Note 429 — Chapter VII · FROM THE ELECTION OF EADWARD TO THE BANISHMENT OF GODWINE.[1] 1042–1051. (continued 3)

Chron. Wig. 1052. “Ealle gearwe to wige ongean þone cyng, buton man ageafe Eustatsius and his men heom to handsceofe, and eac þa Frencyscan þe on þan castelle wæron.” “The castle” undoubtedly means Richard’s Castle, as it must mean in the entry of the next year in the same Chronicle. The Frenchmen in the castle are distinguished from Eustace and his men. So Lappenberg, 508. Florence (1051) clearly misunderstood the passage when he translated it “insuper et Nortmannos et Bononienses qui castellum in Doruverniæ clivo tenuerant.” It shows the impression which Richard’s Castle had made on men’s mind that it was known generally as “the castle,” and this reference by the Worcester Chronicler to a part of the story which he has not himself given at length is a strong confirmation of the truth of the Peterborough narrative.