John Horace Round

A

• Abetot, Geoffrey d', 314
• ————, Urse d', 314, 315
• Abingdon Abbey, its treasury robbed, 213;
  • its troubles, 415, 416;
  • its delegate, 384
• ———— ————, Ingulf, abbot of, 265, 415
• Adeliza, Queen (wife of HenryI.), her "election," 74, 439;
  • marries HenryI., 429;
  • William de Albini, 319, 322, 323;
  • dowered by HenryI., 322, 324;
  • her grant to Reading, 325
• Ælfgar ("Colessune"), 310
• ————, Nicholas, son of, 309, 310
• Affidatio, 170, 176, 182, 384-387
• Aino, William de, 230
• Albamarle. See AumÂle
• Albini, Nigel de, 427
• ————, William de ("Pincerna"), 262, 263, 324, 428, 439. See also Arundel
• Aldreth (Camb.), 161, 162, 209
• Alexander, Pope, absolves Earl Geoffrey, 224
• Algasil, Gingan, 60
• Alvia, Andrew de, 172, 183
• Anarchy, incidents of the, 127-132, 134, 206, 209-220, 323, 403, 414-416
• Andover, Stephen at, 47;
  • burnt by his queen, 128
• Angers, Ulger, bishop of, pleads for Maud at Rome, 8, 254-257
• Anjou. See Geoffrey
• Ansgar. See Esegar
• Anstey (Herts.), 141
• Appleby Castle, 331
• Arch', Gilbert, 314
• Ardleigh (Essex), 402
• Ardres, Baldwin d', 189, 397
• Arms, collateral adoption of, 394;
  • date of their origin, 396
• Arques, ChÂteau d', 340-346;
  • its keep built by HenryI., 333
• ————, Count William of, 341-343, 345, 346
• ————, William of, 180, 188, 397
• Arras, Baldwin of, 310
• Arsic, Geoffrey, 190, 230
• Arundel, Robert, 93, 263, 261, 266
• ————, Empress lands at, 55, 278, 280
• ————, William (de Albini), earl of, 143, 145, 146;
  • "pincerna," 324;
  • created earl, 322;
  • styled Earl of Chichester, 318, 320;
  • Earl of Sussex, 146, 319, 320;
  • Earl of Lincoln, 324, 325;
  • his charter from HenryII., 240;
  • his "third penny," 293;
  • holds Waltham, 324;
  • at St. Albans, 204-206;
  • dies, 317;
  • his character, 323
• ————, earldom of, 316-325;
  • its earliest mention, 146, 271, 322;
  • not an earldom by tenure, 316, 324;
  • its various names, 320, 321;
  • similar to other earldoms, 322, 325
• Assarts (forest), 92, 168, 182, 376-378
• Aston (Salop), 418
• Auco. See Ou
• AumÂle, William of (Earl of York), 143, 145, 146, 157, 262-264, 276, 385
• Avranches, Rhiwallon d', 397
• ————, Turgis d', 46, 52, 144, 149, 158, 207
• ————, William d', 154, 180, 397
• ————, bishop of, Richard, 262, 263
• Aynho (Northants), 390
• Azo. See Reinmund

B

• Baentona. See Bampton
• Bailiffs, represent, in towns, the sheriff, 110
• Balliol, Joscelin de, 236
• Bampton, Robert de, 140
• Bareville, Walter de, 231
• Barking, Stephen at, 320;
  • his charters to, 320, 378;
  • Alice, abbess of, 378
• "Baronia," grant of a, 182, 439
• Barstable, hundred of, grant of the, 320
• Basset, Ralf, 419
• ————, Richard, 265, 297, 298, 417, 418
• Bath, Stephen grants his bishopric of, 18, 21
• ————, Robert, bishop of, 18, 64, 263
• Battle, Warner, abbot of, 265
• Bayeux, John de, 427
• ————, Odo, bishop of, 427
• Bayonne, customs of, 247
• Bazas (Aquitaine), customs of, 247
• Beauchamp, Maud de, 313
• ————, Stephen de, 314, 315
• ————, Walter de, 313-315
• ————, William de, 154, 409, 416;
  • constable, 285, 313;
  • his charter from the Empress, 313-315
• ———— (of Bedford), Miles de, 171, 183, 314, 315
• ————, Payne de, 171, 392, 393
• ————, Robert de, 171
• ————, Simon de, 171, 231, 262, 263, 390, 392, 393
• Beaudesert Castle, 65
• Beaufoe, Henry, 230;
  • Ralf de, 373
• Beaumont, Hugh de. See "Pauper"
• Becket, Thomas, his youth, 374, 375;
  • as chancellor, 228, 236.
  • See also Canterbury
• Bedford, earldom of, 270, 271, 276
• "Begeford," 286
• Belmeis, Richard de (archdeacon), 123
• Belun, Adam de, 144, 158, 201, 320
• Belvoir, Robert de, 385
• Benwick, 211
• Berkeley, HenryI. at, 430
• ————, Roger de, 380, 409
• Berkshire, earldom of, 181
• Berners, Ralf de, 229-231
• Bigod, Gunnor, 391
• ————, Hugh (Earl of Norfolk), 403;
  • with HenryI., 265, 365;
  • asserts the Empress was disinherited, 6;
  • with Stephen at Reading, 11, 13;
  • at Oxford, 263;
  • rebels, 23;
  • attacked by Stephen, 49;
  • created earl, 50, 188, 191, 238, 270;
  • with the Empress, 83, 172, 178, 183;
  • opposed to Stephen, 195;
  • rebels, 209;
  • his earldom East Anglian, 273;
  • created anew by HenryII., 277
• ————, Roger, 329
• Bigorre, customs of, quoted, 58
• Birch, Mr. W. de Gray, on a charter of HenryI., 428;
  • on the charters to Geoffrey, 44, 87;
  • on the seals of Stephen, 50, 139;
  • on the election of the Empress, 59-61, 63;
  • on the charters of the Empress, 66, 76;
  • on the styles of the Empress, 75-78, 83;
  • on the seal of the Empress, 299;
  • his remarkable discovery, 71-73
• Bishopsbridge, Roger of, 375
• Bishop's Stortford, 167;
  • its castle, 174
• Bisset, Manasser, 236
• Blois, Count Theobald of, 91, 428-430;
  • forfeited by the Empress, 102, 140
• Blundus, Gilbert, 190
• ————, Robert, 229
• Bocland, Hugh de, 309, 328, 355
• ————, Walter de, 201
• Boeville, William de, 142, 231
• ————, Otwel de, 229
• Bohun, Humfrey de, 125, 234, 263, 265, 281, 286, 314, 315, 418
• Bolbec, Hugh de, 201, 416
• ————, Walter de, 264
• Bonhunt. See Wickham Bonhunt
• Boreham (Essex), 214
• "Bosco, de," Ernald, 228
• Boseville, William de, 142
• Bosham, Herbert of, on the Emperor, 301
• Boterel, Geoffrey, 125
• ————, Peter, 415
• ————, William, 415
• Boulogne, Count Eustace of, 1, 2, 143, 168
• ————, Geoffrey de, 147
• ————, Pharamus de, 120, 144, 147
• ————, Richard de, 120
• ————, honour of, 121, 141, 147, 168, 182
• Bourton, young Henry attacks, 409
• Boxgrove Priory, 320
• Brampton, HenryI. at, 428
• Braughing (Herts.), 141
• Breteuil, William de, 327
• Bristol, Empress arrives at, 55, 278;
  • Stephen imprisoned at, 56, 65;
  • Empress and her followers at, 135, 163;
  • young Henry at, 407
• ————, St. Augustine's Abbey, 408
• Brito, Mainfeninus, 52, 201, 360
• ————, Ranulf (? Ralf), 143
• Brittany, Alan of. See Richmond
• Buccuinte, Andrew, 305, 309
• Buckenham Abbey, foundation of, 318
• Buckingham, earldom of, 272
• Bumsted Helion (Essex), 181
• Bungay (Suffolk), the foundation at, 318
• Burwell, besieged by Geoffrey, 220;
  • who falls there, 221
• Bury, Richard de, his "Liber Epistolaris," 261
• Bushey (Herts.), 92, 156

