himselfe and his house with the title of a bishops dignitie, procured
the erection of that bishoprike, first moouing the king therein, and
after persuading with the bishop of Lincolne to grant his good will: but
yet yer the matter was brought to perfection, this prior died, and so
the said Haruie enioied the roome: [Sidenote: _Polydor._] wherein the
prouerbe tooke place, that One soweth, but an other reapeth (as Polydor
alledgeth it.) But to procéed.

[Sidenote: _Eadmerus._] Shortlie after the deceasse of Anselme, a Legat
came from Rome, bringing with him the pall for the archbishop of Yorke.
[Sidenote: A legate from Rome.] Howbeit now that Anselme was dead, the
said Legat wist not what to doo in the matter, bicause he was appointed
to deliuer the pall first and immediatlie vnto Anselme, and further
therein to deale (concerning the bestowing thereof) as should séeme good
vnto him.

In the feast of Pentecost next insuing, the king returned from
Normandie, and held his court at London, where after the solemnitie of
that feast, he called an assemblie of the bishops, to vnderstand what
was to be doone in the matter, for the consecration of the archbishop of
Yorke. Here were the letters shewed which the archbishop Anselme had (a
little before his death) directed vnto euerie of the bishops as before
yee haue heard. [Sidenote: The earle of Mellent.] Which when the earle
of Mellent had read, and vnderstood the effect, he asked what he was
that durst receiue any such letters without the kings assent and
commandement: [Sidenote: Samson bishop of Worcester.] At length the
bishops aduising themselues what they had to doo, required Samson bishop
of Worcester to declare his opinion, who boldlie spake these words;
"Although this man, who is elected archbishop, is my sonne, whome in
times past I begot of my wife, and therfore ought to seeke his