of right belong to the Terrene Dignity of My Lord the King I will give faithful Counsel and assistance according to my utmost skill and power With this Discourse he [6.] Ibidem fol. 28. lin 8. distracted the thoughts and brake the unanimity of the Bishops and Great Men yet they urge him again [7.] Ibidem n. 20. that he knew the whole Kingdom complained against him that he endeavoured to take away the Crown from their Commune Lord [8.] Ibidem The Bishops advise Anselm to relinquish Vrban and submit to the King for whosoever takes away or destroys the Customs of Regal Dignity takes away both Crown and Kingdom and withal advise him to quit his subjection to Vrban and wholly submit himself to the Will of the King He gave them the hearing of these things but would in no wise deny his Obedience to the Pope This troubled [9.] Ib. f. 29. n. 40 50. The Bishops grow saint in the Kings Cause the King but much more when the Bishops by his perseverance grew faint and cold in this Affair and especially one of his chief Champions William Bishop of Duresme plainly affirmed nothing could be brought to enervate the Reasons of Anselme being founded upon the Word of God and Authority of St. Peter yet he [1.] Ibidem The King advised to take away Anselms Staff and Ring advised to oppress him by Violence and if he would not submit to the Kings Will to take away his Staff and Ring and Banish him the Kingdom [2.] Ibidem That Advice pleaseth not the Great Men. This Advice pleased not the Great Men to whom the King said If this don't please you what will And adds While I live I will not suffer an Equal in my Kingdom Notwithstanding the Courage of the King he so far gained [3.] Ibidem fol. 30. n. 10 20 30. Anselm baffled the Bishops by urging the Popes Authority and his own ov●r them upon the Bishops by urging the Popes Authority over him and his over them that they told the King they were sorry they were not able to satisfie him for being Primate not only of England but also of Scotland and Ireland with the adjacent Isles and they his Suffragans they could not reasonably Judge or Condemn him although he was faulty After much Debate in this matter [4.] Ib. fol. 31. n. 40 50. it was referred to a further Hearing until eight days after Whitsunday In the mean while the King Banished Baldwin a Monk Anselms chief Counsellor and two of his Chaplains which much afflicted and troubled him [5.] Ib. fol. 32. n 20. 30. During this Truce or Respite of

his Treasure Crown and all his portable and moveable Royalties as appears by the sequel of the Story When he left the West he came to [3] Rot. Pat. 18 Johan m. 2 3. N. 37. Oxford where he was September 3d and 4th and thereabouts until the 8th of that Moneth when he was at [4] Ibid. M. 2. N. 25. Sunning On the 13th of [5] Ibid. M. 1 2. The several places where King John was almost every day for a month before his Death September he was at Walingford At Aylesbury on the 15th At Bedford the same day At Cambridge on the 16th At Clare on the 18th Apud Clivam the 20th At Boking the 21st At Lincoln the 22d day At Stow in Lincolnshire 27th At Lincoln 28th At Lincoln 2d of October At Grimesby the 4th of October At Spalding the 7th of October At Lin the 9th and 11th of October At Wisbech the 12th of October At Lifford alias Sleford the 15th of October At Newark Castle the 16 17 18th of October Upon the Patent Rolls of this year we find the Grants dated at the places and days above written for a proof whereof see the [6] N. 137. Appendex where three or four of the last Grants being very short are inserted 'T is probable [7] See here a little before The Barons Hunt the King from place to place and cannot take him as Paris reports That the Barons might Rise from before Windsor Castle about the Middle of September and march after the King and Hunt him from Cambridge to Clare from thence to Clive where that is I know not and from thence to Bokinge near Manitte in Essex where he was September 21st and from thence that day he might march Cross the Country to Royston and so to Huntington Stanford and to Lincoln the next day And when he knew the Barons were marched back to London and from thence to Dover to Lewis he then came to Spaldinge and so over the Wash to Lin for his Carriages and Treasure which were secured there and to recruit his Army with such of his Loyal people that had Fled thither For Paris [8] f. 287. n. 40. The Patent Rolls agree not with Paris his Report tells us further That when Lewis had a long time in vain Besieged Dover Castle King John came into the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and miserably wasted them and going by Peterburgh and Coyland plundered those Abbys at length in his passage toward the North he took his way through Lin c. This doth no ways agree with the Patent Rolls which say he was at Grimsby in Lincolnshire upon the 4th of October at Spalding in the same County upon the 7th at Lin on the 9th and 11th at Wisbeth on the 12th from whence he went back to Lin and went over the Wash on the 14th of October to Swineshead Abby which agrees with the latter part of the Story in Paris and the Patent Rolls For he says [9] Ibid. n. 50 King John received with great Joy at Lin