Note 616 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 3)

The building of the castle seems implied in Will. Pict. 104–105; “Victori sufficiens pœna fuit perdomitos in potestatem suam venisse, et urbis firmamentum suâ in reliquum custodiâ occupari.” So Roman de Rou, 10211;

“Et il fist cax è pierre atraire;

Illoec fist une tur faire.”

This castle, “regia turris,” must be distinguished from the buildings spoken of by William of Jumièges (vii. 27) and Benoît (35735); “In quorum medio ad domandum eorum insolentiam, duo municipia (“deus chasteaus” in Benoît) in Ponte Barbato, seu Barbello, stabilivit suisque militibus custodienda commisit.” Orderic (773 A) expressly distinguishes them; “Regia turris [elsewhere “turris principalis, turris Cenomannica”], et Mons-Barbatus atque Barbatulus, Regi [Guillelmo Rufo] subjiciuntur, et meritò, quia à patre ejus condita noscuntur.”