Geoffrey de Mandeville: A study of the Anarchy

by John Horace Round

INDEX.

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 Henry I.), her "election," [74], [439];
  • marries Henry I., [429];
  • William de Albini, [319], [322], [323];
  • dowered by Henry I., [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 Henry I., [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 Henry II., [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, Henry I. at, [430]
• ————, Roger de, [380], [409]
• Berkshire, earldom of, [181]
• Berners, Ralf de, [229]-231
• Bigod, Gunnor, [391]
• ————, Hugh (Earl of Norfolk), [403];
  • with Henry I., [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 Henry II., [277]
• ————, Roger, [329]
• Bigorre, customs of, quoted, [58]
• Birch, Mr. W. de Gray, on a charter of Henry I., [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, Henry I. 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

• Caen, castle of, [331], [333]
• Calne, Nigel de, [427]
• Cambridge, sacked by Geoffrey, [212]
• Cambridgeshire, "tertius denarius" of, [181], [193], [194]
• ————, earldom of, [181], [191]-193, [271], [273]
• "Camera abbatis," annuity from the, [190]
• Camerarius, Eustace, [231]
• ————, Fulcred, [355]
• ————, Richard, [355]
• ————, William, [355]
• Camville, Richard de, [159]
• Cantelupe, Simon de, [402]
• Canterbury, Gervase of, his accuracy confirmed, [137], [375];
  • his chronology discussed, [284], [406]-408
• ————, John of (clerk), [375]
• ————, archbishops of, Lanfranc, [326], [337];
  • ——Anselm, sanctions marriage of Henry I., [257];
  • ——Ralf, [307], [428];
  • ——William, [265], [306];
    • extorts oath from Stephen, [3];
    • crowns him, [4]-8, [253];
    • with him at Reading, [11];
    • at Westminster and Oxford, [262];
    • his clerk "Lovel," [253];
    • builds keep of Rochester, [337], [338];
  • ——Theobald, [311], [370], [386];
    • meets the Empress, [65];
    • hesitates to receive her, [260];
    • attends her election, [69];
    • at her court, [125];
    • supports her cause, [208];
    • forfeited by Stephen, [251];
    • with Henry II., [236];
    • patron of Becket, [375];
    • papal letters to, [214], [215], [412], [413];
  • ——Thomas (Becket), confirms compensation to Ramsey, [225];
    • claims Saltwood, [327].
    • See also Becket
• ————, archdeacon of, Geoffrey, [112], [439]
• ————, Stephen at, [1];
  • granted to Earl of Gloucester, [2];
  • Stephen re-crowned at, [137]-139;
  • Henry II. at, [236], [237]
• ———— and York, charter of settlement between, [426]
• Capella, Aubrey de, [190]
• Capellanus, Hasculf, [231]
• ———— regis, [427]. See also Fecamp
• Capra. See Chiévre
• Carbonel, Hugh (fitz Ralf) de, [190]
• ————, Ralf de, [190]
• Carlisle, Athelwulf, bishop of, [262], [263]
• ————, "firma" of, [363]
• ————, young Henry at, [408], [409]
• ———— Castle, [331]
• Cartæ of 1166, erroneous headings of, [399], [402];
  • carelessly transcribed, [401];
  • illustrated by Pipe-Rolls, [402]
• "Castellum," special meaning of, [331]-334, [337], [38], [340], [343]
• Castles, erection of, and license for, [142], [154], [156], [160], [168], [174], [175];
  • misery caused by, [217], [416];
  • surrender of, extorted, [202], [207];
  • their character, [331], [334], [343], [346];
  • in hands of sheriffs, [439]
• "Castrum." See "Castellum"
• Catlidge (Essex), [90], [140]
• Celestine, Pope, favours the Empress, [252], [258], [259]
• Cerney, [281]
• Chahaines, Philip de, [382]
• ————, Reginald de, [382]
• Chalk (Kent), [306], [308]
• Chamberlainship of England, the, [180], [187], [390]