c. That the King coming to Lin was Received with great Joy and Presents * At this time it must be that this King as a Mark of his Favor and Affection to this Town for their signal Loyalty gave them one of his Drinking Bowls and a Sword from his own side which now doth and ever since hath remained with the Mayor The Sword hath this Inscription King John gave a Cup and Sword to the Town of Lin. Ensis hic Donum Regis Johanis A suo ipsius Latere Datum by the Inhabitants And that passing from thence towards the North he lost all his Wagons Carts Sumpter Horses with their Lading and all his Treasure pretious Vessels Regalia his portable Royalties in the River called (a) That which was then called Well-Stream was the River of O●s● whose Current now Dischargeth it self into the Sea by Lin but then it [*] Dugdal Histor of Imbanking and Drayning f. 256. Col. 1 f. 300. Col. 1. passed under the Town of Littleport in the Isle of Ely and so on to Wellenhee and through the two Towns of Vp-Well and Out-Well from whence its name and so under Walsoken Sea Bank through the Washes between Lincolnshire and Marshland into the Sea where the River of Nene that comes from Peterburgh through Wisbech and runs through those Washes now and slides into the Sea Well-Stream where says [3] Mat. Paris f. 287. n. 50. the Monk the b By the opening of the Earth in the midst of the Floods and the Gulfe of the Abysse The Monk means and describes the Washes between the Cross Keys in the Parish of Terrington in Marshland in Norfolk and Fosdike in Holland in Lincolnshire over which at this day Passengers and Travellers go with Guides and sometimes through the Ignorance or Negligence of the Guides they miscarry The meaning of the Earth opening in the midst of the Floods and the Gulph of the Abysse either by falling into Quicksands or being tak●n by the Tide That is the Tide coming too fast upon them in their passage and over-flowing the Washes That they lose their Way and Perish And this most certainly was the Case with King Johns Carriages For this was the nearest way and most direct passage from Lin to the Cross Keys and so over the Washes to Fo●dike from thence to Sleford and so to Newark and the most secure from his Enemies though the passage it self not so safe Earth opened in the Midst of the Floods He loseth all his Carriages and Treasure in the Washes between Marshland and Holland He falls sick at Swineshead Abby and they all passed into the Gulfe of the Abysse with men and horses only the King with his Army hardly Escaped And that night got to Swineshead Abby and there lodged where through Grief of mind for the loss of his Carriages he fell into a Fever and increased it by Eating Peaches and Drinking new Bracket that night Yet early in the morning he departed from thence and with great Trouble got to Sleford Castle from whence next day he could [4] Ibid. f. 288. lin 1. Dyes at Newark scarce get on horse Back to Newark Castle which was but 10 or 15 Miles from thence in which place his Fever increasing [5] Ibid. lin 8. he Dyed on St. Lukes Day or the 18th of October at Night after he had Reigned saith Paris eighteen years five moneths and four days His Body was Buried [6] Ibid. n. 10. with due Solemnity in the Cathedral at Worcester A very little while before his Death [7] Ibid. The Barons would have returned to their obedience The King gives the Barons Estates to his Loyal Subjects Forty of the Barons sent their Messengers and Letters to the King signifying their Desires to Return to their Obedience But his Condition was such as he could not take notice of them And besides their Growing Jealousies of Lewis One great

received additional Forces he Marched towards the aforesaid Wood And having cleared the way by great labour and burning so far as to a Religious House called Cridie the Receptacle of the Welch he commanded it to be Fired A new Castle built by the English King Henry makes a disadvantagious Peace The new Castle Demolished When the Iusticiary upon view of the place found it to be of an Impregnable Situation commanded a Castle to be built there But all the time it was in building the Workmen were frequently interrupted and many killed by the Welch and the King finding many of his own Army inwardly favored Leolin was forced to make a disadvantagious Peace whereof this was one Article That this Castle should be demolished and Leolin should give the King for his charges three Thousand Marks A. D. 1229. In the year year 1229. the King [8] f. 353. n. 20 The Archbishop of Burdeaux comes to invite the King into France With large promises of assistance The King gave him a slight dilatory Answer kept his Christmass at Oxford the Great Men being with him while he was there the Archbishop of Burdeaux came to him from the Great Men of Gascoigny Aquitan and Poictou and also Messengers from Normandy to sollicite the King to come in person into those Countreys assuring him that they would be all ready with Men Horse and Arms to assist him in recovering his antient Inheritance Vt posset revocare amissas Haereditates The King by the advice of his Justiciary whose Counsel he he followed in all things Answered them he could not comply with them at present