Note 118 — THE MINORITY OF HENRY III CHAPTER I THE WAR WITH LOUIS 1216–1217

A dateless letter from the Earl Marshal, Walter de Lacy, William de Cantelupe, and Falkes, to the Earl of Salisbury and the younger Marshal, sets forth that the writers have sworn “quod conventionem prolocutam inter dominum nostrum Henricum regem Angliæ illustrem et nos” [sic, but surely it should be vos?] “pro posse nostro firmiter et absque malo ingenio teneri faciemus,” wherefore the two persons addressed are to come without delay to the writers, who will have them absolved by the Bishop of Chichester, he being empowered by the Pope and the Legate to absolve persons returning to allegiance. Pat. Rolls, vol. i. p. 109.