Edmund's body) commenced by order of Canute, in expiation of
the sacrilegious behaviour of his father Sweyn towards the
saint.
1028 Charter of Canute granting "fundus" or farm at Beodricsworth
to be for ever in possession of monks, who were to be free
from episcopal jurisdiction. (Text in Arnold II. 340-1).
1032 Oct. 18. Consecration of the new stone church by Egelnoth,
Archbishop of Canterbury.
1035 Charter granted to the Abbey by Hardicanute, imposing a fine
of "thirty talents of gold" on any one found guilty of
infringing the Abbey's franchises. (For privileges granted,
see Bodl. MS. 240, printed in _Nova Legenda Anglie_ II.
607.)
1038 Oct. Body of the Saint removed to King Canute's new church.
1044 Visit of Edward the Confessor to Bury. _p._ 236.
1044 The Confessor grants to Bury abbey jurisdiction over 8-1/2
hundreds in Suffolk, and the manor of Mildenhall, with
freedom to choose their abbot. _p._ 238.
1044 Death of Uvius (remains in Infirmary Chapel). Leofstan
appointed 2nd abbot.
1065 Death of Leofstan (remains placed in shrine at foot of St.
Edmund). Baldwin of St. Denis (physician to Edward the
Confessor) appointed 3rd abbot.
1065 Mint established at Bury under grant of Edward the Confessor,
in which Beodricsworth is called (apparently for the first
time) St. Edmundsbury. "Ic kithe ihu that Ic habbe unnen
Baldewine Abbot one munetere with innen Seynt Edmunds Biri"
(Battely, p. 134). _p._ 248.
1071 Abbot Baldwin at Rome: receives from Pope Alexander II a
precious altar of porphyry, with special privileges.
1071 Oct. 27. Bull of Pope Alexander II, taking the monks of St.
Edmund under the special protection of the Holy See, and
forbidding that a bishop's see should ever be established at
Beodricsworth. (Text in Arnold I. 344.)
1081 May 31. Charter of William the Conqueror deciding against the
claim of Arfast, Bishop of Thetford, to transfer his see to
Bury, and granting exemption from episcopal jurisdiction.
(Text in Arnold I. 347.)
1086 Domesday Book returns show that the annual value of the Town
"ubi quiescit humatus S. Eadmundus rex et martyr gloriosus"
was double that of its value under Edward the Confessor, and
a larger number of persons were maintained.
1095 Apr. 29. Translation of St. Edmund's body to new and
magnificent basilica built by Baldwin and his sacrists
Thurstan and Tolinus.
1097 Death of Baldwin: buried in the Abbey church, east of the
choir altar.
1098 (_circa_). Herman the Archdeacon compiles his book, _De
Miraculis Sancti Eadmundi_. _p._ 218.
1100 Henry I gives abbacy to Robert, son of Hugh Lupus, Earl of
Chester. Robert (I) deposed 1102.
1101 Attempts of Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich, to fix his
see at Bury; finally disposed of 1102.
1102 Robert II, a monk of Westminster, elected 5th abbot. Scheme
for Abbey church enlarged. Godefridus the sacrist a man "of
almost gigantic stature, great in body but greater still in
mind." _p._ 247.
1107 Aug. 15. Robert II consecrated by St. Anselm. Dies soon after,
16 Sept.; buried in Infirmary Chapel.
1114 After seven years' interregnum, Albold, prior of St. Nicasius
at Meaux, elected 6th abbot: died 1119; buried in Infirmary
Chapel.
1120 Charter of Henry I confirming the Charters of Canute and
Edward the Confessor.
1121 Anselm, nephew of St. Anselm, elected 7th abbot. In his days
the Norman tower of the Abbey was built.
1132 Henry I pays a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Edmund.
1135 (_circa_). St. James' Church built by Abbot Anselm, instead of
making a pilgrimage to St. James of Compostella. Church
consecrated by William Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury.
SECTION II
_DURING ABBOT SAMSON'S LIFETIME_ (1135-1211)
1135 SAMSON born at Tottington, near Thetford.
1144 Samson taken by his mother on a pilgrimage to St. Edmund.
_p._ 56.
1146 Death of Anselm: buried in Infirmary Chapel.
1146 Ording, Prior of St. Edmund, appointed 8th abbot.
1150 Fire, which destroys the conventual buildings--Abbot's palace,
refectory, dormitory, the old infirmary, and the
chapter-house. Rebuilt by Helyas the sacrist, Ording's
nephew. _p._ 247.
1150 (circa). Galfridus de Fontibus writes the tract _De Infantia
Sancti Eadmundi_, dedicated to Ording. _p._ 218.
1153 Eustace, eldest son of King Stephen, plunders some of the
lands of the monastery. Dies at Bury.
1156 Jan. 31. Death of Ording: buried in chapter-house. _p._ 247.
1156 Hugh, Prior of Westminster, elected 9th abbot. Receives
benediction at Colchester from Archbishop of Canterbury.
1157 Battle of Coleshill: Cowardice of Henry of Essex.
_pp._ 103, 243.
1160 (_circa_). Samson returns from Paris, and made _magister
scholarum_ or schoolmaster. _p._ 66.
1160 (_circa_). Samson's visit to Rome. _pp._ 72, 236.
1161 Jan. 12. Bull of Alexander II, confirming the Abbot and monks
of Bury in all their rights and privileges, authorizing
appropriation of certain manors to special purposes, etc.
Future abbots to be freely elected. In important matters
there is to be an appeal to the Holy See. (Text in Arnold
III. 78-80.)
1161 May 22. Brief obtained from Pope Alexander III, confirming the
right of the Abbey to the revenues of Woolpit. _p._ 74.
1163 Abbot Hugh at the Council of Tours, where he usurps the seat
of the Abbot of St. Albans.
1163 Wager of battle between Henry of Essex and Robert de Montfort
at Reading. _pp._ 104-5.
1166 Samson takes monastic orders. _p._ 60.
1172 Apr. 7. Bull of Pope Alexander III, dated at Tusculum,
exempting the Abbey from the visitation of the Archbishop of
the Province as _legatus natus_ of the apostolic see (_Cf._
Rokewode, p. 107). _p._ 7.
1173 Jocelin of Brakelond becomes Monk of St. Edmund. _p._ 1.
1173 Hugh the Prior deposed: succeeded by Robert. _p._ 1.
1173 October 17. Battle of Fornham. _pp._ 1, 86, 221.
1175 (_circa_). Samson master of the novices. _p._ 6.
1180 (_ante_). Samson compiles the work _De Miraculis Sancti
Eadmundi_. (See Appendix I.) _pp._ 215-21.
1180 Sept. 9. Abbot Hugh's accident near Rochester. _p._ 10.
1180 Nov. 15. Death of Abbot Hugh I. _pp._ 10, 225.
1180-2 Samson subsacrist and master of the workmen. Rebuilds choir of
Abbey Church, and makes preparations for building the great
tower. _p._ 14.
