Chapter XI: The Last Years of Archbishop Theobald (4)

Richard, third son of Henry II. and Eleanor, born, i. 445;
first betrothal, 463;
invested with Aquitaine and betrothed to Adela, ii. 62;
enthroned at Poitiers, 130;
revolts, 135;
submits, 165;
his character, 206–208;
fights the barons in Aquitaine, 209, 210, 214, 215, 220, 223;
refuses homage to his brother, 224;
takes Hautefort, 231;
refuses to give up Aquitaine, 233;
war with Geoffrey and John, _ib._;
reconciled, 234;
gives up Aquitaine to Eleanor, 235;
wars with Toulouse, 244, 250, 251;
negotiates a truce, 246;
seizes the Angevin treasure, _ib._;
reinstated in Aquitaine, 247;
takes the cross, 248;
tries to regain Châteauroux, 252;
negotiates with Philip, 253, 254;
meets Henry and Philip at Bonmoulins, 254;
homage to Philip, 255;
encounter with William the Marshal, 261;
scene with Henry at Colombières, 266;
comes to Fontevraud, 271;
reconciled with the Marshal, 272;
recognized as Henry’s successor, 273;
duke of Normandy, 274;
treaty with Philip, 275;
goes to England, _ib._;
crowned, 276;
fills vacant sees, 277, 278;
his policy, 278;
appoints justiciars, 279, 283;
sells sheriffdoms etc., 280;
dealings with Wales, _ib._;
with Scotland, 281;
with John, 281–282;
goes to Normandy, 287;
holds council there, 288;
possible successors, 295;
treaty with Tancred, _ib._;
marriage, 296;
names William of Monreale for the primacy, 297;
sends Walter of Rouen to England, 297, 298;
his voyage, 317;
conquers Cyprus, _ib._;
alliance with Guy of Lusignan, 318, 320;
reaches Acre, 319;
quarrel with Leopold of Austria, _ib._;
relations with other crusaders, 319–321;
truce with Saladin, 321;
homeward voyage, 322;
wrecked and captured, _ib._;
given up to the Emperor, 324;
his ransom, 325, 326;
negotiates with Philip and John, 327;
returns to England, 328;
imposes taxes, _ib._, 329;
negotiates with Scotland, 330;
crowned at Winchester, _ib._, 331;
king of Burgundy, 331;
leaves England, _ib._;
forgives John, 334;
gives license for tournaments, 342;
annuls his charters, 343, 356;
sends the abbot of Caen to England, 343;
quarrel with S. Hugh, 350;
edict against the clergy, 355;
cessions to Philip, 361;
difficulties in Gaul, 361, 362;
treaty with Philip, 364;
goes to Normandy, 365;
to Tours, 365, 366;
regains Loches, 366;
routs Philip at Fréteval, _ib._, 367;
claims wardship of Arthur, 370;
alliance with Toulouse, 371;
with Henry VI., 372;
called to elect an emperor, _ib._;
league against Philip, 374;
truce, 375;
builds Château-Gaillard, 375–380;
quarrel with Abp. Walter, 380, 381;
lays siege to Châlus, 382;
wounded, 384;
dies, 385, 386;
burial, 386, 387;
his encouragement of municipal life, 470;
grant to merchants of Cöln, 485

Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 170, 434

Richard I., bishop of London, i. 45

Richard II., bishop of London, i. 502, 503

Richard Fitz-Nigel, treasurer and bishop of London, ii. 277;
his _Gesta Henrici_, 439

Richard of Ilchester, ii. 66;
bishop of Winchester, 158, 176;
work in the Exchequer, 193, 194;
seneschal of Normandy, 193;
death, 277

Richard de Clare, earl of Pembroke or Striguil, ii. 99, 100;
goes to Ireland, 103;
takes Waterford, 104;
marriage, _ib._;
blockaded in Dublin, 109, 110;
summoned by Henry, 112;
does homage for Leinster, 113;
in Normandy with Henry, 145, 182;
governor of Ireland, 182;
death, 183

Richard le Breton, ii. 78

Richard Fitz-Count, son of Robert of Gloucester, i. 386, 405; ii. 146

Richard Fitz-Godoberd, ii. 100

Richard of La Haye, i. 340, 341

Richard of Hommet, constable of Normandy, ii. 146

Richard de Lucy, justiciar, his character, i. 417;
his share in election of Thomas, ii. 1–3;
excommunicated, 66;
takes Leicester, 146;
marches against the Scots, 149;
besieges Huntingdon, 154, 156;
protests against the forest visitation, 171;
retires to a monastery, 176

