[553] The two best known instances indeed are of doubtful authenticity; see Note II. at end. But the general charge against John rests upon authorities which there is no reason to question; _Hist. des Ducs_, pp. 105, 200, and R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 240. The list of John’s children given by Pauli, _Gesch. von England_, vol. iii. p. 475, is neither correct nor complete. [554] _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 105. [555] M. Paris records this twice, in 1208 (_Chron. Maj._ vol. ii. p. 524) and 1209 (_Hist. Angl._ vol. ii. p. 118). One of the two dates is probably wrong, but there is no means of deciding which. [556] Christmas 1208, R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 225. [557] June 28, 1209; _ib._ p. 227; M. Paris, _Hist. Angl._ vol. ii. p. 119. Cf. _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 109. [558] _Rot. Pat._ vol. i. pp. 80, 81 b, 83 b–86. [559] Cf. Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 102, and _Ann. Dunst._ a. 1208. [560] _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 105. [561] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 224. [562] M. Paris, _Hist. Angl._ vol. ii. p. 118. [563] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 227. [564] Cf. _ib._, Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 104 (who makes the age fifteen years), and W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 200. [565] Gerv. Cant. _l.c._ The day must have been either the 13th or the 30th, _Itin._ a. 11. [566] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 90(Aug. 1207); _Rot. Pat._ vol. i. p. 76 (Oct. 1207); _ib._ p. 91 (April 1209). [567] _Chron. Mailros_, a. 1209. [568] The _Ann. Dunst._, a. 1208, say the bishops of Salisbury and Rochester went to Scotland “cum Regis Angliae gratia”; but cf. Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 100, and R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 226. Langton’s father had taken refuge at St. Andrews in 1207. Gerv. Cant. vol. ii., appendix to preface, pp. lxii., lxiii. [569] Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 102. [570] _Ib._ pp. 102–3. Cf. appendix to preface, _ib._ pp. c–ciii. [571] _Itin._ a. 11. [572] Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 103. [573] _Foedera_, vol. i. pt. i. p. 103. The Scottish authorities, _Chron. Mailros_ and _Chron. Lanercost_, a. 1209, make the sum thirteen thousand pounds. R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 227, says twelve thousand marks, and M. Paris, _Chron. Maj._ vol. ii. p. 525, eleven thousand marks; the document in _Foedera_ is the best authority, although its original is lost and it is obviously not altogether an accurate copy, its date, “_Northampton_, 7th August,” being of course a transcriber’s mistake for “Norham.” [574] Gerv. Cant. vol. ii. p. 103. [575] The first child of John and Isabel of Angoulême--the future Henry III.--was born October 1, 1207; R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 219. The second, Richard, was born January 6, 1209; _Ann. Winton._ _ad ann._ Both the Scot king’s daughters were born before the end of 1195, when one of them was betrothed to Otto of Saxony, R. Howden, vol. iii. pp. 299, 308. [576] _Chron. Mailros_ and _Chron. Lanercost_, a. 1209. [577] See above, pp. 26, 32, 45. [578] _Ann. Cambriae_ and _Brut y Tywysogion_, a. 1197–1209.