[625] The italics and commas are mine, and show how the alleged son of earl Richard was fabricated.
[626] Mr. Watson (‘Complete Peerage,’ vi. 197) states that Giraldus Cambrensis speaks of “Richard Strongbow, earl of Strigul,” but this is a misapprehension.
[627] Dictionary of Nat. Biography, p. 393.
[628] It was inspected by Edw. I. at Carlisle, 20th March, 1307. Its mention (‘Mon. Ang.’ v. 268) of “Gilberti et Ricardi Strongbowe” clearly proves that it applied the name to both.
[629] Hearne’s ‘Discourses,’ ii. 132–4; ‘Calendar of Close Rolls,’ p. 558. The reply is of interest as showing that they identified the marshalship of England with that in the “Constitutio.”
[630] Hearne’s ‘Discourses,’ ii. 135–7. This petition, in Norman-French, is of interest for certain additions and for the loose use of “countes mareschauls” as the title of his predecessors from the first.
[631] Ibid. pp. 143–5.
[632] Altered in MS.
[633] 133 in the pencil numbering.
[634] In special classes on Palæography and Diplomatic at the London School of Economics.