[24] The _Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_ (_a._ 1087) and Florence of Worcester (ii, p. 22) make the positive statement that the revolt broke out after Easter (16 April); but we know from a more reliable source that William Rufus took the first active measures against the bishop of Durham on 12 March, and it is clear that the rebellion was already under way at this time. _De Iniusta Vexatione_, in Simeon, _Opera_, i, p. 171; cf. p. 189.
[25] Florence of Worcester, ii, p. 21: “pars etenim nobiliorum Normannorum favebat regi Willelmo, sed minima; pars vero altera favebat Rotberto comiti Normannorum, et maxima”; _A.-S. C._, _a._ 1087; Henry of Huntingdon, p. 214. In general on the rebellion of 1088 and all the problems connected with it see Freeman, _William Rufus_, i, pp. 22 ff.; ii, appendices b, c, d, e.
[27] Pevensey, of course, was fundamental because on the coast where Robert’s fleet was expected to make land.
[28] “Per angelos Dei, si ego essem in Alexandria, expectarent me Angli, nec ante adventum meum regem sibi facere auderent. Ipse etiam Willelmus frater meus, quod eum presumpsisse dicitis, pro capite suo sine mea permissione minime attentaret.” _Interpolations de Robert de Torigny_, in William of Jumièges, p. 268.
[29] “Haec primo dicebat, sed, postquam rei gestae ordinem rescivit, non minima discordia inter se et fratrem suum Willelmum emersit.” _Ibid._
[30] This is the plain inference from both the Norman and the English writers. E.g., Ordericus, iii, pp. 269-270; Florence of Worcester, ii, p. 22.
[32] _A.-S. C._, _a._ 1087; Florence of Worcester, ii, p. 22; Henry of Huntingdon p. 215; cf. William of Malmesbury, _G. R._, ii, pp. 362, 468; Ordericus, iii, pp. 272-273; Simeon, _H. R._, p. 216; _Des miracles advenus en l’église de Fécamp_, ed. R. N. Sauvage, in Société de l’Histoire de Normandie, _Mélanges_, 2d series (Rouen, 1893), p. 29.
[33] Ordericus, iii, p. 244; _Interpolations de Robert de Torigny_, in William of Jumièges, pp. 268-269; _A.-S. C._, _a._ 1086; cf. William of Malmesbury, _G. R._, ii, pp. 468, 337, where it is said that the Conqueror bequeathed to Henry “maternas possessiones.”
[35] William of Malmesbury, _G. R._, ii, p. 468.
[37] _Interpolations de Robert de Torigny_, in William of Jumièges, p. 268. His presence is further proved by his attestation of charters, e.g., 30 March 1088, charter by Ralph Fitz Anseré in favor of Jumièges (Haskins, pp. 290-291, no. 6; also in _Chartes de l’abbaye de Jumièges_, ed. J.-J. Vernier, Paris, 1916, i, no. 37); 7 July 1088, charter by the duke in favor of the abbey of Fécamp (Haskins, pp. 287-289, no. 4 _a_); shortly after September 1087, charter by the duke in favor of Saint-Étienne of Caen (_ibid._, p. 285, no. 1).
