[172] Cont. Flor., p. 129; Will. Malms., p. 712; Gesta, p. 72.
[173] Ibid.; John Hex., p. 308; Hen. Hunt., p. 275.
[174] Gesta, p. 72.
[175] "Ob illiusmodi eventum vehementer exhilarata, utpote regnum sibi juratum, sicut sibi videbatur, jam adepta" (Cont. Flor., p. 130).
[176] Cont. Flor., 130.
[177] "Simul et ejusdem civitatis sumens dominium" (ibid.).
[178] "Ut ipsam tanquam regis Henrici filiam et cui omnis Anglia et Normannia jurata esset, incunctanter in ecclesiam et regnum reciperet" (Will. Malms., p. 743). Compare the writer's description of the oath (1127) that the magnates "imperatricem incunctanter et sine ullâ retractione dominam susciperent" (p. 690).
[179] Journ. B. A. A., xxxi. 389. Mr. Howlett asserts that the evidence of William of Malmesbury as to the date (2nd and 3rd of March) "is refuted" by this charter, which places them a fortnight earlier (Introduction to Gesta Stephani, p. xxii.). But I do not think the evidence of the charter is sufficiently strong to overthrow the accepted date.
[180] "Pluvioso et nebuloso die" (Will. Malms., p. 743).
[181] Cont. Flor., p. 130; Will. Malms., p. 743.