[575]
In January 1164 “he granted a short charter of privileges to the burghers of
Bristol, whom as sovereign lord he calls his burgesses, although they were then
under the lordship of the earl of Gloucester. This charter contains only an
exemption from toll and passage and other customary payments for themselves and
their goods through the king’s own lands, with a confirmation of their existing
privileges and liberties”
(Seyer, Mem. of Bristol, vol. i. p. 494, with a reference to
“Charters of Bristol, No. 1”).
[576]
Charter printed in Gilbert, Hist. and Munic. Documents of Ireland, p. 1.
[578]
R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 351,
says at sunset on Easter day (April 16); the
Ann. Loch Cé, a. 1172 (Hennessy, vol. i. p. 147),
say on Easter day “after Mass.”
Gerald, Expugn. Hibern., l. i. c. 38 (Dimock, vol. v. p. 286),
the
Gesta Hen. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 30,
and
Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 34,
say he
sailed early on the Monday morning, the two latter adding a reason—he would not
travel on the feast-day, though he had suffered his household to do so. Most
probably he sailed at midnight, as seems to have been often done. The
Brut y
Tywys. a. 1172 (Williams, p. 217),
makes him reach Pembroke on Good Friday,
but this is impossible.
[579]Gesta Hen. as above, p. 30.
Anglo-Norm. Poem (Michel), p. 131.
The household had sailed from Croch to Milford;
ibid.
Cf.
Rog. Howden as above, p. 34.
[580]Gesta Hen.
and
Rog. Howden,
as above.
R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 351.
The name of the place, Portfinnan, is given only in the
Anglo-Norm. Poem (as above).
[581]
See the itinerary in
Gir. Cambr. Expugn. Hibern., l. i. cc. 38–40 (Dimock,
vol. v. pp. 286–291),
compared with
Brut y Tywys. a. 1172 (Williams, pp. 217–219).
[582]Gesta Hen. (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 30.
Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 34.
It is Porchester in
R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. i. p. 351.