[85]. The history of Maine at this period has recently been discussed by Flach, Les origines de l’ancienne France, vol. iii., p. 543–9.
[86]. The native Mancel authorities have little to say about the war of 1063, the course of which is described by William of Poitiers, 103 et seq.
[87]. See the table on page 506[506].
[88]. Round. Calendar of Documents Preserved in France, No. 937.
[89]. Rhiwallon was brother of Junquené, the archbishop of Dol, whose presence at the Norman court during William’s minority has been noted above. De la Borderie, iii., p. [missing].
[90]. William of Poitiers (109–112) is the sole authority for this war and he gives no dates. He definitely asserts the presence of Harold and his companions in the Norman army, and his narrative contains nothing irreconcilable with the relevant scenes in the Bayeux tapestry. The war was probably intended to enforce Norman suzerainty over Brittany, and the rising of Rhiwallon of Dol probably gave William his opportunity. De la Borderie, Histoire de Bretagne, iii., p. [missing].
[91]. The canons of Chartres celebrated his obit on December 11th, a fact which discounts the story in William of Jumièges that Conan was poisoned by an adherent of William. If William had wished to remove Conan the latter would certainly have died before William had sailed for England.
[92]. The scheme of policy which Green (Conquest of England, 522–524, ed. 1883) founded in relation to their marriage rests upon this assumption.
[93]. Poem in Worcester Chronicle, 1057.
[94]. Vita Eadwardi Confessoris (R. S.), 410.