Chronicles of the Crusades

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could not appronclr in person. They escommunic~kd by
nxr~~e Ba conshblc of C:isorz .zntJ tho senesc1t:~l of hrc~r~l~:~,~~(l,y?
tl~erc plcrc~~t, x11d suslyxxlecl the wholc of Nurnl:~rll.ly froin
evcry dn~inistration of tl~c ritcs of the church. It mas
necc:s.:Lrp to yicld to their power; tlrc cl~nrch~ 1 silent 3
Zn~n~cdi:~tcl~, and so re~nnil~ecl tile spncc of thrce wcol;s, ilnlil.,
the pop being supplimted, Goth the sentencc 3@1..il time
named wns re~nit,tcO.,G II~the s~~ynsion given out :t.gaiil~t
Narmnndy. Tile boob of Liberty was rcstored to Nor~ilan~I~~
and the ~.oicc of glwhess, and tlrc Icgate.2 were prohibited to
Bet foot tilerein.
Sect. 56. The TVe~trninsh: nronl;s, who bcforc : i ~ wh.ys
hnd so pently escellcd in m:1pn11ilnity, thst they woultl :lot
stain thir deeds for death itself, as soon M tl~ey,fi:lw a new
em, cbnugcd also witli the timi', putting LL'II~IICLtllcir II;LCI;C
whatever they hsd covcnantcd with fhc cha.~icellor for 11i:i
brotl~er; with t11.e conni~m~ce of the earl, thy +>lccte~I tl~c
prior of their house to be abbat, who dso rcccivccl in1111edinlely
the benediction and st.& fron~ the bisl~op of L~II~OII.
The chancellor's brotl~er, who by ,agreement sl~oultl, have
been elected abbrrt, seeing the convent brcalc &heir cnpgemen4
troubled thereat, departed wit11 his 11:df-rnotlest,y, c;wrying
off n4th him, I~owevcr, the bond of security, Ilaving
made an appeal prior to the second election bcfola legitiluntc
witnesses, that nothing should be done agnint his ~til?ulnteJ
prolnotion.
The monks of Mucheluoy, aflcr the esnn~plc of tl~oscof
Mestminster, thou,gh not a1togetl:ler in 31sinlilnr wa,y, osl)cllcd
their principnl, I do not know whether abht or aLI1st clcct,
whom they had hen forced to accept,, casting forth the st1.s~
of his bed after him, and thrust him with nlucl~ insult out of
their isla11c1 to the four winch of henven.
Scct. 57. Tlle archlGsl~op of ROII~II being constitukd by
Bem1'1 justicimy of the Itingdorn, and supremo ovcr nfE$irs,
]laving convolid, at Csnterhry, the clergy n.nd peoplc, es the
iring llinrself hnd enjoined him, directed tl~cm to procecd to tl~e .
election of nn arcl~bishop. Tlm bishops of Londun and W~IIchester,
Iiowever, were not present, being dctained at Lolrclo~l
by the king's business, and the question bciug Lronclled
among the bivhop~ who II:~nsse~libled, wllicll of tLcm sllould
be esteemed the greater, wllose the election o11g11tto 11%
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