Note 1 — Chapter II
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“By writ of May 30, 1225, the king orders Godescall de Maghelines to enjoin all persons who have fortalices (motas) in the valley of Montgomery, to strengthen the same with wooden turrets (bretaschiis) for their own security and the defence of these parts.”—Eyton’s Antiquities of Shropshire, xi., p. 134.