Richard de Morville, ii. 139, 161

Richenda de Clères, sister of William of Longchamp, ii. 305

Richer de l’Aigle, i. 51, 395

Richmond, _see_ Alan

Ridel, _see_ Geoffrey

Rievaux abbey, i. 71

Robert I., king of France, i. 149, 164

Robert the Brave, count of Anjou, i. 102;
duke of the French, 103

Robert the Magnificent, or the Devil, duke of Normandy, i. 166

Robert, son of William the Conqueror, betrothed to Margaret of Maine,
i. 216;
homage to Geoffrey the Bearded, 217;
to Fulk Rechin, 223;
seeks Fulk’s help in Maine, _ib._;
sells the Cotentin to Henry, 4;
wars with his brothers, 5, 6;
pledges Normandy to Rufus, 3;
crusade, _ib._;
invades England, 9;
war with Henry, 11;
taken prisoner, 13;
dies, 271

Robert Bloet, chancellor, justiciar and bishop of Lincoln, i. 22

Robert II., bishop of Lincoln, ii. 24

Robert I., bishop of Hereford, i. 370, 495

Robert of Melun, i. 481;
bishop of Hereford, ii. 24

Robert of Bellême, count of Alençon etc., i. 6;
banished, 10;
sues for peace, 11;
flies at Tinchebray, 13;
captures Elias, 225;
imprisoned, 233

Robert, count of Burgundy, i. 178

Robert, count of Dreux, i. 394

Robert, earl of Ferrers, ii. 139, 163

Robert, earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I., friend of William of
Malmesbury, i. 92, 94;
escorts Matilda over sea, 243;
at Henry’s death, 270;
dispute for precedence with Stephen, 274;
joins Stephen, 283;
defies him, 294;
comes to England, 309;
marches to Lincoln, 316, 317;
receives Stephen’s surrender, 320;
made prisoner, 327;
exchanged, 329;
goes to fetch Geoffrey, 330;
returns, 332;
besieges Wareham, _ib._;
takes Portland and Lulworth, 333;
meets his sister at Wallingford, 334;
routs Stephen at Wilton, _ib._;
builds a castle at Farringdon, 335;
helps Geoffrey in Normandy, 338, 339;
dies, 343, 344

Robert I., earl of Leicester and count of Meulan, i. 16, 54, 56

Robert II., earl of Leicester, joins Henry, i. 400;
justiciar, 417;
at council of Northampton, ii. 39;
refuses the kiss of peace to Reginald of Cöln, 55, 56;
dies, 61

Robert III., earl of Leicester, rebels, ii. 138, 142;
goes to England, 148;
made prisoner, 150;
restored, 167;
repulses Philip from Normandy, 363

Robert II., count of Meulan, ii. 138

Robert de Barri, ii. 101

Robert de Bruce, ii. 145

Robert, abbot of Caen, ii. 343, 344

Robert Fitz-Stephen, ii. 100;
goes to Ireland, 101;
blockaded in Carrick, 109;
made prisoner, 111;
released, 113

Robert of Marmion, i. 335

Robert de Montfort defeats Henry of Essex in ordeal, ii. 60;
rebels, 138

Robert of Mowbray, ii. 155

Robert I. of Oilly, i. 41, 42, 331

Robert II. of Oilly founds Oseney priory, i. 43;
gives up Oxford to the Empress, 322;
death, 332

Robert Pulein, i. 43, 44

Robert Pullus, i. 483

Robert of Sablé, i. 343

Robert of Selby, chancellor of Sicily, i. 365

Robert of Sillé, ii. 137

Robert de Stuteville, ii. 145, 153, 160

Robert of Torigny or _de Monte_, ii. 194

Robert of Turnham, seneschal of Anjou, ii. 388, 389;
of Poitou, 426;
prisoner, 427

Rocamadour, ii. 74, 226, 227

Rochelle, La, ii. 428

Roches, _see_ William

Rochester, _see_ Ralf, Walter

Roderic O’Conor, king of Connaught, ii. 97;
of Ireland, 98;
treaty with Dermot,102;
gathers a host against him, 104;
blockades Dublin, 109, 110;
routed, 110, 111;
promises tribute to Henry II., 116;
treaty, 182

Roger, king of Sicily, i. 365

Roger of Pont-l’Evêque, i. 354, 368;
archbishop of York, 477;
earlier career, 478, 479;
accepts the royal customs, ii. 24;
dispute with S. Thomas, 30;
crowns young Henry, 72;
appeals to the king, 78;
dies, 285

