Chapter XII: Domesday Book 457

INDEX 503

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

SEAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR _Frontispiece_

From Rymer’s _Fœdera_ (published 1704).

JUMIÈGES ABBEY—FAÇADE 66

Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses
Fils, Paris.

JUMIÈGES ABBEY—INTERIOR 80

Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses
Fils, Paris.

THE SIEGE OF DINANT 140

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

From _Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of
Antiquaries of London_ (published 1819).

SEAL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 148

From Rymer’s _Fœdera_ (published 1704).

HAROLD ENTHRONED 158

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

From _Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of
Antiquaries of London_ (published 1819).

HAROLD’S OATH 162

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

From _Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of
Antiquaries of London_ (published 1819).

THE BUILDING OF HASTINGS CASTLE 188

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

From _Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of
Antiquaries of London_ (published 1819).

THE DEATH OF HAROLD 198

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

From _Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of
Antiquaries of London_ (published 1819).

FOSSE DISASTER, BATTLE OF HASTINGS 204

FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Reproduced from _Vetusta Monumenta of the
Society of Antiquaries of London_
(published 1819).

ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL, IN THE TOWER OF LONDON 228

CHARTER OF WILLIAM I. TO THE LONDONERS 230

IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION

Facsimile prepared by F. Madan, M. A.,
Reader in Palæography in the University
of Oxford.

THE BAILE HILL, YORK 270

THE SITE OF WILLIAM I.’S SECOND CASTLE

Reproduced from Traill’s _Social England_.

TOMB OF ROBERT COURTHOSE, THE ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM 350
THE CONQUEROR, DUKE OF NORMANDY, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL

THE EFFIGY IS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

Reproduced from a photograph by Pitcher,
Gloucester, England.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 360

AS CONCEIVED BY A FRENCH PAINTER OF THE SIXTEENTH
CENTURY

The original of this picture, now lost, was
painted by an artist when the tomb of the
Conqueror was opened in 1522. A copy
executed in 1708, is preserved in the
sacristy of St Etienne’s Church at Caen;
the present illustration is from a
photograph of that copy.

REDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE CHARTER OF WILLIAM THE 382
CONQUEROR TO HYDE ABBEY

Reproduced from _Liber Vitæ of New Minster
and Hyde Abbey, Winchester_. Edited by W.
de Gray Birch.

GAMEL SON OF ORME’S SUNDIAL 388

From _A Short Account of Saint Gregory’s
Minster, Kirkdale_, by Rev. F. W. Powell,
Vicar.

WILLIAM’S WRIT TO COVENTRY 420

From _Facsimiles of Royal and Other
Charters in the British Museum_. Edited
by George F. Warner and Henry J. Ellis.

PLAN OF GREAT CANFIELD CASTLE, ESSEX 440

From _Victoria History of the Counties of
England_.

AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES TO WINDSOR AGREEMENT 448

Reproduced from _Palæographical Society’s
Facsimiles of Manuscripts and
Inscriptions_.

A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 458

THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION

Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A.,
Reader in Palæography in the University
of Oxford.

A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 466

THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION

Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A.,
Reader in Palæography in the University
of Oxford.

COINS

[1]PENNY OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 62

[2]DENIER OF GEOFFREY MARTEL 95

[2]DENIER OF HENRY I. OF FRANCE 125

[2]DENIER OF CONAN II. OF BRITTANY 142

[2]PENNY OF HAROLD HARDRADA 179

[1]PENNY OF HAROLD II. 210

[2]DENIER OF BALDWIN OF LILLE 266

[2]PENNY OF SWEGN ESTUTHSON 303

[2]DENIER OF ROBERT LE FRISON 343

[2]DENIER OF PHILIP I. OF FRANCE 375

[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 406

[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 456

[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 501

GENEALOGICAL CHARTS FACING PAGE
502

TABLE A—THE DUCAL HOUSE OF NORMANDY

TABLE B—THE COUNTS OF BRITTANY

TABLE C—THE DESCENDANTS OF ARLETTE

TABLE D—THE COUNTS OF MAINE

TABLE E—THE COUNTS OF THE VEXIN

TABLE F—THE SUCCESSION IN 1066

TABLE G—THE COUNTS OF FLANDERS

TABLE H—THE EARLS OF NORTHUMBRIA

MAPS

MAP OF EASTERN NORMANDY AND THE BORDER COUNTIES 64

MAP OF YORKSHIRE IN 1066–1087 268

MAP OF WESTERN NORMANDY 360

MAP OF ENGLAND IN 1087 374

MAP OF EARLDOMS, MAY, 1068 412

MAP OF EARLDOMS, JANUARY, 1075 414

MAP OF EARLDOMS, SEPTEMBER, 1087 416

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Footnote 1:

From the Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon
Series.

Footnote 2:

From the _Traité de Numismatique du Moyen Age_, by Arthur Engel and
Raymond Serrure.

Footnote 3:

From the Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in British
Museum.

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