[1] Anno Reg. 8.About the same time the archbishop of Rouen put all the countrie of Normandie vnder sentence of in|terdiction, bicause king Richard had begun to fortifie a castell at Lisle Dandelie,Normandie interdicted by ye archbishop of Rouen. vpon a péece of ground which the archbishop claimed to apperteine vnto his sée. The matter was brought before the pope, who perceiuing the intent of king Richard was not o|therwise grounded vpon any couetous purpose to defraud the church of hir right, but onelie to build a fortresse in such place as was most expedient for de|fense of the countrie about, to preserue it from inua|sion of the enimies; he counselled the archbishop not to stand against the king in it, but to exchange with him for some other lands: which was doone, and the interdiction by the pope released. The bishop of Elie lord chancellour, being sent about this businesse towards Rome,The bishop of Elie departed this life. departed this life by the way at Poictiers, in Ianuarie.