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where the bishop had been archdeacon. Margaret, again, 

 was daughter of Robert Quinci, eldest son of Saer, Earl of 

 Winchester, and Hawise, fourth sister of Eanulph, last Earl 

 of Chester of that name, in whose time Grosseteste had been 

 archdeacon there, and intimate probably in the family ; and 

 on this supposition his lordship's respect and veneration 

 for the mother might naturally be transferred upon the 

 daughter.' ' 



Of these Rides I have seen four manuscripts in French, 

 and one in Latin. They were also translated into English, and 

 some portions of them have been published by Mr. Brewer 

 in the Monumenta Franciscana, vol. I. app. ix. 2 The trans- 

 lator had, however, fallen into an error which Mr. Brewer 

 has not corrected. They were probably entitled Reules 

 S. Roberd, and the translator supposed that they were rules 

 laid down by the Bishop of Lincoln for the management of 

 his own household and estates, whereas they appear to have 

 been advice tendered to the Countess of Lincoln. It is of 

 course possible that he had rules for his own household, 

 and communicated a copy of these rules to the Countess, 

 and that the English translation follows the bishop's rules, 

 while the French copy here printed consists of his advice. 

 But on the whole it seems more probable that it was a mere 

 error on the part of the translator. 



The manuscripts are as follows : 



Bodleian, Douce MSS. 98 f. 128. — This copy occurs in 

 the same volume as the treatise of Walter of Henley, and 

 is written in the same hand ; it is the one now printed. 



Digby, 204 f. 3. — This is a Latin translation in a late 

 fifteenth century hand. It begins ' Hie incipiunt regule 

 quas bone memorie Robertus G[r]ossetete fecit comitisse Lin- 

 colniensi ad custodiendum et regendum terras osspitium et 

 domum et familiam.' The numbers and titles of the Rules 

 are not given, and the last few are wanting. 



British Museum. Had. MSS. 273 f. 81.— This volume 

 begins with a kalendar and the Psalter in French, and most 



1 Pegge's Life of Grosseteste, 95. 



2 See also The Babees Book (Early English Text Soc), p. 328. 



