[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.

and in that countrie tooke into his hands diuers castels which had béene long in possessi|on of priuate men; namelie, the castell of Scarbor|rough, which William earle of Albemarle held, and now was constreined to resigne it vp, full sore a|gainst his will. This yeare William the kings el|dest sonne departed this life, and was buried at Rea|ding. The realme of England was brought on all sides into verie good quiet; but yer long, word came to K. Henrie,Geffrey the kings brother rebelleth. that his brother Geffrey had begun a rebellion on the other side of the sea. For their father Geffrey (when he died) left thrée sonnes behind him, Henrie, Geffrey, and William, ordeining by his te|stament, when Henrie should haue gotten possession of England and Normandie, that then the countrie of Aniou should remaine vnto Geffrey, and in the meane time, he to haue these three townes, Chinon, Lodun, and Mirabell, to mainteine his estate; and when the time came that the whole heritage should fall vnto him, he [...]ight by possession of these thrée haue a readier meane to come by all the rest. Fur|thermore, fearing least his eldest sonne Henrie (who as then was absent) would not consent to the perfor|mance of this his will, Wil. Paruus. he caused certeine bishops and other of the Nobles to sweare, that they should not suffer his bodie to be committed to buriall, till his sonnes had sworne to fulfill his last will and te|stament in all other things, but especiallie in this be|halfe, wherin he iudged not amisse. For though Hen|rie was loth to take his oth, yet bicause his fathers bodie should not remaine vnburied, he was conten|ted to sweare.