did not forget his iournie which he had promised into the holie land,
but with all diligence made his prouision, and namelie he sought to
gather monie to furnish his charges, and so therevpon leuied a tax,
engaged, sold, and let to farme his lands, tols, customs, and other his
reuenewes, [Sidenote: _Matt. Par._] with certeine counties and offices,
so that he made an exceeding summe of monie. He also found, that Ranulfe
de Glanuille lord chéefe iustice, and other of the head magistrates had
not behaued themselues vprightlie in the administration of their
offices; so that he both deposed the said lord cheefe iustice as is
aforesaid, and almost all the shiriffes and their deputies within the
realme of England, putting them to greeuous fines for their offenses and
transgressions, and so by that meanes he got no small deale of monie.

[Sidenote: _Wil. Paruus._] ¶ Here note by the waie, how William Paruus
affirmeth, that where this Ranulfe Glanuille, being a man of high
wisedome and stept into age, saw that, manie things were doone by the
new king, not so aduisedlie, nor with such foresight as they ought to
be, sought of his owne accord to be discharged of his office, that he
might the better prepare himselfe to go in that iournie to the holie
land, as by taking vpon him the crosse he had vowed in the daies of king
Henrie, and so he solemnelie renounced his office, which other (nothing
so worthie of it) did afterwards inioy.

Moreouer, the king vnderstanding that Hugh Putsey or Pudsey bishop of
Durham, being a verie aged man, had much monie, [Sidenote: The bishop of
Durham Sadberge.] he sold to him the manour of Seggesfield or Sadberge,
with the wapentake belonging to the same, and also found meanes to
persuade him to buy his owne prouince, which he did, giuing to the king
an inestimable summe of monie, [Sidenote: The bishop of Durham made an
earle.] and was therevpon created an earle by the king for the same: