The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond Part 18

_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 Coles.h.i.+ll: Cowardice of Henry of Ess.e.x.

_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 Ess.e.x 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.