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COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY 
 
 or 
 
 KING HENRY II, 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 Facts ; simple facts ; where they were accomplished ; when they 
 were accomplished; who accomplished them; and what was 
 said as to how they were accomplished at the time of their 
 coming to pass ; these are the primary and most essential ele- 
 ments of pure history. 
 
 Estimates of causes and consequences, physical or moral ; of 
 personal intellectj mind, or character; of individual feelings, 
 motives, or principles ; of social forces or influences ; of national 
 or party creeds, whether religious .or political; these indeed all 
 belong to real history, but they are not its primary elements : 
 they are its superstructures, tliey are deductions, they are calcu- 
 lations from, or upon, those elements. They subsist on facts, 
 on facts analysed, facts pluralized, facts combined. Rightly 
 conceived they form the philosophy of history, wrongly conceived 
 they exhibit only the bigotry of prejudice or the folly of opinion. 
 Broadly and honestly worked-out, such estimates will endure for 
 all time as the credentials of the trae Historian : garbled or 
 narrowly dealt-with, they will obtain but an ephemeral currency. 
 Posterity will regard them only as the badges of the essayist, 
 the sophist, or the partisan. 
 
 The following pages claim nothing more than to be the diligent 
 and honest work of a mere Indicator, or Registrar, or compiler of 
 facts. They are not intended to propagate, recommend, or even 
 announce any form of political theory or metaphysical opinion as 
 entertained by the compiler. In other words, he -does not 
 aspire to, he carefully avoids, the domains of historical philosophy 
 and of political science ; he will never willingly enter upon 
 any discussion of moral questions, or any debate as to personal 
 qualities or conduct. He only affects to supply a broad basis of 
 facts, references, dates, places, names, and documents, for the 
 use of some genuine and impartial Historian who may come 
 hereafter to review the reign and biography of Henry Pitz Em- 
 press ; and who may prefer rather to take his stand of observation 
 among the things and doings themselves, than to contemplate 
 the twelfth century through the haze or halo of the nineteenth. 
 
 The late Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, editing, many 
 years since, the Patent Rolls of King Joliu, appended thereto a 
 
IV PEEFACE. 
 
 Tabular Itinerary of that King. The merit and value of the 
 work have been too widely acknowledged to need any testimony 
 here. For all previous and many subsequent reigns, a good 
 Itinerary of the reigning King will be the one auxiliary most 
 likely to be prized by the Historian. The topography and 
 chronology necessarily embodied in an Itinerary are not only in 
 themselves of intrinsic historical value, but they are tests, verify- 
 ing or correcting, the facts alleged by chroniclers. 
 
 Now, the Itinerary of King John, being compiled almost ex- 
 clusively from dated documents, was capable of being condensed 
 and simplified in the form adopted by Sir Thomas Hardy. But 
 for no earlier reign is the same simple method available ; 
 summarily, because no diurnally dated Rolls, like those used by 
 Sir Thomas Hardy, exist for any earlier reign. It follows that 
 any Itinerary of any earlier reign than that of John must needs be 
 a composite structure ; incapable of uniform precision, and conse- 
 quently unfit for the Tabular Form. In the case of John's 
 reign, authentic dates were ready at hand to the compiler ; in 
 the case of other and earlier reigns, the few dates which are 
 supplied have still to be verified, the many dates which are not 
 supplied must be found. And thus it comes to pass that, in con- 
 structing the best practicable Itinerary of any King, earlier 
 than John, the Constractor will have to import a great variety 
 of matter, not indeed relevant to an ordinary Itinerary, but very 
 relevant to the facts which it is the chief use of an Itinerary to 
 verify and to test. 
 
 But apart from the Itinerary, or Record of time and place, 
 facts can seldom be outlined, seldom portrayed, never established, 
 without due mention of agency and attestation. In other 
 words, to entitle alleged facts to full credit and import, it is 
 always desirable to ascertain who enacted them, who knew best 
 about them, which of them was deposed to at the time, 
 and whether by the actors or by spectators. Thus, to make a 
 mere Itinerary subservient to its object, viz. the ascertainment of 
 fact, we must add to it all that is ascertainable, and at the same 
 time important, of the chief actors of the day, especially of the 
 King and the members of his Household, Court, and Government ; 
 all that is relevant, as to his allies, his enemies, and his diplo- 
 matic correspondents. 
 
 And again, one whose broad object is the ascertainment of 
 facts, will be compelled to advert occasionally to yet another 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 class of evidence. For indeed there are some important facts, 
 the very existence and knowledge of which would never have 
 dawned on posterity had they not been hinted at by letter- 
 writers, news-mongers, and politicians, in support of some argu- 
 ment or opinion, and which are attested by no better evidence. 
 Sucli facts can be proved or estimated only by the introduction 
 of controversial and tedious matter. Nevertheless, and even at 
 such a cost, any addition to the realm of tact is worthy of 
 purchase ; at all events it is necessary to the completion of the 
 undertaking now professed. 
 
 And now having sufficiently declared the object and programme 
 of his compilation, the author would fain say something as to the 
 relations between chronology and fact. 
 
 To dated facts, wherever discoverable, great deference is due, 
 in respect of their intrinsic, though, it may be, not of their his- 
 torical value individually. For a dated fact is not merely a fact 
 doubly authenticated in itself, but it usually gives the means of 
 approximating to the dates of other facts. 
 
 These proximately dated facts may be of great historical im- 
 port ; at all events they are of more value than facts that are 
 altogether undated. 
 
 Lastly, we find many important facts, not undated indeed, but 
 wrongly dated ; and these too, if their true dates can be dis- 
 covered, become, by so much, more authentic and more valuable : 
 and alleged facts whose dates can neither be found nor rectified, 
 and which are chronologically impossible, need not therefore to 
 be always discarded. Sometimes, their alleged conditions being 
 rectified, they may become both possible and valuable. 
 
 Some instances of the mutual rectifications which are exchange- 
 able between date and fact are as follows : — 
 
 I. We are told as a fact bearing upon the history of the law 
 and practice of judicial evidence, that in the reign of King 
 Henry II. a protracted suit was determined by the Chief Justice 
 of England vouching himself as a personal witness in regard to 
 the main points at issue ; and that the king gave sentence ac- 
 cordingly and at once, declaring that such testimony ought to 
 over-ride all others. 
 
