Note 783 — Chapter III · THE LEGATION OF PANDULF 1219–1221 (continued 2)
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Roy. Lett., vol. i. pp. 244, 245. Marlborough castle was in Pandulf’s custody till 7th February, 1224; Pat. Rolls, vol. i. p. 426. So also, no doubt, was Luggershall, John Little, who on 2nd March, 1224, was ordered to deliver both castles to Robert de Meisy (ib. p. 428), being sub-warden under Pandulf. The Ann. Dunst. (p. 68) which do not mention Luggershall, say of Marlborough, “Quod quidem [Marescallus] tali conditione reddidit in manum legati, quod si alii similiter castra sibi commendata redderent, et suum retineretur, alioquin ei redderetur”; but the King’s letter is a better authority as to the condition.