1181 June 10. Martyrdom of the boy Robert by the Jews. _p._ 23.
1181 Aug. 9. Arrival at Abbey of Archbishop of Trontheim on a
visit. _p._ 23.
1182 Feb. 21. Appointment of Samson as Abbot at Bishop's Waltham,
with Henry II's approval. _p._ 31.
1182 Feb. 28. Samson receives the blessing of the Bishop of
Winchester, at Merewell. _p._ 36.
1182 Mar. 21. (Palm Sunday). Samson is solemnly received at St.
Edmunds. _p._ 37.
1182 Mar. 29. Samson calls a meeting of the convent, the Knights
and certain burgesses as to the election of bailiffs.
_p._ 109.
1182 Mar. 31. Samson sends messengers to Rome for confirmation of
the Abbey's privileges. _p._ 84.
1182 Apr. 1. Barons, Knights and freemen summoned to do homage.
_p._ 41.
1182 Samson appointed a judge in the ecclesiastical courts, by Pope
Lucius III. _p._ 51.
1182 Contests as to town rights and dues. _p._ 108.
1183 Samson restores the Church of Woolpit to the monastery.
_p._ 72.
1184-5 Samson founds St. Saviour's Hospital, at Babwell. _p._ 69.
1186 Kalendar or general survey of Abbey estates completed.
_pp._ 44-5.
1187 Victory over Archbishop Baldwin as to jurisdiction in case of
homicide at Monks Eleigh. _p._ 76.
1187 Jan. 21. Samson obtains from Pope Urban III the privilege of
giving the episcopal benediction. _p._ 84.
1187 Feb. 11. Dispute as to jurisdiction, between Samson and the
Monks of Canterbury, brought before Henry II in
chapter-house at Canterbury. _pp._ 77, 238.
1187 Sept. 29. Loss of Jerusalem: Samson's grief. _p._ 60.
1187 Samson waits upon Henry II at Clarendon, to obtain a
recognition of the immunity of the Abbey from certain taxes.
_p._ 96.
1188 Jan. 20. General exemption granted by the Pope to Samson and
his successors from the authority of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. _p._ 84.
1188 Jan. 21. Henry II takes the Cross between Trie and Gisors.
_p._ 80.
1188 Feb. Henry II at Bury. Samson refused permission to accompany
the King to the Crusades. _p._ 81.
1189 Sept. 3. Richard I crowned at Westminster; Abbot Samson
present.
1189 Sept. Purchase of the manor of Mildenhall from Richard I.
_p._ 70.
1189 Nov. Samson appointed one of the arbitrators to settle the
dispute between Archbishop Baldwin and the Monks of Christ
Church at Canterbury.
1190 March 18. Massacre of 57 Jews at Bury. _p._ 69.
1190 Oct. Conflict as to monastic discipline, at the Council of
Westminster, between Samson and the Bishop of Ely. _p._ 81.
1191 Death of Robert of Cockfield. _pp._ 86, 255.
1191 Samson's quarrel with William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely.
_p._ 79.
1191 Sept.-Oct. Excommunication of Longchamp, and his flight from
England. _pp._ 79, 240.
1192 Complaints of the monks to the abbot concerning the Abbey
revenues. _p._ 114.
1193 Return of Longchamp. Samson refuses to celebrate Mass before
him. _p._ 80.
1193 Collection of money for the ransom of King Richard.
_pp._ 71, 234.
1193 Samson excommunicates the disturbers of the peace, and appears
in arms before Windsor. _p._ 82.
1193 Samson visits Richard I in his German prison "with many
gifts." _p._ 82.
1194 Feb. 4. King Richard released from captivity.
1194 Mch. 12. Lands at Sandwich after an absence of 4-1/4 years;
pays, before the end of the month, thanksgiving visits to
(1) Canterbury (2) St. Edmundsbury.
1194 June 28. Samson's contest with turbulent young knights, who
hold a Tournament without his authorization. _p._ 83.
1194 Samson grants a Charter to the town. _pp._ 116, 244.
1194 Abbey debts entirely discharged. _p._ 46.
1196 Samson's contest with his fifty knights concerning their dues:
the abbot victorious. _pp._ 97-9.
1196 Samson takes the cellarer's department into his own hands.
_p._ 131 _et seq._
1197 Commission of Pope Celestine III for the restoration of the
Monks of Coventry. _pp._ 142, 246.
1198 Jan. 14. Samson at Coventry in high spirits. _p._ 143.
1198 Jan. 18. Coventry Monks re-inducted by the Archbishop.
_p._ 143.
1198 Samson charges moiety of Wetherden in favour of schools at
Bury. _p._ 144.
1198 (_circa_). Archbishop Hubert Walter proposes to visit the
Abbey of Bury. _p._ 122.
1198 Dispute between King Richard and Samson as to the wardship of
Nesta of Cockfield. _pp._ 147-9.
1198 Samson goes to Normandy to settle with King Richard as to the
four knights demanded from the Abbey for the war against the
King of France. _p._ 129.
1198 July 18. Richard I confirms by Charters the Manor of
Mildenhall to the Abbey. _pp._ 70-2, 235.
1198 Oct. 17. Fire in the Abbey: shrine of St. Edmund in danger.
_p._ 162.
1198 Nov. 23. Shrine transferred to high altar. _p._ 170.
1198 Nov. 26. Samson views St. Edmund's body. _p._ 173.
1198 Dec. 1. Letter of Pope Innocent III exempting the Abbey from
the visitation even of a legate, unless he were a legate _a
latere_. _pp._ 124, 245.
1199 Reconciliation between Hubert Walter, Archbishop of
Canterbury, and Samson. _p._ 127.
1199 April 6. Death of King Richard I.
1199 May 27. King John crowned at Westminster. _p._ 178.
1199 King John visits Bury. _p._ 178.
1199 Violent quarrels between Samson and his monks: he withdraws
from the Abbey for a week: reconciliation effected.
_pp._ 179-83.
1200 Mar. 15. Ratification by King John of Charter granted by
Samson to St. Saviour's Hospital at Babwell. _p._ 72.
1200 Nov. 6. Samson one of three arbitrators in dispute between
Archbp. of Canterbury and Canons of Lambeth. _p._ 229.
1200 List drawn up of knights of St. Edmund. _pp._ 183-6.
1200 Hugh, Abbot of Cluny, visits Bury. _p._ 189.
1200 Death of Prior Robert: Herbert succeeds him. _p._ 191.
1201 Eustace, Abbot of Flay, preaches at Bury. _p._ 202.
1201 Sept. Samson appointed one of three Commissioners sent by
the Pope to Worcester to investigate the miracles of
St. Wulfstan.
1202 Dispute between the monks of Ely and of Bury concerning the
market at Lakenheath. _pp._ 203, 253.
1202 Hugh of Northwold (afterwards abbot) admitted a monk.
1203 Jan. 31. Samson appointed by the Pope on a commission
concerning the dispensation of Crusaders from their vows:
and summoned over sea to advise the King on this question.
