[13] Cf. William of Malmesbury, G. R., ii, p. 473; Ordericus, iv, p. 177.
[14] Ordericus, iv, pp. 171-172.
[15] Ibid., p. 172.
[16] Ordericus, iv, pp. 176, 177.
[17] Ibid., pp. 178-179.
[18] Ibid., p. 179.
[19] Ordericus Vitalis gives the date of these events as “mense Iunio,” probably 1103. The nuns of Almenèches were dispersed, Abbess Emma with three of her associates taking refuge at Saint-Évroul. It is not improbable that Ordericus got much of his information from her. Ibid., pp. 179-180; cf. pp. 182-183.
[20] Ordericus, iv, p. 180. Exmes was in the keeping of Mauger Malherbe, who had been placed there by Roger de Lacy, the duke’s magister militum.
[21] Ibid., pp. 180-181.
[22] Ibid., pp. 181-182.