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254 SCOTTISH ANNALS
But Roger de Mowbray, who was there at the time, slipped
away and escaped when the king was taken, and fled back into
Scotland.
And our chief men carried away with rejoicing a noble prey,
and returned in the evening to Newcastle, whence in the morn-
ing they had departed ;
and caused him to be most carefully
guarded at Richmond, so as to send him in good time to their
lord the illustrious king of the English.
This was happily accomplished, by God's favour, in the year
from the fulness of time when ihe word was made flesh, 1174,
on the third l before the Ides of July, on a Saturday.
And immediately it was published abroad, and thankfully
heard in all the provinces of the English, with clanging of bells
for solemn joy.
1174, July.
BENEDICT OF PETERBOROUGH, GESTA HENRICI II, VOL. I, p. 72.
2
And on the same day, namely the third 3 before the Ides of
July, the king
of Scotland was taken at Alnwick : and on the
Thursday following, 4 the rumour that the king of Scotland was
taken reached the king's ears in London, where he abode
collecting his army. 5
And when the king heard it, he rejoiced much with great
joy, and gave thanks for it to God almighty and saint Thomas
the martyr. And the same day he advanced his army against
Huntingdon, and invested it.
And on the Sunday following, namely the twelfth 6 before
Malluvel." (" And many other nobles," adds MS. B.) " And many others,
who permitted themselves to be taken of their own accord, that they might
not seem to consent in the capture of their lord " ; Hoved., ii, 63.
1 13th July. So B. of P., Hoved. This was a Saturday in 1174.
2 The day of king Henry's return from pilgrimage to Canterbury.
"
Cf. J. of T., in Fl. of W., ii, 154 : The king father coming to England
found it in rebellion against him, but while he performed his vows to St.
took him with
Thomas, the king of Scotland was captured : and the king
him to Normandy."
Cf. R. de D., i, 384, 385, 399. R.W., i, 98-100. G. of C., i, 248-249 ;
ii, 80-81. W. of N., ii, 35 ; in Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 187-189. M.P., H.A., i,
387. Fl. His., ii, 84, 85.
3 4 13th July.
18th July.
5 W. of N. relates how Henry received the news ; Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 189-
190. See also Jordan Fantosme, 1956-2029, ibid., iii, 364-372.
6
21st July. R. de D., i, 384, dates the surrender on the 20th :
"
Advancing
from [London] with a strong band he came to Huntingdon on the
fourteenth before the Kalends of August [19th July], and on the thirteenth
before the Kalends of August received in surrender the castle, which had
been invested manfully since the eighth before the Ides of May [8th May],
and for very long shut in by a protracted siege." R.W., i, 100-101, and
M>P>, H.A., i, 388, place the reduction of the castle on the 19th July.