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England under the Angevin Kings, Volume II

Note 1896 — Chapter VIII · THE LATER YEARS OF RICHARD. 1194–1199.

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“Castrum” or “castellum de Rupe Andeleii” or “Andeliaci,” it is called in the charters of Richard and John. The first document in which it appears as “Château-Gaillard” is a charter of S. Louis, “actum in Castro nostro Gaillard,” A.D. 1261; Deville, Château-Gaillard, p. 40. Will. Armor. however uses the name, and other writers soon begin to copy him.

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