Note 113 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES

Norm. Conq., iii. 462. I regret that I must call attention to the fact that I gave (English Historical Review, ix. 250) this precise reference for my statement that, according to Mr Freeman, the infantry were all archers, explaining that in another passage (p. 467) William of Poitiers had led him to take a somewhat different view. Mr Archer, however, has printed (English Historical Review, ix. 603) the other passage (p. 467) in triumph by the side of my statement. He further denies that Mr Freeman held, even on p. 462, that the infantry were all archers. Anyone can test the value of Mr Archer's denial for himself by referring to Norm. Conq., iii. 462, where he will find that Mr Freeman, describing the Norman host, mentions no infantry but archers.