 On examining the Chief Justice's recorded testimony, it appears 
 that he will have alleged himself to have been an eye-witness and 
 recollector of things which took place some five years before he 
 was born, probably ten years before he could read, and at least 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 fifteen years before he could have apprehended the mode and 
 ratio of the matters on which he deponed. What follows ? That 
 the monk who drew this record imagined or invented the whole 
 story ? Not so. At a time when those were considered the most 
 eligible jurors who had most previous knowledge of the fact at 
 issue, it is quite likely that King Henry considered his Chief 
 Justice a first-class witness. The gist of the monk's story was 
 not an entire falsehood. He only invalidated his own testimony 
 as a law-reporter by putting a false chronology into the mouth of 
 the Chief Justice. 
 
 A corollary, of course false, follows on false premises. The 
 monk's story would make Robert, Earl of Leicester, the justiciar 
 in question, to have lived to be at least 78. From a mass of con- 
 tradictory statements made by the Chroniclers as to the date of 
 his death, we evolve the fact that he died at about the age of 6i. 
 
 II. Again, in regard to King Henry's " Ten Ordinances," the 
 date of their issue is in itself of great importance, and affects 
 many side questions also. One historian, dating their issue as 
 A.D. 11 65, adds the plausible circumstances that they were des- 
 patched from Normandy to England by the hands of two High 
 bheriffs, whom he names. But these two Sheriffs happen not to 
 have entered office till Easter, 1170. 
 
 The question being disencumbered of all false conditions, it 
 appears that the " Ten Ordinances " were transmitted to England 
 about November, 1169 ; so that, as sheriff's, these two envoys can 
 have had nothing to do with their issue. Nevertheless, as 
 individuals, they very probably were so concerned. 
 
 III. Another historian learns from the very letter of the same 
 " Ten Ordinances," that the lands of the JUarl of Chester had been 
 illegally interdicted, and the Earl's person excommunicated by 
 two Anglican Bishops. Thus a very remarkable episode, in 
 which, however, the Earl of Norfolk was the principal actor, was 
 blotted from the page of authentic history merely because the 
 historian did not know that another Earl, contemporary with him 
 of Chester, was named Hugh. 
 
 IV. This same Earl of Chester is made the subject of yet 
 another antiquarian craze, misleading, if it were not a craze, as to 
 the date of the Liber Niger, and as to the dignity and franchises 
 of a Palatine Earl. It has been said or strongly suggested 
 that the reason why the said Earl neglected to make return 
 of his fief to the Feodary now known as the Liier Niger, was 
 
FBEPACE. VU 
 
 because he was secretly disaffected to the Crown. So then the 
 date of these returns being, as we shall hereafter show, circa 
 February, 1166, the BarFs disaffection will have slumbered 
 miraculously till April, 1173. 
 
 Now the real reason why the Earl of Chester heeded not to 
 make any such return is highly instructive. It was because his 
 dignity was Palatinate. The same reason operated in discharging 
 all the Barons of Chester from a similar obligation. Nay, the 
 King's Writ ordering any such return, could not, as the phrase 
 was, run in a Palatinate. 
 
 A cognate reason exempted the Barons of the Welsh Marches 
 from making these returns. So there is no return in the collec- 
 tion of the Fief of Strigoil, none of the Marcher Knights holding 
 under the See of Hereford, none of the Fiefs of Mortimer of 
 Wigmoi-e, or Corbet of Caux. 
 
 v. Again it has been said (by the writer, he is bound to con- 
 fess) that William Longespee, King Henry's son by Eosamond 
 Clifford, was born before the King's accession to the throne. This 
 was on the very natural presumption that Longespee was older 
 than Geoffrey Fitz-Roy, who was put into the Church and became 
 eventually a Bishop : and that again was on the mistaken assump- 
 tion that Geoffrey was son of Rosamond Clifford. But Geoffrey, 
 it transpires, was not Rosamond's son. His mother was a common 
 harlot. He was older than William Longespee — perhaps fifteen 
 years older. 
 
 VI. Again it has been taught us at school, or at least we have 
 read in unexceptionable school-books about the ' Labyrinth at 
 Woodstock,' and how ' Fair Rosamond' was poisoned by 'jealous 
 Queen Elianor.' Chronology disproves the latter story. Rosa- 
 mond was in the hey-day of her influence when Elianor had entered 
 on the prison, which still held the Queen when Rosamond quitted 
 her bower at Woodstock for her grave at Godstow. 
 
 About the ' Labyrinth ' nothing is here said to impugn the 
 story, because these are dated facts which are in some consistency 
 with such a legend. 
 
 Another misleader about the age of William Longespee is that, 
 under the sobriquet of Mmizer, he led the Royalists who cap- 
 tured the King of Scots at Alnwick on July 13, 1174. 
 
 But this story is susceptible of an explanation which is far 
 more consistent with chronology. Geoffrey of Vigeois, alone 
 among the Chroniclers, tells of " a son of King Henry " as having 
 
VUl PBEPACE. 
 
 achieved the said success. The messenger, into whose mouth 
 Vigeois puts the news thereof, attributes it to the King's son 
 " Manzer." In course of time certain commentators on Vigeois' 
 story discovered in the sobriquet ' Manzer/ that son of King 
 Henry who was afterwards called William Longespee. But the 
 ' Manzer ' of Vigeois' narrative was undoubtedly Geoffrey Fitz- 
 Eoy — he whom other Chroniclers show to have been active else- 
 where in the suppression of the Eebellion of 1174, though none 
 of them tell of his presence in the affair of Alnwick. (It will be 
 seen in the sequel not only how Geoffrey Pitz-Roy comported 
 himself on the other occasions in question, but how the Chroniclers, 
 generally, attribute the capture of the King of Scots to six 
 Royalists, of whom Robert de Stuteville and Ranulf de Glanville 
 were the chief.) 
 
 Another allegation connected with the same subject is a marvel 
 of itinerary impossibilities. It is that the news of the fight at 
 Alnwick reached King Henry at Canterbury the day it happened. 
 
 VII. An alleged letter of Pope Alexander III, is proved to be 
 a forgery, not merely by its extravagant absurdities but by its 
 date. This date being constructively 2 Dec. 1159, the Letter 
 orders the deposition and incarceration of Thomas Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, who was elected to that dignity in May, 1162. 
 
