[Footnote 2: JEFFERY DE MOUBRAY,--Molbraium in _Ordericus Vitalis_,--chief justiciary of England. See in Cotman's _Normandy_, vol. i. p. 111, details concerning the munificent spirit of this prelate; and of the cathedral of Coutances, to the erection of which he dedicated his immense wealth. See also Ellis, _Domesday_, i. 400. The Moubray family at the conquest consisted of the bishop, his brother Roger, whom we shall find noticed below, and a sister Amy, married to Roger d'Aubigny, or de Albini, ancestor of the earls of Arundel. Roger Moubray's son Robert succeeded to the bishop's estates, comprising, it is said, 280 manors in England, and he became earl of Northumberland. At his disgrace not only his estates, but his wife passed to his cousin Nigel d'Aubigny, Amy's son, whose descendants took the name of Moubray. The scite of the castle of Monbrai is in the arrondissement of St. Lo. In the Norman Roll, red book of the Exchequer, we find 'Nigellus de Moubrai 5 mil. de honore de Moubrai, et de castro Gonteri: et ad servituum suum xi mil. quart. et octav.'] [Footnote 3: ODO, the bishop of Bayeux; son of Herluin, the knight who married Arlette, William's mother.] [Footnote 4: These transactions have been noticed in an earlier portion of our Chronicle, see page 35.] [Footnote 5: Guildford.] [Footnote 6: _Henry of Huntingdon_ puts quite a different speech into William's mouth, reminding the Normans of their capture and detainer of the king of France, till he delivered Normandy to duke Richard, and (as the chronicler states) assented to the stipulation, that in conferences between the king and the duke,--the latter should wear his sword, but the king not even a knife. L'_Estoire de Seint Ædward le rei_ makes William use similar expressions, but on a different occasion, that of rallying his men.] [Footnote 7: A ço ke Willame diseit, Et encore plus dire voleit, Vint Willame li filz Osber, _Son cheval tot covert de fer;_ "Sire," dist-il, "trop demoron, Armons nos tuit; allon! allon!" Issi sunt as tentes alé, &c. See the observations of M. Deville on this description, in _Mém. Ant. Norm_. v. 81. Such an equipment of a horse at so early a period has no other authority, and is probably an anachronism. But it may be observed that Wace's description at least shows that the practice was already in existence in his day, which we believe could not be otherwise proved.] [Footnote 8: This circumstance is also told by _William of Poitiers_. In the _Estoire de Seint Ædward le rei_ the scene of the reversed hauberk is thus described; Li ducs, ki s'arma tost après, Sun hauberc endosse envers. Dist ki l'arma, "Seit tort u dreit Verruns ke li ducs rois seit," Li ducs, ki la raisun ot, Un petit surrist au mot, Dist, "Ore seit a la devise Celui ki le mund justise!"] [Illustration] CHAPTER XVII. WHO WAS CHOSEN TO BEAR THE DUKE'S GONFANON IN THE BATTLE.