Chapter XLIII: Appendix: BB (3)

————, Alice de, 169, 390

————, Aubrey de (II.), Earl of Oxford, 154, 172, 195, 230, 231, 270,
271, 402;
brother-in-law to Earl Geoffrey de Mandeville, 178;
his charter from the Empress, 179-195;
to be Earl of Cambridgeshire, 181, 191-193;
his charter from Henry of Anjou, 186;
was Count of Guisnes, 188, 189, 240;
became Earl of Oxford, 194, 239;
his charter from St. Edmund's, 189, 439;
from Henry II., 237, 239;
his wife Beatrice, 188, 189, 397;
his arms, 394-396;
his connection with De Rames, 401

Ver, Robert (fitz Bernard) de, 46, 144, 147, 148, 158, 201, 262,
263, 326

————, ————, his wife, Adeline de Montford, 326

W

Wac (Wake), Hugh, 159, 160

Wace, authority of, 344

Walden. _See_ SAFFRON WALDEN

Walden Abbey, chronicle of, 38, 45, 203, 205, 210, 388, 390, 393, 395

———— ————, William, prior of, 224, 226

Walensis, Ralf, 419

Wallingford, Stephen besieges, 188, 281;
Empress escapes to, 198, 199, 406;
young Henry at, 419;
charter of Henry II. to, 200

Walterville, Geoffrey de, 314, 381

Waltham (Essex), 236, 323, 324;
forest, 377

Waltham Abbey, Geoffrey's doings at, 323;
avenged, 222

———— ————, Chronicle of, 322-324, 439

Waltheof, Earl, 192, 276

Wareham, 165;
captured by Stephen, 196, 407;
besieged by Earl of Gloucester, 198;
captured by him, 199, 405;
Baldwin lands at, 279;
its defences, 332;
besieged by Stephen, 406, 407

Warenne, William, Earl, 120, 143, 145, 158, 206, 262, 263, 265, 430

Warranty, 182, 230

Warwick, Henry, earl of, 329

————, Roger, earl of, 65, 125, 159, 262, 263, 265

Warwickshire, "tertius denarius" of, 291

Waters, Mr. Chester, on the family of De Raimes, 403;
on the earldom of Gloucester, 421, 432;
his authority, 432

Way, Mr. Albert, on the styles of the Empress, 70, 73

Welsh, levity of the, 386

Westminster, charters tested at, 18, 53, 86, 95, 262-264, 286, 302,
306, 329, 428, 433

————, Herbert, abbot of, 265

Weston, 314

Wherwell, Empress at, 57;
burning of, 127, 129-131

White Ship, loss of the, 423, 428, 429, 434

Wickham Bonhunt (Essex), 90, 140

Wilton, the Empress at, 65;
affair of, 146, 276, 407

Wiltshire, earldom of, 181, 194, 271

Winchester, Stephen received at, 4, 47;
Henry I. at, 421, 430, 432;
Empress received at, 57-64;
importance of its possession, 60;
its castle and treasury, 62, 63, 125, 128, 386, 407;
election of the Empress at, 69;
its siege by the Empress, 124-132;
its royal palace, 126, 127

————, William (Giffard), bishop of, 329

————, Henry, bishop of (and papal legate), 265;
receives Stephen as king, 3, 4;
attends his coronation, 5;
with him at Reading, 11;
at Westminster, 262;
at Oxford, 263;
at Arundel, 55;
receives the Empress, 57;
his mandate to Theobald, 260;
conducts Maud's election, 69;
escorts her, 82, 83, 93;
opposes her as to William Cumin, 85;
deserts her and joins the Queen, 121, 122;
besieged by the Empress, 125;
his palace, 126;
burns Winchester, 127;
restores Stephen, 136;
at his court, 143;
with him at Wilton, 407;
opposed to Nigel of Ely, 413;
goes to Rome, 208;
his letter to Brian Fitz Count, 261;
his covenant with Henry, 386;
papal letters to, 412

Windsor, Maurice de (dapifer of St. Edmund's), 190, 439

———— Castle, 169;
Henry I. at, 429

Wiret, Ralf de, 53

Wood Walton, 211

Woodham Mortimer (Essex), 141

Worcester, Stephen at, 48, 282;
sacked by Miles, 282;
its "third penny," 290

————, Castle, 313, 328

————, Simon, bishop of, 262, 263, 265

————, Theowulf, bishop of, 432

Worcestershire, earldom (?) of, 271

————, shrievalty of, 313

Worth (Wilts), 229, 233

Writtle (Essex), 140, 149, 214

————, Godebold of, 214

Wymondham, the foundation at, 318

Y

York, Stephen visits, 157, 409

————, Roger, archbishop of, 236

————, Thurstan, archbishop of, 262, 263, 265, 427, 428, 433

————, earldom of, 270, 271, 276

————, earl of. _See_ AUMÂLE

Ypres, William of, in England, 45, 52, 144, 158, 201;
not an earl, 146, 270, 275;
in charge of Kent, 147, 275;
burns Wherwell, 129, 131, 132;
tries to burn St. Albans, 206;
robs Abingdon, 213;
persecutes the Church, 271;
grants to him, 269, 275

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