Footnote 9: Genealogy of the Conqueror's sons and grandchildren:—
| William I. 1066-1087 | = | Matilda of Flanders | |||||||||||
| Robert, Duke of Normandy | William II. 1087-1100 | Henry I. 1100-1135 | Adela | = | Stephen of Blois | ||||||||
| Stephen 1135-1154 | |||||||||||||
| William Clito | William | ||||||||||||
| (1) The Emperor Henry V. | = | Matilda | = | (2) Geoffrey Plantagenet | |||||||||
| Henry II. 1154-1189 | |||||||||||||
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Footnote 10: The number usually given, '1,115,' is probably an error.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 11: His father's name was Becket, but at that time hereditary surnames had not come into use. He was once called Thomas Becket in his lifetime by one of his murderers as an insult.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 12: Genealogy of the sons and grandchildren of Henry II.:—
Footnote 13: A phrase which may serve to keep in mind the medieval meaning of 'libertas' is to be found in the statement that a certain monastery kept up a pair of stocks 'pro libertate servandâ'—that is to say, to keep up its franchise of putting offenders into the stocks.[Back to Main Text]
"Igitur communitas regni consulatur;
Et quid universitas sentiat, sciatur,
Cui leges propriæ maxime sunt notæ.
Nec cuncti provinciæ sic sunt idiotæ,
Quin sciant plus cæteris regni sui mores,
Quos relinquunt posteris hii qui sunt priores."[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 15: Genealogy of the claimants of the Scottish throne:—
Footnote 16: Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney, Hastings; to which were added Winchelsea and Rye as 'ancient towns,' besides several 'limbs' or dependencies.[Back to Main Text]