Note 478 — Chapter III · JOHN “SOFTSWORD” 1199–1206 (continued 2)
Reading edition
R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 186; exact date from a writ (dated April 29, 1206) ordering the seizure of ships for transport; they are to be at Portsmouth on Whitsun Eve, or before. Rot. Pat. vol. i. pp. 62 b, 63. A summons to the men of the Cinque Ports, for the same date, was issued on May 12; ib. p. 64.