L
- La Flèche, siege of, [314]
- —— see also [Helie] and [John].
- Land-loan, [33]
- Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury, [214], [358], [389]
- —— head of school of Bec, [41]
- —— opposes William’s marriage, [107]
- —— abbot of St. Stephen’s, Caen, [180]
- —— visits Rome (1067), [245], [246]
- —— relations with Roger of Hereford, [328], [329]
- —— conduct in 1075, [334]-336
- —— suggests arrest of Bishop Odo, [357]
- —— letter to, [371]
- —— policy as archbishop, [390]-397
- —— dispute with the Curia, [403]
- Law, Old English, [10], [499]
- —— canon, [394]
- Leicester, [264]
- —— earldom of, [167]
- Le Mans, [127], [132]-134, [309]-313
- —— see of, [127]-129
- —— see [Arnold], [Gervase], [Vulgrin], bishops of.
- Leobwine, favourite of Bishop Walcher, [352]
- Leofgar, bishop of Hereford, [384]
- Leofric, earl of Mercia, [18], [45], [49], [145]
- —— House of, [262], [296], [319]
- Leofric, abbot of Peterborough, [228]
- Leofwine, Earl, son of Godwine, [57], [202]
- Leofwine, bishop of Lichfield, [230]
- Lewes, priory of, [397]
- Ligulf, Northumbrian thegn, [352]
- Lijmfiord, [364]
- Lillebonne, council of (1066), [165], [170], [172], [408]
- —— —— (1080), [351], [406]
- Lincoln, [187], [191], [266], [273]
- Lindsey, [173], [275], [276], [278]
- Lisois de Monasteriis, [278], [279]
- London, [133], [192]
- —— citizens of, [153], [224]
- —— citizens of, charter to, [240]
- —— Tower of, [227]
- —— Bridge, [57], [219]
- Lothian, [317], [323], [325]
- Louis d’Outremer, [9], [28], [29]
- Lugg, river, [248]
- Lyting, bishop of Worcester, [384]
M
- Mabel of Bellême, [39], [120]
- Macbeth, king of Scots, [318]
- Magnus I., king of Norway, [46], [48], [49]
- Magnus Bareleg, king of Norway, [4]
- Maine, [39], [88], [92], [118]-120, [160]
- —— revolt of (1072), [307]-316
- —— revolt of (1084), [359]-362
- —— baronage of, [129], [308]
- —— see [Hugh], [Herbert], counts of.
- Malcolm I., king of Scots, [317]
- Malcolm II., king of Scots, [317], [318]
- Malcolm III., king of Scots, [173], [265], [266], [317]-323, [350]
- —— marriage of, [322]
- Malger, archbishop of Rouen, [71]
- —— deposition of, [106], [107]
- Malger, count of Mortain, [70]
- Malmesbury, abbey of, [289]
- —— schools of, [398]
- Mantes, [112], [368], [369]
- Margaret of Maine, [130], [131], [136]
- Margaret, wife of Malcolm III., [322]
- Marleswegen, sheriff of Lincoln, [192], [229], [262], [268], [273], [321]
- Marmontice, abbey of, [181], [397]
- Matilda, the empress, [163], [233]
- Matilda, wife of William I., [105]-110, [143]
- —— contributes to the fleet, [167]
- —— regent of Normandy (1066), [181], [241]
- —— regent of Normandy (1068), [251]
- —— regent of Normandy (1069), [269]
- —— coronation of, [260], [261]
- —— assists Robert her son in exile, [346]
- —— death and character, [358], [359]
- Mauritius, archbishop of Rouen, [42], [245]
- Maxines, abbey of, [306]
- Mayenne, castle of, [134]
- Monasteries, foundation of, [380]
- Monasticism, in Normandy, [40]
- —— revival of, in England, [397]-400
- Mons, [306]
- Montacute (Somerset), siege of, [277]
- Montgomery (Normandy), castle of, [67], [72]
- Montgomery (England), castle of, [427]
- —— see [Hugh], [Roger], [William] de.
- Montlouis, battle of, [89], [90]
- Montreuil-sur-Mer, [326], [347]
- Mora, the, [167], [185]
- Morcar, earl of Northumbria, [59], [60], [153], [171], [177], [191]-193, [212]-215, [227], [261], [319], [372], [412]
- —— accompanies William to Normandy, [244], [245]
- —— first revolt of, [261]-264
- —— flight to Ely, [295], [296]
- —— imprisonment of, [299]
- Morecambe Bay, [265]
- Mortain, see [Malger], [Robert], [William], counts of.