Roger, chaplain to Henry I., chancellor, bishop of Salisbury and
justiciar, i. 22;
his administration, 25, 26;
called the “Sword of Righteousness,” 26;
his Church policy, 63;
joins Stephen, 278;
his family, 302;
relations with Stephen and with the Empress, _ib._, 303;
seized at Oxford, 303, 304;
death, 310

Roger, earl of Clare, ii. 12, 16, 180

Roger, earl of Hereford, i. 429

Roger of Howden, i. 82; ii. 439

Roger de Lacy, ii. 400, 401;
at Château-Gaillard, 411, 417, 418, 423

Roger of Montrésor, i. 151

Roger de Mortemer, ii. 299

Roger de Mowbray, ii. 139, 152, 160, 162, 163

Roger “the Poor,” chancellor, i. 302, 303

Rohesia, wife of Gilbert Becket, i. 50, 352

Roland, count of Maine, i. 203

Roland of Siena, cardinal, _see_ Alexander III.

Rome, relations of William and Lanfranc with, i. 15;
trial of Stephen’s and Matilda’s claims at, 370;
schism at, 498

Ronceray, i. 165 note 3{363}, 166; ii. 200

Roscilla of Loches, wife of Fulk the Red, i. 110

Rotrou, archbishop of Rouen, ii. 72, 81

Rouen surrenders to Geoffrey Plantagenet, i. 341, 342;
besieged by Louis VII., ii. 164;
palace, 196;
young Henry buried at, 232;
Richard’s heart buried at, 387;
Arthur imprisoned at, 407;
submits to Philip, 425.
_See_ Rotrou, Walter

Rouergue, i. 454

Roumare, _see_ William

Roxburgh, i. 287

Rudolf of Burgundy, king of West-Frankland, i. 111, 115

Rufus, S., priory of, i. 476

Saher de Arcelles, i. 363

Sainfred, bishop of Le Mans, i. 204

Saintes granted to Fulk Nerra, i. 159, 173;
taken by William VII. of Aquitaine, 215;
regained and lost again, 216.
_See_ Peter

Saintonge ceded to Geoffrey Martel, i. 174;
granted to Fulk Rechin, 214;
war of, 215, 216, 252, 253

Saint-Saëns, _see_ Elias

Saints, Old-English, revived veneration for, i. 33, 80

Saladin tithe, ii. 249

Salisbury, i. 32–33.
_See_ Herbert, Hubert, Jocelyn, John, Patrick, William

Saltwood, ii. 79

Sancho VI., king of Navarre, submits to Henry II.’s arbitration,
ii. 190

Sancho VII., king of Navarre, suppresses revolt in Gascony and attacks
Toulouse, ii. 316;
helps Richard, 366, 367

Saumur, i. 161;
taken by Fulk Nerra, 162;
blockaded by William of Poitou, 213;
betrayed to Fulk Rechin, 220;
burnt, _ib._;
Henry II. at, ii. 256;
taken by Philip, 410;
abbey of S. Florence, i. 162, 163.
_See_ Gelduin

Savaric of Mauléon, ii. 405, 426

Saxony, _see_ Henry, Matilda, Otto

Scarborough, i. 428

Schools, Augustinian, i. 43;
at Oxford, _ib._, ii. 462;
London, i. 47;
Malmesbury, 84, 85.
_See_ Universities

Scotland, its relations with Henry I., i. 96.
_See_ David, Henry, Matilda, William

Scutage, i. 432, 433;
the Great, 459–461;
of 1195, ii. 343;
1196, 348

Sees, removal of, i. 40

Selby, _see_ Robert

Sempringham, order of, i. 359, 360;
helps S. Thomas, ii. 41

Seneschal of France, office of, i. 450

Sens, i. 164; ii. 42, 68

Serfdom in twelfth century, i. 61, 62

Serlo the Mercer, mayor of London, ii. 472

Severn, valley of, i. 35

Sherborne castle, i. 304

“Sheriff’s Aid,” ii. 15

Sheriffs of London, i. 45; ii. 471;
Middlesex, i. 46;
inquest on (1170), ii. 126, 127

Shrewsbury, i. 295, 298, 299

Sibyl, queen of Jerusalem, ii. 247, 320

Sibyl of Anjou, daughter of Fulk V., i. 240, 241

Sicily conquered by Henry VI., ii. 371, 372.
_See_ Constance, Jane, Roger, Tancred, William

