[510] Norgate’s ‘England under the Angevin Kings,’ i. 48–9.
[511] These passages are quoted to show that the influence of Rouen on London is admitted by an independent writer.
[512] ‘Les Établissements de Rouen’ (Bibliothèque de l’école des hautes études, publiée sous les auspices du Ministère de l’instruction publique, 1883).
[513] He became, in that year, bishop of Lisieux.
[514] I am in a position to date this charter precisely as at or about Feb., 1175.
[515] Recurring, in his “Conclusions” at the end of the volume, to this question of date, M. Giry seems to combine two of his different limits: “L’étude du texte nous a permis de fixer la rédaction des Établissements aux dernières années du règne de Henri II., après 1169. Nous savons, de plus que La Rochelle les avait adoptés avant 1199, que Rouen les avait également possédés vers la même époque, entre 1177 et 1183” (p. 427). Of these dates, I can only repeat that “1183” has its origin in an error; “1177” is, I think, a mistake, and “1169” difficult to understand. My forthcoming calendar of charters in France will throw fresh light upon the date.
[516] Ancient Deeds, A. 1477.
[517] Sheriff of London 1174–6. Also Alderman (Palgrave, II. clxxxiii.).
[518] Cot. MS. Faust, B. ii., fo. 66 d.
[519] Add. MS. 14,252, fo. 106.