Note 514 — Chapter II · THE REGENCY OF WILLIAM THE MARSHAL 1216–1219

Ib. ll. 17886–17936. The poet says the Marshal stayed in London till after the beginning of Lent; and this is confirmed by the Rolls. We have no attestations of the Marshal between 15th March (Mid-Lent) and 20th March, but on the 20th he attests a letter at Caversham, Pat. Rolls, vol. i. p. 189. On the attestations of royal letters during the last few weeks of his life see Turner, pt. I. p. 291.