After this fruitless negotiation, there ensued an action between the French and English cavalry at Fretteval, in which the former were routed, and the King of France's Cartulary and records, which commonly at that time attended his person, were taken.
"The History of England, Volume I"
David Hume
The family was ancient and honourable; from the Cartulary Bertran appears to have been born about 1140; we find him, with his brother Constantin, in possession of the castle of Hautefort, which seems to have been a strong fortress; the lands belonging to the family were of no great extent, and the income accruing from them was but scanty.
"The Troubadours"
H.J. Chaytor
The Cartulary of the Priory is in the British Museum, but it contains no notes of architectural interest.
"Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch"
Sidney Heath