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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 265
in support of this showed sealed documents * which he had at
hand concerning it. 2
Then a great dispute arose between Roger, archbishop of
York, and Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, about the receiving
of that subjection For the archbishop of Canterbury
said that the subjection ought to be made to the church of
and the archbishop of York said, to his church.
Canterbury ;
And thus ended that conference. 3
And the aforesaid bishops of Scotland received permission
from the lord king, and returned.
And thereafter they sent their ambassadors secretly to
Alexander, the chief pontiff, requesting that he would receive
them in his own hand, and protect them from the subjection
which the English church demanded of them. 4
1176, May.
POPE ALEXANDER III TO ROGER OF YORK, ETC. IN RAINE'S
YORK, VOL. Ill, PP. 83-84. 5
Bishop Alexander, servant of the servants of God, to his
venerable brother Roger, archbishop of York, legate of the
and to his beloved sons the dean and canons of
apostolic see ;
York, greeting and apostolic benediction.
When your messengers had presented to us the letter of our
dearest son in Christ, William, illustrious king of Scots, they
begged of us with much persistence to return to them the letter
of that king to be carried back to you even as they had delivered
it to us, supported by
1 " And other necessary writings," adds MS. B.
his seal. But because the seal of this
2 "
Cf. Hoved., ii, 92 : And to this Joscelin, bishop of Glasgow, replied
:
'
The church of Glasgow is the special daughter of the Roman
church, and is exempt from all subjection to archbishops or bishops. And
if the church of York at any time had dominion in the church of Glasgow,
it is well known that she has ceased henceforth to have any dominion in
her" (demeruisse . . . habere.)
3 "
Cf. Hoved., ii, 92 : And because Richard, archbishop
of Canter-
bury, strove that the Scottish church should be made subject to the church
of Canterbury, he contrived, in opposition to the king of England, that [the
king] himself permitted the bishops of Scotland to return to their own lands
without having made any subjection to the English church."
4 "
Cf. B. of P., G.H. II, i, 117 : Meanwhile William, king of Scotland,
and the bishops of his land sent their messengers in secret, fearing the interference
of the king of England, to the Roman pontiff, and besought of him
that he would send to them one of his cardinals to learn the cause of the
controversy which existed between them and the English church concerning
the making of subjection."
5 V. also H. & S., ii, 244-245, 43-44. It is scarcely possible to believe
William's letter at least to be genuine.