Note 748 — Chapter V · GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET AND STEPHEN OF BLOIS. 1128–1139.
Reading edition
See the first and fullest example in the story of the siege of Bedford, December 1138–January 1139; Gesta Steph. (Sewell), pp. 30–32. Cf. Hen. Hunt., l. viii. c. 6 (Arnold, p. 260). The sequel of the story is in Gesta Steph., p. 74.