Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . heirs continuallyafter him. (5) Saint Dubricius/ Archbishop of Caerleon orWarwick. His see pontifical was then at All HallowsChurch in the Castle, and so it continued a collegetill after the Conquest threescore years. He after-wards fled to Wales to escape the Saxons, and becamefirst Bishop of Llandaff. (6) Arthgal or Arthal, a knight of King ArthursRound Table, Earl of Warwick : a lord of royalblood, and witty in allhis deeds. . Of hisname, that is to say Artheor Narthe, is as muchas to say in Welsh as abear. (7) Morwid, Ear
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . heirs continuallyafter him. (5) Saint Dubricius/ Archbishop of Caerleon orWarwick. His see pontifical was then at All HallowsChurch in the Castle, and so it continued a collegetill after the Conquest threescore years. He after-wards fled to Wales to escape the Saxons, and becamefirst Bishop of Llandaff. (6) Arthgal or Arthal, a knight of King ArthursRound Table, Earl of Warwick : a lord of royalblood, and witty in allhis deeds. . Of hisname, that is to say Artheor Narthe, is as muchas to say in Welsh as abear. (7) Morwid, Earl ofWarwick. In the sectionconcerning him Rousspeaks of wells ^ that behalf of the year, as fromChristmas to Midsummer,salt, and the other half ofthe year they ran fresh,and there is but littlewater in them. > St. Dubricius represents merely tlie fact that the Saxon burh hada church within its enceinte; many of them had, as Castle Rising inNorfolk. The legend about the salt and fresh water curiously suggests a spa,and Leamington occurs to the mind at once 7. From the Armoury in Warwick Castle. A crusaders helmet. Warwick Castle <«- (8) Marthrud,^ Earl of Warwick, a noble knight,and many more Welsh earls there were, one of whomwas marvellously buried in the bottom of Avon. . .In his days the Britons were driven into Wales, andthe land divided into many kingdoms, and the kingdomsparted into shires. . Then King Warremund ^ didchange the name of this town, then a city namedCaer-gwayr, and called it Warwyke, and inhabit it newwith Saxons that now are called English people. Such are the early legends embodied in the RousRoll. The probable basis of fact underlying the fancifulstories has been indicated in the foot-notes. We gatherfrom them that the town was thought to have been builtin the fourth century , and this is no doubt encampment about this date may yet be traced inthe park, not far from the present castle, and hostiletribes long after occupied and fortif
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