[985]. The only magnates not exposed to this dilemma were the prelates, whose celibacy cut them adrift from family ties. They had no hostages to give, and were, further, in the normal case, exempt from fear of personal violence.
[986]. See R. Hoveden, IV. 161.
[987]. See Rotuli de Finibus, p. 119.
[988]. See R. Wendover, III. 224-5, and M. Paris, II. 523.
[989]. R. Wendover and Matthew Paris, Ibid.
[990]. See authorities cited by Miss Norgate, John Lackland, p. 288.
[993]. See for example a letter of 23rd June to Stephen Harengod, referred to supra, p. [49].
[994]. See Rotuli de Finibus, 571. The custody of hostages might, apparently, be a desirable office, since in 1199, Alan, the earl’s son, offered three greyhounds for the custody of a certain hostage of Brittany; so it appears from Rotuli de Finibus, p. 29.