Note 1514 — Chapter VII · RICHARD AND ENGLAND. 1189–1194.

Ib. c. 8 (p. 379). In c. 7 (p. 374) Gerald actually represents Geoffrey as entertaining some hope of surviving and succeeding both his younger brothers; but this is a very different thing from plotting against them during their lives. See Stubbs, Rog. Howden, vol. iii. pref. p. lxvi. As it turned out, the first part, at any rate, of this dream of Geoffrey’s was not so mad as it seemed, for he died only four years before John.