C

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D

• Dammartin, William de, 53
• Danfront, Picard de, 141
• Danish district, peculiar payments in the, 289
• Danvers, Henry, 232
• Dapifer, Eudo, 154, 328;
  • his fief and office, 167, 173
• ————, Hamo, 431
• ————, Hubert, 382
• David, King of Scots, with HenryI. (as earl), 429, 430;
  • invades England, 16;
  • joins the Empress, 80, 84;
  • at her court, 123, 124;
  • knights Henry, 409;
  • his earldom, 181, 192
• Dean, Forest of, 56
• Dedham (Essex), 181, 400-404
• Deforcement, 351
• Depden (Essex), 90, 140, 141
• Derby, earldom of, 193, 270, 271
• ————, earl of. See Ferrers
• Devizes, castle of, 46;
  • Empress flees to, 133;
  • its story, 134, 386;
  • councils of the Empress at, 165;
  • young Henry at, 408, 409;
  • charter granted at, 417, 418
• Devon, earldom of, 271, 272, 296
• ————, "tertius denarius" of, 296
• ————, Baldwin (de Redvers), earl of, 93, 125, 172, 183
• "Dialogus de Scaccario," the, 154, 293, 304, 312, 322, 376, 425
• "Diffidatio," the, 28, 284, 285
• Diham. See Dedham
• Dinan, Gotso (or Goceas) de, 409, 418
• Dispenser, Robert le, 154, 314, 315;
  • his inheritance, 313
• Dodnash Priory, foundation of, 385
• D'Oilli. See Oilli
• Domesday values, 101, 102, 140, 241, 361;
  • the "tertius denarius" in, 287-291
• Domfront. See Danfront
• "Domina," the Empress as, 14, 56, 57, 63, 67, 70, 73-75, 80, 83
• "Dominus," the king as, 14, 70, 73, 74
• Dorset, earldom of, 95, 181, 193, 194, 271, 272, 277. See Mohun
• ————, "tertius denarius" of, 291
• Douai, Walter de, his fief, 141
• Dover, Stephen at, 1;
  • granted to Earl of Gloucester, 2;
  • held against Stephen, 2, 94;
  • HenryII. at, 237;
  • a "castellum," 332
• ———— Castle, 340, 345
• Dower, 385
• Droitwich, 440
• Dublin Castle, 331
• Dugdale, his errors, 37, 38, 44, 87, 166, 327, 388, 391
• Dunstanville, Alan de, 123, 325
• ————, Robert de, 236, 418
• Durham, Stephen at, 16
• ————, see of, contest for, 85;
  • privileges of, 112
• ————, bishops of, Ranulf (Flambard), 384;
  • ——Geoffrey, 265