• Chancellors (Stephen's), Philip (de Harcourt), [46]-48;
  • ——Roger (le Poor), [262], [263]
• ———— (the Empress's), William (fitz Gilbert), [93], [123], [171], [182], [195];
  • ——William de Vere, [182], [195]
• ———— (of Henry I.), Geoffrey, [265]
• Charters of Henry I., [19], [25], [422]-434;
  • to London, [109], [347], [356], [359], [364], [367], [370];
  • to Aubrey de Vere, [187], [390];
  • to church of Salisbury, [265];
  • to Gervase of Cornhill, [305];
  • to Bishop of Hereford, [428];
  • to Colchester Abbey, [423]-427;
  • to Westminster, [429];
  • to Tewkesbury, [431];
  • to Bardney, [430];
  • Eudo Dapifer, [328]
• ———— of Stephen, [18], [19], [23], [25], [27], [438];
  • to Miles of Gloucester, [11]-14, [176];
  • to church of Salisbury, [46];
  • to Geoffrey de Mandeville, [41]-53, [138], [156];
  • to Monks Horton, [158];
  • to Earl of Lincoln, [159];
  • to Abingdon, [201];
  • to St. Frideswide's, [201];
  • to Barking, [320], [378]
• ———— of the Empress Maud, [82], [83], [194];
  • to Geoffrey de Mandeville, [41], [42], [86]-113, [139], [163]-177, [291];
  • to Miles of Gloucester, [56], [60], [123], [165], [288];
  • to St. Bene't of Hulme, [67];
  • to Thurstan de Montfort, [65], [66];
  • to Glastonbury, [83];
  • to Haughmond, [123];
  • to Aubrey de Vere, [178]-195;
  • to Geoffrey de Mandeville, jun., [233];
  • to Roger de Valoines, [286];
  • to William de Beauchamp, [313]-315, [440];
  • to Geoffrey Ridel, [417];
  • to Humfrey de Bohun, [418];
  • to Shrewsbury Abbey, [418]
• ———— of Queen Matilda, to Geoffrey, [118]-121, [139], [156];
  • to Gervase, [120]
• ———— of Henry II., [112];
  • to Wallingford, [200];
  • to Feversham Abbey, [147];
  • to Aubrey de Vere, [184]-186, [237], [239];
  • to Geoffrey the younger, [234]-241;
  • to Earl of Arundel, [240], [277];
  • to Hugh Bigod, [239], [277], [288];
  • to London, [367]-371, [440];
  • to Geoffrey Ridel, [418]
• ———— of Richard I., to Colchester, [110]
• ———— of John, to London, [372]
• ———— of Henry III., to London, [358]
• ————, dating clauses in, [426], [431], [433];
  • archaic formulæ, in, [241];
  • forged, altered, and enlarged, [424], [425], [431];
  • garbled, [426], [433];
  • granted at Easter court (1136), [18], [19], [262]-265;
  • of Henry I. and Henry II. to London, compared, [368]-371;
  • of Mandeville family, [228]-233, [390];
  • of Basset family, [417]
• Chester, Randulf, earl of, [146], [160], [262], [263], [265], [380], [423], [429];
  • at Easter court (1136), [265];
  • at siege of Winchester, [128];
  • reconciled to Stephen, [159];
  • his wrong doings, [268];
  • arrested by Stephen, [203];
  • joins Henry, [409], [419];
  • dies, [276];
  • his charter of restitution, [415]
• ————, Richard, earl of, [423], [429]
• ————, Roger, bishop of, [83], [253], [265];
  • died, [251]
• ————, John (de Lacy), constable of, [390]
• Chiche, Maurice de, [142]
• Chichester, Seffrid, bishop of, [83], [262], [263], [265]
• ————, earl of. See Arundel
• Chicksand Priory, [231], [390]
• Chiévre, Geoffrey, [169]
• ————, Michael, [169]
• ————, William, [169]
• Chreshall (Essex), [168]
• "Christianitas Angliæ," [172], [177], [183], [387]
• Cirencester, Empress at, [57];
  • captured by Stephen, [197];
  • Earl of Gloucester reaches, [199], [406]
• Clairvaux, Payne de, [172], [183]
• ————, Robert de, [172], [183]
• Clare, Richard "fitz Gilbert" de (I.), [321]
• ————, Gilbert "fitz Richard" (I.) de, [329]
• ————, ————, Baldwin "fitz Gilbert" de, [13], [144], [145], [148], [159]
• ————, ————, Richard "fitz Gilbert" de (II.), [40], [148], [270], [271]
