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PROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 255<br />

the Kalends of August, the castle of Hunt<strong>in</strong>gdon was rendered<br />

to him, and all the knights and esquires who were with<strong>in</strong><br />

rendered themselves to him at his mercy, with safety of life<br />

and limb. 1<br />

1174, July.<br />

ROGER HOVEDEN, CHRONICA, VOL. II, P. 64.<br />

. . . On<br />

the seventh 2 before the Kalends of August k<strong>in</strong>g<br />

[Henry] returned from Seleham and went to Northampton.<br />

And when he had come t<strong>here</strong>, William, k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots, was<br />

brought to him, with his feet shackled beneath the belly of his<br />

horse.<br />

1174, Aug.<br />

BENEDICT or PETERBOROUGH, GESTA HENRICI II, VOL. I, P. 74. 3<br />

And . . . [k<strong>in</strong>g Henry] took ship at Portsmouth, and made<br />

land next day at Barfleur <strong>in</strong> Normandy on the sixth ;<br />

namely<br />

before the Ides of August, on the fifth day of the week 4<br />

. . .<br />

;<br />

and he took with him William, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, and the earl of<br />

Leicester, and the earl of Chester, and imprisoned them at Caen,<br />

and afterwards at Falaise. 5<br />

1174<br />

WILLIAM or NEWBURGH, HISTORIA RERUM ANGLICARUM, IN<br />

CHRONICLES OF STEPHEN, ETC., VOL. I, PP. 186-187.<br />

What th<strong>in</strong>gs took place <strong>in</strong> the army and land of the k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

<strong>Scotland</strong>, after he was captured.<br />

When t<strong>here</strong>fore the k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots was given over <strong>in</strong>to the<br />

hands of the enemy, God's evident vengeance permitted not<br />

" But earl David, who had<br />

1<br />

Cf. W. of N., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 195 :<br />

been their leader, left the castle of Hunt<strong>in</strong>gdon (which presently yielded to<br />

the k<strong>in</strong>g,) and went <strong>in</strong> alarm to <strong>Scotland</strong>." This passage follows the surrender<br />

of the castellans of the earl of Leicester, 31st July 1174.<br />

Jordan Fantosme says that David was summoned by Henry, and went ;<br />

11. 2039-2046, 2052 ; <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., iii, 372, 374.<br />

The castle was destroyed <strong>in</strong> 1176 ; R.W., i, 105.<br />

2 26th July.<br />

3<br />

Cf. Hoved., ii, 65. R. de D., i, 385. R.W., i, 101. M.P., Chr. Maj.,<br />

ii, 294. Cf. W. of N., <strong>in</strong> 'Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 195.<br />

4<br />

Thursday, 8th .August.<br />

5<br />

G. of C., i, 249, adds to the list the earl [of Derby], de Ferrers.<br />

"<br />

R.W., i, 101 : Thus the . . . glorious k<strong>in</strong>g crossed over <strong>in</strong>to Nor-<br />

mandy, on the seventh before the Ides of August [7th August], tak<strong>in</strong>g with<br />

Leicester and Hugh'de Castello, [all] whom<br />

him the k<strong>in</strong>g of : Scots, the earl of<br />

he kept <strong>in</strong> cha<strong>in</strong>s." Cf. M.P., H.A., i, 389. Accord<strong>in</strong>g .to R.W., they landed<br />

von .the ,I3th .August.; ibid.

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