Note 217 — Chapter VI · DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTTE-CASTLES
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Cal. of Patent Rolls, 1232-1247, p. 340. Mandate to provost of Oléron to let Frank De Brene have tools to make a new motte in the isle of Rhé. Later the masters and crews of the king’s galleys are ordered to help in building the motte and the wooden castle. P. 343.