Sillé, _see_ Hugh, Robert

Simeon of Durham, i. 81, 82

Simon, count of Montfort, i. 467

Simon de Montfort, count of Evreux, ii. 138

Simon, earl of Northampton, ii. 144;
claim to Huntingdon, 154

Simon of Dover, i. 363

Simon Fitz-Peter, ii. 21

Sleaford, i. 304

Smithfield, i. 47;
S. Bartholomew’s priory and hospital, 67

Soissons, ii. 42, 65.
_See_ Guy, William

Solomon, king of Britanny, i. 103

Spain, proposed crusade in, i. 453, 497

Standard, battle of the, i. 289–291

Stephen Harding, S., i. 69, 70

Stephen of Blois, son of Stephen-Henry and Adela, i. 235, 236;
his “Lombard grandmother,” 256;
brought up by Henry I., 273;
count of Mortain, _ib._;
marriage, _ib._;
relations with Henry, 274;
oath to Matilda, _ib._;
goes to England, 276;
gains the treasury, 277;
crowned, 279;
first charter, _ib._;
character, 280, 281;
treaty with Scotland, 282;
early successes, 283;
second charter, 284;
revolt against him, _ib._;
holds forest assize, 285;
goes to Normandy, 286;
invades Scotland, 287;
relations with the barons, 292, 293;
with Earl Robert, 294;
revolt in the west, 295–299;
grants Northumberland to Henry of Scotland, 300;
besieges Ludlow, 301, 302;
takes Leeds, 302;
seizes Roger of Salisbury and his nephew, 303, 304;
summoned before a council at Winchester, 305;
penance, 306;
truce with Geoffrey, 307;
besieges Arundel, 309;
sends Matilda to Bristol, 310;
keeps Whitsuntide in the Tower, 311;
besieges Lincoln castle, 315;
exploits at battle of Lincoln, 319, 320;
prisoner, 320;
exchanged, 329;
takes Wareham and Cirencester, 330;
Oxford, 332;
besieges the castle, 332, 333;
routed at Wilton, 334;
takes Farringdon, 335;
builds Crowmarsh, 336;
imprisons Ralf of Chester, _ib._;
wears his crown at Lincoln, 337;
banishes Abp. Theobald, 368;
trial of his claims at Rome, 370;
reconciled to Theobald, 371;
knights Eustace, 377;
drives Vacarius from Oxford, 379;
refuses a safe-conduct to John Paparo, 380;
proposes to crown Eustace, 381, 390;
imprisons the bishops, 391;
meets Henry, 397;
treaty, 400;
last days, 403;
death, 404

Stephen I., count of Champagne, i. 160

Stephen II., count of Champagne, i. 177;
rebels, 177, 178;
defeated, 178, 186;
dies, 271

Stephen-Henry, count of Blois, Chartres and Champagne, receives Fulk
Rechin’s homage, i. 221;
his parents, 255, 256;
marriage, 271, 272;
crusade and death, 272

Stephen of Turnham, seneschal of Anjou, ii. 273, 279

Stockbridge, i. 327

Striguil, _see_ Richard, William

Strongbow, ii. 99 note 7{445}

Stuteville, _see_ Robert, William

Suger, abbot of S. Denis, his views on “Frenchmen and Englishmen,”
i. 24;
policy, 387, 388;
opposes divorce of Louis VII., 392;
death, _ib._, 399

Sulpice of Amboise, i. 156, 157, 194

Synods, _see_ Councils

Taillebourg, ii. 215

Talbot, _see_ Geoffrey

Tallage of 1174, ii. 173; 1194, 337, 342

Talvas, _see_ William

Tancarville, _see_ William

Tancred, king of Sicily, ii. 295

Tara, ii. 84

Taxation, i. 25, 26, 27;
of towns, 29;
“Sheriff’s Aid,” ii. 15;
aid _pour fille marier_, 125, 126;
Saladin tithe, 249;
tax on moveables, 325;
taxes in 1194, 328, 329, 337, 342;
1195, 343;
1198, 352;
in London, 344, 345

Templars, i. 357

Terence O’Brien, king of Munster, ii. 89

Terence O’Conor, king of Connaught, ii. 90, 91

Tertullus, i. 127, 128

Theobald, abbot of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury, i. 300, 351;
joins the Empress, 321;
his policy, 351, 352, 378;
household, 352, 354, 379, 477;
legate, 356, 380;
“swimming-voyage” to Reims, 368;
banished, _ib._;
consecrates Gilbert Foliot, 371;
returns, _ib._;
holds a council, 381;
imprisoned, 391;
escapes, _ib._;
relations with Henry II., 418;
consecrates Roger of York, 479;
last days, 503–504;
death, 506

Theobald I. the Trickster, count of Blois, Chartres and Tours, i. 106,
115, 116

Theobald III., count of Blois, Chartres and Tours, i. 177;
rebels, 177, 178;
marches to relieve Tours, 184, 185;
prisoner, 186;
cedes Tours to Geoffrey Martel, 187;
his marriages, 255, 256;
seizes Champagne, 271