 Yet this letter, being evidently a nearly coeval forgery, has 
 its use, in that it shows what certain impostors or partizans 
 of a later day thought, or wished to be thought, or cared to 
 circulate. The Historian may learn hence how to estimate the 
 evidence of more cautious and less suspected writers who have 
 said similar things without belying themselves by absurdities or 
 anachronisms. 
 
 Of the five Reigns which followed on the Norman Conquest 
 of England, that of Henry Fitz Empress is the most difficult to 
 deal with in matters of Itinerary and Chronology. This will be 
 better evident in what should now be said about the chief 
 authorities for the ensuing collections. The said authorities are — 
 
 I. Chronicles, which in respect of the said Reign are sparing 
 in their statements of diurnal date, often indefinite on larger 
 questions of chronology, often contradictory of one another, both 
 as to facts and the sequence of facts. 
 
 II. PiPE-RoiiLS, which indeed are first-rate evidence as to the 
 year of the few historical matters to which they allude, but 
 which supply little or nothing as to months or days ; which 
 
PREFACE. IX 
 
 tell much of the personnel of the King's Household, Court, and 
 Government, but little indeed of men's actions and still less of 
 their ways. 
 
 III. NoKMAN Exchequer Eolls, analogous to the English 
 Pipe-Rolls in regard to matter, but preserved only for two years 
 of the thirty-eight during which Henry Pitz Empress held the 
 Dukedom. 
 
 IV. The Liber Niger Scaccarii, a Feodary, purporting to 
 contain the names, and containing most of the names of the 
 contemporary Tenants-in-capite and of their Sub-Tenants by 
 Knights' Service. This Record is undated in itself and has been 
 misdated by Antiquaries ; but, its date being ascertainable and 
 ascertained, its evidence as regards Fiefs and persons is doubly 
 valuable. Of topography it contains little, of Events nothing. 
 
 V. The Rotuli de Dominabus et pueeis et puellis de donatione 
 Regis in XII Comitatibus, — a record of Wardships, Reliefs, and 
 other Sovereign rights in the Eastern Counties, as ascertained by 
 four justices-in-eyre. This Record is of some personal and some 
 topographical interest, but contains little to our present purpose. 
 It will be quoted in its place. It is misdated, by its Editor, but 
 only by a year. It belongs to the year 1186 rather than 1185. 
 
 VI. Royal Charters, auxiliary to one's purpose chiefly in 
 respect of the personnel of their Testing-clauses. These Records, 
 valuable as they are when studied, can be used only hypotheti- 
 cally and after being so studied. Of all the Kings who have 
 reigned since the Conquest, Henry Fitz Empress was the one 
 King who was least careful to add chronological dates to his Mani- 
 festoes. Therefore, before we can use his Charters for the present 
 purpose, we must first establish their dates, or qualify ourselves 
 to form a reasonable judgment on that matter. 
 
 VTI. Epistolary Correspondence : a class of document of 
 which the Reign of the Second Henry furnishes a redundancy. 
 Few of these Letters are dated and those are Papal. Again, 
 of dated Papal Letters, few are dated of the year or of more than 
 the place, month, and day. Yet these, their year being discovered 
 and their month and day already declared, — ^ these imply the proxi- 
 mate dates of wholly undated letters, to which they were replies, 
 or which they called forth in reply. Charters, when their dates 
 are elaborated, supply much knowledge as to agents and persons. 
 Epistles^ whose dates are ascertained, supply numberless facts 
 of great historical importance, yet not otherwise recorded. 
 
X PEEFACE. 
 
 It has been found impossible to introduce Epistolary documents 
 foi' the mere purpose of dating the said documents and others 
 with which they are associated, without at the same time ex- 
 pressing more or less of the theoretical or argumentative or 
 political matter which they happen to contain. But this has 
 been done unwillingly, the object (we repeat) being simply to fix 
 or to make reference to every fact, date, place, action, and per- 
 sonage, which is of importance to an historical estimate of a 
 particular reign. 
 
 VIII. Law-Repokts, of which but few are extant, happen to 
 embody some curious particulars of Royal Itinerary and of the 
 IJersonnel of the King's Curia and Council. As to what took 
 place in Court one finds that the Law-Clerks must have reported 
 many things as said, which they only thought might have been, 
 or ought to have been, said ; and that many things which they 
 heard said, they failed to understand themselves, and consequently 
 to make intelligible to posterity. 
 
 IX. English Histoeies. To these, wherever the author is 
 indebted to them, he will make refei'ence in his notes ; but one 
 group of such references requires special explanation. The 
 present compilation of evidences (or rather nine-tenths thereof) 
 was many years ago ready for the press and was offered to more 
 than one Archaeological Society for publication. No publication 
 ensued, and it was much later that the author became aware 
 of an " Outline Itinerary of King Henry II. " appended to 
 Professor Stubbs' edition of Benedict of Peterborough. This, 
 and other discoveries induced the author to rewrite some por- 
 tions of the former MS. In doing so he has been anxious to 
 acknowledge by referential notes his obligations to Professor 
 Stubbs' work J but, if he should have anywhere failed to do so, 
 he here desires to make his apology and to repeat his acknow- 
 ledgment of a great assistance. 
 
 INTEODBCTOEy NOTICES AND EXPLANATIONS. 
 
 The full style of Henry of Anjou was " Henry, King of Eng- 
 land, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Comte of Anjou." 
 Colloquially he was, in his lifetime, spoken of as Henry Fitz 
 Empress, sometimes as King Henry the Second. 
 
 " Henry son of the King" was usually so spoken of till his 
 
PEEFACB. 
 
 Coronation, when he was called " Henry the younger King^' or 
 sometimes " King Henry the Third." 
 
 So with K. Henry's son, Eichard, the titles of Duke of Aqui- 
 taine and Comte of Poitou accrued to him while yet his Father 
 was using them. 
 
 As to GeofFrey, he became Duke of Bretagne by his marriage ; 
 but he was usually called only Comte of Bretagne, the superior 
 title being asserted indeed by himself but not generally recog- 
 nized. He was also Earl of Richmond. 
 
 The King's son John, Comte of Moretain, also had the Title 
 of " Lord," sometimes expressed " Prince," " of Ireland" : which 
 Title was not at any time assumed by King Henry himself. 
 