_pp._ 207-11.
1203 Dec. 21. John at Bury, and makes valuable offerings: but
prevails on convent to grant him for life the use of the
jewels which his mother Queen Eleanor had presented to St.
Edmund. _p._ 251.
1208 Mar. 24. Interdict comes into force throughout England.
1210 Sept. 23. Fall of central tower of Abbey Church.
1211 Dec. 30. Death of Samson: buried in unconsecrated ground.
_p._ xl.
1213 July. King John expresses a wish for the vacancy to be filled:
Hugh (II) of Northwold chosen.
1214 July 2. Interdict solemnly dissolved.
1214 Aug. 12. Samson's body exhumed and buried in the chapter-house
of Bury Abbey. _pp._ xlii., 247.
SECTION III
_FROM 1214 TO DISSOLUTION IN 1539_
1214 Nov. 4. King John at Bury: makes a speech in the chapter-house
asserting his rights over the election of abbot. _p._ 251.
1214 Nov. 20. The discontented earls and barons meet at Bury
(probably on St. Edmund's Day) "as if for prayer."
Archbishop Langton reads to them Henry I's charter: and each
swears on the high altar to make war on John unless he gives
them the liberties contained therein (_Roger of Wendover_,
vol. iii. 293-4).
1215 Mar. 10. Commissioners appointed by the Pope finally give
judgment in favour of Hugh's election as abbot.
1215 June 9. King's approval to appointment of Hugh given in
Staines meadow.
1215 June 15. Magna Charta signed.
1215-6 Louis, son of Philip II of France, invited by the barons to
help them in their struggle against John. East Anglian towns
sacked--Norwich and Lynn by the French; Cambridge, Yarmouth,
Dunwich, Ipswich and Colchester by the barons (Ramsay's
_Angevin Empire_, 1903, _p._ 497). Bury St. Edmunds a
stronghold of the king (Norgate, _John Lackland_, 1902,
_pp._ 257-8). Louis himself fighting in the south of
England. No evidence of Louis or his hordes ever being at
Bury.
1216 Oct. 19. Death of John at Newark. Henry III succeeds to the
throne.
1220 (_circa_). Richard of Newport, sacrist, destroys the old
chapter-house and rebuilds it from foundations. _p._ 247.
1220 Death of Herbert the prior. Richard of Insula (afterwards 12th
abbot) succeeds him.
1224 Abbot Hugh at the Royal camp before Bedford Castle, attended
by knights holding manors under St. Edmund.
1225 (_circa_). Abbot's Bridge built.
1229 Abbot Hugh II made Bishop of Ely: died August, 1254. Described
by Matthew Paris as "flos nigrorum monachorum."
1229 Nov. 20. Richard of Insula recalled from Burton and installed
as 12th abbot on St. Edmund's Day.
1234 Abbot Richard sent abroad on an appeal to Pope Gregory IX.
Attacked on his return with mortal illness, and dies at
Pontigny. Buried in the chapter-house at Bury, where his
skeleton was discovered on January 1, 1903, with skull sawn
through and sternum severed (evidently for embalming
purposes). _p._ 247.
1235 Henry of Rushbrook, prior of Bury, elected 13th abbot.
1235 Royal Charters granted to Abbot Henry to hold two fairs at
Bury and a market at his manor of Melford.
1245 Abbot Henry excused by the Pope, on account of the gout, from
attending the Council of Lyons.
1245 At the request of the convent, Henry III calls his newly-born
son Edmund (founder of the house of Lancaster). Text of
Royal letter in Arnold III. 28.
1248 July 5. Bull of Pope Innocent III (signed at Lyons)
prescribing the solemn celebration of the feast of the
translation of St. Edmund (April 29). Text in _Nov. Leg.
Angl._ (1901) II. 574.
1248 Death of Abbot Henry: buried in chapter-house. Edmund of
Walpole, LL.D., appointed 14th abbot.
1250 Henry III takes the Cross: the abbot does the same, exposing
himself to general derision (Matt. Par. v. 110).
1252 Simon of Luton (afterwards abbot) made prior.
1254 Richard of Clare, seventh Earl of Gloucester, claims St.
Edmund's manor of Mildenhall: threatened with
excommunication by the Pope.
1254 Aug. Death of Hugh, Bishop of Ely (Abbot of Bury, 1213-29).
1256 Aug. Statutes approved by Pope Alexander IV for the governance
of the Abbey of Bury, providing _inter alia_ for "two
persons watching the body of St. Edmund and two the church
treasure and clock night and day."
1256 Dec. 31. Abbot Edmund died: buried in the chapter-house.
_p._ 247.
1257 Jan. 15. Simon of Luton, prior, elected 15th abbot: cost of
confirmation by the Pope, 2,000 marks.
1263 Nov. Franciscan friars expelled from Bury, under a rescript
from Pope Urban IV, and compelled to migrate to Babwell.
1264 (Easter). Serious conflict between the monastery and the
burgesses. The abbot complains to the king: fine inflicted
on the burgesses.
1265 Defeat and death of Simon de Montfort. Many barons of his
party take shelter at Bury, but subsequently dislodged.
1267 February. Henry III summons the barons who owe military
service to the Crown to meet him at Bury.
1272 Sept. 1. Henry III at Bury on his way to Norwich.
1272 Nov. 16. Death of Henry III (Rishanger says at Bury).
1275 April 17. Edward I and his Queen come to St. Edmundsbury on a
pilgrimage, "as they had vowed in the Holy Land."
1275 July 1. Foundation stone of new Lady Chapel laid by Prior
Robert.
1279 April. Death of Abbot Simon at Melford: buried in the Lady
Chapel, which he had built "at the cost of himself, his
parents and his friends" (Leland, iv. 164).
1279 Dec. 28. John of Northwold, guest master of the abbey,
solemnly received in the Abbey Church as 16th abbot, after
having gone to Rome to be blessed by Pope Nicholas III. Cost
of his journey, 1,175 marks, his credit from abbey being
only 500 marks.
1281 A new division between the property of the abbot and that of
the convent, sanctioned by Edward I in consideration of
L1,000.
1285 Feb. 20. The King with the Queen and her three daughters make
a pilgrimage to Bury.
1292 April 28. The King, with his son and daughters, again at Bury,
remaining either at the abbey or the manor of Culford for
ten days. Granted charter that none of his justices should
sit within the banlieue of St. Edmund.
1292 Dispute between monastery and town. Royal Commission of
inquiry sent down. The burgesses to present annually an
alderman for confirmation by the abbot: the alderman to
present four persons to the sacrist as keepers of the four
gates.
1294 Mar. 18. Edward I again at St. Edmundsbury "with great
devotion."
1296 Nov. Edward I holds a Parliament at Bury to obtain an aid from
the clergy and people. Difficulties in its collection.
