William the Conqueror and the Rule of the Normans

by F. M. Stenton

[35]. This grant rests solely on the authority of Ordericus Vitalis, but it is accepted by Flach, Les origines de l’ancienne France, 528–530.

[36]. The meeting place of this council is only recorded by William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum, ii., 285.

[37]. Ordericus Vitalis, iii., 431.

[38]. Among contemporaries who made the journey may be mentioned Count Fulk Nerra of Anjou and Archbishop Ealdred of York.

[39]. Ordericus, ii., 369. Tutorem sui, Ducis.

[40]. Gesta Regum, ii., 285.

[41]. Gesta Regum, ii., 285. “Normannia fiscus regalis erat.” Henry of Huntingdon, 189.

[42]. This is the opinion of Luchaire, Institutions monarchiques, ii., 17.

[43]. William of Jumièges, vii., 3.

[44]. Round, Calendar of Documents Preserved in France, No. 37.