[1] Herevpon the said bishops departed, and accor|ding to the popes commission to them sent, vpon the euen of the Annuntiation of our Ladie,The mondaie in the passion weeke saith Matth West. The king and realme put vn+der the popes cursse. denoun|ced both the king and the realme of England accur|sed, and furthermore caused the doores of churches to be closed vp, and all other places where diuine seruice was accustomed to be vsed, first at London, and af|ter in all other places where they came. Then percei|uing that the K. ment not to stoope for all this which they had doone, but rather sought to be reuenged vp|on them, they fled the realme, and got them ouer vn|to Stephan the archbishop of Canturburie, to wit, William bishop of London, Eustace bishop of Elie, Malger bishop of Worcester, Ioceline bishop of Bath, and Giles bishop of Hereford.