Note 11 — THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER,11 SON OF KING HENRY.
John Sharpe translation
Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the Mecænas of his age, was a natural son of Henry I., and a man of great talents and of unshaken fidelity. He married Mabil, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, by whom he had a numerous issue. He died October 31, A.D. 1147.