Note 16 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES (continued 2)
Reading edition
'Qui de portu Suthamtune transfretaturi erant' (i. 111). Geoffrey sent back a scornful reply (see also Garnier) expressing his wonder that the young king could think of meeting a man who meant to disinherit him. This statement agrees with Becket's own complaint (vii. 406) that his archidiabolus Geoffrey was instructed to make this charge.