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