 In the following pages it is convenient to speak of the sons and 
 daughters of Kings as ' Princes ' and ' Princesses/ not that any 
 of them, except John, were ever so called in their day. The 
 style of " Fitz-Roy," though more in keeping with the usage 
 of the twelfth century, has a sinister sound in the ears of the 
 nineteenth. It is used therefore of William Longespee or of the 
 Chancellor Geoffrey. For any of the King's legitimate sons the 
 appellation of Prince is preferred, not as implying any Title, but 
 as a concise, intelligible, and non-pedantic expression. 
 
 So too if the writer should apply to Thomas the Chancellor, to 
 Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, to St. Thomas Martyr, tbe 
 briefer and more familar name of Becket, no disrespect will be 
 intended to the memory of the individual, no disregard of the 
 usages of antiquity; conciseness only will be the object. 
 
 In the following volume the writer adopts a division by Fiscal, 
 as well as the ordinary division by Dominical, years. The Pipe- 
 Rolls, ending as they do at Michaelmas in each year, and there- 
 fore not containing evidences quite parallel with those of the 
 Dominical year, necessitated this arrangement. At the same 
 time the Dominical and Regnal year of each event or document is 
 left as clear as it would have been under any other arrangement. 
 
 As to Regnal years, the first year of King Henry II. 's reign 
 commenced with his coronation, on 19 Dec. 1154, and ended 
 18 Dec. 1155; a circumstance which, barring 13 days, brings 
 each Regnal year of the reign into strict parallellism with some 
 specific Dominical year. However, there are one or two cases 
 where the regnal years of K. Henry II. seem to have been com- 
 puted from the death of Stephen, which took place 25 October 
 1154, that is 55 days before Henry's Coronation at Westminster. 
 
XU PREFACE. 
 
 With regard to the spelling of proper names, the writer does 
 not affect to copy the original in all cases. He will be particular 
 to do so in cases where there is any doubt about accuracy or 
 significance. 
 
 The Chronicle Authorities usually relied on in the following 
 pages are Gervase, Diceto, Hoveden, Benedictus (Hearne's 
 Edition), and the Chronicon Normanni^. Where these or any 
 of them are the sole authority for any statement, special reference 
 in the notes has not been considered as always necessary. 
 
 Monastic Charters, where special references are not made in 
 the notes, may be found in the Six- Volume Monasticon under 
 the history of the Monastery concerned. 
 
 References to the Pipe-Rolls of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years 
 of the Reign are to the pages of the printed edition. 
 
 SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 In the right-hand Margin, where a place has not been identi- 
 fied, or where its insertion in a particular sequence is con- 
 jectural, its name is bracketed thus ( ). 
 
 Where such name, or its insertion in due sequence, is not 
 only doubtful but questionable, a note of Query is added; 
 thus ( ? ). 
 
 c, in the left-hand margin, or elsewhere, denotes circa. 
 
 Gr.S. or Gall. Script, signifies Rerum GaUicarum et Francicarum 
 Scriptores. 
 
 S.T.C. signifies " Sancti Thomse Cantuariensis Vita et 
 Epistolse" (Giles). 
 
 L.N. signifies Liber Niger Scaccarii (Hearne's printed Edition, 
 MDOCLXXIV). 
 
 R.D. signifies " Rotulus de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis " 
 (Griraaldi's Edition, MDCCCXXX). 
 
] 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 FROM MICHAELMAS, 1154, TO MICHAELMAS, 1155. 
 
 d'f^io KoGfEE, Archdeacon of Canterbury, was consecrated ArcliblsUop of 
 
 York at Westminster, by Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury, in the 
 presence of Richard Bishop of London, Robert Bishop of Lincoln, Gilbert 
 Bishop of Hereford, Walter Bishop of Rochester, Robert Bishop of Bath, 
 Nigel Bishop of Ely, William Bishop of Norwich, and John Bishop of 
 Worcester.' 
 
 Oct. 25. Stephen, King of England, died at Canterbury.^ 
 
 Dec. 2. Pope Anastasius IV. died. 
 
 „ 3. Adrian IV elected to the Papacy. 
 
 „ 7. Henry, Duke op Noemandt, embarked at Barfleur for BarBear. 
 England. The ' Dachess Alianora ' accompanied ^ him, as 
 did his two brothers, Geoffrey and William. 
 
 „ 8. Duke Henry landed near the New Forest.* Hampshire. 
 
 Duke Henry next proceeded to Winchester, where several wiucheater. 
 Nobles met him, to do fealty. 
 
 „ 19. King Heney crowned at Westminster by Theobald Arch- Westminster. 
 bishop of Canterbury. There were present Roger Arch- 
 bishop of York, Richard Bishop of London, Robert Bishop 
 of Lincoln, Walter Bishop of Chester, Gilbert Bishop of 
 Hereford, Robert Bishop of Bath, John Bishop of Win- 
 chester {read Worcester), Robert Bishop of Exeter, Hilary 
 Bishop of Chichester, Joceline Bishop of Salisbury, Walter 
 Bishop of Rochester, Nigel Bishop of Ely, William Bishop 
 of Norwich, Hugh Bishop of Durham, Adelulf Bishop of 
 Carlisle, Hugh Archbishop of Rouen, Philip Bishop of 
 
 ' Gervase, p. 1376. I am by no means sure that there was not also 
 
 ^ Gervase, sub anno. an Ostreham on the English coast, which may have 
 
 So says a French Chronicle (Gall. Script, xii. led to Gervase's misapprehension. Certainly there 
 
 482), adding, with less knowledge of subsequent was such a place somewhere in Kent, and its very 
 
 facts, that he was ' consecrated King at Winchester name would suggest a juxta-marine position. There 
 
 on Deo. 19.' are independent reasons for thinking tliat it was 
 
 ■•Diceto, p. 529. Gervase says that the Duke in the vicinity of Sandwich or Deal. But K. Henry, 
 
 landed at Hostreham. Hostreham was a sea-port embarking at Barfleur, was more likely to disera- 
 
 of Normandy, elsewhere called Ostrea and Oister- bark at Southampton, and so, near the New Forest, 
 
 ham. I conceive the place to be now represented than at a place east of Dover ; and his going first 
 
 by Estreham, a village at the mouth of the river to Winchester is stUl more decisive evidence in 
 
 Orne. favour of Diceto's statement. 
 
i COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENET II. 
 
