[922] This is evident from the non-existence of any charters or Charter Rolls of Henry III earlier than January, 1227, after which they begin immediately. See Powicke, _Eng. Hist. Rev._, vol. xxiii. pp. 221–223. “The clause in italics” (_non autem quoad hoc_, etc., see preceding note) “is important, and defines the meaning of _dispositio_. Henry could now entrust his castles and lands, and the property of his wards, at his own choice, but the declaration of 1218 against permanent grants under the great seal still held good. These grants could not be regarded in a court of law as possessed of the finality allowed to a charter” (_ib._ p. 222). Falkes describes the limitation of the King’s powers as follows: “Cum a sede apostolica jussio processisset ut castra, ballia, et caetera quae sunt regis, a cunctis tenentibus redderentur, adjuncta clausula quod rex ipse jam adultus factus non posset compelli habere tutorem vel curatorem, nisi ad causam, invitus.” _Querimonia_, W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 261. [923] “Justiciarius et complices sui ... procuraverunt ut duo barones ad curiam regis vocarentur, scilicet Walterus de Lascy et Radulfus Musard, quorum fidelitas pro ipso rege in omnibus fuit approbata, quibus cum accessissent non antea recedere licuit quam castra quae causa custodiae tenebant dicto justitiario assignarent.” _Quer. Falc._, p. 261. [924] Falkes is our only informant on this transaction; but his story, provokingly laconic as it is, receives some countenance from the Rolls; for they show that on 15th November Lacy was, by a royal letter attested by Hubert and issued on Hubert’s motion, ordered to deliver Hereford castle and shire to Ralf FitzNicolas (_Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 414), and that six weeks later the castle was in Hubert’s hands (_ib._ p. 419). [925] _Quer. Falc._, _l.c._ [926] _Ib._ Henry and Hubert left London 8th or 9th November, and went by Oxford, Woodstock, and Cirencester to Gloucester, where they were 16th–22nd November; _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 575–576. [927] _Quer. Falc._, _l.c._ [928] Cf. the summons in _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 481, 482, and R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 93. Nothing is said of Walter de Lacy or Ralf Musard, whom we should have expected to find in the malcontents’ camp, if they were free to join it. Most likely they were not so; Ralf was, so far as we know, still the responsible custodian of Gloucester castle, where Hubert now had him safe under his own eyes; and a letter close of 16th November shows that Walter was “detained in England in the King’s service” (_Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 575 b)--probably in actual attendance on the King and thus under the surveillance of the Justiciar. [929] _Ann. Dunst._, p. 83. [930] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 576 b. They seem to have taken up their abode in the Tower. [931] _Roy. Lett._, vol. i. p. 539. [932] R. Wend., vol. iv. pp. 88–89. Cf. _Quer. Falc._, p. 261, and Note VII. [933] See Note VII.