Note 782 — Chapter III · THE LEGATION OF PANDULF 1219–1221 (continued 2)

Roy. Lett., vol. i. pp. 244, 245. This may be an allusion to the supposed plot of Peter de Maulay, or merely to what was possibly the origin of a misunderstanding which had occurred between the Marshal and the government at the time of the siege of Bytham. The Marshal received no summons for that expedition, but hearing when on his way “ad remotas partes” on business of his own that the host was mustering, he hurried back and wrote to the King, expressing his surprise at not having been summoned, and his readiness to join the muster; ib. pp. 170, 171. The omission to summon him can hardly have been intentional; it is much more likely that the summons miscarried, and this may have occurred through its interception by some mischief-maker.