CONTENTS
John Horace Round
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CHAPTER I.
The Accession of Stephen
1
CHAPTER II.
The First Charter of the King
37
CHAPTER III.
Triumph of the Empress
55
CHAPTER IV.
The First Charter of the Empress
81
CHAPTER V.
The Lost Charter of the Queen
114
CHAPTER VI.
The Rout of Winchester
123
CHAPTER VII.
The Second Charter of the King
136
CHAPTER VIII.
The Second Charter of the Empress
163
CHAPTER IX.
Fall and Death of Geoffrey
201
CHAPTER X.
The Earldom of Essex
227
APPENDICES.
A.
Stephen's Treaty with the Londoners
247
B.
The Appeal to Rome in 1136
250
C.
The Easter Court of 1136
262
D.
The "Fiscal" Earls
267
E.
The Arrival of the Empress
278
F.
The Defection of Miles of Gloucester
284
G.
Charter of the Empress to Roger de Valoines
286
H.
The "Tertius Denarius"
287
I.
"Vicecomites" and "Custodes"
297
J.
The Great Seal of the Empress
299
K.
Gervase de Cornhill
304
L.
Charter of the Empress to William de Beauchamp
313
M.
The Earldom of Arundel
316
N.
Robert de Vere
326
O.
"Tower" and "Castle"
328
P.
The Early Administration of London
347
Q.
Osbertus Octodenarii
374
R.
The Forest of Essex
376
S.
The Treaty of Alliance between the Earls of Hereford
and Gloucester
379
T.
"Affidatio in manu"
384
U.
The Families of Mandeville and De Vere
388
V.
William of Arques
397
X.
Roger "de Ramis"
399
Y.
The First and Second Visits of HenryII. to England
405
Z.
Bishop Nigel at Rome
411
AA.
"Tenserie"
414
BB.
The Empress's Charter to Geoffrey Ridel
417
EXCURSUS.
The Creation of the Earldom of Glouceste
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