Note 142 — THE MINORITY OF HENRY III CHAPTER I THE WAR WITH LOUIS 1216–1217

Comparing Hist. G. le Mar., ll. 16039–44 and 16052–53, with Hist. Ducs, pp. 189, 190, I venture to think that this is the true meaning of the poet’s somewhat confused story, notwithstanding M. Meyer’s note 1, vol. iii. p. 225. The fact that the Marshal was attesting royal letters at Winchester from 14 March onwards does not prove that he had gained possession of the castle before that date.