Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the tenth of Aprill, king Henrie assembled the EEBO page image 66 péeres & great lords of his realme togither at Wal|lingford, [...]ic. Treuet. and caused them to sweare allegiance vnto his eldest sonne William: prouiding, that if he chan|ced to die, Matth. Paris. Nic. Treuet. Hugh de Mortimer. The castell of Cleberie. then they should doo the like vnto his bro|ther Henrie. Also whereas Hugh de Mortimer had fensed his castels against king Henrie, he besieged the same, and taking the castell of Cleberie, he de|stroied it. Wherevpon, the foresaid Hugh shortlie af|ter was at peace with the king, and surrendred to him the two castels of Wigmore and Bridgenorth, which hitherto he had holden. Moreouer, whereas there was variance kindled betwixt the king, and Roger Fitz Miles of Glocester (who was earle of Hereford) for the lands of Glocester,Roger Fitz Miles. that variance was also quenched: for after the same Roger was dead, his brother Walter succeeding him in the earl|dome of Hereford, was constreined to depart with the citie of Glocester, which the king held and retei|ned in his owne hands.
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1 In the second
yeare of his reigne, king Henrie went to Yorke,
Anno Reg. 2. The king go|eth into the north. The castell of Scarborough Wil. Paruus. Nic. Treuet. The death of the kings son William.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 But after he had obteined the kingdome of Eng|land, his couetous desire, increasing still with abun|dance alreadie obteined, found meanes to procure of pope Adrian the fourth (who was an Englishm [...]n borne) a dispensation for that oth:Pope Adrian an Englsh|man borne. A dispensatiõ for an oth. Nic. Treuet. wherevpon (hauing got licence to depart from the office both of right, law and equitie) neglecting his fathers ordinance, he passed ouer into Normandie, and making war a|gainst his brother the said Geffrey, easilie expelled him out of those places, which were assigned him by bequest in his fathers testament, and so tooke the earledome of Aniou into his owne possession. How|beit, he gaue vnto his said brother a pension of a thousand pounds English, & two thousand pounds of the monie of Aniou, with the towne of Lodun, and certeine other lands to liue vpon; who neuerthelesse thinking himselfe euill vsed at the kings hands, re|belled and died.