A.D. 1174. TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN HENRY AND HIS SONS. 387 king of Scotland, the earl of Leicester, the earl of Chester, and Ralph de Fougères, and their pledges, and the pledges of the other prisoners whom he had before that time, they are to be excepted out of this treaty. The other prisoners are, however, to be set at liberty on both sides ; but upon the understanding, that our lord the king shall take hostages as pledges from such of his prisoners as he shall think fit, and as shall be able to give the same; and from the rest he shall take security by the assurance and oaths of themselves and of their friends. As for the castles which have been built or fortified in the territories of our lord the king since the war began, they are, subject to the king's wishes thereon, to be reduced to the same state in which they were fifteen days before the war began. Further, be it known, that king Henry, the son, has covenanted with our lord the king, his father, that he will strictly observe all gifts in almoign whieh he has given, or shall give, out of his lands, and the gifts of lands which he has given, or shall give, to his liegemen for their services. He has also covenanted that he will strictly and inviolably confirm the gifts which the king, his father, has made to his brother John ; namely, a thousand pounds of yearly revenues out of his demesne lands and escheats in England at his own option, together with their appurtenances ; also the castle of Nottingham with the county thereof, and the castle of Marlborough with its appurtenances ; also, in Normandy, one thousand pounds, Anjouin, of yearly revenue, and two castles in Normandy at the option of his father ; and in Anjou and the lands which belonged to the earl of Anjou, one thousand pounds, Anjouin, of revenue, as also one castle in Anjou, one castle in Touraine, and one castle in Maine. It has also been covenanted by our lord the king, in the love which he bears to his son, that all those who withdrew from him after his son, and offended him by such withdrawal, may return into the territories of our lord the king under his protection. Also, for the chattels which on such withdrawal they carried away, they shall not be answerable : as to murder, or treason, or the maiming of any limb, they are to be answerable according to the laws and customs of the land. Also, as to those who before the war took to flight for any eause, and then entered the service of his son, the same may, from the love he bears to his son, return in peace, if they give pledge and surety that they