E

F

• Fecamp, Roger de, 46, 263
• Fenland campaign, 209-212
• Ferrers, Robert de (Earl of Derby), 13, 94, 143, 146, 159, 263, 266, 415
• Feudalism, its aims, 105, 108, 109, 111, 176, 372. See also "Dominus," "Diffidatio"
• Feversham Abbey, 147
• Fiennes, Sybil de, 147
• "Firma burgi," 361-363
• ———— comitatus," 99, 102, 142, 150, 154, 156, 298, 313, 360, 362;
  • its constituents, 100, 287, 293, 361
• "Fiscus," meaning of, 268
• Fitz (Filius) Adam, Ralf, 190
• ———— ————, Warine, 190
• ———— Ailb', William, 190
• ———— "Ailric," Robert, 190
• ———— Alan, Roger, 310, 311
• ———— ————, John, 316
• ———— ————, Walter, 123
• ———— ————, William, 123, 125, 418
• ———— Algod, Ralf, 436
• ———— Alvred, William, 53, 229, 230
• ———— Baldwin. See Exeter
• ———— Bigot, John, 385
• ———— Brian, Ralf, 142
• ———— Count, Brian, with HenryI, 265, 431;
  • meets Earl of Gloucester, 281;
  • is besieged and relieved, ib.;
  • at Stephen's court, 19, 262, 263;
  • escorts the Empress, 58, 82, 83, 93, 125, 130, 135, 170, 182, 286, 314;
  • his letter, 251, 261
• ———— ————, Otwel, 307
• ———— ————, Reginald, 320
• ———— Ebrard, Ralf, 305
• ———— Edith, Robert (son of HenryI.), 66, 82, 94, 125, 129, 170, 183, 234, 418, 434, 435
• ———— Ernald, William, 53, 229
• ———— ————, Ranulf, 229
• ———— Frodo, Alan, 189, 440
• ———— Gerold, Henry, 229, 230
• ———— ————, Robert, 142
• ———— ————, Ralf, 142
• ———— ————, Warine, 190, 228, 229, 236, 241
• ———— Gilbert. See Clare
• ———— ————, John (the marshal), 82, 125, 129-132, 171, 182, 183, 234, 314, 409, 416. See also "Histoire"
• ———— ————, William. See Chancellors
• ———— Gosbert, Robert, 436
• ———— Hamon, Robert, 382, 422
• ———— Heldebrand, Robert, 95, 171, 183
• ———— ————, Richard, 95
• ———— Herlwin, Ralf, 309, 310
• ———— ————, his sons, 310
• ———— ————, Herlwin, 310
• ———— ————, William, 310
• ———— Hervey, William, 142
• ———— Hubert, Robert, 134, 281
• ———— Humfrey, Geoffrey, 190
• ———— ————, Robert, 190
• ———— Jocelin, William, 402, 404
• ———— John, Payne, 11, 12, 263, 265, 378
• ———— ————, Eustace, 159, 264, 378
• ———— Liulf, Forn, 434
• ———— Martin, Robert, 94, 135
• ———— Miles, William, 399
• ———— Muriel, Abraham, 229
• ———— Osbern, William (Earl of Hereford), 154
• ———— Osbert, Richard, 53, 229, 231
• ———— Other, Walter, 169
• ———— Oto, William, 86
• ———— Otwel, William, 169, 229, 231
• ———— Piers, Geoffrey, Earl of Essex, 39
• ———— Ralf, Brian, 142
• ———— ———— (fitz Ebrard), John, 305, 306, 436
• ———— ———— ————, Robert, 305, 306
• ———— Richard. See Clare
• ———— ————, Osbert, 53, 231
• ———— ————, Roger, 169, 390-392
• ———— Robert, Walter (of Dunmow), 169
• ———— ————, William, 142
• ———— ———— (fitz Walter), John, 52
• ———— Roger, Robert, 391
• ———— Roy. See Cornwall, Fitz Edith, Gloucester
• ———— ————, Richard (son of HenryI.), 423, 427, 434
• ———— Urse, Richard, 53, 159
• ———— ————, Reginald, 53
• ———— Walter, Fulcred, 360, 363
• ———— ————, Geoffrey, 229
• ———— ————, Ranulf, 229
• ———— ————, Robert, 385
• ———— ————, William, constable of Windsor, 169
• ———— Wimarc, Robert, 391
• Flanders, Count Robert of, 176, 177, 380
• Flemings, expulsion of the, 275
• Florence of Worcester, his continuater's chronology, 278, 279, 284, 285;
  • accuracy, 437, 438
• Foliot, Gilbert, attends council at Rome, 251, 253;
  • his letter to Brian Fitz Count, 251, 252, 254-257, 261;
  • becomes Abbot of Gloucester (1139), 285;
  • Bishop of Hereford (1148), 251, 260
• Fordham (Camb.), 209, 211, 220, 222
• Fordwich, "third penny" of, 290
• Forests. See Assarts
• France, King of, 171, 177, 183
• Fraxineto. See Fresne
• Freeman, Professor, his errors, 16, 62, 63, 68, 224, 250, 261, 290, 291, 294, 325, 333, 335, 338, 346, 349;
  • Mr. J. Parker on, 280
• Fresne, Roger du, 320
• Fulcinus, Albot, 231
• Fulham, 117

