_Bicêtre_ (Vol. iii., p. 518.)--It was certainly anciently called
Vincestre. It is so in Monstrelêt, whose history begins about 1400. One
of the treaties between the Burgundians and Orleanists was made there.
President Hénault says (under Charles VI.) that this castle belonged to
John, Bishop of Winchester. If he is right in the Christian name, he
must mean _had_ belonged, not _appartenoit_, for the John Bishops that I
find in Britton's list are:
Elected. Died.
John of Oxon 1261 1267
John de Pontessara 1282 1304
John de Sandale 1316 1319
John de Stratford 1323 1333