[205] Ibid.
[206] Longmans, 1892.
[207] Assuming the regnal years of Stephen to be reckoned in the usual manner, of which I have felt some doubts.
[208] ‘Geoffrey de Mandeville,’ p. 252.
[209] Ibid. p. 373.
[210] He was the third named of the fifteen benefactors, who, to obtain the king’s confirmation, “miserunt ... quendam ex seipsis, Ordgarum scilicet le Prude,” to Henry. He occurs in one of the St. Paul’s documents (Hist. MSS. Report, p. 68 a), but what Mr. Loftie has written about him (‘London,’ pp. 35–6) is merely based on confusion with other Ordgars.
[211] Vol. iv. fo. 737, of the Guildhall Transcript.
[212] He appears to take his stand on possession alone.
[213] The king decides to examine the title by a proprietary action.
[214] ‘Christo’ in Ancient Deeds, A. 6683.