** 2 last tales of mercia 2 : richard the norman ( back to table of contents ) * whereupon [ goodwin ] began to gather forces over all his earldom , and earl sweyne , his son , over his ; and harold , his other son , over his earldom : and they assembled all in gloucestershire , at langtree , a large and innumerable army , all ready for battle against the king ; unless eustace and his men were delivered to them handcuffed , and also the frenchmen that were in the castle .