[972] He was at Worcester December 25–27; Tewkesbury, 27, 28; Geddington, December 31, 1214; and at the New Temple in London January 7–15, 1215. _Itin._ a. 16. [973] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 296. Cf. W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 218. [974] _Foedera_, vol. i. pt. i. p. 120. [975] R. Wendover, _l.c._ [976] “Isti omnes conjurati Stephanum Cantuariensem archiepiscopum capitalem consentaneum habuerunt,” _ib._ p. 298. [977] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 218. It need scarcely be remarked that the charter contains not a word on the subject. The argument evidently was “whatever is not in the charter is contrary to it”; in other words, “omission is prohibition.” The fact that such an argument might be used on both sides was of course conveniently ignored. [978] _Rot. Pat._ vol. i. p. 128. [979] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 218. [980] _Rot. Pat._ p. 130. [981] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 187 b. [982] _Rot. Pat._ p. 129. [983] _Ib._ p. 130. [984] _Foedera_, vol. i. pt. i. p. 120. See above, p. 182. [985] _Foedera_, vol. i. pt. i. p. 127. [986] _Ib._ p. 128. [987] On February 2, according to R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 296; on Ash Wednesday (March 4), according to W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 219, and _Ann. Winton._ a. 1215. This latter is the likelier date; if the fact had been known at Rome before the Pope’s letters were written, they would almost certainly have contained some reference to it. [988] W. Coventry, _l.c._ [989] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 297, 298; M. Paris, _Chron. Maj._ vol. ii. p. 585. W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 219, adds a bishop, Giles of Hereford. Giles, however, was there not as bishop, but as the avenger of his father, mother and brother--William, Maud, and the younger William de Braose. [990] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 219. [991] _Itin._ a. 16. [992] W. Coventry, _l.c._ [993] _Ib._ [994] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 298. [995] Roger of Wendover, Walter of Coventry, and several other annalists absurdly say that in Easter week (April 19–26) John was at, or near, Oxford, where he was to have met the barons. John had not been at Oxford since the Tuesday before Easter, April 13; from the 16th to the 23rd he was in London; on the 23rd he went to Kingston, Reading and Alton, and thence on the 26th to Clarendon; _Itin._ a. 16. On the day he left London he granted a general safe-conduct to all persons who should come to him in the suite of or with letters patent from the archbishop (_Rot. Pat._ p. 134); none of the barons, however, seem to have availed themselves of this offer. [996] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 299. [997] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 219. [998] R. Wendover, _l.c._ [999] Cf. R. Wendover, _l.c._, and R. Coggeshall, p. 171. [1000] _Rot. Pat._ p. 134 b. [1001] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 198, 198 b: _Rot. Pat._ p. 135. [1002] _Rot. Pat._ p. 135, 135 b. [1003] On May 8 John announces that some horse and foot are coming over under Gerard of Gravelines; _Rot. Pat._ p. 141. [1004] _Ib._ p. 135(May 11). [1005] May 7–9; _Itin._ a. 16.