• ————, ————, Walter "fitz Gilbert" de, [159]
• ————, Robert "fitz Richard" (I.) de, [11], [13], [14], [262], [263], [370]
• ————, Roger "fitz Richard" (I.) de, [265], [427]
• ————, Walter "fitz Richard" (I.) de, [13], [14], [264], [265]
• ————, Alice de (wife of Aubrey de Vere), [390]
• ————, earldom of. See Hertford
• ———— See also Pembroke, earl of;
  • Exeter, Baldwin of
• Clarendon, Stephen at, [378]
• ————, Assize of, [111]-113
• Clark, Mr. G. T., on Gloucester Castle, [330];
  • on the Tower of London, [334];
  • on Rochester Castle, [338];
  • on the keep of Newcastle, [339], [346];
  • on the Château d'Arques, [340]-346;
  • his authority, [346]
• Clavering (Essex), [391]
• Clericus, Hugh, [231]
• ————, Lovel, [253]
• ————, Roger, [231]
• ————, Simon, [231]
• Clinton, Geoffrey de, [265], [297]
• Cluny, Peter, abbot of, [253], [254]
• ————, abbey of, favours the Empress, [254]
• Cnihtengild, the London, [307]-309
• Cockfield, Adam de, [190], [440]
• ————, Robert de, [190]
• Coffin, story of the Empress escaping in a, [134]
• "Cokeford," [314]
• Colchester, charter of Richard I. to, [110]
• ———— Castle, granted to Eudo Dapifer, [328];
  • to Aubrey de Vere, [180], [185], [328]
• ———— Abbey (St. John's), [391];
  • charter of Henry I. to, [423]-427
• ———— ————, Hugh, abbot of, [194]
• Coleville, Robert de, [314]
• ————, W. de, [159]
• Colne Priory, [390]
• Columbers, Philip de, [419]
• "Communa." See Londoners
• "Communio." See Londoners
• Compostella, St. Jago de, pilgrimages to, [415]
• Compton (Warwick), [390]
• Constableship, hereditary, [285], [314], [315], [326]
• "Constabularia" (of knights), the, [155]
• "Constabularie, Honor," [326], [327]
• Corbet, Robert, [383]
• Cornhill, Edward de, [306], [307]
• ————, ————, his wife "Godeleve," [306]-308
• ————, Gervase de, [304]-312;
  • his loan to the Queen, [120], [305];
  • justiciar of London, [121], [305];
  • sheriff of London, [304];
  • of Kent, [311];
  • a money-lender, [311];
  • his descendants, [312]
• ————, ————, his wife Agnes, [306], [308];
  • his brother Alan, [310], [311]
• ————, Henry de (son of Gervase), [305], [310]
• ————, Ralph de, [310]
• ————, Reginald de, [310]
• ————. See also "Nepos Huberti," Roger
• Cornwall, Reginald ("filius regis"), earl of, [68], [82], [123], [125], [172], [183], [234], [236], [263], [264], [271], [418], [419]
• ————, earldom of, [68], [271]
• Coronation, its relation to election, [5];
  • its importance, [6];
  • in the power of the Church, [7];
  • performed at Westminster, [78], [80];
  • repeated by Stephen and by Richard I., [137]
• Coroners represent, in towns, the "justiciar," [110]
• Councils, [17]-24, [48], [69], [136], [165], [202], [264], [265], [278], [412], [413], [415], [423], [427]-429
• Courci, Robert de (Dapifer), [170], [183]
• ————, Alice de, [310]
• Courtenay, Hugh de, [296]
• Coutances, "Algarus," bishop of, [262], [263]
• ————, Geoffrey, bishop of, [290]
• Crevecœur, Robert de, [158]
• Cricklade, young Henry attacks, [409]
• ————, "third penny" of, [289]
• Crown, hereditary right to the, [25], [26], [29], [30], [32], [33], [55], [186], [200], [253]-256;
  • elective, [26], [29], [34];
  • kept at Winchester, [62]
• Crown lands, grants of, [99], [101], [140], [142], [149], [154], [167], [269], [275], [440];
  • their rents, [100], [268], [293]
• Culham, [415]
• Cumin, William, [85]
• Curci. See Courci
• "Custodes" distinct from sheriffs, [297]

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 Henry I. (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];
  • Henry II. 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

