[1] He further prohibited by vertue of their obedi|ence, all manner of prelats and men of the church, that they should not presume rashlie to take vpon them any maner of secular function or office. Wher|vpon the archbishop was discharged of his office of chéefe iustice, and Geffrey Fitz Peter succeeded in gouernement of the realme in his steed. ¶Geruasius Dorobernensis saith, that the archbishop resigned that office of his owne accord, and that not till after his returne from the marshes of Wales, where he had ouerthrowne the Welshmen, and slaine fiue thousand of them. Which victorie other ascribe vnto Geffrey Fitz Peter, which Geffrey (as the said Do|robernensis saith) succeeded the archbishop in the of|fice of lord cheefe iustice, but not vntill August, in the tenth yeare of the kings reigne.