Death  of  the  bishop  of  Salisbury.
About  the  same  time  of  the  year,  namely  on  the  morrow
ef  All  Souls'  day,  died  Master  Hobert  de  Bingham,  of  pious
memory,  bishop  of  Salisbury  ;  a  man  surrounded  by  virtues,
full  of  years,  and  fully  accomplished  in  literature ;  he  how-
ever left  his  house  in  debt  to  the  amount  of  seventeen,  hun-
dred marks.
Death  of  the  abbot  of  Westminster.
And  about  the  same  time,  too,  that  is  to  say  on  the  first
of  December,  died  Eichard  de  Berking,  abbat  of  Westminster,
a  prudent,  learned,  and  religious  man,  who,  during  his  life,
increased  the  revenues  of  his  house  by  about  three  hundred
marks.
The  canonization  ofEdmundf  archbishop  of  Canterbury.
About  the  same  time,  namely  on  the  Sunday  next  before
Christmas,  when  is  chanted  the  psalm,  "Kejoice  in  the
Lord,"  the  pope  solemnly  canonized  Edmund,  archbishop  of
Canterbury,  and  enrolled  him  in  the  catalogue  of  saints,  for
he  feared  lest  the  said  saint  should  punish  him  for  neglecting
his  canonization,  which  he  had  put  off  day  after  day,  owing  to
the  whispers  of  slanderers.  When  the  king  heard  this,  he
was  greatly  pleased  ;  and,  immediately  on  being  informed  of
it,  gave  orders  that  all  the  clerks  of  the  royal  chapel  should
put  on  thieir  festive  robes,  and,  with  great  niunbers  of  tapers
lighted,  should  solemnly  perform  mass,  commencing  it  with
the  psaJm,  "  Let  us  rejoice,"  <fec.  <fec.  The  authentic  docu-
ment of  his  canonization  will  be  found  at  the  end  of  the
book.