Theobald IV. the Great, count of Blois, Chartres and Champagne,
i. 273;
character, 275, 276;
alliance with Henry I., 231;
wars with Louis VI., _ib._, 235;
invited to Normandy, 282, 337;
treaties with Geoffrey, _ib._;
with Stephen, 286;
opposes Louis VII.’s attempt on Toulouse, 457;
quarrel with Louis, 384;
death, 392, 399

Theobald V., count of Blois etc., seeks to marry Eleanor, i. 392;
betrothed to Adela, 445;
ally of Henry II., 466

Theobald Walter, ii. 293, 343

Theodoric, count of Flanders, i. 342

Thierceville, i. 354

Thomas of London, son of Gilbert Becket, his boyhood, i. 50, 51;
studies in Paris, 352;
clerk to Osbern Huitdeniers, 353;
enters Theobald’s household, 353, 354;
goes with him to Rome, 356;
to Reims, 368;
studies at Bologna and Auxerre, 379;
opposes crowning of Eustace, 391;
chancellor, 418;
archdeacon of Canterbury, 420, 479, 480;
his person, 421;
life as chancellor, 421–425;
relations with Henry, 423, 425–427;
embassy to France, 446–448;
exploits in war of Toulouse, 465, 466;
combat with Engelram of Trie, 467;
opposes marriage of Mary of Boulogne, 469;
takes charge of young Henry and procures his recognition as heir,
471–473;
relations with Roger of Pont-l’Evêque, 478;
with John of Salisbury, 485;
character as chancellor and as primate, 504, 505;
archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 1–3;
consecrated, 4–5;
institutes Trinity-Sunday, 5;
receives his pall and resigns the chancellorship, 6;
life as archbishop, 7–10;
his _eruditi_, 8;
plans of Church reform, 11;
reclaims alienated lands, 11, 12;
dispute with Roger of Clare, 12, 16;
with William of Eynesford, 17;
resigns archdeaconry, 13;
relations with Gilbert Foliot, _ib._, 31;
at council of Tours, 14;
resists Henry at Woodstock, 15, 16;
refuses the “customs,” 22, 23;
young Henry taken from him, 23;
meets Henry at Northampton, _ib._;
consecrates Robert of Melun, 24;
accepts the customs, _ib._;
swears to them at Clarendon, 25;
rejects the constitutions of Clarendon, 28;
forbids marriage of William of Anjou, 29;
dispute with Roger of York, 30;
attempts flight, 31;
meets Henry at Woodstock, 31, 32;
dispute with John the marshal, 32, 33, 34;
at council of Northampton, 33–40;
flight, 41;
goes to Soissons and Sens, 42;
effects of the quarrel in England, 46–49;
resigns his ring to the Pope, 52;
goes to Pontigny, 42, 54;
life there, 63;
writes to Henry, 63, 64;
pilgrimage to Soissons, 65;
excommunications at Vézelay, 66;
legate, 67;
goes to Sens, 68;
meets Henry at Montmirail, 69;
excommunications at Clairvaux, 70;
meets Henry at Montmartre, 71;
proclaims interdict, 71;
forbids crowning of young Henry, 72;
meets Henry at Fréteval, 73;
Tours and Chaumont, 74;
his estates restored, 74;
returns to England, 77;
excommunicates the De Brocs, 78;
slain, 79;
canonized, 431;
results of his life and death, 431–433;
lives of, 439

Thomas Pactius, prior of Loches, i. 126, 127, 153, note 3{318}

Thorgils, ii. 82

Thouars, _see_ Almeric, Guy

Thurstan, archbishop of York, his charter to Beverley, i. 30, 38;
protects Fountains, 71;
makes truce with the Scots, 286;
organizes defence of Yorkshire, 288, 289;
dies, 354

Tiberias, battle of, ii. 247

Tickhill, ii. 282, 291, 299, 323, 328

Tighernan O’Ruark, chief of Breffny, ii. 97, 109, 111, 114

Tinchebray, battle of, i. 12, 13, 227

Tintern abbey, i. 71

Tithe, the Saladin, ii. 249

Torigni, 386, 405.
_See_ Robert

Tortulf the Forester (Torquatius), i. 105, 127, 128

Totnes, gild at, ii. 469

Toucques, i. 307

Toulouse, relations with France, i. 457, 458;
war of Henry II. against, 464–466;
its results, 468;
attacked by Sancho of Navarre and the seneschal of Gascony, ii. 316;
counts, i. 454–456.
_See_ Alfonso, Bertrand, Raymond, William

