[237] Gregory, 121. He includes the Earl of March in the list, who, however, did not join the expedition till later, as he was at present in England.
[238] See Commission to the Earl of Huntingdon of March 17, Rot. Norm., 381.
[239] Elmham, Vita, 139, 143.
[240] Gesta, 120; Elmham, Vita, 141. Both these authorities call this place ‘Cawdey,’ and are followed therein by Holkham MS., p. 16. The editor of the Gesta thinks this is a clerical error for Hambie. This town, however, was captured after Vire, and it is hardly likely that both these contemporaries would have made the same clerical error. Elmham may have copied from the Gesta, but as he was personally acquainted with Humphrey, and gives by far the fullest account of this expedition, it is probable that he wrote on good authority, if not from personal experience.
[241] Rot. Norm., 289-292.
[242] Elmham, Vita, 141; Gesta, 120; Livius, 50.
[243] Rot. Norm., 298-300.
[244] Cal. of Norman Rolls, Rep. 41, App. I. 746
[245] Robsart was at St. Lo before the day of surrender. Rymer, IV. iii. 41.
[246] Rot. Norm., 300-303; Rymer, IV. iii. 41.