Note 1540 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.

See vol. ii. p. 140. The same remark on the absence of castles in England is made by Wace (6454) when describing the conquest of England by Swend;

“N’i aveit gaires fortelesce,

Ne tur de pierre ne bretesce,

Se n’esteit en vieille cité,

Ki close fust d’antiquité;

Maiz li Barunz de Normendie,

Quant il orent la Seignorie,

Tirent chastels è fermetez

Turs de pierre, murs è fossez.”