[1134] “S’il voloit venir en Engletierre sa cape toursée, il li donroient le règne en boine pais et le feroient seigneur d’eus,” _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 160. Cf. W. Coventry, _l.c._ [1135] R. Coggeshall, pp. 176, 177. [1136] Cf. _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 160, and R. Coggeshall, p. 176. [1137] _Hist. des Ducs_, pp. 160, 161. [1138] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 349, 350; _Hist. des Ducs_, pp. 161, 162. John had granted the earldom of Clare to Robert de Béthune; _Hist._, _l.c._ [1139] _Itin._ a. 17. [1140] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 347. [1141] _Ib._ pp. 344–6. [1142] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 347. Cf. R. Coggeshall, p. 177. Ralf substitutes Gerard of Sotteghem for William Brewer; but in R. Wendover, p. 348, Gerard is named among those who accompanied the king. [1143] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 348, 350; confirmed by _Itin._ a. 17. [1144] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 348. [1145] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 228. [1146] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 350. [1147] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 359, 360. [1148] R. Howden, vol. iv. p. 189, note 4. Cf. R. Coggeshall, p. 178, and _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 162. R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 360, has confused this second French contingent with the first, which had come in November 1215, and seemingly also with a third. See below, pp. 261, 262. [1149] Cf. R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 349, 358; W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 229, and R. Coggeshall, pp. 177, 178. [1150] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 349, 352. [1151] R. Coggeshall, p. 178. [1152] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 349. [1153] _Ib._ p. 352. [1154] _Chron. Mailros_, a. 1216. [1155] See footnote 1157 below. [1156] _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 163; date from _Itin._ a. 17. [1157] “Puis s’en ala-il à Wrewic [_var._ Euerwic] sa cité, qui encontre lui s’iert revelée; si en fist toute sa volenté.” _Hist. des Ducs_, _l.c._ John was at York on January 4, _Itin._ a. 17. [1158] _Itin._ a. 17. [1159] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 351, 352. [1160] R. Coggeshall, pp. 178, 179. [1161] _Hist. des Ducs_, pp. 163, 164. Cf. M. Paris, _Chron. Maj._ vol. ii. pp. 641, 642, and _Hist. Angl._ vol. ii. p. 172. [1162] _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 164; for dates see _Itin._ a. 17. [1163] _Chron. Mailros_, a. 1216. [1164] _Itin._ a. 17. [1165] Cf. _ll.cc._ and _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 164. [1166] _Chron. Mailros_ and _Hist. des Ducs_, _ll.cc._ [1167] _Itin._ a. 17. [1168] _Rot. Chart._ p. 219. [1169] _Itin._ a. 17. [1170] R. Wendover, vol. iii. pp. 352, 353. [1171] February, _Chron. Mailros_, a. 1216. [1172] _Rot. Pat._ pp. 162, 162 b, 168, 169. [1173] R. Wendover, vol. iii. p. 352. [1174] February 29–March 8, _Itin._ a. 17. [1175] Cf. _Itin._ a. 17, and _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 165. [1176] Cf. _ib._ and R. Coggeshall, p. 179. [1177] R. Coggeshall, pp. 179, 180; for dates see _Itin._ a. 17. The king’s safe-conduct to the French soldiers (names given) from Colchester to London is dated March 24, _Rot. Pat._ pp. 171 b, 172. [1178] _Hist. des Ducs_, p. 165. [1179] _Rot. Pat._ vol. i. p. 172 b.