[440] At Bures, according to _Gesta_, 104; at Lions, according to _Itin._, 145. [441] _Est. de la Guerre Ste._, ll. 247-50. [442] The proclamation inserted by R. Diceto, ii. 73, 74, is dated Nonancourt, December 30; the _Gesta_, 104, places the meeting at the Ford of S. Rémi. This was the usual place for conferences, and is close to Nonancourt. [443] The _Gesta_, 105, and R. Diceto, ii. 74, say that S. John Baptist’s day was the date fixed at the second conference, which was held on January 13 (_Gesta_, _l.c._). R. Diceto, however, elsewhere (ii. 77) gives Midsummer as the date fixed at the third conference, which he says took place on the day on which the Queen of France died, or was buried; it is not clear which he means. She died on March 15; Rigord, 97. This is clearly the conference at which the _Estoire_, ll. 259-86, and _Itin._ 146, tell us the kings received the news of her death (she died unexpectedly, in childbirth), and agreed to set out each from his own dominions on S. John Baptist’s day and meet at Vézelay for the final start together on the octave. The _Estoire_ and _Itinerarium_ place this conference “at Dreux.” Richard was at Nonancourt on March 14 (_Fœdera_, I. i. 51); the Gué St. Rémi is midway between these two towns and was no doubt the real meeting-place. [444] _Gallia Christ._, i. 988. [445] Richard, _Comtes._, ii. 263. [446] R. Diceto, ii. 73. R. Coggeshall, 26, says December 12, but there are several indications that Mandeville was dead before Richard left England. [447] _Gesta_, 101. Roger of Howden, iii. 28, says: “Hugo Dunelmensis et Willelmus Eliensis Episcopi remanserunt in Anglia summi justiciarii”; but the _Gesta_ and R. Devizes (11) distinctly imply that at this time William of Ely, though practically viceroy, was not titularly chief justiciar. He was, however, added to the number of assistant justiciars (_Gesta_, _l.c._), and probably this is what Roger really means. [448] _Gesta_, 105, 106. R. Howden, iii. 32. [449] _Gesta_, 106. [450] After March 27; see _Fœdera_, I. i. 51. [451] _Gesta_, _l.c._ [452] _Ib._ [453] R. Howden, iii. 8. [454] There is one rather curious-looking case of a ship which the king seems to have originally bought for £100, given to the Knights of the Hospital (in England), and bought back from them for £9. Archer, _Crusade of Richard I_, 13. But I do not feel quite sure of the meaning of the passage. [455] See extract from Pipe Roll 2 Ric. II in Archer, _Crusade of Richard I_, 11-13. A captain’s pay was double that of a common sailor; _ib._ The total of ships enumerated in this passage, exclusive of smacks, whose number is not given, is forty-seven. The total of the fleet when it set out was 107 or 108 “besides some others which followed”: _Est._, ll. 311-13, _Itin._ 47.