- Mortemer, campaign and battle of, [114], [115], [183], [367]
- Moulins, [105], [111]
N
- Nantes, county of, [137]
- Neel de St. Sauveur, [82], [85]
- Newburn on Tyne, [247]
- Newcastle on Tyne, [323]
- —— castle of, founded, [350]
- Nicæa, [72]
- Nicholas, abbot of St. Ouen, [71], [167]
- Normandy, boundaries of, [24], [25]
- —— condition of (1035), [74], [75]
- —— condition of (1066), [141]
- —— dukes of, see [Robert I.], [II.], [Rollo], [Richard I.], [II.], [III.], [William I.], [II.]
- Northampton, [59], [60]
- Northamptonshire, [59]
- —— French barons of, [171]
- Northumbria, [8], [9], [58], [213], [214], [230], [259], [262], [273], [391]
- —— revolt of (1065), [59], [60]
- —— opposition to Harold, [171]
- —— revolt of (1068), [262], [263]
- —— revolt of (1069), [273]-279
- —— harrying of, [279]-283, [286], [287]
- —— earls of, see [Aubrey], [Copsige], [Gospatric], [Morcar], [Oswulf], [Robert de Comines], [Robert de Mowbray], [Siward], [Tostig], [Walcher], [Waltheof].
- Norway, kings of, see [Harold Fair Hair], [Harold Hardrada], Magnus I., II., Olaf (Saint), Olaf Tryggvasson, Olaf Kyrre, and Sigurd.
- Norwich, [244], [254], [272], [333], [334]
- Nottingham, [264], [278]
O
- Oath of Harold, [153]-157
- Odensee, [364]-365
- Odo, bishop of Bayeux, [40], [64], [128], [231], [249], [250], [259], [384], [390], [415], [416], [434]
- —— contributes to the fleet, [166]
- —— at Hastings, [202]
- —— joint regent (1067), [243], [246]
- —— earl of Kent, [423], [431], [433]
- —— harries Northumberland, [352], [353]
- —— arrested and imprisoned, [355]-358
- —— released, [372]
- Odo, brother of Henry I. of France, [113], [115]
- Odo II., count of Blois, [68], [77]
- Oise, river, [68]
- Olaf (Tryggvasson), king of Norway, [4]
- Olaf (Saint), king of Norway, [8]
- Olaf (Kyrre), king of Norway, [363]
- Olne, river, [85], [122]
- Ordericus Vitalis, [287], [336], [337], [339], [429]
- Orkneys, [3], [176]
- —— Paul and Erling, earls of, [176]
- Osbern the Seneschal, [72], [76], [427]
- Osbern, bishop of Salisbury, [401]
- Ostmen of Dublin, [52]
- Oswulf, earl of Northumbria, [247], [319]
- Ouse (Yorkshire), river, [176], [265], [273], [279], [282]
- Oxford, [60]
P
- Paula of Maine, [308]
- Peterborough, abbey of, [288]-295
- —— abbots of, see [Brand], [Leofric], [Therold].
- —— knight service due from, [449]
- Peter’s Pence, [404]
- Pevensey, [7], [54], [179], [185]-187, [226], [244]
- Philip I., king of France, [160], [304]
- —— succeeds, [126]
- —— temporary alliance with Flanders, [307]
- —— grants Montreuil to Edgar the Etheling, [326]
- —— supports Breton insurgents, [341]
- —— supports Robert of Normandy, [347]
- —— acquires Vexin, [368]
- —— war of 1087, [368], [369]
- Poissy, [83]
- Pontefract, [278], [279]
- Ponthieu, county of, [183]
- —— see [Enguerrand], [Guy], counts of.
- Pontoise, [368]
- Pope, Alexander II., [161], [402], [405]
- —— Benedict X., [389]
- —— Gregory VII., [162], [357], [358], [402]-406
- —— Innocent II., [163]
- —— Innocent III., [162]
- —— Leo IX., [107]
- —— Nicholas II., [107]
- Porlock (Somerset), [54]
- Precarium, the, [32], [33]
- Private jurisdiction, [35]
- —— —— after 1066, [438]-443
- Private war, in Normandy, [35]