Note 1201 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Will. Malms. Scriptt. p. Bed. 142. “Excellentis prudentiæ monachi, audito quid in curiâ actum, quid justitiæ surreptum esset, ad Comitem Godwinum ejusque filium summâ celeritate contendunt.” William is here mistaken in mentioning Godwine, who of course was dead. The story cannot be removed to a time before Godwine’s death, as it is fixed to 1055 by the witness of Florence.