• "Eadintune," [306], [307]
• Earldoms, always of a county, [273], [320];
  • or joint counties, [191]-193, [273];
  • hereditary, [53], [242], [440];
  • formula of creation, [97], [187], [191], [238];
  • of confirmation, [89], [97], [188], [190], [238];
  • dealings of Henry II. with, [234], [239], [274]-277
• Earls, their privileges, [52], [93], [98], [143], [160], [169], [181], [182], [235], [292];
  • at siege of Winchester, [128];
  • at Stephen's court, [139], [144], [159];
  • origin of their titles, [144], [181], [191], [272], [273], [320], [321];
  • their "third penny," [239], [240], [269], [287]-296
• ————, Stephen's, [266], [270];
  • dates of their creation, [270], [271];
  • choice of their titles, [272];
  • their alleged poverty, [267], [269];
  • not "fiscal," [267]-277, [440];
  • their alleged deposition, [274]-277
• Easton (Essex), [141]
• Edgware, [440]
• Edward I., his dealings with London, [358];
  • with Nottingham, [359]
• Eglinus (? de Furnis), [53]
• Ellis, Mr. W. S., on the arms of Mandeville, [394];
  • of Sackville, [393];
  • of De Vere, [395]
• Elmdon (Essex), [143]
• Elton, Mr., on Mr. Chester Waters, [421];
  • on Mr. Loftie, [436]
• Ely, Stephen marches on, [48];
  • Geoffrey despatched against, [161], [411];
  • Geoffrey occupies, [209], [215];
  • Geoffrey's doings at, [213], [215], [218];
  • Stephen's vengeance on, [214];
  • famine and misery at, [219]
• ————, Nigel, bishop of, [45];
  • at Stephen's court, [262], [263];
  • rebels, [48];
  • joins the Empress, [64], [161], [411];
  • attends her court, [82], [83], [93], [314];
  • appeals to Rome against Stephen, [161], [411];
  • restored to his see, [162], [412];
  • visits the Empress, [208];
  • goes to Rome, [208], [209];
  • returns, [215];
  • with Henry II., [236]
• ————, William, prior of, [83]
• Emperor, style of the, [300], [301]
• Epping Forest. See Waltham
• Esegar (the staller), succeeded by the Mandevilles, [37];
  • sheriff and portreeve, [353], [354]
• "Esendona," [286]
• Espec, Walter, [263], [385]
• Essex, hereditary shrievalty of, [92], [109], [142], [150], [166]
• ————, ———— justiciarship of, [92], [105], [109], [142], [150], [167]
• ————, "firma" of, [92], [142], [150], [166], [298], [360]
• ————, "third penny" of, [89], [92], [235], [237], [239]
• ————, earldom of, created by Stephen, [51]-53, [97], [270], [271];
  • confirmed by the Empress, [89];
  • assigned to Geoffrey the younger, [234], [417];
  • re-created by Henry II., [234]-239;
  • extinct, [243]
• ————, escheatorship of, [92], [439]
• ————, forest of, [376]-378
• ————, earls of. See Mandeville and Fitz Piers
• ————, Henry of, [52], [172], [183] (?), [195], [236], [268], [326], [327], [391], [393]
• ————, Robert of, [52], [391]
• ————, Swegen of, [52], [391]
• ————, Alice of, [169], [390]
• Eu, the count of, [158]
• Eugene III., Pope, [224], [251], [258], [416]
• Eustace, son and heir of Stephen, his betrothal, [47];
  • his intended coronation, [7], [250], [259]
• Evreux, Audoen, bishop of, [262], [263]
• "Excambion," formula of, [102], [167], [180]-182, [230]
• Exchequer system, [108], [293], [352], [355], [360], [400];
  • not destroyed by the Anarchy, [99], [142], [154]
• ————, pensions on the, [267]-269, [274]
• Exeter, held against Stephen, [24]
• ————, William, bishop of, [265]
• ————, earldom of, [272]. See Devon
• ————, "third penny" of, [289]
• ————, Baldwin, (sheriff) of, [289], [329]
• ————, ————, his wife Emma, [329]
• ————, ————, Robert, son of, [329]
• ————, ————, Richard, son of, [329], [428]
• ———— Castle, [343]
