. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. however were made against him by some of the cardinals,as a man of light behaviour, and no way fit for the place. To thisthe pope answered, that if the King of England had requested himfor an ass, he would not at that time have denied him : he was there-fore elected 8 of May, and consecrated bishop of Durham 10 ofJuly, 1345. Wliatever his former behaviour, on which the cardinals groundedtheir objections, ma
. The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. however were made against him by some of the cardinals,as a man of light behaviour, and no way fit for the place. To thisthe pope answered, that if the King of England had requested himfor an ass, he would not at that time have denied him : he was there-fore elected 8 of May, and consecrated bishop of Durham 10 ofJuly, 1345. Wliatever his former behaviour, on which the cardinals groundedtheir objections, may have been, is uncertain ; but it is scarce to beimagined, that a King of Edwards judgment and constant inclinationto promote merit, would have raised him to such a dignity, had hebeen so undeserving; nor would he have employed him in so manyaffairs of consequence, as he appears to have done, had he not beencapable of executing them. In the year 1346, David King of Scotland, at the head of 50,000men, invaded England, and after plundering and destroying thecountry wherever he came, encamped his army in Bear-park nearStanhope in the county of Durham, from which he detached parties to. 441 to ravage the neighbouring country. To repel these invaders, a greatnumber of the northern noblemen armed all their vassals, and cameto join the King, who was then at Durham ; from thence theymarched against the Scots in four separate bodies, the first of whichwas commanded b}^ Lord Percy and Bisho]> Hatfield, who on thisoccasion assumed tlie warrior, as well as several other prelates. Aftera severe battle, the Scots were routed with the loss of about 15,000men, and their King taken prisoner. The victory being over, theEnglish returned to Durham, and after a solenm mass, otiered thebanners there taken at the shrine of Saint Cuthbert. In 1354 the Bishop of Durham and the Lords Percy and RalphNevill, were appointed commissioners to treat with the Scots aboutthe ransom of King David. This aftai
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