but would wait for a more convenient opportunity So the Messengers returned without any other Answer [9] f. 355. l. 4. The King's Messengers attend in vain The Popes resolution without Money They promise him a Tenth of all Moveables in England and Ireland Alexander Bishop of Chester Henry Bishop of Rochester and Master John de Houghton Arch-Deacon of Bedford the Kings Messengers at the Court of Rome according to appointment attended on Ash-wednesday for the Popes determination concerning the Elect of Canturbury But finding both the Pope and the Cardinals very difficult to be prevailed upon by Petitions promised on the King's behalf Ex parte Regis a Tenth of all Moveables from all England and Ireland to be paid to the Pope toward his carrying on the War against the Emperor The Pope joyfully embraced this offer and forthwith caused the Election made by the Monks to be [1] Ibid. n. 20. The Pope voids the Monks election And makes Richard Chancellor of Lincoln Archbishop voided and Richard Chancellor of the Church of Lincoln was promoted by the Pope to the Archbishopric without Election by the consent of the King and the Bishops and his Election confirmed by the Pope This year the Pope sent his Chaplain [2] f. 361. l. 1. Stephan the Popes Chaplan comes into England to collect the Tenth Stephan into England to Collect the Tenths that were lately promised towards the defraying the charges of his War against Frederic the Emperor Assoon as the King understood his Message He [3] Ibid. n. 40. The King calls a Parlement or Conference of the Great Men. caused the Archbishops Bishops Abbats Priors Templars Hospitallers Earls Barons Rectors of Churches Et qui de se tenebant in Capite and those which held of him in Capite to meet him at Westminster * The Second Sunday after Easter Stephan declares his Message from the Pope Dom●nica qua cantatur Misericordia Domini to treat upon the above-mentioned business and other Exigencies When they were met Stephan opened and recited to them the Popes Letters urging both the Occasion Necessity and Expediency which required that what was promised by the Kings Messengers should be consented to and Granted When he had ended his Speech all expected the King [4] f. 362. l. 4. The King obliged by his former promise did not oppose the collection of the Tenth would have opposed it but he being tyed up by the fore-mentioned promises Factus est Baculus arundineus cujus fragmenta vulneraverunt in se confidentes became like a broken Reed which wounded those that leaned upon it by his Silence seemed to consent But the [5] Ibid. n. 10. The Bishops Abbats c. consented to avoid Excommunication Earls and Barons and all the Laity opposed it resolving they would not oblige their Baronies and Lay-Fees to the Court of Rome But the Bishops Abbats Priors and other Prelates after three or four days deliberation and no small reluctancy consented least if they opposed they should incurre the Sentence of Excommunication Then Stephan [6] Ibid. n. 20. The Tenth was to be paid without any deductions shewed them the Popes Letter whereby he was Commissionated to Collect the aforesaid Tenths which were to be paid out of all their Profits whatever without any deductions either of Debts or Expences and was impowred to Excommunicate whoever refused and also to interdict their Churches And because the business required speed he gave notice to the Prelates that they should forthwith pay down what was due upon the Tenths and afterwards levy it upon every one by way of Tax which Exaction proved so grievous that they were forced either to Sell [7] Ibid. n. 40. Stephan brought over Usurers to lend money to such as were not able to pay the Tenth down or Pawn their Vestments Chalices and other holy Vessels belonging to their Churches Moreover he exacted the Tenths of the Autumnal fruits of the Earth while they were yet in the Bud All which they were forced to procure and pay to avoid Excommunication and Interdict And for the more ready raising of Money he brought with him certain wicked Vsurers quosdam foeneratores nequissimos who supplyed the Indigent with money which they were compelled to borrow although they were thereby irrecoverably ruined Ranulph Earl of Chester [8] f. 363. l. 3. Ranulph Earl of Chester The Clercs and Religious that depended upon him only opposed it was the only Man that opposed this Exaction not permitting any Religious Man or Clerks upon his Lands to pay any of the above-mentioned Tenths notwithstanding they were paid every where besides in England Wales Scotland and Ireland The same year on Michaelmass Day the King [9] f. 363. n. 30 The King Summons the Nobility of England to pass beyond Sea with him There wanted Ships to Transport them caused the whole Nobility of England viz. the Earls Barons and Knights to meet together at Portsmouth congregavit apud Portesmue totam Nobilitatem Regni Angliae Comites videlicet Barones Milites with such a great Number of Horse and Foot that none of his Predecessors ever gathered so great an Army together The King intended to pass over Sea to recover those Dominions his Father had lost But when the Chiefs and Mareschalls of the Army came to Victual the Ships there were not