This menace at last prevailed: most of the fortresses were surrendered; though the barons complained that Hubert's castles were soon after restored to him, while the king still kept theirs in his own custody. There are said to have been one thousand one hundred and fifteen castles at that time in England.[****] * M.Paris, p.
220. ** Chron.Dunst.
vol.i.p.
137. *** M.Paris, p.221.Chron.Dunst.