 1154. Baieux, Arnulf Bishop of Liseux, Herbert Bishop of Av- AVestmmater 
 ranches, and Theodoric Comte of Flanders.^ 
 
 At Westminster, and (as presumed) immediately after his 
 coronation, K. Henry expedited the Charter whereby he 
 gives to William, Earl of Arundel, the Castle and Honour 
 of Arundel and the tertium denarium of Sussex. Witnesses, 
 Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; Hilary, Bishop of Chichester ; 
 Nigel, Bishop of Ely and Chancellor ; ^ William, the King's 
 brother; Roger {read Reginald), Earl of Cornwall; Hugh, 
 Earl of Norfolk ; Henry de Essex, Constable ; Richard de 
 Humez, Constable ; Richard de Lucy ; Warin fitz Jerold, 
 Chamberlain ; Josceline de Bailliol ; Robert de Dunestanvill ; 
 Robert de Curci.^ 
 
 At Westminster also, by another charter (of apparently 
 the same date), K. Henry confirms to William, son of Robert 
 fitz Walter of Windsor, the lands of his late father. Wit- 
 nesses, Earl Reginald (of Cornwall) ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester; Hugh, Earl of Norfolk; Henry de Essex, Con- 
 stable ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; Joceline de Bailliol.* 
 Dec. 25. K. Henry held his Court at Bermondsey.^ Bermondaey. 
 
 11=5. .A.D. 1155. 
 
 C.Jan. 4. The King, now at Oxford, confirms the recent election of oiford. 
 William de Walterville to the Abbacy of Peterborough." 
 IS. The King, still at Oxford, and attended by Archbishop 
 Theobald, grants franchises to his Burgesses of Walling- 
 ford ; " et hoc pro servitio et labore magno, quem pro me 
 sustinuerunt in acquisitione hereditarii juris mei in Anglia."'' 
 We may assign to this period a Royal Charter to Trent- 
 ham Priory, dated at Oxford, and attested by Philip, Bp 
 of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Robert Earl of Leicester ; 
 Rainald, Earl of Cornwall ; William fitz Hamo ; and Master 
 Alvered. 
 
 • Chron. Normann. p. 990. Dean Hoot, who, judging from a passage in his 
 
 'Teob. Archiep'o Cant' ; Hil. Ep'o Cic. : N. Ep'o Lives of the Archbishops (Vol. ii. pp. 364-5), sus- 
 
 de Ely et Cane ; Willo fr'e K. So runs the testing- pected the correctness of the said notion, 
 clause in the best authority (Hot. Cart. 5 Edw. III. ' Selden's Titles of Honour, p. 539. 
 
 ui. 1.). ■* Harl. Charters, 43, c. 22. 
 
 Hence we learn that, for a few days at least after ' Gervase, p. 1377. At this Council a general 
 his accession, Nigel, Bishop of Ely, was Henry's demolition of castles erected during tlie late reign, 
 Chancellor. Consistently with this, WendoTcr dates and the expulsion of the Flandrian adrenturers who 
 Becket's appointment to the office in 1155. Other had overrun the kingdom, were agreed upon, 
 authorities, ancient and modern, seem to concur in ^Monast. I. 352. b. Sax. Chron. p. 373. 
 the notion that Henry II.'s first appointment to the ' Hearne's Liber Niger, pp. 816-818. This Char- 
 Chancellorship was of Becket. I should except ter is dated ^yjarf Oxene/ord primoidus Januarii. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENRY II. 6 
 
 j^ 1165. Also a certificate of a trial {placitmn), held at Oxford Oxford, 
 
 before the King and Eobert Earl of Leicester, " then the 
 King's Chief Justice for all England " {tunc temporis Gapi- 
 tali justicid med totius Anglim) ; which trial resulted in a 
 Quit-claim to Abbot Bernard and the monks of St. Ebrulf 
 (Uticum), as attested by the King himself; H., Bp of Win- 
 chester ; Hillary, Bp of Chichester ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester ; Richard de Lucy ; and Ernald de Bosco.-'^ 
 
 From Oxford the King seems to have gone northwards. 
 
 Jan. It was now probably that he passed through Silverston siiverston. 
 
 (Selvest'), whence he addresses a certificate to Hilary, Bp. 
 of Chichester, and the lieges of Sussex ; the document being 
 attested by Thomas the Chancellor ; Manasser Biset, 
 Dapifer ; Fulqueius Painel ; and Geoffry Le Moine 
 (Monacus) .^ 
 
 Northampton was perhaps the next place of the King's Northampton. 
 sojourn. There he expedites a Charter whereby he maJces 
 Hugh Bigot Earl of Norfolk, and concedes to him the 
 Stewardship of his father, Roger. Witnesses, Theobald, 
 Abp of Canterbury ; Henry, Bishop of Winchester ; Philip, 
 Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Nigel, Bp of Ely ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall j Henry 
 de Essex, Constable ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 Richard de Luci ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Manas- 
 ser Biset, Dapifer ; William fitz Hamo ; Robert de Dun- 
 stanvill j and Josceline de Baillol.^ 
 
 To the same period may be assigned the five following 
 Charters of the King, all dated at Northampton. 
 
 1. To Pagan de Monte Dublelli, restoring (reddidi) totam 
 terram et tenementum quod fuit Patricii de Caducis avi sui 
 per totam Angliam. Witnesses, Arnulf, Bp of Liseux; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Geoffrey the King's brother ; 
 William the King's brother ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; 
 Richard de Humez, Constable ; William fitz Hamo, and 
 Manasser Biset, Dapifer.'' 
 
 2. To the Archbishop of Rouen and his successors. 
 Witnesses, Philip, Bishop of Baieux ; Rothroc, Bp of 
 Evreux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; William fitz Hamo ; and 
 Warin fitz Gerold, Chamberlain.* 
 
 ' Cartse Antiqiiee, W. < Original Charter in the Office of the Duchy of 
 
 - Cartse Antique, S. 23. Lancaster. 
 
 ' Collectanea Topogvaphica et Genealogica, viii. 67. ' Cart. Antiq. P. 20. 
 
4 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 Jan ""■ ^' '^° ^*'" J^^es's Priory at Northampton. Witnesses, Northampton. 
 