• Eynsford, William de, [158], [298], [360]
• Eyton, Mr., on the charters to Geoffrey, [41]-44, [86], [97];
  • to Aubrey de Vere, [179];
  • on the charters of the Empress, [67];
  • on Richard de Luci, [146];
  • on Robert de Vere, [147];
  • his MSS., [44], [121];
  • on the Tewkesbury charter, [431]

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 Henry I, [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 Henry I.), [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 Henry I.), [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 Henry I., [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 Henry I.), 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 Henry I. (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]
• Henry I., 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
• Henry II., 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]
• Henry III., his charter to London, [358]
• Henry VIII., 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 Henry II., [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 Henry I., [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 Henry I. 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 Henry II., [370]-372, [440];
  • join Simon de Montfort, [358];
  • their charters from the Conqueror, [354], [439];
  • from Henry I., [109], [347], [356], [359], [364];
  • from Henry II., [367]-370, [440];
  • from Richard I., [371];
  • from John, [358], [371];
  • from Henry III., [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 Henry II., [236]
• Lucius, Pope, [208], [215], [258], [412]
• Ludgershall, the Empress flees to, [133]
• "Luffenham," [314]

M

• Magn', Ralf, [230]
• Maldon (Essex), [90], [92], [99], [100], [102], [140]
• Malet, Robert (I.), great chamberlain, [180], [395]
• ————, Robert (II.), [93], [262]
• ————, William, [93], [436]
• Malmesbury, Stephen at, [47], [281]
• ————, William of, his accuracy confirmed, [11], [61];
  • impugned, [69], [115], [132];
  • discussed, [283], [344], [438]
• Maminot, Walchelin, [2], [94], [264], [286], [314], [418]
• Mandeville family, origin of, [37];
  • heirs of, [232], [233], [243], [244];
  • charters of, [228]-233, [390];
  • pedigree of, [392]
• Mandeville, Geoffrey de (I.), [89], [235], [236], [358];
  • receives fief from the Conqueror, [37];
  • founds Hurley Priory, [38];
  • sheriff of three counties, [142], [166];
  • said to be "portreeve," [152];
  • and may have been, [439]
• ————, Geoffrey de (II.), Earl of Essex, [181]-184;
  • his parentage, [37];
  • succeeds his father, [40];
  • at Stephen's court (1136), [19], [263], [264];
  • detains Constance in the Tower, [47];
  • his first charter from the king, [41]-53, [292];
  • created Earl of Essex, [52], [270], [272];
  • with Stephen at Norwich, [49];
  • strengthens the Tower, [81];
  • his first charter from the Empress, [87]-113, [292];
  • made justice, sheriff, and escheator of Essex, [92];
  • deserts the Empress, [119];
  • seizes Bishop of London, [117];
  • obtains a charter from the Queen, [118];
  • his second charter from the king, [138]-156;
  • made justice and sheriff of Herts. and of London and Middlesex, [141], [142];
  • with Stephen at Ipswich, [158];
  • sent against Ely, [161];
  • aspires to be king-maker, [164];
  • his second charter from the Empress, [165]-178, [183];
  • obtains charter for Aubrey de Vere, [183], [184];
  • his plot against Stephen, [195];
  • is with him at Oxford, [201];
  • arrested by Stephen, [202]-206;
  • surrenders his castles, [207];
  • breaks into revolt, ib.;
  • secures Ely, [209];
  • seizes Ramsey Abbey, [210];