G

• Gainsborough Castle, 159
• Gamlingay (Camb.), 120, 305
• Gant, Walter de, 264, 266, 428
• ————, Gilbert de, 327
• Geoffrey of Anjou, 167, 168, 171, 183, 184;
  • was to succeed HenryI., 33;
  • summons Stephen before the Pope, 10, 259;
  • invited to England, 165, 177, 195;
  • sends his son to England in his stead, 33, 185, 198;
  • detains the Earl of Gloucester, 198;
  • conquers Normandy, 418;
  • cedes Normandy to Henry, 251, 259;
  • admits no legate, 260
• Gerardmota, Simon de, 120
• Gerpenville. See Jarpenville
• "Gersoma," 298, 360, 363, 366
• "Gesta Stephani," its accuracy impugned, 12, 409;
  • confirmed, 62, 69, 115, 130, 132
• "Gialla." See London
• Gifard, John, 364
• Giffard, Elyas, 409
• "Ging'." See Ing
• Glanville, Ranulf de, 385, 390
• ————, ————, his wife Bertha, 385;
  • his daughter Maud, 385
• Gloucester, Empress reaches, 55, 278;
  • leaves it, 57;
  • returns to it, 115;
  • leaves it again, 123;
  • flees to it, 134
• ———— Castle, 13, 329, 330
• ————, earldom of, its creation, 420-422, 431-434
• ————, honour of, 11
• ————, Robert (son of HenryI.), earl of, 181;
  • marries heiress of Robert fitz Hamon, 422;
  • his earliest attestation (Rouen, 1113), 423;
  • attends his father at Reading, ib.;
  • at the battle of BrÉmulÉ, ib.;
  • at Rouen, 424, 426;
  • in England, 429, 430;
  • created Earl of Gloucester, 432;
  • attends his father at Westminster, 433;
  • at Portsmouth, 432;
  • his increasing greatness, 434;
  • attests charters at Westminster, 306;
  • at Northampton, 265;
  • receives lands in Kent, 2;
  • does homage to Stephen at Oxford, 22, 23, 263;
  • "defies" Stephen, 28, 284;
  • lands at Arundel with the Empress, 55, 279;
  • reaches Bristol, 55, 281;
  • escorts the Empress to Winchester, 58;
  • to Oxford, 68;
  • said to have created earldom of Cornwall, ib.;
  • at Reading, 82;
  • in London, 87, 93, 286;
  • advises moderation in vain, 114;
  • withdraws from London, 115;
  • goes to Oxford with Maud, 124, 314;
  • visits Winchester, 124;
  • joins in its siege, 126, 127;
  • captured at Stockbridge, 133;
  • released and goes to Bristol, 135;
  • removes with Maud to Oxford, 163, 170, 182;
  • his treaty with Earl Miles, 379;
  • goes to Normandy, 163, 165, 184, 196, 379;
  • returns and captures Wareham, 185, 198, 405;
  • joins Maud at Wallingford, 199, 406;
  • is with her at Devizes, 234, 417;
  • routs Stephen at Wilton, 407;
  • dies, 408;
  • his Carta, 375, 382;
  • his tertius denarius, 292-294;
  • his London soke, 436;
  • his wife, 381
• ————, William, earl of, 380, 409, 419;
  • confused with his father, 410
• ————, Walter, abbot of, 265
• ————, Gilbert, abbot of. See Foliot
• ————, Miles de (Earl of Hereford), employed by HenryI. (1130), 297;
  • with him at Northampton (1131), 265;
  • meets Stephen at Reading (1136), 12;
  • obtains charters from him, 11, 13, 14, 28;
  • attends his Easter court as constable, 19, 263;
  • and witnesses his Oxford charter, 263;
  • is with him at siege of Shrewsbury (1138), 285;
  • abandons Stephen (1139), 128, 284;
  • receives the Empress, 55, 60;
  • obtains charter from her, 56;
  • loses constableship, 285;
  • relieves Brian fitz Count, 281;
  • sacks Worcester and captures Hereford, 282;
  • escorts the Empress to Winchester (1141), 58, 65;
  • to Reading (as constable), 82;
  • to London, 83, 93, 286;
  • to Gloucester, 123;
  • is created by her Earl of Hereford, 97, 123, 271, 273, 288, 315, 328;
  • is with her at Oxford, 123, 314;
  • and at siege of Winchester, 125;
  • escapes to Gloucester and Bristol, 135;
  • with the Empress at Oxford, 170, 182;
  • his treaty with the Earl of Gloucester, 379;
  • his grant to Llanthony, 329;
  • his death, 276;
  • his son Roger, see Hereford, Earls of;
  • his son Mahel, 382
• ————, Walter de (father of Miles), 13, 428
• Grantmesnil, Hugh de, 289
• Greenfield (Linc.), 169
• Greinville, Richard de, 382
• Greys Thurrock (Essex), 181
• Guisnes, ComtÉ of, 188, 398. See Vere, Aubrey de
• ————, Manasses, Count of, 189, 397
• ————, Ralf de, 190

H

• Hairon, Albany de, 286
• Ham (Essex), 141
• "Hamslep," Hugh de, 419
• Handfasting. See Affidatio
• Harold, his accession compared with Stephen's, 8, 253, 437
• Hartshorne, Mr., on Rochester Castle, 337
• Hastings, William de, 171
• Hatfield Broad Oak (Essex), 100, 140, 141, 149
• "Hattele," church of, 233
• Haughley (Suffolk), 326
• Haye, Ralf de, 159
• Hearne as a critic, 375
• Hedenham (Bucks.), 337
• Hedingham (Essex), 402
• Helion, barony of, 229
• ————, Robert de, 143
• ————, William de, 181, 194
• HenryI., secures Winchester, 63;
  • his style, 25, 432;
  • at St. Evroul and Rouen, 423, 426;
  • at Brampton and Westminster, 428;
  • marries Adeliza, 74, 426, 429;
  • visits Winchester, 426, 421, 430, 432;
  • Portsmouth, 432;
  • Westminster, 433;
  • secures succession to his children, 2, 30-32, 34;
  • dies, 322;
  • his widow's dower, 324;
  • his gifts to Cluny, 254;
  • his reforms, 104, 298;
  • his ministers, 111, 418;
  • his exactions, 101, 105, 150, 360, 361, 366;
  • his forest policy, 377;
  • his dealings with London, 347, 358, 359, 365-367;
  • his chaplains, 427;
  • his military architecture, 333, 334, 341-343, 345, 346;
  • his charter to Eudo Dapifer, 328;
  • his treaty with the Count of Flanders, 176, 380;
  • his knowledge of English, 424
• ————, his son William, heir to the crown, 30, 427;
  • married, 426;
  • drowned, 434
• ————, his children. See Maud, Gloucester, Fitz Edith, Fitz Roy
• ————, his widow. See Adeliza
• HenryII., mentioned in charters of the Empress, 171, 183 417, 418;
  • confirms his mother's charter, 184-186, 384, 418;
  • his hereditary right, 186, 200;
  • lands with his uncle (1142), 198, 405;
  • joins the Empress, 199, 406;
  • resides at Bristol, 407;
  • his gifts to St. Augustine's, 408;
  • lands afresh (1149), 279, 408;
  • visits Devizes, 409;
  • knighted at Carlisle, 408;
  • unsupported, 409;
  • leaves England, 410;
  • his third visit and negotiations, 176, 386, 418;
  • strength of his position, 35;
  • his policy, 112, 372, 378;
  • his alienations of demesne, 269;
  • his charters to Aubrey de Vere, 237, 239;
  • to Hugh Bigod, 239;
  • to Earl of Arundel, 240;
  • to Wallingford, 200;
  • his dealings with London, 358, 367, 370, 372, 440
• HenryIII., his charter to London, 358
• HenryVIII., confirms charter of the Empress, 179, 328
• Henry (V.), the Emperor, 300, 301
• Henry of Scotland. See Huntingdon
• Heraclius, the Patriarch, consecrates the Temple church, 225
• Heraldry. See Arms, Quarterly
• Hereditary right. See Crown
• Hereford, Stephen at, 48;
  • seized by Miles, 282
• ————, its "tertius denarius," 288
• ———— Castle, 328, 329
• ————, earldom of, created by the Empress, 97, 123, 187, 271, 273
• ————, earl of, William Fitzosbern, 154, 276
• ————, earls of. See Gloucester
• ————, Roger, earl of, 234, 329, 380, 382, 409, 419
• ————, Richard ("de Sigillo"), bishop of, 427, 428
• ————, Robert, bishop of, 46, 64, 82, 83, 93, 262, 263, 265
• Hertford (or "Clare"), earldom of, 39, 40, 146, 270-272
• ————, Gilbert, earl of, 143, 145, 159, 271, 276
• ————, Roger, earl of, 236
• ————, mills of, 286
• Hertfordshire, shrievalty of, 39, 142, 150, 166;
  • justiciarship of, 142, 150, 167;
  • "firma" of, 142, 150, 166
• Hexham, John of, his accuracy confirmed, 19
• Hinckford hundred (Essex), 404
• "Histoire de Guillaume le MarÉchal," extracts from, 130-133;
  • its authority, 130, 194
• Historia Pontificalis, editorial errors in, 253
• Holland, Great (Essex), 141
• Howard, Thomas, 316
• Howlett, Mr., on the landing of the Empress, 278-280;
  • on an unknown landing by HenryII., 409, 410
• "Hugate," 232
• Huitdeniers, Osbert, 170, 374, 375, 382
• ————, Philip, 375
• Humez, Richard de, 236, 419
• Huntingdon, its "tertius denarius," 288
• ————, Henry of, his chronology discussed, 407
• ————, Henry (of Scotland), earl of, 19, 192, 262, 263, 265
• ————, earldom of, 191-193, 265, 272
• Hyde Abbey burnt, 127

