A.D. 1193. POPE CLEMENT SENDS THE PALL TO HUBERT. and whom he had enriched and exalted, and advised and entreated them to give the fourth part of their revenues towards the liberation of the said king, as had been already done in other parts of the kingdom. To this they objected, and, getting the other canons to join their party, asserted that, in this case and other similar ones, he was wishful to subvert the liberties of their church ; and accordingly withdrew from his acquaintanceship, and all converse and communication with him. At this time, as already-mentioned, the deanery of the church of York was vacant, the presentation to which the archbishop asserted to belong to himself, while the chapter declared that the election lay in their hands. Consequently, an appeal was made on behalf of the archbishop to the Apostolic See ; but for all this, the chapter proceeded to the election of master Simon of Apulia as dean ; after which, the said Simon crossed over to the long, who, as previously mentioned, was at this time in Germany. Messengers were also sent by the archbishop to the Apostolic See for the purpose of urging the appeal, but so as to pass through Germany and see the king on their road. On their coming before the king and paying their respects to him, and declaring the causes of their journey, the king forbade either side going for this reason to the Roman Court, and forbade the person who should attempt to do EO, without his consent, to enter his kingdom, declaring that he would, without delay, effect a reconciliation between them. Accordingly, one of the messengers of the archbishop returned to him with letters from the king, signifying that he was, with all haste, to come to him, as, indeed, he had purposed, but was hindered by circumstances of an emergent nature. For, in the meantime, the canons of York had suspended the great church from the usual celebration of Divine service, and the bells from being rung as usual ; on account of which the whole city was in commotion. They also stripped the altars, and placed a lock on the archbishop's stall in the choir ; they also locked up the door by which he entered the church when coming from his palace and chapel thither, and did many other things for the purpose of insulting him. Consequently, when he was just ready to embark, he returned to his church from the coast, and sent before some of his clerks to warn and command the servants of the church, to observe the ancient forms, and to perform the service therein ; but, setting at nought his warning and commands, they left the church