[CONTENTS]

[CHAPTER I]
PAGE
THE WAR WITH LOUIS, 1216–1217[1]
[CHAPTER II]
THE REGENCY OF WILLIAM THE MARSHAL, 1217–1219[61]
[CHAPTER III]
THE LEGATION OF PANDULF, 1219–1221[108]
[CHAPTER IV]
TUTORS AND GOVERNORS, 1221–1223[173]
[CHAPTER V]
THE YOUNG KING, 1223–1227[208]
NOTES
[I]—The Truces of 1216–1217[269]
[II]—The Blocked Gate at Lincoln[273]
[III]—Falkes de Bréauté at Lincoln[275]
[IV]—The End of the Battle of Lincoln[276]
[V]—The Treaty of Kingston[278]
[VI]—The Tenure of Crown Offices during the Minority[280]
[VII]—The Papal Letters of 1223[286]
[VIII]—The Royal Castles in 1223–1224[290]
[IX]—Falkes and the “thirty pairs of letters”[292]
[X]—Bedford Castle[293]
[XI]—The Hanging of the Bedford Garrison[296]
Index[301]

Filius non portabit iniquitatem patris.

THE MINORITY OF HENRY III
CHAPTER I
THE WAR WITH LOUIS
1216–1217

Iniit ergo omnis multitudo pactum in domo Dei cum rege, dixitque ad eos Joiada: Ecce, filius regis regnabit.