I

• Ickleton (Camb.), 141
• "Inga" (Essex), 140, 186
• Ing, Goisbert de, 142
• ————, Hugh de, 185, 186, 190, 384
• Innocent, Pope, hears Maud's appeal against Stephen (1136), 250, 252;
  • dismisses it, 9, 257;
  • "confirms" Stephen, 9, 257, 258, 260;
  • writes to Stephen, 412;
  • to Henry of Winchester, ib.
• Ipra. See Ypres
• Ipswich, "third penny" of, 290
• Irvine, Mr., on Rochester Castle, 338
• Issigeac (Perigord), 247

J

• Jarpenville, David de, 231
• ————, ————, Symon, his brother, 231
• ————, Geoffrey de, 229, 230
• Jerusalem, pilgrimage to, 306, 308
• Jingles in charters, 241
• John, his charters to London, 358, 371
• Juga. See Inga and Ing
• Jurisdiction, the struggle for, 105, 108, 111
• Justicia, the, localized, 105, 373;
  • termed "capitalis," 106;
  • differentiated from the sheriff, 107, 109, 153;
  • feudalized, 109;
  • represented by "coroners," 110;
  • has precedence of the sheriff, 110

K

• Kent, faithful to Stephen, 2, 138
• Kingham (Oxon), 230-233
• Kirton-in-Lindsey (Linc.), 159
• Knightsbridge, the Londoners meet kings at, 84
• Knights' service, grants of, 91, 103, 142, 155, 167, 189, 439

L

• Laci, Hugh de, 331
• ————, Ilbert de, 263
• LÆsio fidei, 9, 387
• Lea, the river, 168, 175, 337
• Ledet, Wiscard, 231
• Legate, the papal. See Winchester, Henry, bishop of; Canterbury, Theobald, archbishop of
• Leicester, "third penny" of, 289
• ————, Robert, earl of, 146, 154, 236, 265, 380, 415, 433
• Leicestershire, "tertius denarius" of, 295
• Le Mans, tower of, 336
• Leofstan (of London), 309
• Leominster, Stephen at, 282
• Lewes Priory, 391
• Lexden hundred (Essex), 378, 404
• Librata terrÆ, the, 99, 104, 140, 141, 241, 305, 314
• Liege homage, 315
• Lincoln, excludes the sheriff, 362;
  • its "firma burgi," 362, 363;
  • Stephen besieges, 46, 159, 440;
  • battle of, 54, 56, 140, 148, 149
• ———— Castle, constableship of, 160
• ————, earldom of, 271, 325
• ————, Robert (I.), bishop of, 329, 433
• ————, Alexander, bishop of, 51, 64, 82, 83, 93, 123, 262, 265, 416
• ————, Robert (II.), bishop of, 236
• ————, William, earl of, 146, 159, 271, 415
• Lisieux, Arnulf, bishop of, Stephen's envoy (1136), 252, 253, 260, 389
• Lisures, Warner de, 120, 320
• ————, William de, 231
• Little Hereford, Stephen at, 282
• Lodnes, Ralf de, 190
• Loftie, Mr. W. J., his strange errors, 152, 349-351, 354-356, 364, 436
• London, its name latinized, 347;
  • inseparable from Middlesex, 347, 352, 353, 357, 359;
  • not a corporate unit, 356;
  • its organization territorial, 357;
  • earliest list of its wards, 351, 435, 436;
  • its auxilium, 352
• ————, portreeve of, 439;
  • ignored by HenryI., 350, 351;
  • difficulty concerning, 354, 356;
  • replaced by Norman vicecomes, 353, 354
• ————, mayor of, 356, 357, 373, 436
• ————, chamberlain of, 355, 366
• ————, Tower of, its custody, 439;
  • held by the Mandevilles, 38, 89, 117, 141, 143, 149, 156, 166;
  • its importance, 98, 113, 119, 139, 164;
  • Stephen at, 48;
  • surrendered by Geoffrey, 207;
  • explanation of its name, 336;
  • its inner ward, 334
• ————, Guildhall (?) of, earliest mention of, 436
• ————, St. Michael's, Cheap, 309, 310
• ————, bishops of, Maurice, 68, 328;
  • —— Gilbert, 265;
  • —— Robert ("de Sigillo"), 45, 67, 117, 118, 123, 167, 194, 402;
  • —— Richard, 236, 370
• ————. See also Temple; Cnihtengild
• London and Middlesex, spoken of as London, 348, 351, 372;
  • as Middlesex, 347;
  • sheriff of, replaces portreeve, 353, 354, 356;
  • firma of, 142, 150, 151, 66, 347-349, 352, 355, 357-359, 362, 366, 371, 372, 440;
  • shrievalty of, 110, 141, 150, 166, 347-349, 358, 359, 363, 364, 367, 372, 439;
  • justiciarship of, 110, 141, 150, 167, 347, 373
• London and Middlesex, sheriffs of, Esegar, 353;
  • —— Ulf, 353, 354;
  • —— Geoffrey de Mandeville (I.), 354, 439;
  • —— William de Eynsford, 360
  • See also Mandeville
• ————, justiciars of, Gervase (de Cornhill), 120, 121, 373;
  • —— Geoffrey de Mandeville, 141, 150, 167, 373
• Londoners, the, obtain from HenryI. shrievalty of Middlesex, 347, 349, 359, 363, 364, 366;
  • dislike his system, 366;
  • elect Stephen, 2;
  • their compact with him, 3, 27, 247-249;
  • faithful to him, 49, 116, 354;
  • at the election of the Empress, 69;
  • slow to receive her, 81;
  • admit her conditionally, 84, 248;
  • harassed by the Queen, 114;
  • expel the Empress, 115, 117;
  • join the Queen, 119, 128;
  • record Stephen's release, 136;
  • abandoned by him to Geoffrey, 153;
  • whose mortal foes they are, 168, 174;
  • treatment of, by HenryII., 370-372, 440;
  • join Simon de Montfort, 358;
  • their charters from the Conqueror, 354, 439;
  • from HenryI., 109, 347, 356, 359, 364;
  • from HenryII., 367-370, 440;
  • from Richard I., 371;
  • from John, 358, 371;
  • from HenryIII., 348;
  • their communa, 116, 247, 357, 373, 439;
  • their alleged early liberties, 152, 372, 440;
  • their "wardmoot," 370
• Lords' Reports, error in, 39
• Lovel, Ralf, 94
• Luci, Richard de, 101, 109, 112, 137, 146, 373;
  • with Stephen at Norwich, 49;
  • at Canterbury, 144;
  • at Ipswich, 158;
  • at Oxford, 201;
  • with HenryII., 236
• Lucius, Pope, 208, 215, 258, 412
• Ludgershall, the Empress flees to, 133
• "Luffenham," 314

