The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is placed in the public domain. Most pages started with a sidenote showing the year. These were printed in bold and partially underlined. They have been moved to the start of paragraphs, and kept only when they change. For some long paragraphs, which were printed over several pages, a range of dates is shown. Other sidenotes give the actual date of an event. These have been moved next to the description of the date, and are shown in parentheses

From these entries, then, it results that there were two truces, one of which was existing on 28th December, 1216; that a second truce was made before 19th January, 1217; and that a truce—either this second truce, or a third—was existing at some date posterior to 19th January, 1217. The Hist. G. le Mar. states that when the garrison of Hertford (besieged by Louis 11th November, 1216, see above, p. 18 ) became hopeless of relief, “ Cil qui devers le rei se tindrent A Loeis por trieve vindrent De

The story of Bishop Peter’s discovery of the blocked gate runs thus: The only two points where the walls of Lincoln city were ever “joined,” in any way whatever, “with those of the castle,” are the two which I have mentioned in p. 35 , viz., the north-western and the south-western angles of the castle enclosure. At the former of these two points stood, we know, the West Gate of the medieval city; and this Professor Oman ( Art of War in the Middle Ages , p. 410) considers to have been the blocked

The story of Falkes’s entrance into the castle and his sally thence into the town rests on the authority of Roger of Wendover ( vol. iv. p. 22) . In the Hist. G. le Mar. the only mention of Falkes in the whole account of the day is in the following lines: “ E quant les gens Fauques oïrent Itels moz. ” [ i.e. , Bishop Peter’s report to the host about the gate] “ molt s’en esjoïrent; Trestot avant dedenz entrerent, Mes leidement les reuserent Cil dedenz, qu’il n’i furent gueres; Tost lor changiere

Of the closing scene of the battle of Lincoln there are two accounts; one by the Biographer of the Marshal, the other by Roger of Wendover. (1) The Biographer, after describing the fight on the bridge, the accident which there befell William Bloet, and the capture of the two De Quincys and others, continues thus:— (2) Roger makes no mention of the rally of the French in the lower town, the second fight on the hill-top (“ entre le chastiel e le moustier ,” see above, pp. 42, 43 ), the second retr

There can be no reasonable doubt that the series of dates so carefully given in our fullest and most strictly contemporary account of the transactions connected with the treaty between Henry and Louis—the account in the Histoire des Ducs de Normandie —is correct. One of the best contemporary English authorities, the Chronicle of Merton , is in accord with it as to the dates on which the treaty was made and Louis was absolved: “ Hoc anno ” (1217) “ facta est pax ... in quadam insula extra Kingest

Mr. Turner (“Minority of Henry III ,” part I , pp. 270–276) has gone into this question with great care and in considerable detail. He sums up his conclusions about it in four passages. (1) “It is highly probable that the three great officials, the two justices” ( i.e. , the chief Justiciars of England and Ireland) “and the Chancellor, claimed the right to continue in office till the King’s minority had determined.... Direct evidence of the claim is not forthcoming, but there are facts which poi

The four papal letters summarized in p. 202 are to be found in the Red Book of the Exchequer, fol. 171 . The letter which there stands first of the four—that to the Earls and barons of England—is printed in Foedera , I. i. p. 190 (with a marginal date, 1228, which does not agree with the date at the end of the letter itself). The salutation of all four is given in the Red Book as “ Gregorius Papa ,” etc., and the date as “ idus Aprilis anno primo ,” i.e. , 13th April, 1227. The fact that some in

The number of illegal disseisins of which Falkes was convicted at Dunstable in June, 1224 (above, p. 231 ), is officially stated as sixteen: “ Cum ... Falcatius ... coram judicibus eisdem in sexdecim causis fuisset convictus ... et ad restitutionem ablatorum et satisfactionem plenam debito modo condemnatus ,” are the words of King Henry himself in a letter to the Pope ( Roy. Lett. , vol. i. p. 225 ). Roger of Wendover ( vol. iv. p. 94) says “ Cecidit in misericordia regis de plusquam triginta pa

The nature of Falkes’s tenure of Bedford castle is a question of some difficulty. The only entry relating to it in the Rolls is provokingly laconic: “ Mandatum est Waltero de Bellocampo quod habere faciat Falkesio de Breaute manerium de Seldelegia quod est de honore de Bedefordia, quia dominus rex castrum de Bedefordia cum toto honore et pertinentiis dedit Falkesio ,” Close Rolls , vol. i. p. 250 b , 4th March, 1216. In July, 1224, King Henry, writing to the Pope about Falkes, calls Bedford “ qu

Eight writers tell this grim story very briefly—seven of them in almost identical words—differing only as to the number of the victims. A ninth—Falkes—has a longer and more elaborate version. (1) “ In crastino autem, cum omnes vulnerati et plagis lethiferis afflicti exiissent et ad presentiam regis adducti fuissent, addicti sunt ad suspendium universi; suspensi sunt itaque, inter milites et servientes, qui propter superbiam suam quam regi ostenderant in obsidione jam finita non potuerunt miseric

An errata slip was included with this book. It reads (footnote numbers have been added in brackets): P. 39, note 3 (Footnote 517) , line 6, for “ li ” read “ le ”; and line 7, for “walls” read “wall.” Pp. 99–102 passim , for “Gaugy” read “Gouy”; and make a corresponding correction in index. P. 139 , last line, for “Doé” read “Douai.” P. 148, last line of note 5 (Footnote 686) , for “13th” read “12th.” P. 154, note 1 (Footnote 703) , line 2, for “two” read “three.” P. 160, line 6 of note (Footnot