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196 SCOTTISH ANNALS
assist it, were terrified through fear of the din, and recoiled
fiercely upon the army of the same king David.
And thus the aforesaid archbishop Thurstan with the abovementioned
knights put him to flight, and after slaying [twelve] l
thousand carried away much spoil also.
JOHN OF WORCESTER, IN FL. OF W., VOL. II, p. 111.
And hence 2 the king of Scotland was the more enraged ;
and he could be held back by persuasion of none, but advanced
to the Tees on the octave 3 of the Assumption of St. Mary, which
was the second day of the week ;
and determined to take our
men by surprise, because exactly upon that day there was a very
close mist. And thus, hoping that he should come upon them
unawares, he left many vills untouched, and did not allow his
men after their wont to burn anything on that day. 4
RICHARD OF HEXHAM, DE GESTIS REGIS STEPHANI, IN
CHRONICLES OF STEPHEN, ETC., VOL. Ill, p. 162. 5
6 At the same time the archbishop sent to them Ralph, surnamed
NoweU, 7
bishop of the Orkneys, along with one of, his
archdeacons 8 and others of the clergy ; that he should in his
stead both enjoin penance and give absolution to the people
who daily flocked to them from all sides in crowds. He sent
to them also the priests with their parishioners, as he had
promised them.
While thus they awaited the arrival of the Scots behold,
their scouts returned, whom they had sent in front to recon-
1 In text pro; read 12 ?
2 I.e., because of the gathering of the barons.
3 22nd August.
4 W. of N., in Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 34, asserts that the Scots burned their
camp behind them.
5 Cf. J. of H., in S. of D., ii, 293.
6 "
Thurstan had been very prudently restrained by the chief men from
this departure to the battle," J. of H., u.s., 293 : cf. R. of H., G.R.S., in
Chr. of Ste., etc., iii, 161. He was prevented from going by disease, according
to H. of H., 262.
7 "
His suffragan bishop," J. of H., u.s. Cf. supra, s.a. 1128. A speech
before the battle is attributed to him by H. of H., 262/followed by Cotton.
MS. of A. of R., Raine's Hexh., i, 89 ; Hoved., i, 193-194 : cf. M.P., Chr.
Maj., ii, 167-168, where the St. Albans compiler in error calls Ralph bishop
of Durham ; so also M.P., H.A., i, 259.
From this speech is borrowed that attributed by B. of P. to the earl of
Arundel at Breteuil ; G. H. II, i, 52-53.
Ralph Nowel proclaimed " to the people the necessity of fighting as a
remission of sins," and absolved them ; A. of R., De S., in Chr. of Ste., etc.,
iii, 196.
8
Possibly Hugh Sottewain ; cf. R. of H., u.s., 163; infra.