  • holds the fenland, [211];
  • sacks Cambridge, [212];
  • evades Stephen, [213];
  • his atrocities, [214], [218];
  • wounded at Burwell, [221];
  • dies at Mildenhall, [222], [276];
  • fate of his corpse, [224]-226;
  • his alleged effigy, [226], [395];
  • his heirs, [232], [244];
  • he founds Walden Abbey, [45];
  • burns Waltham, [323];
  • his policy, [98], [153], [164], [173], [439];
  • his greatness, [164], [203], [223], [323];
  • his arms, [392]-396
• ————, Geoffrey de (II.), his sister Beatrice (de Say), [169], [392], [393]
• ————, ————, his wife Rohese (de Vere), [171], [229], [232], [388], [390]-393
• ————, ————, his father-in-law, Aubrey de Vere, [81]
• ————, his brother-in-law, Earl Aubrey, [178]. See also Vere
• ————, Geoffrey de (III.), Earl of Essex, [112], [169], [238];
  • succeeds his father, [233];
  • styled earl, [238], [417];
  • his charter from Henry II., [235];
  • procures his father's absolution, [225];
  • his charter to Ernulf, [230], [231];
  • his grant of Sawbridgeworth, [241];
  • his death, [242];
  • struggle for his corpse, [226]
• ————, ————, his wife Eustachia, [229]
• ————, Geoffrey de (IV.), Earl of Essex, [229];
  • confused with Geoffrey de Mandeville (II.), [39]
• ————, William de (I.), constable of the Tower, [38], [166], [169], [392]
• ————, William de (II.), Earl of Essex, [169], [390];
  • his charter to Ernulf, [231];
  • succeeds his brother as earl, [242];
  • devoted to Henry II., [243];
  • becomes Great Justiciar, ib.;
  • dies, ib.
• ————, Ernulf (or Arnulf, or Ernald, or Hernald) de, grants to him, [141], [142], [149], [155], [167], [168], [174];
  • fortifies Wood Walton, [211];
  • holds Ramsey Abbey, [223];
  • surrenders it, [227];
  • exiled, ib.;
  • reappears, [228], [238];
  • occurs in family charters, [229]-233;
  • disinherited, [233]
• ————, ————, his wife Aaliz, [232], [233]
• ————, ————, his son Geoffrey, [232]
• ————, ————, his son Ralf, [231]
• ————, ————, his grandson Geoffrey, [232]
• ————, ————, his heir Geoffrey, [229]
• ————, Geoffrey de, [233]
• ————, Hugh de, [232]
• ————, Robert de, [232]
• ————, ————, Ralf, his brother, [232]
• ————, Walter de, [229], [230]
• ————, William de, [233]
• Mansel, William, [383]
• Marmion, Robert, [313]
• Marshal, Gilbert the, [171]
• ————, John the. See Fitz-Gilbert
• Martel, Eudo (?), [263]
• ————, Geoffrey, [147]
• ————, William, [46], [144], [146], [158], [159], [206], [262], [263], [320], [378], [407], [416]
• Masculus, Osbert, [29]
• Mathew, Master, [407]
• Matilda (of Boulogne), Stephen's queen, [262];
  • advances on London, [114];
  • her charter to Geoffrey, [118]-121, [139];
  • rallies her party, [119];
  • her charter to Gervase, [120];
  • gains the legate, [122];
  • wears crown at Canterbury, [138], [143];
  • visits York, [157];
  • her charters and seal, [302];
  • at Barking, [320]
• Matom, Alan de, [233]
• ————, Serlo de, [89]
• Maud, the Empress, her legitimacy, [256];
  • marries the Emperor, [300];
  • oath sworn to her (1127), [6], [10], [31], [255];
  • appeals to Rome (1136), [8], [32], [253]-257;
  • her claim to the throne, [29]-34;
  • lands in England (1139), [55], [278]-280, [283];
  • reaches Bristol, [55];
  • resides at Gloucester, [56];
  • joined by Miles, [56], [285];
  • joined by Bishop Nigel, [161];
  • received at Winchester (1141), [57], [64], [79];
  • her style, [63]-67, [70]-77, [300]-302;
  • visits Wilton and Oxford, [65]-67;
  • elected "Domina," [58]-61, [69];
  • forfeits Count Theobald, [102], [140];
  • visits Reading, [66], [82];
  • advances to St. Albans, [83];
