Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Manuscript H Cotton Domitian A ix

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1113 for se abbod Petrus on Glowecestre on þone dæg .xvi Kalendas Augustus. 7 se king sette Willelm ðarto wæs munuc on ðam ylcon mynstre on ðam dæ .iii. Nonas Octobris eac he beb....
1113 the abbot Petrus went [died] in Gloucester on the day of the 16th Kalends of August [July 17]. And the king set Willelm thereto, he was a monk in the same monastery, on the day of the 3rd nones of October. [October 5]. also he beb...
1114 ON ÐYSUM GEARE WÆS se king Henrig on Windelesoran to ðam midanwintran, 7 bær ðar his kinehelm; 7 geaf ðar þæt biscoprice on Wigracestre Teobalde his clerice. Eac he geaf þæt abborice on Ramsige Rainalde wæs munuc on Caðum. Eac he geaf þæt abbodrice on Eoforwic Ricarde wæs munuc on ðam ylcon mynstre. Eac he geaf þæt abbodrice æ Ðornige Rodberte wæs munuc æt Sancte Ebroulfi. Eac he geaf þone eorldom on Norðhamtunscire Dauide wæs ðære cwene broðor. Þar æfter gefor Thomas se arcebiscop on Eofowic on ðone dæg .xiii Kalendas Martii þar æfter he geaf þæt abbodrice æt Cernel. Willelme wæs munuc æt Caðum. Þa to ðam Eastran he wæs æt Þorp wið Norðhamtune. Þar æfter he geaf þæt ercebiscoprice on Cantwarabyrig Rawulfe wæs biscop on Rofeceastre; 7 feng þarto on ðone dæg .vi Kalendas Martii. Þa ðar æfter gefor se abbod Nigel on Byrtune on ðone dæg .v. Nonas Maii. Þar æfter forbarn Cicestre 7 þæt mynster ðar forð mid on ðone dæg .iii. Nonas Maii. Þa to ðam Pentecosten wæs se king æt Sancte Albanes stowe. Her æfter he ferde mid his fyrde in to Wealan to midesumeran 7 macode castelas ðerinne; 7 ða Wyliscean kingas coman to him 7 be coman his menn 7 him held aðas sworan. Þar æfter he com to Wincestre 7 geaf ðar þæt ercebiscoprice on Eoforwic Turstane his clerice; 7 þæt abbodrice æt Sancte Eadmunde he geaf Albolde wæs munuc on Becc. on ðone dæg xvii Kalendas Septembris. Þar æfter he geaf þæt abbodrice on Myclan yge Ealdulfe wæs munuc on ðam ylcon mynstre on ðone dæg Exaltation Sancte. Eac he geaf þæt abbodrice on Byrtune Goisfri ðe wæs munuc on Ealdan mynstre æt ðam ylcon sæle se arcebiscop Radulf geaf þæt biscoprice on Rofecestre [...]
1114 In this year was King Henry at Windelesoran [Windsor] at mid-winter, and bore there his crown; and gave there the bishopric of Worcester to Theobald his cleric. Also he gave the abbacy of Ramsey to Rainold who was a monk of Caðum [Caen]. Also he gave the abbacy of Eoforwic [York] to Richard who was a monk of the same monastery. Also he gave the abbacy of Ðornige [Thomey] to Robert who was a monk of St. Evroul. Also he gave the earldom of Northamptonshire to David who was the queen’s brother. There after went [died] Thomas, archbishop of York, on the day of the 12th Kalends of March [February 17]. There after he gave the abbacy of Cernel [Ceme] to William who was a monk of Caen. Then at Easter he was at Thorpe near Northampton. There after he gave the archbishopric of Canterbury to Ralph who was bishop of Rochester ; and he succeeded thereto on the day of the 6th Kalends of March [February 24]. There after went [died] Abbot Nigel of Burton on the day of the fifth Nones of May [May 3]. There after was burnt Chichester and the minster there as well on the day of the third Nones of May [May 5]. Then at the Pentecost was the king at St. Albans. Here after he went with his army into Wales at midsummer and built castles there; and the Welsh kings came to him and became his men and to him swore oaths of allegiance. There after he came to Winchester and gave there the archbishopric of York to Thurstan, his cleric; and the abbacy of Bury St. Edmunds he gave to Albold who was a monk at Le Bec. This was on the day of the seventeenth Kalends of September [August 16]. There after he gave the abbacy of Myclan [Muchelney] to Ealdwulf, who was a monk in that same monastery, on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross. Also he gave the abbacy of Burton to Geoffrey who was a monk at the Old Minster; at the same time Archbishop Ralph gave the bishopric of Rochester [....]