M

O

• Octodenarii. See Huitdeniers
• Oilli, Fulk d', 46
• ————, Henry d', 94, 434
• ————, Robert d', 46, 65, 66, 94, 171, 183, 263, 434
• ————, Roger d', 125
• Ordgar (of London), 309
• Osney Priory, 171;
  • charters to, 232
• Osonville, Sewal de, 231
• Ottdevers. See Huitdeniers
• Ou, Hugh d', 229, 230
• ————, Robert d', 436
• ————, William d', 53, 142, 170
• Oxeaie, Richard de, 205
• ————, Walkelin de, 205, 206
• Oxford, Stephen at (1136), 15, 16, 23, 201, 282;
  • the Empress at, 65, 66, 123, 163, 314;
  • arrest of the bishops at, 202, 203, 416;
  • conspiracy against Stephen at (1142), 162, 195, 203, 207;
  • fortified by the Earl of Gloucester, 197;
  • stormed by Stephen, 197;
  • who besieges its castle, 198, 405;
  • from which the Empress escapes, 199, 405, 406;
  • leaving it to Stephen, 406
• ————, St. Frideswide's, charter to, 201
• ————, house at, 232
• ————, earl of. See Vere, Aubrey de
• Oxfordshire, earldom of, 181, 194, 239, 240, 270, 271, 295
• ————, "tertius denarius" of, 295

P

• Parage, Philip, 402
• Paris, Mathew, his accuracy confirmed, 205
• Park', Isnardus, 314, 315
• ————, ————, his son Nicholas, 314
• Parker, Mr., on Professor Freeman, 280;
  • on Rochester Castle, 337
• Pascal, Pope, anoints the Empress, 257
• Passelewe, Ralf, 373
• "Pauper," Hugh (? Earl of Bedford), 171, 270, 276
• Paynell, Ralf, 94, 171, 183, 286
• Pechet, Robert, 427
• Pedigrees, of Gervase de Cornhill, 308, 310;
  • of Aubrey de Vere, 389;
  • of the Mandevilles and De Veres, 392;
  • of William d'Arques, 397;
  • of Ernulf de Mandeville, 232
• Pembroke, Gilbert, earl of, 143, 145, 158, 159, 161, 162, 172, 178, 181-183, 188, 194, 276
• ————, earldom of, 270, 271
• Percy, William de, 264
• Peterborough chronicle, the, on the Anarchy, 214, 220, 416
• Petrivilla. See Pierreville
• Peverel (of London), William, his fief, 90, 91, 140-142
• ———— (of Nottingham), William, 263, 266;
  • forfeited, 195;
  • his fief, 181
• ————, Mathew, 143
• Pharamus. See Boulogne
• "Phingria" (Essex), 140
• Pierreville, Geoffrey de, 320
• Pincerna, Audoen, 230
• ————, ————, Ralf, brother of, 230
• ————, Geoffrey, 229
• Pirou, William de, 428
• Pleas, dread of, 93, 105, 167, 169, 170, 180;
  • farming of, 108, 287, 293, 295, 361
• ———— of the Crown, 105, 110;
  • of the forest, 376-378
• Pleshy (Essex), 207
• Plessis, Walter de, 229
• ————, William de, 230
• Ploughteam, importance of the, 218
• Poitiers, Richard, archdeacon of, 112
• Pont de l'Arche, William de, 4, 11, 12, 46, 62, 234, 263, 265, 297
• Popes. See Alexander, Celestine, Eugene, Innocent, Lucius, Pascal
• Port, Adam de, (I.) 233, (II.) 428
• ————, ————, Matildis, his wife, 233
• ————, ————, Henry, his brother, 233
• ————, Henry de, 264
• Portsmouth, alleged landing at, 278-280;
  • HenryI. at, 432
• Predevilain, Alfred, 230
• Presbyter, Vitalis, 413
• Prittlewell Priory, 391
• Protection, money exacted for, 415
• Prudfot, Gilbert, 350, 351

Q

• Quadripartitus, quotation from, 312
• Quarterly coat of Mandeville, the, 392-396
• "Queen," the Empress styles herself, 63, 64, 66, 83, 302

