Chapter XLVI

THE RED KING:--William Rufus--Personal appearance--Gains the
support of Lanfranc--Wulnoth and Morkar committed to
prison--Odo, bishop of Bayeux, at the head of a conspiracy to
dethrone William--Lanfranc as prime minister--Rufus conciliates
the Saxon Thanes--The insurgents repulsed at Rochester--Curthose
is bribed to let William remain on the throne--William forgets
his promises to the Anglo-Saxons--Lanfranc's disgust at his
perfidy--Death of Lanfranc--Rufus a bachelor--His dissolute
morals--Ravages committed by William's followers--London Bridge
built--Westminster Hall founded--Discontent in the land