1301 Oct. 29. Death of Abbot John I: buried in the church before
the choir altar.
1301 Nov. 30. Edward's I's letter giving permission for a new
election.
1302 Jan. 2. Election of Thomas of Tottington (Samson's birthplace)
as 17th abbot.
1305 Further disputes between the convent and the town. The king's
justices impose fines on the aldermen and burgesses.
1312 Jan. 7. Death of Abbot Thomas: buried in north aisle of abbey
church (part of his memorial brass now at Hedgerley church,
Bucks). Succeeded by Richard of Draughton.
1326 Edward II spends Christmas at Bury.
1327 Great riots at Bury: the abbey plundered. The abbot seized and
carried off, and eventually deported to Diest in Brabant.
The outlying manors ravaged, and nearly the whole of the
conventual and domestic buildings burnt: loss of property
assessed at L140,000. Charter extorted by the townsmen from
the convent. (French text in Arnold III. 302-317.)
1330 Sept. 13. Charter of Edward III granting free warren in all
demesnes of the Abbey of St. Edmund, and a weekly market at
Melford, with an annual fair of nine days.
1335 Death of Abbot Richard: buried in north aisle of the church.
The sub-prior, William of Bernham, hastily elected 19th
abbot for fear of the Pope's interference.
1345 Jan. 24. Completion of Richard of Bury's _Philobiblon_.
1345 Quarrel between the abbey and Bishop Bateman of Norwich.
Morality and discipline of the abbey reported bad by
diocesan commissioners.
1346 The abbot appeals to the Pope, and also sues Bishop Bateman in
the King's Court, pleading the Charter of Hardicanute
(1035): the judges give sentence in the abbot's favour.
1346 (_circa_). Completion of abbey gateway, erected after
destruction of a previous gateway by the townspeople in the
riots of 1327.
1351 Presentation to the abbot of three names for selection of an
alderman to have charge of the municipal government of Bury.
Admission by the abbot of John Ewell as a matter of favour.
1361 Death of Abbot William: buried in Lady Chapel. Henry of
Hunstanton elected his successor, and proceeds to Avignon,
but dies of the pestilence near that city before obtaining
confirmation by the Pope.
1361 John of Brinkley appointed as 20th abbot by Pope Innocent VI.
1375 Date of last miracle recorded in Bodleian MS. 240 (Symon
Broun, nearly lost at sea, vows to St. Edmund and is saved.
_Nov. Leg. Anglie_ (1901) vol. II. _p._ 678).
1379 Death of John of Brinkley at Elmswell: buried in the Lady
Chapel. John of Timworth, sub-prior, elected by the monks
21st abbot. Urban VI appoints Edmund de Bromfeld instead,
and a controversy ensues, lasting five years.
1381 Rebellion in East Anglia under Jack Strawe. Murder of John de
Cambridge, the prior, and Sir John Cavendish, the chief
justice. Town of Bury outlawed and fined 2,000 marks.
1383 Richard II and Anne of Bohemia visit Bury and remain ten days
at the monastery, at an expense of 800 marks.
1384 June 4. Matters having at length been arranged with the Pope,
John of Timworth's election as abbot is confirmed (died
1389).
1390 William of Cratfield elected 22nd abbot.
1400 Oct. 1. Thomas of Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, visits
Bury: received as a visitor with much respect, but without a
procession.
1408 Nov. 25. Letters patent of King Henry IV finally deciding, in
favour of Bury Abbey, the disputed question as to the
jurisdiction of the Liberty of St. Edmund over Hadleigh and
Eleigh. _pp._ 76-8, 239.
1410 Catalogue of 195 Monastic Libraries (including that of Bury),
compiled by John Boston, monk of Bury.
1415 June 18. Death of Cratfield. William of Exeter elected 23rd
abbot.
1424 William Exeter causes the marble tomb of Ording (and (?) of
Samson) in the chapter-house to be renewed. _p._ 247.
1424-33 Building of the present St. Mary's Church on the site of an
older church in S.W. corner of the cemetery of the abbey.
1427 Thomas Beaufort, second son of John of Gaunt, buried in Abbey
Church (coffin discovered and re-interred 1772).
1429 Death of William Exeter. William Curteys or Curtis elected
24th abbot.
1430 Dec. 18. Fall of Southern side of western tower.
1430 Dec. 30. Fall of Eastern side of western tower. Immediate
steps taken to contract for a new tower.
1430 Abbot Curteys builds a library for the abbey (see his
regulations for use of books in _James, pp._ 109-11).
1432 Ruins of tower cleared away. Rebuilding commenced: estimated
cost, 60,000 ducats of gold.
1433-4 Visit of Henry VI to Bury Abbey from Christmas till St.
George's Day. The monastery presents him with a
magnificently illuminated _Life of St. Edmund_, by John
Lydgate (now in Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2278).
1446 Sept. 17. Henry VI writes to Abbot Curteys to ask him to be
present at laying of foundation stone of King's College,
Cambridge, on Michaelmas Day.
1446 Death of Curteys. Succeeded by William Babington as 25th
abbot.
1447 Feb. 10. Parliament at Bury, in the Abbey refectory. Duke
Humphrey of Gloucester present, and arrested (Feb. 18) for
high treason.
1447 Nov. 13. Charter of Henry VI confirming the abbey privileges.
(Text in Arnold III. 357.)
1449 Royal Charter granted, freeing the Abbot of all aids to the
King for forty marks a year.
1453 Death of Abbot Babington: John Boon, or Bohun, appointed 26th
abbot.
1462 General pardon granted by Edward IV to the Abbot and monks,
whose sympathies had been Lancastrian.
1462 Nov. 17. A lost Abbey register bought by John Broughton, and
presented by him to the monastery at the instance of Abbot
Boon.
1465 Jan. 20. Abbey Church completely gutted by fire. (St. Edmund's
shrine said to have been saved.) Abbot Boon spends and
collects large sums for its repair and rebuilding.
1469 Death of Abbot Boon: buried in the Lady Chapel. Succeeded by
Robert of Ixworth as 27th abbot.
1474 Richard of Hengham appointed 27th abbot.
1479 Thomas of Rattlesden appointed 28th abbot.
1479 May. William of Worcester visits the Abbey and takes
measurements of the various buildings.
1486 Visit of Henry VII to Bury.
1497 William of Codenham appointed 29th abbot.
1513 Death of Codenham. John Reeve of Melford appointed 30th and
last abbot.
1532 Abbot Reeve assists at the funeral of Abbot Islip of
Westminster.
1533 July 21. Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, buried in great
state at the Abbey (subsequently re-interred in St. Mary's
Church).
1535 Nov. 5. Letter from John Ap Rice to Thomas Cromwell as to the
state of morals and worship of relics at Bury Abbey and
enclosing _compertes_ of proceedings (_Compendium
Compertorum_ now at Record Office).
1536 Nov. 26. Grant by the Abbey to Thomas Cromwell and his son
Gregory of an annuity of L10.
