[1] N. Treuet. The archbi|shop of Rouen.The archbishop of Rouen, with thrée of his suffra|gans, the archbishop of Yorke, and manie other bi|shops of England: Theodorus the earle of Flan|ders, with a great number of other earles, lords and barons were present there at his coronation. He was at that time about the age of three and twentie yeares, Polydor. and to win the peoples loue, he spake manie comfortable words vnto them, to put them in hope (as the manner is) that they should find him a louing prince. He vsed the lords also verie coueteouslie. And first of all, after his atteining to the crowne, he chose to him councellers of the grauest personages,Councellers chosen. and best learned in the lawes of the realme, with whose prudent aduice be perused those lawes, and amended them where he thought necessarie, commanding chieflie, that the lawes established by his grandfa|ther Henrie the first should be obserued: Ran. Higd. and in ma|nie things he relied vpon the aduice of Theobald archbishop of Canturburie, at whose su [...]e he admit|ted Thomas Becket to be his chancellour,Thom. Bec|ket lord chan|cellor. which Becket the said archbishop had made archdeacon of Canturburie the yeare before.