R

• Radwinter (Essex), 168
• Raimes, family of de, 399-404;
  • Roger (I.), 399, 403, 404;
  • William (I.), 399, 401;
  • Roger (II.), 181, 399-404;
  • Robert (I.), 399, 402;
  • William (II.), 402, 403;
  • Richard, 400-404;
  • Robert (II.), 401
• Rainham (Essex), 141
• Ramis de. See Raimes
• Ramsey Abbey, grant of a hundred to, 101;
  • occupied by Geoffrey, 209;
  • fortified by him, 210, 211, 213, 216;
  • claimed by Abbot Walter, 216, 218;
  • sweats blood, 217;
  • avenged, 221;
  • surrendered to the abbot, 223, 227;
  • compensated for its losses, 225
• ————, Walter, abbot of, 83, 210;
  • goes to Rome, 215;
  • returns to Ramsey, 216;
  • his misery, 217;
  • at Geoffrey's deathbed, 223
• ————, Daniel, abbot of, 210, 215, 218;
  • goes to Rome, 216
• ————, William, abbot of, 225
• Ravengerus, 89
• Rayne (Essex), 399
• Reading, Stephen at, 10, 46, 48, 283;
  • the Empress at, 66, 82
• ————, Anscher, abbot of (1131), 265
• ————, Edward, abbot of (1141), 117
• Redvers, Baldwin de, 266, 272, 278
• ————, Richard de, 272
• Reinmund (of London), 435, 436;
  • his son Azo, ib.
• Richard I., his second coronation, 137
• Richmond, earldom of, 157
• ————, Alan, earl of, 143, 145, 157, 276
• ————, Conan, earl of, 290
• Ridel, Geoffrey (II.), 417-419;
  • his grandfather, 417
• Rochelle, Richard de, 231
• ————, John de, 231
• Rochester, its early name, 332, 339;
  • charter to church of, 422
• ———— Castle, 337-339, 345, 346
• ————, Gundulf, bishop of, 334, 337-339
• ————, John, bishop of, 262, 263, 265
• Rome, appeal of the Empress to, 8, 250-261;
  • appeals of Bishop Nigel to, 161, 208, 209, 411-413;
  • Abbot of Ramsey appeals to, 215
• Romeli. See Rumilli
• Rouen, Hugh, archbishop of, 116, 262, 263, 412, 413
• ————, the Tower of, 334-336
• Rumard, Absalom, 172, 183
• Rumilli, Alan de, 170
• ————, Mathew de, 170
• ————, Robert de, 170

S

• SablÉ, Guy de, 172, 183
• ————, Robert de, 172, 183
• Sackville, William de, 393;
  • arms of, ib.
• Saffron Walden (Essex), 89, 90, 149, 156, 174, 207, 236
• Sai, Ingelram de, 11-13, 46
• ————, Geoffrey de, 231, 243, 390, 392
• ————, William de, 169, 209, 227, 392, 396
• St. Albans, the Empress at, 83;
  • Stephen arrests Geoffrey at, 202-207;
  • consequent struggle at, 204-206;
  • abbot of, Geoffrey, 206, 265
• St. Augustine's, Hugh, abbot of, 265
• St Briavel's, castle of, 56
• St. Clare, Hamo de, 263, 264
• ————, Osbert de, 231
• ————, William de, 52
• St. David's, Bernard, bishop of, 58, 82, 83, 93, 262, 263, 314, 430
• St. Edmundsbury, Anselm, abbot of, 174;
  • Ording, abbot of, 189, 439;
  • William, prior of, 190;
  • Ralf, sacristan of, 190;
  • Maurice, dapifer of, 190;
  • Goscelin and Eudo, monks of, 190
• St. Evroul, charter to, 423, 426
• St. Ives, 212, 213
• St. John, John de, 409
• St. Liz. See Northampton
• St. Osyth's Priory, 389, 390
• St. Quintin, Richard de, 382
• Salamon Presbyter, 181
• Salisbury, Stephen at, 46, 283;
  • held for the Empress, 407
• ————, earldom of. See Wiltshire
• ————, bishop of, Roger, builds Devizes Castle, 134;
  • receives Stephen as king, 4;
  • attends his coronation, 5;
  • with him at Reading, 11;
  • at Westminster, 262, 263;
  • at Oxford, 262;
  • repudiates his oath to the Empress, 32, 256;
  • his death, 46, 48, 282;
  • his nephew Nigel, 265 (see Ely, bishops of)
• ————, Edward de, 404
• ————, Walter de, 46, 264, 266, 276
• ————, ————, Sibyl, his wife, 276
• ————, William de, 125, 276
• ————, Patrick de (Earl of Salisbury or Wilts), 194, 271, 276, 409
• Saltpans, 440
• Saltwood (Kent), 326
• Savigny, charter to, 423
• Sawbridgeworth (Herts.), 228, 236, 241
• Scotale, 361, 369
• Scutage of 1159, the, 400
• Seals, great, of Stephen, 50;
  • of Maud, 299, 303
• ————, keepers of the. See Sigillo, de
• Seez, Arnulf, archdeacon of. See Liseux
• ————, John, bishop of, 262, 263
• Sherborne Castle, 146
• Sheriff, the, as "justicia," 107, 109;
  • as an officer of the "curia," 108;
  • as "firmarius," 360-363;
  • feudalized, 109;
  • his "third penny," 289;
  • distinct from the "custos," 297
• ————. See also Bailiffs
• Ships, toll from, 414, 440
• Shrewsbury, Stephen besieges, 285
• Shropshire settled on Queen Adeliza, 322
• Sigillo, Robert de, 265. See London, bishops of.
• ————, Richard de, 427. See Hereford, bishops of
• Silvanecta. See Northampton
• Soilli, Henry de ("nepos regis"), 262-264
• Someri, Adam de, 143
• ————, Roger de, 143, 168
• Somerset, earldom of, 95. See Mohun
• Sorus, Jordan, 382
• ————, Odo, 382
• ————, Robert, 382
• Southwark, Edward of, 307, 308
• ————, his son William, 307, 308
• Stafford, "third penny" of, 289
• ————, Robert de, 289
• Stamford, 159
• Stapleton, Mr., on William of Arques, 188, 397
• Stephen, King, attends HenryI. (as Count of Mortain), 423, 429;
  • lands in England, 1;
  • his treaty with the Londoners, 247-249;
  • his election and coronation, 2-8, 437, 438;
  • his embassy to Rome, 9, 253-257;
  • his charters to Miles of Gloucester, 11-14;
  • visits Oxford, 15;
  • Durham, 16;
  • keeps Easter at Westminster, 16-21, 262-265;
  • his Oxford charter of liberties, 22, 258, 438;
  • his title to the throne, 25, 29, 258-260;
  • besieges Shrewsbury, 285;
  • his movements in 1139, 281-283;
  • besieges the Empress at Arundel, 55;
  • his movements in 1140, 46-49;
  • his first charter to Geoffrey, 49-53, 98, 238;
  • captured at Lincoln, 54;
  • imprisoned at Bristol, 56;
  • receives the primate, 65, 260;
  • released, 135;
  • holds council at Westminster, 136;
  • crowned at Canterbury, 138;
  • his second charter to Geoffrey, 99, 103, 119, 138-156, 175;
  • betrays the Londoners, 153;
  • goes north, 157;
  • visits Ipswich, 158;
  • Stamford, 159;
  • recovers Ely, 411;
  • ill at Northampton, 160, 164;
  • restores Nigel to Ely, 161, 412;
  • captures Wareham, 196;
  • storms Oxford, 197;
  • besieges the Empress, 198, 405;
  • his charters to Abingdon and St. Frideswide's, 201;
  • recovers Oxford Castle, 406;
  • besieges Wareham, ib.;
  • attends council at London, 202;
  • routed at Wilton, 407;
  • arrests Geoffrey at St. Albans, 202-207;
  • visits Ramsey Abbey, 210;
  • attacks Geoffrey, 213;
  • forfeits monks of Ely, 214;
  • arrests Earl of Chester, 203;
  • forfeits the primate, 251;
  • marches to York, 409;
  • stated to have assisted Henry, 410;
  • seeks coronation of Eustace, 250, 259;
  • his seal, 50;
  • his "fiscal" earls, 276, 277, 295, 440;
  • his faults, 24, 35, 174, 267, 269;
  • grant to his brother Theobald, 102, 140;
  • his forest policy, 377, 378;
  • papal letters to him, 257, 412
• Stephen, King, his wife. See Matilda
• ————, his son. See Eustace
• ————, his nephew, Henry (de Soilli), 262-264
• Stockbridge (Hants.), 133
• Stortford. See Bishop's Stortford
• Stuteville, John de, 403
• ————, Leonia de, 403, 404
• ————, Robert de, 404
• Sumeri. See Someri
• Sussex, question as to "firma" of, 322
• ————, earl of. See Arundel

