king to be out of trouble, permitted Thurstan to returne into the
realme, and so repaire vnto Yorke; but with condition, that he should
not exercise any iurisdiction out of his owne diocesse as metropolitane,
till he had confessed his obstinat errour, and acknowleged his obedience
to the church of Canturburie.

[Sidenote: The Welshmen make sturres. _Eadmerus._ The king raiseth an
armie to go against the Welshmen.] Whilest these things were thus a
dooing, king Henrie was aduertised, that the Welshmen breaking the
peace, did much hurt on the marshes, & speciallie in Cheshire where they
had burned two castells. Meaning therefore to be reuenged on them to the
vttermost, he assembled an armie out of all parts of his realme, and
entred with the same into Wales. The Welshmen, hearing that the king was
come with such puissance to inuade them, were afraid, and forthwith sent
ambassadours, beséeching him to grant them pardon and peace. [Sidenote:
The Welshmen sue for peace.] The king mooued with their humble
petitions, tooke hostages of them, & remitted them for that time,
considering that in mainteining of warre against such maner of people,
there was more feare of losse than hope of gaine. [Sidenote: More doubt
of losse than hope of gaine, by the warres against the Welshmen.] But
yet to prouide for the quietnes of his subiects which inhabited néere
the marshes, that they shuld not be ouerrun and harried dailie by them
(as oftentimes before they had béene) he appointed Warren earle of
Shrewesburie to haue the charge of the marshes, that peace might be the
better kept and mainteined in the countrie.

[Sidenote: _Simon Dun._ A chanell cast from Torksey to Lincolne.] Soone
after king Henrie caused a chanell to be cast along the countrie in
Lincolnshire, from Torksey to the citie of Lincolne, that vessels might
haue passage out of the riuer of Trent vnto the same. [Sidenote: Norham