[351] D. B., 162, 1a.
[352] “Cestriæ munitionem condidit.” P. 199 (Prévost’s edition).
[353] Chester Historical and Archæological Society, v., 239.
[354] Pipe Rolls, ii., 7. Ranulph, Earl of Chester, died in 1153, and the castle would then escheat into the king’s hands.
[355] This work seems to have been completed in the reign of Edward II., who spent £253 on the houses, towers, walls, and gates. Cal. of Close Rolls, Edward II., ii., 294.
[356] Close Rolls, 35, Henry III., cited by Ormerod, History of Cheshire, i., 358.
[357] See Mr Cox’s paper, as above, and Shrubsole, Chester Hist. and Arch. Soc., v., 175, and iii., New Series, p. 71.
[358] Benedict of Peterborough, i., 135, R. S.
[359] D. B., i., 262b.
[360] “Willelmus comes fecit illud [castellum] in wasta terra quam tenebat Bruning T. R. E.” D. B., i., 183a, 2.