Touraine, i. 107;
ceded to Geoffrey Martel, 187, 188

Tournaments authorized by Richard I., ii. 342

Tours (_Cæsarodunum_) sacked by northmen, i. 102;
early history, 178–183;
granted to Geoffrey Martel, 178;
siege, 184;
ceded by Theobald, 187;
council at, ii. 14;
taken by Philip, 264;
Richard at, 365, 366;
meeting of Arthur and the Lusignans at, 405;
burnt by Philip, 407;
destroyed by John, _ib._;
S. Martin’s abbey, i. 102, 113, 114, 181–183;
its banner, 186;
Châteauneuf, 183, ii. 264, 366.
_See_ Adaland, Gatian, Gregory, Lidorius, Martin, Odo, Theobald

Towns, English, their origin and character, i. 27–29;
taxation, 25, 29;
_firma burgi_, 29;
condition under Henry I., 30–54;
fusion of races in, 48, 49;
progress under the Angevins, ii. 468–472

Tracy, _see_ William

Trade, English, with Flanders, i. 30, 52;
with Ireland, 32, 34, 35; ii. 87;
of Winchester, i. 32;
Bristol, 34, 35; ii. 87;
Chester, i. 36; ii. 87;
Lincoln, i. 39, 40;
Norwich, 40;
London, 49;
under the Angevins, ii. 481–485

Treasurers, _see_ Nigel, Richard

Trencavel, _see_ Raymond

Trent, river, i. 40, 344, 345

Trèves (near Saumur), i. 162

Trie, _see_ Engelram

Trinity Sunday instituted, ii. 5

Trussebut, _see_ William

Tuam, metropolis of Connaught, ii. 94

Tunbridge, ii. 12, 16

Turlogh, _see_ Terence

Turnham, _see_ Robert, Stephen

Turold, abbot of Malmesbury, i. 84

_Turones_ or _Turoni_, i. 179

Twinham or Christchurch, i. 32

Ulger, bishop of Angers, i. 370

Ulster invaded by John de Courcy, ii. 184

Umfraville, _see_ Odelin

Universities, ii. 460–468.
_See_ Bologna, Cambridge, Oxford, Paris

Urban II., Pope, i. 225

Urban III., Pope, ii. 242, 247

Ursus or Ours, S., i. 110

Vacarius, i. 379

Varaville, i. 213

Varneville, _see_ Ralf

Vegetius Renatus, his book _De Re Militari_, i. 386

Vendôme, abbey of Holy Trinity at, i. 172.
_See_ Adela, Burchard, Elizabeth, Fulk, Geoffrey, John

Verdun, treaty of, i. 98

Vere, _see_ Aubrey

Vermandois, ii. 360.
_See_ Ralf

Verneuil, ii. 364, 365, 425

Vexin, the French, granted to William Clito, i. 243

Vexin, the Norman, ceded to Louis VII., i. 388;
settled on Margaret, 467, 471;
seized by Henry II., 470

Vézelay, S. Thomas at, ii. 66

Victor IV., antipope, i. 498, 499; ii. 55

Vienna, Richard I. captured at, ii. 322

Villeins in twelfth century, i. 57–62

Vulgrin, count of Angoulême, invades Poitou, ii. 209;
submits to Richard, 210, 215;
dies, 220

Wace, ii. 446

Walbrook, i. 46

Waldric or Gualdric, chancellor of England and bishop of Laon, i. 22,
30

Waleran, count of Meulan, rebels, i. 241;
raises siege of Carham, 287;
escorts the Empress to Bristol, 310;
submits to Geoffrey, 337, 338

Wales, Flemish settlers in, i. 52;
Henry I.’s dealings with, 96;
condition in twelfth century, ii. 99;
Henry II.’s wars in, i. 435–437; ii. 179–181, 237;
crusade preached in, ii. 249;
Gerald’s books on, 458.
_See_ Cadwallader, David, Madoc, Nest, Owen, Rees

Walkelyn Maminot, i. 295, 299

Wallingford, the Empress at, i. 334;
blockaded by Stephen, 396;
relieved by Henry, 397;
treaty of, 400;
council at, 429;
granted to John, ii. 282;
taken from him, 323, 328

Walter of Coutances, archbishop of Rouen, ii. 297;
sent to England, 298, 300;
supports John against W. Longchamp, 308, 309;
justiciar, 311, 312;
hostage for Richard’s ransom, 326;
quarrel with Richard, 380, 381;
invests John as duke, 389

Walter, archdeacon of Canterbury, i. 478;
bishop of Rochester, _ib._, 506; ii. 4

Walter, count of Mantes, i. 217, 218

Walter de Clare, i. 71

Walter Lespec founds Kirkham priory, i. 67;
Rievaux, 71;
at battle of the Standard, 289;
death, 399

