forsooke

Updated: June 16, 2025

And his sonne that was now made bishop to helpe the matter for his part, made hauocke in wasting and spending in riotous manner the goods of that church, and in the end forsooke his miter, and left the sée againe in the kings hands to make his best of it.

Raphael Holinshed - Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12): Henrie the Second