1538 (_circa_). Visit of Leland the antiquary to Bury, in search of
ancient books and records.
1538 Sept. Sir John Williams, Richard Pollard, Philip Parys and
John Smyth report to Cromwell that they have been to St.
Edmundsbury, "where we founde a riche shryne which was very
comberous to deface. We have takyn in the said monastery in
golde and sylver MMMMM marks and above, over and besydes a
well and riche crosse with emereddes, as also dyvers and
sundry stones of great value, and yet we have left the
churche, abbott and convent very well ffurnesshed with plate
of sylver necessary for the same" (MS. Cotton. Cleop. E. iv.
229). The actual amount of plate taken at 'His Majesty's
visitation' on this occasion was 1,553 oz gold plate, 6,853
oz. gilt plate, 933 oz. parcel-gilt plate, 190 oz. white
plate. (_Monastic Treasures_, 1836). See also under Dec. 2,
1539.
1539 Nov. 4. Deed of surrender of Bury Abbey signed by Abbot Reeve,
Prior Thomas Denysse of Ryngstede and 41 other monks.
1539 Nov. 7. Sir Richard Rich, Sir A. Wingfield, Ric. Southwell,
Wm. Petre, John Ap Rice, and T. Mildmay inform Henry VIII of
the surrender of the Abbey: they "have taken the plate and
best ornaments of the house" for the King, and have sold the
rest. They also ask whether they are "to deface the church
or other edifices of the house." The lead and the bells (if
the house be defaced) will be worth 4,500 marks.
1539 Dec. 2. Indent of Richard Southwell of amount of plate taken
from Bury Abbey--150 oz. gilt plate, 145 oz. parcel-gilt
plate, and 2,162 oz. white plate, besides a pair of birrall
candlesticks (handed to the King), and an ornamented mitre
(_Monastic Treasures_, 1836). [Thus, with the spoils of
1538, 1,553 oz. gold plate (all on the first occasion), and
10,433 oz. silver plate, were taken from the Abbey.]
SECTION IV
_FROM THE DISSOLUTION TO 1903_
1540 March 30. Death of ex-Abbot Reeve; buried in the
chancel of St. Mary's Church.
1550 The first of the thirty grammar schools founded by Edward VI
established at Bury.
1560 Feb. 14. Site of Monastery sold by Queen Elizabeth for L412
19_s._ 4_d._ to John Eyer; by him transferred to Thomas
Badby.
1578 Aug. 7. Queen Elizabeth at Bury.
1599 Over a hundred books from Bury Abbey in the hands of William
Smart, a "Postman" of Ipswich. Given by him to Pembroke
College, Cambridge.
1606 Apl. 3. Bury made a Borough by Charter of James I. (Borough
Motto: _Sacrarium Regis, Cunabula Legis_).
1634 Condition of the site of the Abbey described by William
Hawkins of Hadleigh in his "Corolla Varia."
1644 Publication at Toulouse of Caseneuve's "Vie de St. Edmond,"
alleging that the body of the saint was at the basilica of
St. Sernin there, and had been brought over by Louis in
1216. Caseneuve describes, misquoting Matthew Paris (II.
663) the alleged pillage by Louis of "Toutes les eglises du
comte de Suffolk," refers to the fact that in those days
"les Chretiens faisaient gloire d'enlever par un devot
larcin les reliques des saints," and says "Il est croyable
que les Francais en firent autant de celles de St. Edmond"
(_cf._ 1216, 1256, 1901).
1745 Publication at Oxford by Rev. Dr. Oliver Battely of
_Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad annum MCCLXXII perductae_,
written by his uncle, Dr. John Battely (died 1708).
1761 Ancient gates of town pulled down by order of Corporation.
1772 Some excavations on site of Church, made by Mr. King, and
reported in vol. III. of Archaeologia.
1805 Publication of _An Illustration of the Monastic History and
Antiquities of the Town and Abbey of St. Edmund's Bury_, by
Richard Yates, D.D., F.R.S. (1769-1834).
1806 Site of Abbey comes into the hands of the Hervey family, the
present possessors.
1840 Rokewode's Edition of Latin text of _Chronicle of Jocelin of
Brakelond_, published by Camden Soc.
1843 Carlyle's _Past and Present_ published.
1843 Publication of second edition--including fragment of Part II
projected in 1805--of Yates' History of Bury (Remainder of
Yates' materials amongst Egerton MSS. in British Museum).
1844 T. E. Tomlins' English translation of _Jocelin's Chronicle_.
1850 S. Tymms' _Bury Wills_ (Camd. Soc.).
1865 Papers by Mr. Gordon M. Hills on antiquities of Bury St.
Edmunds in _Journal British Archaeological Association_, vol.
xxi. _pp._ 32-56 and 104-140.
1869 July 20. British Archaeological Association at Bury: paper on
Abbey read by Mr. Alfred W. Morant.
1890 Publication of J. R. Thompson's _Records of St. Edmund_
[mostly based on Battely and the legendary chronicles].
1890 Publication of vol. I. of _Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey_
(Rolls series), edited by T. Arnold (vol. II. published
1892, vol. III. 1896).
1893 Publication of _St. Edmund King and Martyr_, by Rev. Father
Mackinlay, O.S.B. [picturesque and interesting, but
uncritical].
1895 Publication of Dr. Montague R. James' two papers on (1) the
Library (2) the Church of "The Abbey of St. Edmund at Bury"
(Camb. Antiq. Soc., 8vo. Publications No. xxviii.).
1901 Publication of _Nova Legenda Anglie_ (Ox. Univ. Press),
containing in vol. II. the full "Vita et passio cum
miraculis sancti Edmundi," compiled at Bury in the 14th
Century (Bodl. MS. 240).
1901 July 25. Landing at Newhaven, for the new Roman Catholic
Cathedral of Westminster, of bones from Toulouse said to be
those of St. Edmund (_cf._ 1216, 1256, 1644.).
1901 Sept. 5. Letter in _The Times_ showing cause against these
bones being those of St. Edmund.
1901 Sept. 9. Cardinal Vaughan admits at Newcastle-on-Tyne that, in
view of facts stated, "the relics are not genuine."
1902 Publication of Lord Francis Hervey's _Suffolk in the XVIIth
Century_, containing in Appendix a critical study of the
legends about St. Edmund's life and martyrdom.
1902-3 (Winter). Excavations on site of chapter-house.
1903 Jan. 1. Discovery on the site of the chapter-house of five
stone coffins with skeletons, in the positions assigned in a
Bury MS. of circa 1425 (now at Douai) to the burial places
of Abbots Ording (1146-56), SAMSON (1182-1211), Richard of
Insula (1229-34), Henry of Rushbrook (1234-46), and Edmund
of Walpole (1248-56). A sixth skeleton (uncoffined) also
found in a line with these coffins to the west--doubtless
that of Abbot Hugh I (1156-80). _pp._ 225, 247.
INDEX
Abbo of Fleury: 217.
