[1] Manie gentlemen of honour sore hated him for his presumptuous attempts to the hindering of their purposes: but he had such comfort of the king, that he little passed for their malice, but kept on his intent, till the king being aduertised of the assem|blies which he made commanded him to ceasse from such dooings, that the people might fall againe to their sciences and occupations, which they had for the more part left off at the instigation of this William with the long beard,Why he ware his long berd. Matth. Paris. so named of the long heare of his [...]eard, which he nourished of purpose to seeme the more graue and manlike, and also as it were in despite of them which counterfeited the Normans (that were for the most part shauen) and bicause he would resemble the ancient vsage of the English nation. Fabian. The kings commandement in restraint of the peoples resort vnto him, was well kept a while, but it was not long yer they began to follow him againe as they had doone before.