Walter Map, ii. 449–452

Walter, _see_ Hubert

Wareham, i. 295, 299, 330, 332, 333

Warin, abbot of Malmesbury, i. 84

Wark, ii. 153.
_See_ Carham

Warren, _see_ Isabel, Hameline, William

Waterford, its origin, ii. 83;
taken by Richard of Striguil, 104;
Henry II. at, 113;
bull “Laudabiliter” published at, 182.
_See_ Malchus

Waverley abbey, i. 71

Weavers, gilds of, i. 30, 52; ii. 481

“Week-work,” i. 57

Weobly, i. 296

Westminster, i. 46;
coronations at, i. 279, 405; ii. 72, 276, 391, 399;
councils at, i. 300, 329, 330; ii. 3, 22, 23, 190

Wexford, ii. 102, 109, 111, 117

Wherwell, i. 327

_White Ship_ wrecked, i. 239

Wigford, i. 439

Wigmore, i. 429

William, S., archbishop of York, i. 354, 355, 364–367, 478

William the Conqueror, king of England and duke of Normandy, his
ecclesiastical customs, i. 16;
charter to London, 45;
shelters Bp. Gervase of Le Mans, 206;
helps King Henry against Geoffrey Martel, 207;
besieges Domfront, 208, 209;
regains Alençon and fortifies Ambrières, 209;
challenges Geoffrey, 211;
treaty with Herbert of Maine, 216;
conquers Maine, 218;
Maine revolts against, 221, 222;
treaty with Anjou, 223;
death, _ib._

William II. Rufus, king of England, regains Maine, i. 3;
restores Carlisle, 36;
his palace at Westminster, 46;
war with Elias, 225, 226;
death, 3, 226

William the Lion, king of Scots, does homage to young Henry, ii. 72;
joins his rebellion, 140;
invades England, 149, 153, 154;
his border castles, 152;
prisoner, 161, 162;
does homage for his crown, 166, 178;
marriage, 237;
negotiations with Richard, 281, 330, 341;
with John, 391, 393;
homage to John, 399

William II. the Good, king of Sicily, betrothed to Jane, daughter of
Henry II., ii. 60;
marriage, 189;
death, 318

William the Ætheling, son of Henry I., betrothed to Matilda of Anjou,
i. 234;
receives homage, _ib._;
marriage, 236;
drowned, 239

William, eldest son of Henry II. and Eleanor, i. 429, 431

William of Corbeil, prior of Chiche, archbishop of Canterbury, i. 68;
joins Stephen, 278;
crowns him, 279;
dies, 299, 300

William, archbishop of Bordeaux, ii. 140

William I. Shockhead (_Tête-d’Etoupe_), count of Poitou and duke of
Aquitaine, i. 123

William II. Fierabras, duke of Aquitaine, i. 123, 139, 173

William IV. the Great, duke of Aquitaine, i. 159, 173

William V. the Fat, duke of Aquitaine, i. 173, 174

William VI. (Peter) the Bold, duke of Aquitaine, i. 176;
relations with Geoffrey Martel, 210–213;
death, 213

William VII. (Guy-Geoffrey), duke of Aquitaine, i. 215;
war with Anjou, _ib._, 252, 253;
regains Saintonge, 216

William VIII., duke of Aquitaine, offers his duchy in pledge to
William Rufus, i. 3;
imprisons Fulk of Anjou, 229;
marriage, 455

William IX., duke of Aquitaine, bequeaths his daughter to Louis VII.
of France, i. 383;
claims on Toulouse, 455

William Longsword, duke of Normandy, i. 111

William of Longchamp, bishop of Ely and chancellor, ii. 277, 279;
character and antecedents, 285–287;
justiciar, 288;
proceedings at York, 290;
quarrel with Hugh of Durham, 291;
legate, _ib._;
his difficulties, 292, 293;
his rule, 294;
quarrels with John, 298–301;
struggle with Geoffrey of York, 305, 306;
with John etc., 307–311;
his fall, 311, 312;
appeals to the Pope and excommunicates his enemies, 312;
negotiates with Eleanor and John, 315;
goes to England for Richard’s ransom, 325;
makes truce with Philip, 367;
mission to Germany, 372;
death, 373, note 4{1866}

