Brackley, Northamptonshire, South-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Chronicle of Roger de Hoveden. 12th April 1194. On the twelfth day of April, a Tuesday in Easter Week, Richard, King of England, departed from Northampton and traveled to Silveston. Meanwhile, Hubert [aged 34], Archbishop of Canterbury, and Hugh [aged 69], Bishop of Durham, traveled to Brackley [Map], where accommodations had been prepared for the Bishop of Durham — lodgings that he had held for the past thirty years, provided by the king's marshals under King Henry II. When the Scottish king's servants arrived, they attempted to expel the Bishop of Durham's servants, but were unable to do so. However, they purchased food for the King of Scotland and prepared it in one of the buildings within the estate. When the Bishop of Durham arrived and was informed of the situation, he refused to leave. Instead, he boldly entered his lodgings and ordered the tables to be set. While he was dining, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived and offered him alternative lodgings, advising him to vacate the estate and allow the King of Scotland to stay there instead. When the King of Scotland returned from hunting later that evening and was informed of the situation, he was greatly displeased and refused to enter the estate. Instead, he ordered that his provisions be given to the poor, and he himself traveled to King Richard at Silverston [Map]. There, he complained about the insult he had suffered from the Bishop of Durham. Upon hearing this, King Richard became angry and rebuked the Bishop of Durham severely

Duodecima die mensis Aprilis, feria tertia in hebdomada Paschæ, Ricardus rex Angliæ recessit de Northamtonia, et perrexit usque ad Selvestun; et Hubertus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, et Hugo Dunelmensis episcopus, perrexerunt usque ad Brakelai, ubi præparatum erat hospitium Dunelmensis episcopi, quod ipse a triginta annis retro tenuerat ex liberatione marescallorum regis Henrici. Et ubi procuratio sua præparata fuerat, supervenerunt servientes regis Scotiæ volentes ejicere servientes episcopi, sed non poterant. Emerunt tamen cibaria regis, et in quadam domo ejusdem curiæ præparaverunt. Quo cum Dunelmensis episcopus venisset, et dictum esset ei a suis ita contigisse, noluit pedem referre, sed audacter hospitium suum intravit, et mensas apponi jussit. Et dum pranderet supervenit Hubertus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, et obtulit ei hospitium suum: et consuluit ei ut ipse, relicto hospitio illo regi Scotiæ, abiret. Cum autem rex Scotiæ a venatu redisset sero, et nunciatum esset ei ita contigisse, grave tulit, et noluit illo ire: sed præcepit procurationem suam dari pauperibus, et ipse venit ad regem apud Selvestun, et conquestus est ei de injuria quam fecerat ei Dunelmensis episcopus; unde rex iratus multum increpavit Dunelmensem episcopum.