Chronicles of the Crusades

1101 .] DEATH OF TIJE ADDOT OF MTJCIIELNEJ'. 27
wards the whole congrcgalion of Wcstn~iostcr, to pemit l~ir
L~.otller, n monk of' Cadorno, to pl~&ss n co11il)itntion iu
Mt~stlninster,:LIIC~ i.0 be elccrctl by all I'ol. Lllcir abht for his
profession and coha.bitn.tion on n c1:l.y apl:~~rintcll ; all11 that thi~
elechio~~ sl~ooltl not be broken, security W;IS t;rhcn by a boll([,
with tl~c church's seal nftised :IS a testilnuny.
Sect. 44. Geoffrey, a brother of King Ricl~arcl n11c1 E:~rl
' John, but not by their ~notlm; who lint1 hen consccrnte~l RI~I-. bisl~op of York at Tours, by the :LI'~IIL~SIIOP of 'YoI~~s,IJYt1i0
pope's com~nand, c,ontir~ually solicit,ed by me>..:ni.c .Jol~n the
king's brotl~er and his own, thnt at the least it &!!t IBC [)PI.mitted
him to return to England; and having ol)t:lirrctl his
consent, he prepred to rcturn. The intcrco~use of the I~ro~llers
did not esc.ape the c11nnccllo1~'sl;nowl1?11ge, wl~o pwviding,
lest their naturnl genuine perverseness should incrc:~sc,COINn~anllecl
t,l~e keepers of the roasts, that wl~c!re\-cr tl~:~t :~rchbishop,
who I~nd a$jnrctl England for the tbrce ycnrs of the
king's travels, sl~oulcl clisen~l)arlt witliin the bountlx of the
kingdom, 110 sl~oulcl not be pcrmittecl to proccecl, but by tl~c
,will of the jury, to whose awarcl tl~e earl idlid the c11ancello1lind
tnke'n oath to stand concerning cvery thing that should
happen.
Sect. 45. A certain Robcrt, prior of Hereford, n monk
who did not tl~irk very n~ennly of I~iniself, nntl gl:dly forced
llimself into otlicr people's husiness tlint Ile migl~C ii~terrnix
his own, l~ad gone into Sicily to the king on tlre clrnncellor's
mcssngcs, wl~cre after thc rest he did not furx-t his own in-
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terests; and 11:~ving by somc mcnns 01. other worric(1 everybody,
succeeded in obtaining the nhbacy of Muclducy to he
I grni~ted to hiin and contirmotl by tlie king. Into posscssic~n
of wl~icl~, by the chsnocllor's nlcnns, lle cntcred, ap,inst the
will of the convent, neither cnnonically, nor with a bcnctlic:tion;
and presently on the first clay, at 1,11c first dinncr, Ly
f greedily of fresh eels wit.l~oct wine, and morc tlia~l
was proper, he fcll into a languor, wllich the food, iincligestcd
and lying heavily on 2n iriflimed ston1n.cl1, Lrougl~t on. And
t lost tho lallguor should be ascribed to his gluttony, Ire cnusc~l
the monlts of that place to be slnndered of' having given him
poison.
Sect. 46. Geoffrey, archbishop of Yorlc, presuming upon
the consent of his brotl~er Earl John, his shipping being