T

• Taid', Jurdan de, 230
• Talbot, Geoffrey, 182, 263
• Tamworth, 313, 314
• Tani, Picot de, 402, 404
• ————, Alice de, 402-404
• ————. See also Tany
• Tankerville, Richard de, 427
• ————, William de, 428
• Tany, Graeland de, 91, 104, 142
• ————, Hasculf de, 91
• ————, Gilbert de, 91
• ————. See also Tani
• Templars, at Geoffrey's deathbed, 224;
  • their red cross, ib.;
  • retain Geoffrey's corpse, 226
• Temple (London), the old, 224
• ———— ————, the new, 225, 226, 395
• Tendring hundred (Essex), 377, 404
• "Tenserie," 215, 218, 414-416
• TerrÆ datÆ. See Crown Lands
• "Tertius denarius," the, 287-296;
  • grants of the, by the Empress, 292, 293;
  • by HenryII., 239, 240, 293;
  • only given to some earls, 269, 293-295;
  • its two kinds, 287-290;
  • attached to manors, 291;
  • amount of, 294.
  • See also Earls
• Tewkesbury, spurious charter to, 421, 431, 432
• Theobald. See Blois
• "Third penny," the. See "Tertius Denarius"
• Thoby Priory, 169
• Thorney, Robert, abbot of, 413
• Tilbury by Clare (Essex), 181
• Tiretei, Maurice de, 228, 229
• Titles, peerage, origin of, 145. See also Earls
• Tolleshunt Tregoz (Essex), 142
• Torigny, castle of, 334
• Totintone, Warine de, 401
• "Towers," rectangular keeps termed, 328-331, 333, 336, 338, 341, 343
• Treason, appeal of, 93, 156, 204, 327
• Treaties between sovereign and subject, 176
• Tresgoz, William de, 142
• Treys-deners, Nicholas, 375
• Trowbridge (Wilts), 281, 282
• Tureville, Geoffrey de, 170
• Turonis (?), Pepin de, 172, 183
• Turroc', See Greys Thurrock

U

• Ulf the portreeve, 353, 354
• Umfraville, Gilbert de, 382
• Usury. See Money-lending

V

• "Vadimonium" (or "Vadium"), 214, 236, 305, 369, 370
• Valderi, Richard de, 320
• Valoines, Peter de (I.), 39
• ————, Peter de (II.), 172, 183
• ————, Robert de, 172
• ————, Roger de, 172, 264;
  • Maud's charter to, 286
• Venoiz, Robert de, 171
• Vercorol, Richard de, 231
• Vere, Aubrey de (I.), great chamberlain, his pedigree, 389, 392;
  • father-in-law of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 388;
  • "justiciar of England," 390;
  • slain (1141), 81, 147, 188, 389;
  • mentioned, 180, 187, 262, 263, 265, 297, 298, 309, 378, 388-391
• ————, ————, his wife, Alice de Clare, 390
• ————, ————, his brothers, Roger de (brother of Aubrey (I.)), 189, 389;
  • ——Robert de, 389, 391;
  • ——William, 389
• ————, Geoffrey (fitz Aubrey) de, 182, 190, 390
• ————, Robert (fitz Aubrey) de, 147, 182
• ————, William (fitz Aubrey) de, 182, 195, 231, 389, 390. See Chancellors
• ————, 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 HenryII., 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 HenryII. 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;
  • HenryI. 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;
  • HenryI. 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