ing8, began his pilgrimage on the day of the festival of Saint George, starting with great magnificence from Remisburgh, meaning to pass through Hungary and Bulgaria, according to his original intention. In the same year, Geoffrey, bishop of Ely, died intestate, on the twenty-first of August. , In the same year, king Henry, being utterly overwhelmed in the abyss of melancholy, cursing the day on which he was born, and his own nativity, died at Chinon, on the sixth of July, and was buried at Fontevraud, after he had reigned thirty-four years, seven months, and five days. The following territories king Henry had in his own power, namely, the counties of Anjou and Maine, by right of succession to his father ; and, as his mother's inheritance, England, Ireland, and the duchy of Normandy. In right of his wife, he possessed the duchy of Aquitaine ; and we must remark, that the dignity of seneschal belongs to the count of Anjou. This is the account of Trevetus. CH. VI.—FROM A.D. 1189 το A.D. 1199. Richard succeeds to the throne—Progress of the war in the Holy Land—Richards liberality to his relations—He appoints Arthur his heir—He, with the king of France, sets out to join the crusade—Acre is taken—Exploits of Richard —Richard returns from the Holy Land, and is taken prisoner—The pope interferes for his release—He returns to England—Fulk preaches to Richard—Otho becomes emperor—Death of Richard. The coronation of Richard at Westminster. HENRY , the most pious king of England, being thus dead in great bitterness of spirit, Richard, count of Poitou, his son, succeeded him in the kingdom, and was crowned at Westminster the same year by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, on the third of September, in the presence of Walter de Constance, archbishop of Rouen, John Comin, archbishop of Dublin, and the archbishop of Treves. The next night a massacre was made of the Jews in London. After that, Godfrey de Lucy was elected bishop of Winchester, Richard, the treasurer, bishop of London, Hubert Walter, bishop of Salisbury, and William Longchamp, bishop of Ely. This year also, William de Mandeville died. On the seventh of March a most terrible thunderstorm was heard.