Note 62 — Chapter XI · THE ELECTION OF HAROLD.[1] January 5th–April 16th, 1066.
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Matt. Paris, 2. “Ecclesia, quam ... post multi ecclesias construentes, exemplum adepti, opus illud expensis æmulabantur sumptuosis.” See vol. ii. p. 508 for the passage of William of Malmesbury on which this is founded.