  • reaches London, [84];
  • her intended coronation, [78], [80], [84], [302];
  • her Valoines charter, [286];
  • her first charter to Geoffrey, [86]-113, [149]-155, [238];
  • deals with see of Durham, [85];
  • expelled from London, [85], [115], [117];
  • flees to Gloucester, [115];
  • returns to Oxford, [123];
  • her Beauchamp charter, [313]-315;
  • marches on Winchester, [124];
  • besieges the legate, [126]-128;
  • flees from Winchester, [130], [132], [133];
  • reaches Gloucester, [134];
  • visits Bristol, [135];
  • again returns to Oxford, [163];
  • holds councils at Devizes, [165];
  • sends for her husband, [165], [177];
  • her second charter to Geoffrey, [165]-177;
  • her charter to Aubrey de Vere, [179]-184, [187], [190]-195;
  • is besieged in Oxford, [198];
  • escapes to Wallingford, [199];
  • visited by Bishop Nigel, [208];
  • quarters her followers on Wilts, [230];
  • her charter to Geoffrey de Mandeville the younger, [233];
  • to Geoffrey Ridel, [234], [417];
  • her court, [64], [82], [95], [124], [178], [286];
  • her earls, [271]-273;
  • her seal, [299]-303;
  • her arrogance, [96], [114], [367];
  • her gifts to Cluny, [254]
• Mauduit, Ralf, [142]
• Mayenne, Juhel de, [172], [183]
• Meduana. See Mayenne
• Melford, Geoffrey de, [190]
• ————, Helias de, [190]
• Mercata terræ, [232]
• Merton, charter to, [433]
• Meulan, Robert, count of, [329]
• ————, Waleran, count of, [46], [145], [262], [263], [271], [313], [314];
  • escorts the Empress, [55];
  • faithful to Stephen, [120];
  • his brother Hugh, [171]
• Middlesex, comprised London, [347];
  • archdeaconry of, [348].
  • See London and Middlesex
• Mildenhall (Suffolk), Geoffrey dies at, [222], [223]
• Moch' (? Woch[endona]), William de, [229]
• Mohun (Moion), William de (Earl of Somerset or Dorset), [93], [125], [266], [272], [277]
• Money-lending denounced, [311], [312], [440]
• Monks Horton Priory, [148], [158], [326]
• Montfort, Hugh de, [148], [326]
• ————, Robert de, [148], [327]
• ————, Thurstan de, [65], [327]
• Montgomery, Arnulf de, [331]
• ————, Roger de, [322]
• Montreuil, [331], [338]
• Mortgage. See Vadimonium
• 'Mottes,' shell-keeps termed, [328], [330], [333], [336], [337]
• Mountnessing (Essex), [169]

N

• Napier, origin of the name, [324]
• "Navium applicationes," [286], [440]
• "Nepos Huberti," Roger, [305],[306], [308]-310
• ————, ————, Ingenolda, his wife, [305], [308], [310]
• Neufbourg, Robert de, [52]
• Neufmarché, Henry de, [320]
• Nevill, Hugh de, [310]
• Newburgh, William of, his chronicle, [47], [203], [205]
• Newcastle, keep of, [339], [346]
• Newport (Essex), [89], [90], [92], [99], [100], [140], [156]
• Newtimber (Sussex), [325]
• Norfolk, earldom of, [191], [270], [271], [273], [277]. See Bigod
• Norhale, William de, [231]
• Northampton, Stephen ill at, [160], [164];
  • its burgesses, [414]
• ————, Simon (de St. Liz or Silvanecta), earl of, [120], [143], [145], [159], [192], [262]-264, [276]
• Northamptonshire, earldom of, [192], [264], [272]
• Norwich, Stephen at, [49]
• ————, Ebrard, bishop of, [83], [262], [263], [265]
• ————, William, bishop of, [45]
• ————, John, bishop of, [318]
• Novo burgo. See Neufbourg
• ———— mercato. See Neufmarché
• Noyon, battle of, [423], [427]
• Nuers, Ralf de, [230]
• Nunant, Roger de, [125]

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;
  • Henry I. 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 Henry I. (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 Henry II., [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 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]