Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3, Volume 2 · Book · Chapter 1 · Document 1
LEgatus aſſociatis ſibi Epiſcopis & Comitibus memoratis, duxerunt eum ad Eccleſiam Mat. Paris, Hiſt. Angl. p. 278.Conventualem cum proceſſione ſolemni, Regem acclamando. Ubi ante majus altare conſtitutus, juravit coram Clero & populo, appoſitis ſibi ſacro-ſanctis Evangeliis, & plurimorum Sanctorum reliquiis, dictante juramentum Jocelino Bathonienſi; Quod honorem, pacem, ac reverentiam portabit Deo & Sanctae Eccleſiae, & ejus ordinatis, omnibus diebus vitae ſuae. Juravit etiam, quod in populo ſibi commiſſo, rectam juſtitiam tenebit: quodque leges malas & iniquas conſuetudines, ſi quae ſiut in Regno delebit, & bonas obſervabit, & ab omnibus faciet obſervari. Deinde fecit homagium Sanctae Romanae Eccleſiae et Innocentio Papae, de Regno Angliae et Hyberniae, et juravit quod Mille Marcas, quas Pater ejus Romanae *Therefore a free gift, not Rent or Tribute.contulerat Eccleſiae, fideliter perſolveret, quamdiu praedicta Regna teneret. Et his ita geſtis, Petrus Wintonienſis, & Jocelinus Bathonienſis Epiſcopi, ipſum in Regem ungentes, Coronaverunt ſollemniter cum canticis & modulationibus, quae in Coronationibus Regum ſolent decantari. Tandem expletis Miſſarum ſolemniis, duxerunt Regem cum proceſſione ſolemni, Epiſcopi & Comites ſaepedicti, regalibus indutum, ad menſam; ubi omnes in ordine ſuo conſidentes, epulabantur in laetitia & exultatione. In craſtino autem Rex cepit homagia & fidelitates ab omnibus Epiſcopis, Comitibus, & Baronibus, aliiſque omnibus qui aderant, & omnes ei fideliſſimum obſequium promiſerunt. Coronatus eſt autem Henricus tertius Anno Aetatis ſuae Decimo, in die Apoſtolorum Simonis & Judae, ſcilicet xxviij. die menſis Octobris. Rex autem poſt Coronationem ſuam remanſit in cuſtodia Willielmi Comitis Pembroc, magni videlicet Mareſchalli; qui protenus miſit Literas ad omnes Vicecomites de Regno Angliae & Caſtellanos, praecipiens ſingulis, ut Regi nuper Coronato eſſent intendentes, promittens omnibus poſſeſſiones pariter ac donaria multa, ita ut dicto Regi fideliter adh…rerent. Sicque Nobiles univerſi & Caſtellani, qui Patri ejus ſervierant, ei multo fidelius quam Regi Johanni adhaeſerunt: quia propria Patris iniquitas, ut cunctis videbatur, filio non debuit imputari. Unde omnes ſeſe ad defenſionem praeparantes, Caſtella ſua optime munire coeperunt. Animabat praeterea eos qui partes Regis fovebant quamplurimum, quod ſingulis diebus Dominicis ac feſtivis Lodovicum cum complicibus ejus et fautoribus excommunicari videbant.
Soon after, King Henries party increaſing, (many of the Barons revolting from Lewes: Quod ſpreto juramento, terras, poſſeſſiones, & Caſtella eorundem optimatum, quaeMat. Paris, Hiſt. Angl. p. 281, 286, 287. eorum auxilio ſubegerat, illis murmurantibus, in ſuam redegerat poteſtatem, ponens in eis milites & alienigenas nationes:) his Forces taking in many Caſtles, and the Pope likewiſe threatning to ratifie the Excommunication denounced by Gualo againſt Lewes, unleſſe he departed England; thereupon a Truce was made between Henry and Lewes till a month after Eaſter. In Whitſon week the Popes Legate to encourage the Kings Army to fight the French Kings Forces at Lincoln; Oſtendit omnibus, quam iniqua erat Lodovici ac Baronum ei adhaerentium cauſa; pro qua fuerant excommunicati, & ab unitate Eccleſiae ſegregati. Et ut denique exercitum illum animaret ad pugnam, albis indutus veſtibus cum clero univerſo: (he again) Lodovicum nominatim excommunicavit, cum complicibus & fautoribus ſuis, & praecipue omnes illos qui apud Lincolniam contra Regem Angliae obſidionem agebant, cum tota Civitate; continens ſcilicet & contentum. Eis autem qui negotium hoc in propriis perſonis expediendum ſuſceperunt, de conceſſa ſibi potestate ab omnipotenti Deo & ſede Apostolica, plenam ſuorum veniam peccatorum, de quibus veraciter confeſſi ſuerunt, indulſit, & in retributione justorum, ſalutis aeternae praemi… repromiſit. Deinde collata omnibus abſolutione & Dei benedictione, ad arma convolarunt univerſi: After a ſharp conflict they routed the Barons and Lewes forces, ſlew and took many of them priſoners with the loſſe only of three men, and took the City of Lincoln with all the Treaſure and Baggage of the Enemy, thoſe who eſcaped flying to London; many of them were cut off by the way. Whereupon Lewes ſending to his Father Philip for ayde, (who feared to aſſiſt him, being excommunicated) the Kings ſhips watching the French fleet at ſea, tranſporting Soldiers and ſupplies unto him, took Euſtachius a Monck their Admiral, Priſoner, whoſe head the Kings Brother Richard, cut off with his Sword as a moſt wicked Pirat and traytor to the King of England, deſpiſing the great ſumm of mony which he profered for his ranſom: Soon after which defeats by Land and ſea, both parties having a conference at Stanes, came to this agreement on the 3d. of September, which they ſwore to on both ſides.