October 15, Sleaford

Mandate to S. archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of Coventry, and the abbot of Fountains to examine and report on the life and miracles of Hugh, bishop of Lincoln. [Raynaldi, xx. 464.] Letter from the king of the French to the pope in answer to a letter urging him to prolong the truce with the king of England for the sake of the Holy Land and the Albigensian territory. He will do this unless he is obliged to defend himself against the king of England. Although the sons of King John have not the resources of their father, the king of France is unwilling to swear a truce, for he is of advanced age, and is obliged to observe his oath, while the sons of King John are under age, and therefore not so bound, so that he will cause his barons to swear the treaty, in number equal to those by whom the king of England shall cause it to be sworn.