[457] _Ib._ ll. 17860–17871; the story is told confusedly, but with the help of the _Brut_ and the dates furnished by the Rolls the sequence of events can be made out. The Worcester _parlement_ in which this discussion took place is doubtless not the first meeting with Llewelyn, in March, but the later meeting, at the close of Easter, when the court would be gathered round the king for the festival. [458] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 149. [459] _Ib._ pp. 155, 156. [460] _Brut_, p. 305. [461] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 133. [462] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 150. [463] _Ib._ p. 204. [464] Geoffrey’s letter does not seem to be extant; we only know its contents from the reply. [465] _Foedera_, I. i. p. 145. [466] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 31. [467] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 22, 23, 14th and 17th January, 1217. [468] _Ib._ p. 57; cf. _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 306. [469] These things appear from the agreement made between the king and Geoffrey de Marsh in 1220, _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 263–264. [470] _Ib._ p. 132, 18th December, 1217. [471] _Ib._ p. 72. [472] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 376 b, 377. [473] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 377. [474] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 162, 15th April, 1218. [475] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. p. 358 b. [476] W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 240; cf. _Hist. Ducs_, p. 207, and _Ann. Dunst._, p. 51. [477] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 116. [478] _Ib._ p. 174. [479] _Ib._ pp. 194, 195, 198, &c. [480] _Ann. Dunst._, a. 1220, p. 60. [481] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 354 b, 357, 359 b. [482] _Ib._ p. 378 b. [483] The _Ann. Dunst._, a. 1218, p. 54, say all these started in May. The _Ann. Wav._, a. 1218, say Chester and Ferrers started at Whitsuntide (Whit Sunday was 3rd June), and place Harcourt’s departure in the following year. Cf. W. Cov., vol. ii. pp. 240, 241. [484] R. Wend., vol. iv. p. 44; _Ann. Wav._ and _Dunst._, a. 1219. [485] _Ann. Dunst._, a. 1219. [486] R. Wend., _l.c._ [487] R. Wend., _l.c._; _Ann. Dunst._ and _Wav._, a. 1219. In a letter patent dated 20th January, 1219, the king takes under his protection until June 24th a ship which Saer “sibi parari fecit in partibus Galweiae ad eundum in partes Bristoll, pro victualibus et armis et aliis sibi necessariis ad iter peregrinacionis suae quod facere disponit in terram Jerosolymitanam.” _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 185. [488] _Ann. Wav._, a. 1219. [489] _Ann. Dunst._, a. 1219, p. 56.