William, dean of York, i. 355;
bishop of Durham, _ib._;
death, 399

William Giffard, chancellor, i. 22;
bishop of Winchester, 71

William I., count of Arles or Provence, i. 190, 191

William, count of Angoulême, ii. 136

William IV. count of Toulouse, i. 455

William of Aubigny, earl of Arundel, i. 298; ii. 144, 145, 149

William of Aumale, earl of York, i. 289

William of Blois, chancellor of Lincoln, ii. 456, 461

William, earl of Gloucester, ii. 144, 163, 184

William de Mandeville, earl of Essex, ii. 144;
supports Henry II., 145, 260;
justiciar, 279;
death, 282

William the Marshal rebels against Henry II., ii. 139;
relations with the young king, 228;
early history, 260;
encounter with Richard, 261;
arranges Henry’s funeral, 269, 270;
meeting with Richard, 272;
marriage, 274;
co-justiciar, 279;
regent for John, 390, 391;
earl of Striguil, 393;
sent to Normandy, 400, 401;
goes to relieve Les Andelys, 413;
ambassador to Philip, 424;
persuades John to dismiss the host, 427

William, marquis of Montferrat, ii. 60

William of Mortain, earl of Cornwall, i. 11, 13

William of Roumare, i. 314;
earl of Lincoln, 315

William, earl of Salisbury, ii. 144

William Longsword, earl of Salisbury, son of Henry II., ii. 428

William, earl of Warren and count of Mortain and Boulogne (son of
Stephen), i. 430, 469

William of Anjou, third son of Geoffrey and Matilda, born, i. 374;
proposal to conquer Ireland for him, 431;
death, ii. 29

William de Barri, ii. 453

William the Clito, son of Robert of Normandy, i. 235, 238;
betrothed to Sibyl of Anjou, 240;
marriage annulled, 241;
excommunicated, 242;
Flanders granted to, 243;
marriage, _ib._;
death, 266

William de Courcy, seneschal of Normandy, ii. 146, 193

William of Dover, i. 335

William of Eynesford, ii. 17

William Fitz-Alan, i. 295, 298

William Fitz-Aldhelm, seneschal to Henry II., ii. 113, 116;
governor of Ireland, 183

William Fitz-Duncan, i. 287

William Fitz-John, i. 295

William Fitz-Ralf, seneschal of Normandy, ii. 194, 260

William Fitz-Osbert or Long-beard, ii. 345–347

William Fitz-Stephen, ii. 38

William of Malmesbury, i. 83–93;
his account of the Angevins, 196

William of Mohun, i. 295

William “the Monk,” i. 342

William, lord of Montpellier, i. 462, 466

William of Newburgh, ii. 441–445

William Peverel, i. 295, 299, 320, 428

William of Pavia, cardinal, ii. 69

William, archbishop of Reims, ii. 218

William des Roches, ii. 394, 407, 426

William of Soissons, i. 481

William de Stuteville, ii. 160, 393

William Talvas, lord of Alençon, i. 236, 270, 281

William of Tancarville, chamberlain of Normandy, ii. 142

William de Tracy, ii. 78

William Trussebut, i. 307

William de Vesci, ii. 145, 160

William of Ypres, i. 285, 294;
at battle of Lincoln, 318, 319;
helps the queen in Kent, 324;
at siege of Winchester, 326;
captures Earl Robert, 327;
tries to reconcile Stephen and Abp. Theobald, 369

Wilton, i. 33;
battle at, 334

Winchester, i. 31;
treaty of, 9;
fair, 32;
Stephen received at, 277;
Matilda received at, 321;
palace, 325;
siege, 326;
Matilda’s escape from, 327, 328;
councils at, 305, 322, 402;
hospital of S. Cross, 357;
coronations at, ii. 81, 330;
meetings of John and W. of Longchamp at, 298, 299, 300.
_See_ Henry, Richard, William

Windsor, ii. 182, 314, 323, 328

Witham, river, i. 38, 40

Wolvesey-house, i. 325

Woodstock, Henry I. at, i. 44, 94;
Henry II. and Thomas at, ii. 31, 32;
Welsh princes at, 14, 179;
council at, 14–16, 43, 44

Wool-trade, Flemish and English, i. 30, 52

Worcester, i. 35;
its historical school, 81, 82;
Henry II. at, 439

Würzburg, council at, ii. 56

York, i. 36;
Henry I.’s charter to, _ib._;
S. Mary’s abbey, 71;
dispute for the primacy, 354, 355, 364–366;
tumults at, 380;
Henry Murdac enthroned at, 381;
end of the schism, 382;
Henry II. and William the Lion at, ii. 178;
massacre of Jews at, 289, 290;
council at, 340;
commune at, 469.
_See_ Geoffrey, Henry, Hubert, Hugh, John, Roger, Thurstan, William

Yorkshire, its condition under Henry I., i. 36, 38

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