About this verie time, Anselme thenephue to archbishop Anselme came againe from Rome, with frée authoritie to execute the office of the popes legat in England: which seemed a thing right strange to the English clergie.
Stephan earle of Morton and Bullongne, and son of Stephan earle of Blois, nephue to K.
Soone after likewise he sent for his pall to Rome, which was brought from Paschall by one Anselme nephue vnto the late archbishop Anselme.
But the bishop of Winchester, to cleere himselfe of blame so farre as he might, and to charge his nephue the lord protectour with all the fault, wrote a letter to the regent of France, the tenor whereof insueth.
But the earle supposing it not to stand with his honour, to depriue his nephue Henrie, sonne to the emperor Frederike the second, by his wife the empresse Isabell that was sister to the said erle, refused to take that honour vpon him.
Also to banish from his court diuerse that bare great rule, and namelie Peter the bishop of Winchester, and his sonne or nephue Peter de Riuales, by the counsell of which two persons all things had beene changed in the kings house.
There was hanged with him his nephue named also Constantine, and one Geffrey, who made the proclamation deuised by the said Constantine.
And he thanked the duke, and praied the messenger to beare it to his nephue the lord Richard, with the same message for his comfort, who he thought had more need of comfort, as one to whome such aduersitie was strange.
Sidenote: 2] The second was, to reuenge the death of hisnephue Alured or Alfred the brother of the same king Edward, whome Goodwine earle of Kent and his adherents had most cruellie murthered.
Now after Cheuling, his nephue Celricus or Ceolric that was sonne vnto Cutwine, the sonne of the foresaid Cheuling, reigned as king ouer the Westsaxons fiue yeares & fiue moneths.
Andrew Theuet affirmeth the contrarie, and mainteineth that one Taurus the nephue of Haniball was the first that inclosed it about with a pale of wood (as the maner of those daies was of fensing their townes) [Sidenote: 3374.
About which time died William de Mandeuille earle of Albemarle at Rouen, and Hugh de Putsey thenephue of the bishop of Durham died at Aclet, and was buried at Durham.
King Richard (as reason was) did procure what fauour he could to the furtherance of his nephue Otho: and king Philip on the contrarie part, did what he could in fauour of the foresaid Philip.
About the same time he gaue vnto his nephue Otho, the sonne of his sister Maud, sometime duchesse of Saxonie, the countie of Yorke.
About the same time also king Richard gaue vnto his nephue Otho the earledome of Poictou.
Sidenote: The earle of Penbroke with his nephue the earle of Richmond passe ouer into Britaine.
But Thomas de Furnes nephue to the said Robert de Turneham deliuered the citie and castell of Angiers vnto Arthur duke of Britaine.
King Iohn hauing gotten this victorie, and taken his nephue Arthur, he wrote the maner of that his successe vnto his barons in England, in manner as followeth.
The king of England likewise did homage vnto the French king for Britaine, and againe (as after you shall heare) receiued homage for the same countrie, and for the countie of Richmont of his nephue Arthur.
In which fraie one of the dukes men was killed, his nephue almost slaine, and the residue of his folkes sore beaten and chased.
Now of learned men that liued, and wrote in the daies of this vsurper and his nephue king Edward the fift, these we find recorded by Iohn Bale.
Charles by the grace of God king of France, to our nephue the prince of Wales and Aquitaine, send greeting.
A nephue which he had there with him named Alfonse was slaine, howbeit he himselfe escaped, though not without sore hurts.
Albons, whereof he made one Paule that was his nephue abbat, which Paule gouerned that house by his vncles assistance greatlie to the aduancement thereof, as well in temporall as spirituall preferments, as it was then iudged.
The wife of the lord Badelismere, with his nephue Bartholomew de Burwash was sent to the tower of London, but his sister was sent to Douer castell, there to remaine in safe keeping.
The earle of Buckingham, when he vnderstood of this peace, was not a little displeased in his mind, considering that the duke of Britaine had delt so vniustlie with him and his nephue the king of England.
His nephue by his son (named also Iohn) succeeded him, obteining to wife the kings neece by his daughter Elianor that was married to the earle of Bar, as before ye haue heard.
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