Note 8 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES (continued 2)
Reading edition
Foss (Judges of England, i. 235) states positively that Hugh de Gundeville did not leave Ireland till 1173, at the time of the rebellion. This, if true, would dispose at once of an 1172 date for our charter; but, unfortunately, he does not give his authority, and I have not succeeded in finding it.