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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 345<br />

But with the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> rema<strong>in</strong>ed a certa<strong>in</strong> Italian, a<br />

and the k<strong>in</strong>g ennobled him with the belt<br />

relative of the legate ;<br />

of knighthood, bestow<strong>in</strong>g upon him land also, not to appear<br />

wholly recalcitrant.<br />

And thus the council was dismissed, and the k<strong>in</strong>g of England<br />

returned to the south with his legate.<br />

1238. i<br />

1238, Mar.<br />

MATTHEW PARIS, CHRONICA MAJORA, VOL. Ill, P. 479. 2<br />

And at that time Joanna, queen of <strong>Scotland</strong> and the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

England's sister, who had come to England to visit her brother<br />

the k<strong>in</strong>g, closed her last day on the fourth 3 before the Nones of<br />

March. And she was buried at Tarrant, 4 to wit the house of<br />

the nuns. . . .<br />

1239, May.<br />

MATTHEW PARIS, CHRONICA MAJORA, VOL. Ill, p. 530, S.A.<br />

1239.5<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g the same time Alexander, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, united<br />

to himself <strong>in</strong> marriage a beautiful maiden, Mary by name,<br />

daughter of a noble baron 6 of the realm of France, Engelram<br />

7 de Coucy and celebrated his ; nuptials with ceremony at<br />

Roxburgh on the 8<br />

day of Pentecost.<br />

1 In <strong>this</strong> year Ralph of Orp<strong>in</strong>gton fled to Melrose to take the habit of<br />

the white monks t<strong>here</strong> ; G. of C., Cont<strong>in</strong>., ii, 131.<br />

2<br />

Cf. Ann. of Dunst., <strong>in</strong> A.M., iii, 147. Ann. of Wav., <strong>in</strong> A.M., ii, 318.<br />

Fl. His., ii, 225. Abbr. Chr., <strong>in</strong> M.P., H.A., iii, 276.<br />

"<br />

M.P., H.A., ii, 405, adds : And although her death was lamentable,<br />

yet she deserved the less to be mourned for because she disda<strong>in</strong>ed to return<br />

[to <strong>Scotland</strong>,] although very often called back by her husband. And thus<br />

she rema<strong>in</strong>ed, even aga<strong>in</strong>st her will."<br />

3 4th March.<br />

4 In Dorsetshire. A later marg<strong>in</strong>al note <strong>in</strong> M.P., H.A., u.s., n., says<br />

" at Haver<strong>in</strong>g." Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Ann. of Tewkesb., <strong>in</strong> A.M., i, 106, s.a.<br />

1237, she " died at Haver<strong>in</strong>g on the third before the Nones of March [5th<br />

March], and was buried at Tarrant of the nuns." Ann. of Wav., <strong>in</strong> A.M.,<br />

"<br />

and was buried <strong>in</strong> the nuns' church of Tarrant."<br />

ii, 318 :<br />

Joanna had been present at the enthronization of Walter de Cantelupe<br />

as bishop of Worcester; llth October, 1237. Ann. of Wore., <strong>in</strong> A.M., iv, 428.<br />

6<br />

Cf. Fl. His., ii, 234 and ; aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> error s.a. 1242, ibid., 253.<br />

" And <strong>this</strong> was by no means acceptable to<br />

M.P., H.A., ii, 419, adds :<br />

the English k<strong>in</strong>g ; for it is well known that France is a molester of England."<br />

Cf. <strong>in</strong>fra, s.a. 1244.<br />

6<br />

Fl. His., ii, 253, " a powerful and cruel baron. . . ."<br />

7 " With exceed<strong>in</strong>g ceremony," M.P., H.A., u.s.<br />

8 15th May.

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