 Thomas the Chancellor; Eichard de Humraet, Constable; 
 Manaser Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 4. To Laund Priory (Leicestershire). Witnesses, Thomas, 
 the King's Chancellor; the Earl of Cornwall; Eichard de 
 Humet, Constable ; Gwarin fitz Gerald, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 5. To Wykes Nunnery, Essex. Witnesses, Eoger, Abp 
 of York ; Eichard, Bp of London ; Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 and Eeginald, Earl of Cornwall.^ 
 
 A Charter, dated Apud Glium, probably passed at Kings- Eng.s ciiff. 
 cliff (Northamptonshire) during this progress of the King. 
 It is to Thorney Abbey (Cambridgeshire), which we know 
 that he visited about this time ; * and is attested by Thomas 
 the Chancellor ; Eeginald, Earl of Cornwall ; and Henry de 
 Essex, Constable.^ 
 
 The King visited the Monastery of Peterborough on this 
 journey.^ Hence we have a Charter in favour of Daventry 
 Priory, dated Apiid Burgum (Peterborough), addressed to Peterborough. 
 Eobert, Bp of Lincoln, and Earl Simon (of Northampton), 
 and attested by the said Bishop, by Thomas the Chancellor, 
 and by Eichard de Humet, Constable.'' 
 
 The King also visited the Monasteries of Eamsey (Hunt- Eamsey. 
 ingdonshire), Thorney (Cambridgeshire), and Spalding (Lin- Thorney. 
 colnshire), at this period.^ SpaUing. 
 
 It is probable that he also visited Lincoln, and that the Lincoln, 
 following Charters, all dated at Lincoln, belong to the 
 occasion. 
 
 Charter to Lincoln Cathedral, attested by Theobald, Abp 
 of Canterbury and Legate of the Eomish Church ; by Philip, 
 Bishop of Baieux, and Ernulf, Bp of Liseux.? 
 
 Charter in favour of the See of Lincoln and Eobert its 
 Bishop, attested by Philip and Arnulf, Bishops of Baieux 
 and Liseux, and by Thomas the Chancellor.^" 
 
 Charter, restoring to Eobert fitz Herbert the Chamber- 
 lainship of his father and grandfather. Witnesses, Philip, 
 Bishop of Baieux ; Ernulf, Bishop of Liseux ; Thomas the 
 Chancellor ; Eainald, Earl of Cornwall ; Eichard de Humez, 
 Constable ; and John Marescall." 
 
 1 Monastioon, yi. 116. ' Monasticon, t. 179, iv. 
 
 2 Monasticon, vi. 189. ° Saxon Chronicle, p. 374. 
 
 3 Transcript penes uiei. * Monasticon, vL 1276. Num. Ixi. 
 ■< Saxon Chronicle, p. 374. w Ibidem, Num. Ivi. 
 
 ' Cart. Antiq. A. A. 10. "Cart. Antiq. R. 33. See Antiquities of Shrop- 
 
 ' Saxon Chronicle, p. 374- shire, vol. vii. pp. 149-150. 
 
COUETj HOUSE riOLD, AND TTINEEARY OF K. HENET II. & 
 
 U65. Charter to Croyland Abbey, attested by Theobald, Abp. Lincoln. 
 
 of Canterbury ; Philip, Bishop of Baieux ; and Thomas the 
 Chancellor.^ 
 c. Feb. The King at York, where he accords with William, Earl York 
 
 of Albemarle. ° 
 
 Hence we have the following three Charters, dated at 
 York. 
 
 (1.) Charter to Christ Church Monastery at Canterbury, 
 and to Archbishop Theobald. Witnesses, Philip, Bp of 
 Baieux ; Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; E., Earl of Leicester ; and 
 Henry de Essex, Constable.' 
 
 (2.) Charter to Selby Abbey (Yorkshire), attested by 
 Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; 
 Hugh, Bishop of Durham ; Adalwald, Bishop of Carlisle ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Rainald, Earl of Cornwall ; Richard 
 de Humez, Richard de Luci, Henry de Essex, and William, 
 Eai'l of Albamarle.^ 
 
 (3.) Charter to the Priory of Plessis Grimould (a Norman 
 house in the diocese of Bayeux), attested by Arnulf, Bishop 
 of Liseux ; Philip, Bishop of Bayeux ; Robert, Bishop of 
 Lincoln; Thomas the Chancellor; and Richard de Humet.^ 
 
 (4.) A Charter to the Yorkshire Priory of Nostell is un- 
 dated, but it probably passed while the King was in that 
 county. It is attested by Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; 
 Roger, Abp of York ; Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; Hugh, 
 Bishop of Durham ; Thomas, the King's Chancellor ; 
 Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl of Albemarle ; 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester ; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk) ; Henry 
 de Essex, Henry de Suili (perhaps Oilli), William de Percy, 
 and Eustace fitz John.^ 
 
 Prom York the King appears to have gone to Scar- Scarborough. 
 borough.'^ 
 Feb. The King was next in Nottinghamshire.® William Peverel, 
 
 of Nottingham, who had poisoned the late Earl of Chester, 
 fled when he heard of the King's approach. 
 
 1 Cart. Antiq. K. ' My authority for the King's visit to Scarborough 
 
 2 Chron. J. Bromton, p. 1045. is Professor Stubbs's ' Outline Itinerary of Henry 
 'Cart. Antiq. T. See Monast. I. p. Ill, Num. IT.,' printed among the Appendices to his edition 
 
 xxxtx. of Benedict of Peterborougli (vol. II. p. exxix). 
 
 * Cart. Antiq. P. 1" this instance W. Newburgh is the Professor's 
 
 * D'Anisj's Extrait de Chartes, yol. ii. p. 62. authority. 
 
 « Monasticon, ri. 93, iv. ^ Gervase, p. 1377. 
 
