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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
Snippet: 121 of 550 (1587, Volume 6, p. 213)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time king Henrie hauing spent a great deale of treasure in his iournie made into France, there was granted vnto him a fiftéenth of the temporaltie,

A fifteénth and tenth granted to the king. Polydor.

Englishmen sent to Spain against the Saracens.

with a disme and a halfe of the spiri|tualtie, towards the furnishing out of a new power of men to be sent into Spaine against the Sara|cens, which made sore warres vpon the christians in that countrie, wherevpon king Henrie being requi|red of the K. of Aragon to aid him with some num|ber of souldiers, he sent a great power thither with all speed, and so likewise did the French king. By means whereof the Spaniards, being ioined with Englishmen and Frenchmen, obteined a noble vic|torie, in vanquishing those their enimies. Thus saith Polydor. Matth. Paris. But other write that the king on the sea|uen and twentith of Ianuarie, holding a parlement at Westminster (where the Nobles both spirituall and temporall were assembled) demanded escuage of all those that held any baronies of him,Escuage de|manded. that is to saie, forren knights fée, fortie shillings, or thrée marks.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
Snippet: 122 of 550 (1587, Volume 6, p. 213)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, the archbishop of Canturburie (as they say) stood against the king in this demand,The archb. of Canturburie standeth a|gainst the K. in defense of his cleargie. main|teining that the cleargie ought not to be subiect vnto the iudgement of laie men, sith this escuage was granted in the parts beyond the seas without their consent. Wherevpon the matter as touching the bi|shops was deferred till the quindene of Easter, albe|it that all the laitie, and other of the spiritualtie con|sented to the kings will. ¶ About this time also there chanced to rise a great strife and contention betwixt Richard the archbishop of Canturburie, and Hubert the earle of Kent, who as gardian to the yoong erle of Glocester had got into his hands the castell of Tun|bridge,Contention betwixt the archb. and the earle of Kent. with the towne, and certeine other possessions which belonged to the archbishops sée, and therefore did the archbishop complaine to the king of the iniu|rie which he susteined.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
Snippet: 123 of 550 (1587, Volume 6, p. 213)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now when he perceiued no hope likelie to come for any redresse a [...] the kings hands, he tooke an other way: Matth. Paris. and first by his pontificall authoritie accursed all those that withheld the same possessions, and all their mainteiners (the king excepted) and therewith appealing to the pope he went to prosecute his ap|peale at Rome, whither the king and the earle sent also their procurators, and made the pope their arbi|tratour to iudge of the matter. In the end pope Gre|gorie hauing heard the whole processe of the contro|uersie, iudged the right to remaine with the archbi|shop, who hauing then obteined his desire, hasted to|ward England: but as he was returning home|wards, he died by the way, not farre from Rome, whereby the popes iudgement tooke no place: for whilest the sée was void, there was none that would follow the suit: and such was the end of this contro|uersie for this time.

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