[1] Herwith he offended so much the minds of his No|bles, that Richard Marshall erle of Penbroke (chiefe of that familie, & boldest to speake,The earle of Penbroke. now that Ranulfe of Chester was gone) as well in his owne name, as in the names of other, tooke vpon him openlie to re|prooue the kings dooings herein, as pernicious and dangerous to the state of the realme.Strangers alwaies odi|ous to ye hours borne. Herevnto the bishop of Winchester (whose counsell as it séemed he followed) made answer, that the king had doone no|thing in that behalfe vnaduisedlie, but vpon good and déepe consideration: for sith he might perceiue how the English nobilitie had first pursued his father with malicious hatred & open war, and now that he found diuerse of them whom he had brought vp and aduan|ced to high honours, vnfaithfull in the administrati|on of their offices, he did not without iust cause re|ceiue [page 217] into his fauour strangers, and preferre them before those of his owne nation, which were not so faithfull in his seruice and obedience as they.