Acre: 6, 74, 125, 223, 237.
Adam, the infirmarer: 200.
Aelmessethe, _see_ Elmsett.
Aelmeswell, _see_ Elmswell.
Ailwin, or Egelwin: 175, 250.
Alberic, the earl: 85, 98, 184.
Albold, Abbot of St. Edmund: 229, 245, 261.
Alexander II. (Pope): 260.
Alexander III., Pope: 72, 236.
Alfric: 85, 241.
Alveth, Gilbert of: 26.
Ambli, William of: 255.
Ambrose (monk): 25.
Ampton: 185.
Andrew (monk): 25.
Anselm, Abbot of St. Edmund's, 116, 255-6, 261.
Ansty, Hubert of: 185.
Anthony (monk): 26.
Arnald: 49.
Arnold, T., Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey, xix. and
_passim_.
Ashfield: 184, 185.
Augustine (monk): 172.
Augustine, Archbp. of Trontheim: 23, 227.
Averpenny: 155, 248.
Babwell: 69, 72, 201, 234.
Baldwin, Abbot of St. Edmund: 260.
Baldwin, Archbishop: 76-8.
Banham, William of: 255.
Bardwell: 184.
William of: 184.
Barningham: 184, 185.
Adam of: 185.
Barrator: 18, 65, 108, 226-7.
Barton: 95, 186, 256.
Battely, Dr. John: 276.
Beasts of chase: 230.
Beccles: 95.
Bedingfield: 95.
Benedict of Blakenham: 8.
Benedict, the Jew: 3, 4, 223.
Benedict, the monk: 25, sub-prior, 152.
Beodricsworth: 154, 248, 258.
Bigot, Roger, Earl of Norfolk: 86, 96, 98, 99, 184, 241.
Bishop's Waltham: 31, 228.
Blakenham, Benedict of: 8.
Blithing: 184.
Blood letting season: 21, 227.
Blund, Hamo: 138.
William: 184.
Blunham: 184, 229.
Botolph, St.: 176, 250.
Boxford: 90, 94.
Bradfield: 44, 90, 95, 185, 186.
Brakelond, _see_ Jocelin.
Breiton, William of: 255.
Brettenham: 90, 94.
Briddinghoe: 185.
Briseword, Hubert of: 96.
Brisingham: 184.
Broc, Peter de (monk): 25.
Brockdish: 185.
Stephen of: 185.
Brockford: 94, 95.
Brockley: 185.
Reginald of: 185.
Brome: 184.
Buckenham: 184.
Ralph of: 184.
Burgh, Thomas de: 187-189.
Canterbury (Christ Church): 77-8, 238, 239.
Canterbury, Archbishops of:--
Baldwin: 76-8.
Hubert Walter: 83, 98, 121-2, 125, 142-3, 175-6, 187,
240, 245.
Richard: 6, 7, 221, 224.
Carlyle's _Past and Present_: xv., xxiv., xxix., xl.
Castle Acre: 6, 74, 125, 223, 237.
Celestine III, Pope: 142, 246.
Cellarer, jurisdiction of: 154-9.
Cereville, Gilbert of: 104.
Chapter House of Bury Abbey: 152, 247, 278.
Chebenhall: 187.
Chelsworth: 95.
Chernelles, Arnald of: 184.
Chertsey [Bertrand] Abbot of: 33, 189.
Chevington: 49, 94.
Chipley: 185.
Clare, Richard, Earl of: 85-6.
Roger, Earl of: 104, 243.
Clarendon: 96.
Cluny, Hugh, Abbot of: 189, 252.
Colchester: 95.
Coleshill: 103.
Constantine, Geoffry of: 5.
Cosford Hundred: 44, 86, 232, 238.
Cockfield, Adam (1st) of: 255.
Adam (2nd) of: 86, 147, 184, 187, 246, 254-6.
Adeliza of: 255.
Lemnere of: 255.
Nesta of: 187, 246-7, 251, 255.
Odo of: 256.
Robert of: 12, 15, 44, 77, 86, 91, 241, 255-6.
Rohesia of: 255.
Cockfield or Cokefield, Town of: 88, 95, 184, 188, 256.
Cotton: 94.
Coventry, the Monks of: 142-3, 246.
Coutances, Walter of: 72, 235.
Criketot, Hemfrid: 256.
Cunegestun (Kingston): 95.
Curteys, W., Abbot: 273.
His Register: 216.
Dennis, cellarer of St. Edmund: 6, 8, 9, 25, 32, 33, 34,
157, 200.
Dereham: 121, 125.
Diceto, Ralph de, dean of London: 201-2, 236, 253.
Dickleburgh: 90, 95.
Diss, John of: 174.
Walter of: 67.
William of (the elder): 67.
William of: 172, 242, 253, 254-6.
Dissolution of Bury Abbey (1539): 274-5.
Dogs, coursing by, 43, 231.
Presented by Samson to Richard I: 149, 231.
Durand of Hosteley: 91.
(town bailiff): 209.
Domesday Book: 70, 234, 260.
Dunstan, Archbishop: 217.
Durham: 67.
Edmund (monk): 29.
Edmund, the "golden" monk: 45.
Edward the Confessor: 233, 238, 259.
Egelwin, or Ailwin: 175, 250.
Eleanor, Queen, 70-71, 234.
Eleigh, Monks: 76-77, 79, 238-9.
Combust: 185.
Hugh of: 185.
Elias, cupbearer: 67.
Elm, Robert of: 91.
Elmsett: 106-7, 230.
Elmswell: 67, 94, 106-7.
Elveden: 95.
Gilbert of: 155.
Ely, Bishops of:--
William Longchamp: 79, 80-2, 240.
Geoffrey Ridel: 74, 106-7, 203-7, 237.
Ely: 125, 203-7, 253.
Endgate: 90.
Essex, Henry of: 101-105, 242.
Etheldreda, St., court of: 206.
Eu, Castle of: 129.
Roger of: 184.
Eustace (monk): 26.
(tenant): 93.
Euston: 185.
Fair of St. Edmund: 112-3, 115-6.
Fakenham, Great: 184.
Felsham: 185.
Fitz-Alan, Peter, of Brockley: 185.
Fitz-Drogo, Richard: 68.
Fitz-Hervey, Osbert: 51.
William: 96.
Fitz-Isabel, William: 2.
Fitz-Peter, Geoffrey: 204, 207, 254.
Fitz-Ralph, Gilbert: 91, 184.
Fitz-Roger, Robert: 184.
Fitz-Walter, Robert: 184.
Flamville, Robert of: 12.
Flay, Eustace, Abbot of: 202-3.
Flemings defeated (A.D. 1173): 1, 86, 222.
Flempton, Alan of: 185.
Foddercorn: 44, 232.
Fordham, Geoffrey of: 25.
Fornham magna: 94.
St. Genevieve: 95;
battle of: 1, 86, 222.
St. Martin: 95.
