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132 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />

of Durham, <strong>in</strong> the bishopric of St. Andrews, called Cenrimunt,<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong>. 1<br />

1109<br />

SYMEON OF DURHAM, HISTORIA REGUM, VOL. II, p. 204.<br />

But that the church should no longer waver through lack<br />

of a shepherd, k<strong>in</strong>g Henry commanded, upon the request of<br />

[Alexander,] the k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, that Thomas the younger, archbishop<br />

of York, should consecrate [Turgot] without any de-<br />

2<br />

mand for subjection, sav<strong>in</strong>g the authority of either church so<br />

;<br />

that afterwards a just conclusion should decide the controversy<br />

on either side, w<strong>here</strong>, and when, and by whom the<br />

question should be exam<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>to.<br />

Thus consecrated, t<strong>here</strong>fore, he came to <strong>Scotland</strong> ; and<br />

when, through quarrels aris<strong>in</strong>g, he could not worthily perform<br />

the episcopal office, he resolved to go to Rome, and t<strong>here</strong> to<br />

conduct his life by the counsel and judgment of the lord pope<br />

Paschal [II].<br />

1113<br />

SYMEON OF DURHAM, HISTORIA REGUM, VOL. II, p. 247. 3<br />

In the year 1113 monks of Tiron came to England, ten years<br />

before the monks of Savigny came to England.<br />

The monks of Tiron came to Selkirk <strong>in</strong> the land of David,<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> and t<strong>here</strong> abode for fifteen ;<br />

years.<br />

1114<br />

ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS. H,<br />

S.A. 1114. 4<br />

In <strong>this</strong> year k<strong>in</strong>g Henry was <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsor at Christmas. . . .<br />

1 A later form of the name was Kilrymont.<br />

For evidence that about <strong>this</strong> time St. Andrews was a seaport for travellers<br />

from the north of England to the cont<strong>in</strong>ent see Mir. S. J., Cont<strong>in</strong>. a,<br />

<strong>in</strong>Ra<strong>in</strong>e'sYork, i, 308, 314, 315, 315-317; Vita Osw<strong>in</strong>i, <strong>in</strong> Miscellanea Biographica,<br />

45. For other evidence of <strong>in</strong>tercourse between <strong>Scotland</strong> and England<br />

cf. W.K., Mir. S. J., u.s., 274-275, 287-291.<br />

About the same time W. of M. writes of Wearmouth as be<strong>in</strong>g " <strong>in</strong> the<br />

remotest district, . . . close to <strong>Scotland</strong> " ; G.R., i, 59.<br />

2 Nevertheless the Chr. of the Abps. of York claims that Turgot at his<br />

consecration professed subjection to York; <strong>in</strong> Ra<strong>in</strong>e's York, ii, 371. Cf . also<br />

H.S., <strong>in</strong>fra, s.a. 1115, note.<br />

3 This passage is written at the foot of the page : the first sent mce under<br />

the second sen-<br />

the second column, with a mark of reference to the date ;<br />

tence under the first column, with no such reference ; Arnold, ibid., note.<br />

See <strong>in</strong>fra, s.a. 1128.<br />

4 In Plummer, S.C., i, 244.

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