court for the purpose.[146] Henry angrily refused to believe either Thomas or his essoiners,[147] and immediately issued orders for a great council to be held at Northampton.[148] It was customary to call the archbishops and the greater barons by a special writ addressed to each individually, while the lesser tenants-in-chief received a general summons through the sheriffs of the different counties. Roger of York was specially called in due form;[149] the metropolitan of all Britain, who ought to have been invited first and most honourably of all, merely received through the sheriff of Kent a peremptory citation to be ready on the first day of the council with his defence against the claim of John the marshal.[150] [136] Epp. xxxv., xxxvi., lv. (_ib._ pp. 57, 58, 97). [137] Will. Fitz-Steph. (_ib._), vol. iii. p. 49. [138] Cf. Will. Fitz-Steph. as above; Herb. Bosh. (_ibid._), p. 293; Anon. II. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 104; and Alan Tewkesb. (_ib._ vol. ii.), p. 325, with E. Grim (_ibid._), pp. 389, 390; Will. Cant. (_ib._ vol. i.), p. 29; Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 40; and Garnier (Hippeau), p. 49. [139] Alan Tewkesb. as above. [140] Will. Cant. (_ib._ vol. i.), p. 29. E. Grim (_ib._ vol. ii.), p. 390. Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 40. Garnier (Hippeau), p. 50. [141] Ep. lx. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. v., p. 115). [142] Ep. ccxxv. (_ib._ p. 530). Herb. Bosh. (_ib._ vol. iii.), p. 294. [143] Herb. Bosh. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. iii.), pp. 294, 295. [144] Will. Fitz-Steph. (_ibid._), p. 50. [145] Garnier (Hippeau), p. 51. Will. Cant. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. i.), p. 31. Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 41. On this proceeding see Glanville, _De Legg. et Conss. Angl._, l. xii. c. 7. [146] Garnier (Hippeau), pp. 51–53. Will. Cant. (as above), p. 30. E. Grim (_ib._ vol. ii.), p. 390. Will. Fitz-Steph. (_ib._ vol. iii.), p. 50. Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 41. Ep. ccxxv. (_ib._ vol. v.), pp. 530, 531. [147] Will. Fitz-Steph. as above. [148] _Ib._ p. 49. Herb. Bosh. (_ibid._), p. 296. Anon. I. (_ib._ vol. iv.), p. 30. Ep. ccxxv. (_ib._ vol. v.), p. 531. Garnier (Hippeau), p. 50. [149] R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. i. pp. 313, 314. [150] Will. Fitz-Steph. (Robertson, _Becket_, vol. iii.), p. 51.