Note 411 — Chapter II · THE REGENCY OF WILLIAM THE MARSHAL 1216–1219
Reading edition
Roy. Lett., vol. i. pp. 7, 8; date, 6th November. Dr. Shirley made the year 1217, but he must have overlooked the closing words of the letter—“De praemissis autem novi sigilli nostri sanctae paternitati vestrae reverentiam merito duximus exhibendam”—which clearly shew that it is 1218.