ROGER OF WENDOVER'S FLOWERS OF HISTORY. COMPRISING THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE DESCENT OF THE SAXONS TO A. D. 1235 HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. ROGER OF WENDOVER'S FLOWERS OF HISTORY. How the nobles of Brittany swore fealty to king Henry and his son Geoffrey. A.D. 1170. Henry king of England held his court on Christmas day at Nantes, with the bishops and barons of Lesser Britain, who all swore fealty to him and to his son Geoffrey. In Lent following he crossed over into England, and was almost drowned with all his people. Of the absolution of the bishop of London. This year, also, Gilbert bishop of London arriving at Milan on his way to Rome, received there a letter from our lord the pope, to the following purport: "We have commanded the archbishop of Rouen and the bishop of Exeter our stead to receive from you an oath that you will abide by sentence, touching the causes for which the sentence 3 passed against you, and then to absolve you; so that ur excommunication may entail no loss of rank or dignity, r mark of infamy upon you hereafter." The bishop, therefore, succeeded in the object of his wishes, and was publicly absolved at Rouen on Easter Sunday. Of the life and virtues of St. Godric the hermit. This same year, the venerable hermit Godric passed from this life to that which is eternal. Of his life, his miraculous acts, and glorious end, we will here introduce a few remarks, since it would be an injustice to the saint altogether to pass over his glorious deeds. This friend of God was born in Norfolk; his father's name was Ailward, and his nother's Eadwenna. He was brought up by his parents in is native village of Walpole, and there passed part of his |