William the Conqueror and the Rule of the Normans

by F. M. Stenton

[194]. William of Poitiers, 155.

[195]. Ordericus Vitalis, ii., 170.

[196]. Simeon of Durham, under the year 1072. He asserts that Oswulf himself slew Copsige in the door of the church.

[197]. Simeon of Durham, under 1070.

[198]. Florence of Worcester, 1067.

[199]. Ordericus Vitalis, ii., 173.

[200]. The fullest account of the affair at Dover is given by Orderic (ii., 172–5), who expands the slighter narrative of William of Poitiers.

[201]. Ordericus Vitalis, ii., 178.

[202]. Ordericus Vitalis., ii., 179.

[203]. “Ad Danos, vel alio, unde auxilium aliquod speratur, legatos missitant.”—William of Poitiers, 157.