[575] See Appendix R: "The Forest of Essex."
[576] Geoffrey Talbot appears in the Pipe-Roll of 31 Henry I. as paying two hundred marks of silver for his father's land in Kent (p. 67). As "Agnes Vxor Gaufredi Talebot" is charged, at the same time, "pro dote et maritagio suo" (ibid.), it would seem that our Geoffrey had a father of the same name. We learn from the Liber Niger (i. 58) that at the death of Henry I. (1135) he held twenty knights' fees in Kent.
[577] "Rogeri" in MS.
[578] Or "Rumard."
[579] Rectius Petr[us].
[580] "Ex libro quodam pervetusto in pergamena manuscripto in custodia Henrici Vere nunc Comitis Oxoniæ, et mihi per Capitan: Skipwith, mutuato 21 April, 1622."
[581] See Appendix Y.
[582] As "turrim de Colcestr' et castellum" for "turrim et castellum de Colcestr'." The only difference of any importance is that Dugdale reads "Albenejo" in this charter, where he has "Albrincis" in that of the Empress.
[583] I may perhaps be permitted to refer to my own discovery, in a stable loft, of a document bearing the seal of the King-maker, and bearing his rare autograph, which antiquaries had lost sight of since the days of Camden.
[584] Mr. Eyton must have strangely overlooked this charter, for he begins his series of Henry's charters in 1149.