Note 77 — THE MINORITY OF HENRY III CHAPTER I THE WAR WITH LOUIS 1216–1217

W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 232. The words are “Hiis diebus, antequam de obitu regis mentio fieret, impetraverunt qui apud Dovram obsessi erant inducias usque post Pascha, et soluta est obsidio”; but the more detailed accounts in our other authorities clearly show that though hostilities were suspended before John’s death, the siege was not actually raised till the beginning of November. Mr. G. J. Turner appears to have overlooked this fact when he wrote that Hubert’s absence from the coronation “excites some suspicion concerning his loyalty” (“Minority of Henry III.,” part I., Trans. Roy. Hist. Soc., 2nd Series, vol. xviii., p. 246). It was precisely Hubert’s loyalty which made it impossible for him to leave Dover till his truce with Louis was prolonged and the siege raised.