[1006] This date is from Roger of Wendover, vol. iv. p. 94. The Dunstable annalist, _l.c._, says “octavis Pentecostes”; but on that day--9th June, Trinity Sunday--the King was a long way from Northampton; royal letters are dated at Winchester on 8th and 10th June, at Wallingford on 13th and 15th June, and the court did not reach Northampton till the 16th; _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 604 b, 605. [1007] “Daturi nobis ibidem consilium et auxilium facturi ad defensionem terrae nostrae in Pictavia,” _Roy. Lett._, vol. i. p. 224. [1008] “Convenerunt ad colloquium in octavis Sanctae Trinitatis rex cum archiepiscopis,” &c., “de regni negotiis tractaturi; voluit enim rex uti consilio magnatum suorum de terris transmarinis, quas rex Francorum paulatim occupaverat,” R. Wend., _l.c._ “Dum rex cum clero et baronibus apud Norhampton de succursu Pictaviae tractaret,” _Ann. Dunst._, _l.c._ [1009] “Cum autem Londoniis post illius simulatae pacis tractatum ordinatum fuisset ut apud Northamptoniam componeretur _exercitus_.” _Quer. Falc._, p. 264. [1010] “Item de hoc respondeat [Hubertus] quod dum dominus rex fuit infra aetatem et subvenire debuit terrae Pictaviae, et _exercitus suus proficisci deberet in Pictaviam_, fecit ipse comes obsidere castrum Bedfordiae,” &c. Hubert in replying to this charge disclaims responsibility for the siege of Bedford, but appears to endorse the statement that “the King’s host” which went to that siege ought, or was intended or professedly intended, to have gone to Poitou; _Responsiones_, pp. 66, 67. [1011] On 30th January Brian de Lisle was threatened with pains and penalties if he did not at once hand over Knaresborough (as he had been told on 30th December to do) to the Archbishop of York (_Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 425); and on 13th March Pandulf was urged to delay no longer the delivery (also ordered on 30th December) of Bristol (_ib._ p. 429). As nothing more is heard about either of these fortresses, we may conclude that both custodians obeyed. [1012] M. Paris, _Hist. Angl._, vol. ii. pp. 170, 171. [1013] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 298 b, 378 b; _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 90. [1014] _Pat. Rolls_, p. 145. [1015] _Ib._ p. 427. [1016] _Ib._ p. 430. [1017] _Ib._ [1018] For the relationship between Falkes and William there is abundant evidence. For Nicolas “frater Falkesii” see _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 197, _Pat. Rolls Joh._ p. 155 (1215), 183 b (1216); for Colin, _Pat. Rolls Joh._, p. 155, _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 195 (1215), 515 b (1222), _Pat. Rolls Hen. III_, vol. i. p. 458 (1224); for Avice “soror Willelmi de Brealte,” _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 595 b (1224). Gilbert (_ib._ p. 246, a. 1216, &c.), John (_ib._ pp. 617, a. 1224, and p. 642), and Henry (_Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 461, a. 1224), may have been brothers or more remote kinsmen. [1019] _Hist. Ducs_, p. 173; M. Paris, _Chron. Maj._, vol. iii. p. 88, _Hist. Angl._, vol. ii. p. 131; W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 253; R. Coggeshall, p. 204.