Francheville, William of: 96.
Fressingfield: 95.
Galfridus de Fontibus: 218, 226.
Gaveloc (javelin): 73, 237.
Gedding: 185.
Geoffrey of Constantine: 5.
Geoffrey Archbishop of York: 31, 80, 126, 228, 240.
(bailiff): 109.
Germany, Samson's visit to: 82.
Gilbert, Deputy Steward of St. Edmund: 42.
(monk): 174.
Gislingham: 95.
Gissing: 184.
Glanville, Ranulf de, Justiciary of England: 12, 41, 77,
93, 108, 225.
Glemsford: 106, 206.
Godfrey (bailiff): 109.
Godefridus the sacrist: 247, 260.
Great Fornham: 94.
Great Horningsherth: 95.
Green, J. R. (history) xvi.
Groton: 88, 95, 185, 188, 255.
Haberdon, Bury St. Edmund's: 88, 242.
Hadleigh: 239.
Haggovele: 157, 249.
Haglesdun: 258.
Halgestou: 258.
Halsted, Robert of: 185.
Hamo Blund's will: 138.
Hardwick, the villeins of (lancetti): 153, 248.
Hargrave: 49, 94.
Harling: 184.
Harlow: 49, 92-3, 95, 169.
Hastings Henry of: 41, 229.
Thomas of: 41, 229.
William of: 98, 184.
William of (monk): 29.
Hatfield, Walter of: 49.
Helyas the sacrist: 243, 247.
Hemfrid, Criketot: 256.
Hengham, _see_ Hingham.
Hen-rents: 232.
Henry II, King of England: 4, 12.
Approves Samson's appointment as abbot: xxviii., 31-5.
Dispute between Bury and Canterbury: 76-8, 238.
Takes the Cross: 80, 240.
Ruling at Clarendon on Samson's appeal: 96.
Battle of Coleshill: 103, 243.
Charter to Merchants of London: 112, 244.
Henry of Essex: 101-105, 242.
Hepworth: 184.
Herard: 92.
Herbert the Dean: 88-90.
Herbert, prior of St. Edmund: xlii., 190-6, 197, 235, 252.
Herman the Archdeacon: 218, 238, 249.
Hermer (monk): 25 (sub-prior): 191-193, 235.
Herringswell: 95.
Hidages: 44, 232.
Hinderclay: 95.
Hingham, Hugh of: 6, 75.
Richard of: 174.
Roger of: 6, 75.
Roger of (cellarer): 157, 186-7.
Hitcham: 80.
Honington: 91, 94.
Hopton: 91, 95.
Horning, Robert of: 185.
Horningsherth: 95.
Hostesley, Durand of: 91.
Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, _see_ Walter.
Hugh, Abbot of St. Edmund (A.D. 1157-1180): 1, 2-9, 10,
49, 108, 116, 135, 222, 225.
Prior of St. Edmund: 1, 6.
Third Prior of St. Edmund: 25, 26, 29, 31, 32.
The sacrist: 46, 110, 145, 152, 172, 232.
The Infirmarer: 174.
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: 234, 273.
Hundreds in Liberty of St. Edmund: 44, 77, 232, 238.
Hunston: 184.
Icklingham: 71, 95, 205, 235.
Ickworth, Richard of: 185.
Illegh or Eleigh (Monachorum): 76-7, 79, 238-9.
(Combust): 185.
Hugh of: 185.
Ingham: 95.
Innocent III, Pope: 124, 149, 245.
Interdict: xli.
Ireland: 236.
Isaac, the Jew: 3.
Jerusalem, loss of: 60.
Jews, abbey debts to: 2-4, 15, 48, 223.
Driven from St. Edmundsbury, 69-70, 223.
Joce, Rabbi: 3.
Jocelin of Brakelond: xx.-xxiv., 1, 6, 23, 39, 56, 93, 101,
145, 197-8, 200, 235, 242.
Jocell the cellarer: 174, 186-187.
John, King of England: 82, 228.
Comes to St. Edmundsbury: xxxiii., 178, 251, 267.
Calls for Samson's advice: xxxiii., 207, 254.
John, third Prior: 193-5
Jordan de Ros: 91, 92, 93.
Jurnet the Jew: 8, 224.
Kalendar, Samson's: 45, 232.
Kentford: 37.
Ketel, the case of: 152, 247.
Kingston: 95.
Kirkby: 184.
Alexander of: 184.
Knights of St. Edmund, list of: 183-6.
Lackford: 95.
Lailand: 103.
Lakenheath: 155, 203, 205.
Langtoft, Robert of: 184.
Lavenham: 184.
Lelesey: 184, 255.
Len: 95.
Lenmere of Cokefield: 255.
Leofstan, Abbot of St. Edmund: 249. 259.
Liber Albus: xvi.-ii.
Liberty of St. Edmund: 41, 42, 44, 77, 82, 85, 87, 112,
138, 206, 232, 238.
Lidgate: 184, 229.
Lincoln, Bishop of: 142.
Little Waltham: 184.
Livermere: 184, 185.
Peter of: 185.
Loddon: 184.
London, Bishop of: 113.
Dean of: 201, 253.
Merchants of: 112, 113, 243.
Longchamp, William: 79, 80-2, 240.
Louis, son of Philip II of France: 267, 276.
Lovel, Ernald: 91.
Lucius III, Pope, 51, 263.
Lydgate, John: xliv, 241.
Malmesbury, Abbot of: 32-3.
Manston: 185.
Gilbert of: 185.
Marlesford: 184.
Marlingford: 184.
Maurice, chaplain of Abbot Samson, 194.
Melford: 94, 106, 230, 243.
Melun, School of: 54, 232.
Mendham: 184.
Thomas of: 86.
Merchants of London: 112-3, 243.
Meringthorp: 90, 95.
Mickfield: 184.
Milden: 78.
William of: 255.
Mildenhall: 69-71, 95, 118, 131, 146, 187, 233, 235, 238,
259.
Monk Eleigh: 76-7., 79, 238-9.
Montfort, Robert of: 103-4, 243.
Moot-horn: 110.
Morieux, Roger of: 185.
Nicasius, St., chapel of: 191.
Nicholas (bailiff): 109.
Nonant, Hugh de, Bishop of Coventry: 142-3, 246.
Norfolk, Roger Bigot, Earl of: 86, 96, 98, 99, 184, 241.
Norton: 184.
Norway, Archbp. of: 23, 227.
Norwich, Bishops of: 75, 81, 91.
(City): 95, 98, 99, 125.
Nova Legenda Anglie: 215-6.
Nowton: 8, 90, 95.
Oakley: 184.
Octavian, the Anti-pope: 72, 236.
Onehouse: 184.
Ording, Abbot of St. Edmund: 17, 116, 135, 152, 226, 243,
247.
Osbert of Clare: 218-9.
Oxford, Alberic de Vere, Earl of 85, 98, 184.
Oxford, Samson at: 142-3.
