Note 837 — Chapter IV · TUTORS AND GOVERNORS 1221–1223

“Audivimus quod preparatis vos in multitudine armatorum eundi in Walliam ad capiendum castrum de Dinaunt Poys, quod est in manu W. Marescalli Comitis Penbrochiae, et quod ipse nobis restituit in presentia vestra et aliorum fidelium nostrorum London[iae], unde plurimum miramur. Et ideo vobis mandamus firmiter praecipientes quatinus in fide qua nobis tenemini ab hujusmodi propositi desistatis, nec ullo modo ad castrum illud sic capiendum accedatis, quoniam mittimus in partes illas Robertum de Vallibus cum litteris praedicti Marescalli ad constabularium castri praedicti ut illud ex parte nostra ab illo recipiat et vobis illud ex parte nostra liberet, salvis ipso Marescallo bladis suis,” &c., “sicut coram nobis et consilio nostro fuit concessum ex parte vestra.” Pat. Rolls, vol. i. p. 346. The scribe of the Roll has obscured the story by adding a most confused and confusing note: “Duplicantur littere iste, mutata prima clausula, in cujus loco scribitur ‘quod idem comes obsidionem dedit dicto castro,’ &c.” This looks as if it ought to mean that the Earl Marshal was besieging the castle; but it must of course really refer to the Earl of Gloucester.