Thus after the king had obteined this puissant fort and taken the possession thereof, and set all things there in due order, for the defense and preseruation thereof to his vse, he departed thense, and marched toward the citie of Torneie, and there laid his siege in like maner, to the which he gaue so fierce & sharpe assault, that they were constreined of fine force to render the towne vnto his victorious maiestie: at which time the king gaue the almoner the bishoprike of the same see,Thomas Wolseie bi|shop of Tor| [...]ie in Frãce. towards his paines and diligence su|steined in that iournie. Now when the king had esta|blished all things agréeable to his will and pleasure, and furnished the same with noble capteines & men of warre for the safegard of the towne, he returned againe into England, taking with him diuerse no|ble personages of France being prisoners, as the duke of Longuile, and vicount Clarimont, with o|ther which were taken there in a skirmish.

After whose returne, immediatlie the sée of Lin|colne fell void, by the death of doctor Smith late bi|shop there, the which benefice his grace gaue to his almoner, late bishop of Torneie elect, who was not negligent to take possession therof,Thomas Wolseie bi|shop of Lin|colne. and made all the spéed he could for his consecration: the solemnization whereof ended, he found meanes that he gat the pos|session of all his predecessors goods into his hands. It was not long after that doctor Benbrike archbi|shop of Yorke died at Rome,Sée pag. 835. being there the kings ambassador, vnto the which sée the king immediatlie presented his late and new bishop of Lincolne; so that he had thrée bishopriks in his hands in one yeere giuen him.

Then prepared he for his translation from the see of Lincolne, vnto the sée of Yorke,Thomas Wolseie arch|bishop of Yorke. after which solem|nization doone, he being then an archbishop Primas Angliae, thought himselfe sufficient to compare with Canturburie, and therevpon erected his crosse in the court, and euerie other place,Note the pride of Wol|seie and his ambition as well within the pre|cinct and iurisdiction of Canturburie, as in anie o|ther place. And forsomuch as Canturburie claimeth a superoritie ouer Yorke, as ouer all other bishop|riks within England, and for that cause claimeth as a knowledge of an ancient obedience of Yorke, to abate the aduancing of his crosse, in presence of the crosse of Canturburie: notwithstanding, the archbishop of Yorke nothing minding to desist from bearing thereof, in maner as I said before, cau|sed his crosse to be aduanced, as well in the pre|sence of Canturburie as elsewhere. Wherefore Can|turburie being mooued therewith, gaue vnto Yorke a certeine checke for his presumption,The two archbishops at strife for the preroga|tiue. by reason whereof, there ingendered some grudge betwéene Yorke and Canturburie; Yorke intending to pro|uide some such meanes, that he would be rather su|perior in dignitie to Canturburie, than to be either obedient or equall to him. Wherefore he obteined to be made priest cardinall, and Legatus de latere: Thomas Wolseie car|dinall, see pag. 837. vnto whome the pope sent a cardinals hat with certeine buls for his authoritie in that behalfe. Yet you shall vnderstand, that the pope sent him this woorthie hat of dignitie, as a iewell of his honor and authoritie, the which was conueied in a varlets budget, who see|med to all men to be but a person of small estima|tion.