Chapter D: Diablintes, tribal name survives in Jublains, 190
Dieppe, meaning of the name, 6
Dinan, 22, 54, 55
Dive, river, battle by, 60
Dol, church of, 22, _et seq._;
compared with S. Canice at Kilkenny, 25, 30;
its position suggests St. David's, 30;
east end compared with Wells, 31
Domfront, fortress of, won by William, 56, 228;
compared with Falaise, _ib._
Dumaine, l'Abbe L.V., his history of Tinchebray, 117, 118
E
Eadgar the AEtheling, at Tinchebray, 121;
taken prisoner and released, 123
Ecclesiastical foundations, choice of sites for, 42, 43
Emma, Abbess of Almeneches, sister of Robert of Belleme, 140-143
England, likeness of Normandy to, how accounted for, 5-7
Eu, its historical associations, 58, 59
Evreux, 4, 8, 24
Evron, abbey at, 234
Exeter, commonwealth of, compared with Le Mans, 212, 213
Exmes, 139 _et seq._;
site of the castle, 144, 145;
its church, 146-149
F
Falaise, birthplace of William the Conqueror, 10, 12;
its historical associations, 11, 12;
probable date of the castle, 15;
its position, 16, 17;
origin of the name, 16;
spoiled by so-called restoration, 18-20, 53;
compared with Domfront, 56
Fecamp, abbey of, 43 _et seq._;
transitional period well marked at, 47, 48;
its fourteenth century alteration compared with Waltham, 49, 50
Flers, 113
G
Gally Knight, Mr., quoted, 82, 86, 106
Geoffrey of Mowbray, Bishop of Coutances, 67, 80
Geoffrey, Count of Mayenne, his betrayal of the Commune of Le Mans, 214, 231
Geoffrey Malaterra, quoted, 93, 94
Granville, 73
H
Harold, son of Godwine, received by William at Eu, 58;
the guest of William Patey, 114, 115
Harold Blaatand, his settlement in the Cotentin, 5, 66;
delivers the Norman Duchy, 60
Hauteville-la-Guichard, 90 _et seq._
Helias of La Fleche, Count of Maine, at Tinchebray, 121, 122
Henry I. of England, 54;
Avranchin held by, 76;
wins back Saint James, 78;
victorious at Tinchebray, 115, 120, 123;
his treatment of Robert, 123;
at Saint-Evroul, 164
Henry II. of England, homage paid him at Falaise by William the Lion, 11;
his hospital at Le Mans, 209, 220
Henry I. of France, helps William against his rebellious vassals, 35;
his personal experiences at Val-es-dunes, _ib._;
sees the slaughter at Varaville, 61;
burns Argentan, 128, 130, 171;
fortress of Tillieres burned by, 171;
re-fortifies Tillieres, _ib._
Henry of Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, 91
Herbert Wake-Dog, Count of Maine, 218
Herlwin, Abbot of Saint Peter's, Orleans, pillages Abbey of Saint-Evroul, 164
Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans, ordered to pull down the towers of Saint Julian's, 132, 208
Holy Trinity, Abbey church of, at Beaumont-le-Roger, 185-187
Hubert of Rye receives William on his escape from Valognes, 114
Humfrey _de Vetulis_, father of Roger of Beaumont, 180
Hundred Years' War, personal nomenclature in Normandy, affected by, 5
J
Jublains and Silchester compared, 189-191;
origin of the name, 190;
its position, 191, 192;
its Roman remains, 192, _et seq._;
numismatic evidence for date of fortress, 196-199
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