Note 1188 — Chapter VIII · HENRY DUKE OF THE NORMANS. 1149–1154.
Reading edition
Gerv. Cant. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 155. Rob. Torigni, a. 1153, says the sacrilege was committed on S. Laurence’s day, and the punishment followed “circa octavas.” Cf. Joh. Salisb., Polycrat., l. viii. c. 21 (Giles, vol. iv. pp. 354, 355).