6 COURTj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II, 
 
 1155. At Nottingham the King expedited three Charters ; one No(tingh»m. 
 
 to the city of Lincoln, which is now nearly illegible ; ^ 
 another to the Abbey of St. Hilda of Whitby. This is 
 attested by Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Richard de Luci, 
 Manasser Biset, and William de Perci ; ^ a third to Guy le 
 Strange, which is attested by Walter, Bp of Chester; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; 
 Richard de Luci ; Richard de CampvUl ; and Henry de 
 Oilli, Constable.^ 
 
 The King seems next to have visited some of the Western 
 counties.'' Hence perhaps a Charter to Burton Abbey, 
 dated at Burton, and attested by Walter, Bishop of Chester; Burton upon Trent 
 Thomas the Chancellor, and William fitz John : also a 
 Charter to Lilleshall Abbey (Shropshire), dated " apud 
 Alrewas in exercitu," and attested by R. Bishop of Lincoln ; Airewas. 
 R. Bishop of London ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Robert 
 de Dunstanville ; and Joceline de Baliol : ^ also a Charter 
 to Fairwell Nunnery (Staffordshire), dated at Radmore, and ^'^-""■f-j^jj. 
 attested by Manasser Biset, Dapifer; Froger, Archdeacon 
 (of Derby) ; Richard Peche, Archdeacon (of Coventry) ; 
 Peter de Bermingham, and Palcheius the forester.^ 
 
 Prince Henry bom at London, and baptized by Richard de Belmeis, 
 Bisbop of London.' 
 
 e. March 27. The King held a great Council at London, at which many London. 
 Bishops and Abbots sought renewal and confirmation of 
 their Charters.^ 
 
 We may assign to this occasion the following four 
 Charters, dated at London, and the following seventeen 
 Charters, dated at Westminster. 
 
 (1.) To Bromfield Priory (Shropshire). Witnesses, Hillary, 
 Bishop of Chichester ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; William, 
 Earl of Gloucester ; and Richard de Humet, Constable.^ 
 
 (2, 3.) Two Charters to the Canons of the Holy Trinity, 
 Londonji" and to Christ Church, London, each attested by 
 Queen Eleanor j Herbert, Bp of Avranches; Thomas the 
 
 1 Cartae Antiquse Q- 21'. A transcript in the * LUleshall Chartulary. 
 
 Fojdera (Vol. I. p. 40) gives as witnesses, E. Epis- ' Monasticon, iv. Ill, iii. 
 
 copo Lexov. Thoma Cancellario. H. Oonstab. (? 'Diceto, p. 530. 
 
 Henry de Oilli), H. de Essex, Constab. ' Palgrave's British Commonwealth, Appendix, 
 
 ^ Care. Antiq. D. D. p. xxxii 
 
 ^Cart. Cotton, xi. 14. ' Moiiaat. iv. p. 155. 
 
 ^ Gervase, p. 1377. '» Foedera, p. 41. 
 
 Feb. 28. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAKT OF K. HENEY II. ' 
 
 Ju^h27 ^^^°<^^l^or; Eichard de Lucy; Humphrey de BoHun, Da- London, 
 pifer ; and Ralph de Hastings.^ ^ 
 
 (4.) Charter to the citizens of Exeter, addressed to the 
 Bishop of Exeter,' and attested by Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; 
 Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; and Thomas the Chancellor.* 
 
 1. Charter to Montacute Priory (Somerset). Witnesses, westmiuster. 
 Thomas {read Theobald), Archbishop of Canterbury ; Henry, 
 Bishop of Winchester ; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, 
 
 Bp of Liseux ; Richard, Bp of London ; Joceline, Bp of 
 Sarum ; Robert, Bp of Bath ; Gilbert, Bp of Hereford ; 
 William, Earl of Gloucester ; R. Eai-1 of Leicester ; Warin 
 fitz Gerold, Chamberlain; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; Wil- 
 liam fitz Hamo ; and Joceline de Baillol.^ 
 
 2. Charter to the Abbey of St. Florant at Saumur. Wit- 
 nesses, Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Wil- 
 liam fitz Hamo ; and Robert de Dunestanvill.^ 
 
 3. Charter to the Norman Abbey of Lire. Witnesses, 
 ^ Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Ernulf, Bp of Liseux ; Robert, Earl 
 
 of Leicester ; William, Earl of Gloucester ; Richard de 
 Humet, Constable ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz 
 Gerold, Chamberlain; and Robert de Dunstanvill.^ 
 
 4. Charter to the Abbey of the Holy Trioity at Caen. 
 Witnesses, Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Ernulf, Bp of Liseux ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 5. Charter to Alcester Abbey (Warwickshire). Wit- 
 nesses, Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; John, Bishop of 
 Worcester ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; and Richard de 
 Luci.* 
 
 6. Charter to Chertsey Abbey. Witnesses, Richard, Bp 
 
 of London; Thomas the Chancellor; and Humphrey de 
 
 Bohun.i*' 
 
 1 Poedera p. 41- Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux ; Thomas the Chancellor, 
 
 ' Monast! ri. 157, Num. 14. Eobert de Novo Burgo, and Richard de Luci (Cart. 
 
 ' Robert Chichester. He died March 28, 1155. Orig. in Offio. Ducat. Lancast.). 
 
 ** Hearne's Liber Niger, p. 813. And there is another undated Charter, which 
 
 ^ Cartae Antiquse F. F. The attestation of the may here be noticed as liaving probably passed at 
 
 Bishop of Winchester, not very frequent at the Westminster, and on this occasion. It is in favour 
 
 time affects another question, which will be treated of Taunton Priory (Somersetshire), and is attested 
 
 of in the sequel. ^7 Richard, Bishop of London ; Nigel, Bishop of 
 
 Here we should notice an undated Charter Ely ; Eobert, Bishop of Lincoln ; Thomas the 
 
 which probably passed on the same day as that to Chancellor ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; and Wil- 
 
 Montacute Priory. Thereby the King concedes liam. Earl of Gloucester (Monast. vi. 166, II.). 
 
 and con6rm8 to Henry, Bishop of Winchester, and « Monast. \i. 1083. 
 
 his successors, the Manor of Sudton, which was ' Monast. tu. 1092. 
 
 once (first) of the Honour of Boulogne, and which « Cart. Antiq, F. m. 2. 
 
 Kine Stephen gave (to the Bishop) in exchange for « Monasticon, iv. 177. vi. 
 
 Mordon Witnesses, Philip, Bishop of Baieux; '"CartRi Antiquas D. No. 17. 
 
8 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1155. 7. Charter to Nigel, Bishop of Ely. Witnesses, Theobald, Westminster. 
 
