wherevpon he was intituled both bishop and earle of Durham, whereat the
king would iest afterwards and saie; "What a cunning craftesman am I,
that haue made a new earle of an old bishop?"

Furthermore, the same bishop gaue to the king a thousand markes to be
made chéefe iustice of England, and that he might tarrie at home, and
not go into the holie land. And bicause he would not be reprooued of any
person, he obteined of the apostolike sée (which faileth no man that is
surcharged with white or red mettall, and would be eased) a licence for
a summe of monie to be dispensed with for that iournie. The king thus
being earnestlie bent to make commoditie of those things, for the which
he might get any monie at all, [Sidenote: The citizens of London present
monie to the King. _Polydor._ Liberties granted to London. Two
bailiffes.] the citizens of London presented vnto him a great summe
towards the furnishing foorth of his enterprise. Wherevpon to acquite
their courtesie, he granted them large priuileges, and ordeined that the
citie should be ruled by two head officers, which they should choose
amongst themselues remoueable from yeare to yeare by the name of
bailiffes. The names of the two first bailiffes chosen by force of that
ordinance, were[1] Henrie Cornehill, and Richard Fitz Reiner.

The citie before those daies euer since the comming in of William
Conquerour, and a good while before his time, [Sidenote: Port Greues.]
was gouerned by certeine officers or rulers named Port Greues (which
word is deriued of two Saxon words, as Port and Greue. By Port is meant
a towne, and by Greue a gardian or ruler, as who should saie, A kéeper
or ruler of a towne.) These rulers with[2] the lawes & customes then
vsed within this citie, were registered in a booke called (as some haue
said) Doomesdaie, but through negligence after these lawes and customes
were changed and altered, the booke was lost, so that the remembrance of