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