Pakenham 90, 95, 186.
Palgrave: 11, 63, 94.
Richard of: 11, 63.
Paris, schools of: 66.
Parks enclosed by Samson: 43, 230.
Patteshall, Simon of: 185.
Peche, Gilbert of: 185.
Portman-moot: 151, 153, 247.
Presseni, Ralph of: 185.
Preston: 184, 185.
"Queen Gold": 70, 234.
Quiddenham: 184.
Ralph, the porter: 179.
Ramsey, monks of: 202.
Randestune: 184.
Ranulf, Master: 118.
Reading: 101, 243.
Rede: 184.
Reiner, the monk: 48.
Reydon: 184.
Richard I, King of England:
Sells Manor of Mildenhall to Bury: 69, 70, 233, 235.
His ransom: 71, 147, 234.
Licence for holding tournaments: 83, 241.
Imprisonment in Germany: 81, 82, 264-5.
Samson visits him in Germany: 82.
Demands of knights for French war: 128.
Dispute with Sampson over wardship of Nesta of Cockfield:
148-9, 231, 251.
His death: 178, 266.
Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury: 6, 7, 223, 224.
Rickinghall: 95.
Ridel, Geoffrey: 74, 106-7, 203-7, 237.
Risbridge Hundred: 85.
Risby: 67, 95, 185.
Norman of: 67-8, 185.
William of: 67-8.
Robert II, Abbot of St. Edmund: 121, 135, 244-5.
Prior of St. Edmund: 1, 13, 190-1, 252.
The boy martyred by Jews: 23, 227.
Roger Bigot, Earl of Norfolk: 86, 96, 98, 99, 184, 241.
Roger the cellarer: 25, 29, 31, 32, 152.
Rokewode, John Gage: xvii.-xviii. and _passim_.
Rome, Samson's visit to: 72-4.
Ros, Jordan de: 91, 92, 93.
Rothing, Gervase of: 185.
Rougham: 44, 95, 186, 255.
Ruald (monk): 26.
Ruffus, Geoffrey: 186.
John: 200.
R. (monk): 12.
Rungton: 95.
Herlewin of: 49, 50.
Rushbrook: 95.
Sacristy, offerings to: 53.
St. Alban's, Nicholas of: 32-3.
Walter of (monk): 174.
St. Andrew, Chapel of: 145, 246.
St. Botolph, Chapel of: 176, 250.
St. Clare, Gilbert of: 185.
St. Denis, Chapel of: 139, 245.
St. Edmund, King and Martyr, _passim_.
His Martyrdom: 258.
Life of (Bodl. 240): 216-21.
Cup of: 165, 249.
Miracles of: 216 _et seq._, 249.
Shirt of: 164, 249.
Shrine of: 162, 177, 249-50.
Standard of: 85, 241.
St. Faith, Chapel of: 145, 246.
St. Faith's, prior of: 33.
St. Katherine, Chapel of: 145, 246.
St. Neot's, H., prior of: 33.
St. Nicasius, Chapel of: 191.
St. Robert, the boy: 23.
St. Sernin, Toulouse: 276.
Samson, Abbot, _passim_.
As an Author: xxxiii-v., 215-21.
Sketch of his life: xxiv.-xliii.
Dates of events: 261-6.
His death and burial: xli.-ii., 247.
His Seal: _Frontispiece_, 39, 229.
Samson, the Precentor: 38;
appointed sacrist: 47.
Sapiston: 184.
Saxham: 49, 94, 184, 185.
Walter of: 185.
Scaldwell: 90, 95.
Scales, Robert of: 143.
Roger of: 144.
Schools at Bury: 68, 144, 233, 246.
Scotland: 236.
Scurun's Well: 154.
Semer: 88, 95, 188, 255.
Sheriff of Suffolk: 87, 204.
Soham: 95.
Sorpeni: 151, 247.
Southrey: 45, 95, 155, 248.
Southwold: 187.
Standard of St. Edmund: 85-6, 241.
Stanningfield: 105.
Stanton: 184.
Stapleford: 49, 95.
Stephen, King of England: 226, 255.
Stephen, son of Herbert the Dean: 89.
Stigand, Archbishop: 7.
Stow: 94, 184.
Stuston: 184.
Stutville, William of: 207, 254.
Sutton: 258.
Tewkesbury: 188.
Theam: 112, 244.
Thelnetham: 184.
Thetford: 83, 92.
Thorpe: 50, 95, 184, 185.
Thurstan (monk): 26, 174.
Thurston: 184.
Tibenham: 184.
Tillener: 50.
Tivetshall: 90, 95, 100.
Tomlins, T., his Translation of Chronicle (1844):
xviii.-xix.
Topscroft: 184.
Tostock, William of: 184.
Toulouse, St. Sernin: 276.
Tournaments: 83, 241.
Trontheim, Archbishop of: 23, 227.
Troston: 184.
Ulfric of Lelesey: 225.
Urban III. (Pope): 84, 263.
Uvius, first Abbot of Bury: 259.
Valognes, Robert of: 91.
Vere, Alberic de: 85, 98, 184.
Wachesham, Osbert of: 184.
Walchelin, the Archdeacon: 92.
Walter the physician: 25, 146, 172.
Walter, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury: 83, 98, 121-2,
125, 142-3, 175-6, 187, 240, 245.
Waltham: 125.
Little: 184.
(Bishop's): 31, 228.
Wangford: 185.
Warin (monk): 14.
Waringford, Nicholas of: 32.
Warkton: 48, 95.
Wattisfield: 185.
Waude: 185.
Wendling: 90, 95.
Westley: 90, 95.
Wetherden: 95, 144, 246.
Whatfield: 185.
Whelnetham: 185.
Geoffrey of: 185.
Whepstead: 8, 95.
William Wiardel, sacrist of St. Edmund: 3, 13, 14, 15, 25,
32, 46-7, 223.
William of Worcester: 247, 274.
Wimer, the Sheriff: 25, 39, 225.
Winchester [Richard] Bishop of: 31, 34, 36.
Windsor, siege of: 82.
Witham: 85.
Withgar: 85, 241.
Woolpit: 72, 74, 95, 235.
Worlingworth: 95.
Wortham: 95, 184.
Wordwell, William of: 185.
Wrabness: 95.
Yarmouth: 113.
Yates' History of Bury, 276.
York [Geoffrey] Archbishop of: 31, 80, 126, 228.
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Transcriber's note:
Varying and archaic spelling and varying hyphenation were retained.
Page xxxviii, "obedientaries" changed to "obedientiaries".
Page 11, "allgeing" changed to "alleging".
Page 241, "Jornham" changed to "Fornham".
Page 264, "1180" changed to "1188".
Page 269, "owes" changed to "owe".
Other apparent printer's errors were corrected.
Pages 221 and 230 are missing double-quotes but it is unclear where
they should be inserted.
Page 274 records two persons being appointed as 27th abbot, in 1469
and 1474.