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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 1472 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066.

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Chronn. Wig. and Petrib. “And se cyng þæs geuðe, and sende eft Harold heom to Hamtune” [it should be Oxford, see Appendix HH]. William of Malmesbury (iii. 252) does not ill describe the state of things; “Fiebant ista, ut a consciis accepimus, infenso Rege, quia Tostinum diligeret; sed morbo invalidus, senio gravis, penè jam despectui omnibus habere cœperat ut dilecto auxiliari non posset.” When William wrote, Eadward, however much reverenced, was not yet formally canonized.

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