The Battle of Sandwich and Eustace the Monk rT^HE battle of Sandwich, 24 August 1217, followed so closely X upon the fair of Lincoln, 20 May 1217, that the careful analysis of authorities made some years ago by Professor Tout for the Lincoln contest is, in point of time, almost equally good for the other event. 1 His discussion of the battle of Lincoln 1 Ante, xviii, 1903, 240-4. But .since the two engagements had for the most part different participants and took place in widely different localities, the evaluation of authorities for the battle of Sandwich presents some variations that require notice. The ' History of William tho Marshal' ia still of the highest value. Tho twofold account of the battle given in tho poem led the editor, M. Paul Meyer, to infer that the minstrel had drawn upon two recitals which ho had not been ablo to blend, a circumstance that given us. increased confidence in tho trustworthiness of the poem as furnishing legitimate historical material (Histoire de GuilLjume It Martckal, iii. 243, n. 3). Roger of Wemlover has for our purpose a smaller importance (Chronica rive Floret Hittoriarum, ed. H. U. Coxe). Matthew Paris, who in the case of Lincoln added little to Wendover, has for us a distinct independent value (Ckronica Maiora, ed. H. R. Luard). His supposed intimate acquaintance, with Hubert de Burgh (ibid, iii, preface, xiv and n. 2) would account for the chronicler's open partisanship for him, and also for what appears to be his private information about the battle of Sandwich in which the justiciar boro such a prominent part. Paris, in fact, offere two versions of tho battle, one from Wendovcr with slight emendations, tho other entirely his own and very laudatory of Hubert. Wo dcrivo the impression from reading Paris'** second version that ho is describing that portion of the battle in which Hubert took a personal part and which ho would have most liked to have remembered. The Annals of Dunntaplo (Annnles Monastki, ed. Luard, iii. 50) are of comparatively little importance. Tho brief account by the canon of Barnwell contained in the Jletiiorialc Frulris Walter! dt Corentria (ed. Stubbs, ii. 238-9) throws light particularly upon tho notorious leader of tho French reinforcements, Eustace the Monk. The valuable Hintoire dts Dues de Nonnandie it da Hois