The history of the origin of this legend has been handed down to us through the chronicles of William of Malmesbury.
He was afterwards minister of Malmesbury, and from thence preferred to a better living of 100 li.
These facts come out most glaringly in the Malmesbury papers.
This was almost a century before the version by Hobbes of Malmesbury.
Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.
