[35] In actual coin.
[36] I.e., agreements with the crown touching feudal payments.
[37] Matilda the Empress.
[38] On the other hand, the author of Gesta Stephani states: “The king ordered that the two bishops should be separately confined in foul places and tortured with sharp fasting, and that the chancellor, son of the bishop of Salisbury, now seized and thrown into chains, should be hanged in front of the castle gate, unless the bishop of Ely should surrender the castle and admit the king’s force.”
[39] This account does not agree with that of Henry of Huntingdon, who states that he was taken by William de Kahaines, after his battle-axe and sword had broken.
[40] Dish-bearer.
Transcriber’s Notes
As most of the text in this book consists of quotations from different sources, inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation have been retained. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines also have been retained.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks were retained except as noted below.
Page [47]: Closing quotation mark added after “to its ratification....”.