[1] At his comming to Pontney, he so séemed to de|spise all worldlie pompe and honor, giuing himselfe wholie to diuine contemplation, to fasting and prai|er, that the former opinion, which men had conceiued of his vertues, was maruellouslie confirmed. At length being sore vexed with sicknesse, supposing that he might recouer helth by changing of aire and place, he caused himselfe to be conueied into an other house of religion, named Soisie, two daies iournie from Pontney,The death of Edmund archbishop of Canturburie surnamed of Pontney. where finallie he died the sixtéenth of No|uember, and his bodie was brought againe to Pont|ney, and there buried, where also through sundrie mi|racles shewed (as they say) at his graue, he was re|puted a saint, and at length canonized by pope Inno|cent the fourth. He was borne at Abingdon, beside Oxenford, and thereby some named him saint Ed|mund of Abingdon, and some S. Edmund of Pont|ney, after the place where he was inshrined. The see of Canturburie was void more than three yeares af|ter his decease, till at length by the kings comman|dement, the moonks of Canturburie elected one Bo|niface of Sauoie vncle to quéene Elianor, being the 45 archbishop which ruled that church.