The dawn of the constitution : or, The reigns of Henry III and Edward I, 1216-1307 . that included the Legate, the Bishop of Winchester, the Earls of Chester, Derby, Salisbury, and Albemarle; Muster^ besides his own son William, his nephew John, William and Philip of Aubigne, Fawkes de la Breaute and other noted leaders, in fact the whole strength of the party. But their total numbers must sound very moderate to modern ears, being specifically given as 406 men-at-arms (milites, chevaliers) and 317 ^ 13 April; Rot. Claus. 306, b. The tax had evidently not been paid up byJan. 1218 ; Id. 310,
The dawn of the constitution : or, The reigns of Henry III and Edward I, 1216-1307 . that included the Legate, the Bishop of Winchester, the Earls of Chester, Derby, Salisbury, and Albemarle; Muster^ besides his own son William, his nephew John, William and Philip of Aubigne, Fawkes de la Breaute and other noted leaders, in fact the whole strength of the party. But their total numbers must sound very moderate to modern ears, being specifically given as 406 men-at-arms (milites, chevaliers) and 317 ^ 13 April; Rot. Claus. 306, b. The tax had evidently not been paid up byJan. 1218 ; Id. 310, 348. 2 W. Cov. sup. Mar. II 214; Ann. Worcester; Wendover ; Petit Dutaillis,Charles VIII 146. 3 \V. Cov. sup. Mareschal, 214. * So P. Meyer in a note to the Mareschal. The Regent was at Marlboroughthat day. Mareschal, 215, 216, and notes. ^ Wendover, IV 15. 17 ; Ann. Dunst. 49 ; R. Cogg, 185. Domina Nichole de Haia ; Rot. CI. I. 295. She was the hereditaryConstable of Lincoln Castle, and a staunch Royalist. Angevin Empire, 497. * Ann. Dunst. sup. Mareschal, II 217 ; Rot. Pat. 14. TV. From Stuteley s Mapof 1722. City of Lincoln: to illustrate Fair of Lincoln, 1217. {To face p. 9. I2I7] CHATELAINE 9 crossbow-men {balistarii, arhalestiers)} But in addition to these wehave light horse (eqtiites), and footsoldiers and archers {servientes) ofindefinite numbers. The i8th May was spent at Newark. On the19th May the Legate after Mass harangued the army, pointing outthat they w^ere fighting outcasts, men utterly condemned by theChurch ; he followed this up by once more excommunicating Louisand all his abettors—more particularly those at Lincoln—at thesame time laying the doomed city itself under ban. To the Rojalistshe granted plenary absolution—on the usual condition of repentance ^—while finally, to stamp the expedition as a Crusading enterprise,white crosses were distributed among the soldierv.^ Gualo then went back to Nottingham, leaving * the good Bishop ofWinchester, Peter
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