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Footnote 306:

See the complaints of his aggressions in Heming’s _History of the Church of Worcester_; _Monasticon_, i., 593–599.

Footnote 307:

William of Malmesbury, ii., 314.

Footnote 308:

_Calendar of Documents Preserved in France_, No. 77.

Footnote 309:

Ordericus Vitalis, ii., 178.

Footnote 310:

Compare Round, _Geoffrey de Mandeville_, 322.

Footnote 311:

See the charters of William II. in _Monasticon_, viii., 1167.

Footnote 312:

Ordericus Vitalis, ii., 219.

Footnote 313:

Reproduced herewith.

Footnote 314:

Wharton, _Anglia Sacra_, i., 339.

Footnote 315:

Maitland, _Domesday Book and Beyond_, 80-83.

Footnote 316:

Charter of William I., _Monasticon_, i., 477.

Footnote 317:

Foundation charter of Blyth Priory, _Monasticon_, iv., 623.

Footnote 318:

There is some evidence to suggest that the lord of a vill could cause a court to be held there by his steward. This, however, is the result of seignorial, not communal, ideas.

Footnote 319:

Round, _Feudal England_, 225–314, has given the clearest account of the introduction and development of knight service in England.

Footnote 320:

_Feudal England_, as quoted above, page 447. See also Morris, _Welsh Wars of Edward_, i., 36, arguing for a total of 5000.

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