[77] Roger of Wendover, Fl. Hist. Rolls ed.
[78] Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora, Rolls series, No. 57, ed. Luard, vol. V.
[79] Rishanger in Chron. Monast. S. Albani, Rolls series, No. 28.
[80] John Trokelowe, ibid.
[81] Wendover, II. 162, 171, 190, 205.
[82] Wendover, III. 95, 98.
[83] “Qui ex avaritia inopiam semper habent suspectam.”
[84] Alboldslea, or Abbotsley, was the parish of which the famous Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln, was rector (perhaps non-resident) down to 1231, or to within three years of the date of the above anecdote. The existing church is of great age, and may well have been the actual edifice in which the scene was enacted.
[85] Wendover, III. 96.
[86] Ibid. III. 19, 27.