[624] Close Rolls, ii., 98b.

[625] Hasted’s Kent, iv., 163.

[626] “Ymb sætan tha ceastre and worhton other fæsten ymb hie selfe.” See ante, p. 49, [note 120].

[627] Mr Hope suggests the east side, as the north was a marsh.

[628] History of Rochester (published by Fisher, 1772), p. 285.

[629] D. B., i., 56.

[630] “Wasta erat quando Rex W. iussit ibi castellum fieri. Modo valet 36 solidos.” D. B., i., 220.

[631] “I markid that there is stronge Tower in the Area of the Castelle, and from it over the Dungeon Dike is a drawbridge to the Dungeon Toure.” Itin., i., 14.

[632] “In operatione nove turris et nove camere in cast. 126l. 18s. 6d.

[633] D. B., i., 120.