 * Abp of Canterbury; "Walter, Bp of Chester; Thomas the 
 Chancellor ; and Eeginald, Earl of Cornwall.^ 
 
 8. Charter to Thame Abbey (Oxfordshire). Witnesses, 
 Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnald, Bp of Liseux ; T. Chancellor ; 
 Richard de Hument, Constable ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Cham- 
 berlain ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; and Robert de Dunes- 
 tanvill.^ 
 
 9. Charter to Hulm Abbey (Norfolk). Witnesses, 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; 
 Richard de Humez, Constable; and Warin fitz Ceroid, 
 Chamberlain.^ 
 
 10. Charter to the Norman Abbey of Fecamp. Wit- 
 nesses, Arnulf, Bp of Liseux; Philip, Bp of Baieux; 
 Richard, Bp of London ; William, the King's brother ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Richard de Humet ; Guarin fitz 
 Ceroid ; Manasser Biset, Robert de Newburgh, Robert de 
 Dunstanvill, Joceline de Baillol, and Nicholas de Stuteville.* 
 
 11. Charter, confirming the agreement which Henry, 
 Abbot of Fecamp, the King^s cousin (cognatus meus), had 
 made with William de Braose, concerning grants of Philip 
 and William, father and grandfather of the said William de 
 Braose. Witnesses, Gilbert, Bishop of London {read 
 Hereford) ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Nicholas de Stutevill ; 
 Robert de Novo-burgo ; and Warin fitz Gerold.^ 
 
 12. Charter to Hugh de Mara. Witnesses, Earl Reginald ; 
 Earl Robert of Leicester; Manser Biset; and Warin fitz 
 Gerold.fi 
 
 13. Charter to the Burgesses of Gloucester. Witnesses, 
 R. Earl of Cornwall ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz 
 Ceroid, Chamberlain; and Hugh de Longchamp.^ 
 
 14. Charter addressed to the Bishop of Winchester, and 
 confirming to William Briewerr the lands and tenures which 
 be had in time of K. Henry, the King's grandfather. 
 
 1 Cartse Antiquse, B. No. 29. added. Perhaps some transcriber, copying the 
 
 2 Cartae Autiqua:, K. No. 4. original deed years after it passed, thought it well 
 
 3 Cart« Antiquae, O & C C. thus to record his own knowledge, that GUbert 
 < Cartae Antique, S. Foliot, formerly Bishop of Hereford, had since 
 » Ibidem : — The first witness s name makes the been translated to London. 
 
 genuineness of this Charter doubtful. At all events, ^ Cartae Antiquae, Z. 
 
 these witnesses' names were not contemporarily ' Cartae Antiqute, D D. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 U55. Witnesses, Manasser Bisefc, Dapifer ; Robert de Dunestan- Westminster. 
 vill ; and Josceline de Baillol.^ 
 
 15. Charter to Godstow Nunnery, confirming the grants 
 thereto of Rainald fitz Count and Emelina his wife, and 
 their sons. Witnesses, Robert, Bp of Lincoln ; Nigel, Bp 
 of Ely ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester ; Wariu fitz Gerold ; William de Caisneto ; and 
 Richard de Camvill.^ 
 
 16. A Charter which probably passed at Westminster, 
 whereby the King grants to Ralph Purcell, his Usher, 
 the office of Robert Burnell, the said Ralph's uncle. 
 Witnesses, Nigel, Bishop of Ely; Thomas the Chancellor.^ 
 
 17. Charter to the Norman Abbey of St. Sauveur le 
 Vicomte (Coutances Dioc), confirming the donation which 
 Queen Adeliza and William Earl of Chichester (her second 
 husband) had made thereto. Witnesses, Theobald, Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury; Henry, Bp of Winchester; Regi- 
 nald, Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl of Chichester ; 
 Richard de Humeto ; Manasser Biset ; and Garin fi.tz 
 Gerold.* 
 
 Roger, Earl of Hereford, previously disaffected, places 
 the Castles of Hereford and Gloucester at the King's 
 disposal ; and this by negotiation of Gilbert, Bishop of 
 Hereford, the Earl's kinsman.^ 
 
 We may presume that the King's Charter to the said 
 Earl Roger passed immediately, and while the Court 
 was still at Westminster. It is undated as to place, but is 
 attested by Thomas the Chancellor; William, the King's 
 brother ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Earl T'atric (of 
 Salisbury) ; -John Marescall ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 William fitz Hamo ; Richard de Sancto Remigio ; Warin 
 fitz Gerold, Chamberlain ; and Josceline de Bailloil.^ 
 
 On tliis day Arclibishop Theobald was presiding in his own Court 
 at Canterbury.' 
 
 The King holds a great Council at Wallingford, whereat Waiiingford. 
 
 e. March 
 30-27. 
 
 March 2S. 
 
 April 10. 
 
 ' Carta: Antlquae, E. E. See Dugdale's Baron- 
 age, fol. 700. 
 
 2 Godstow Chartulary, fol. 3. 
 
 ^ CartEe Antiqua;, F. 19. 'ihe testing-clause has 
 teen wrongly transcribed in the Fsedera (p. 42), 
 and would lead to the false assumption that 
 Becket had in one instance attested » Koyal 
 
 Charter, under his style of Archdeacon of Canter- 
 bury. Tlie reading of the Charter is Toma Cane. 
 not Tom. Cantuar. 
 
 * D'Anisy's Transcripts, iii. 47. 
 
 ' Gervase, of Canterbury, p. 1378. 
 
 <^ Rot. Chart. 1 John, niemb.6. 
 
 ' Madox, Formulare, page 75. 
 
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 CODETj HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1156. 
 AprU 10. 
 
 c. May, 
 
 June 4. 
 
 July 7. 
 
 the Nobles recognize the successional rights of the waiiingford 
 Princes, WilUam and Henry.^ 
 
 The following three Charters, dated at Waiiingford, 
 doubtless belong to this occasion. 
 
 1. Charter to Glastonbury Abbey, attested by Eeginald, 
 Earl of Cornwall.^ 
 
 2. Charter to Norton Priory (Cheshire), attested by T., 
 Abp of Canterbury ; Richard, Bp of London ; Joceline, Bp 
 of Salisbury ; and R., Earl of Cornwall.® 
 
 3. Charter to the Abbey of St. Edmundsbury. Witnesses, 
 Theobald, Abp of Canterbury; Joceline, Bp of Sarum ; 
 Richard, Bp of London ; Thomas the Chancellor ; R., Earl 
 of Cornwall; Richard de Humetis, Constable; Warin fitz 
 Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; and 
 William fitz Hamo.* 
 
 Immediately after the Council of Waiiingford, the King 
 went to suppress the rebellion of Hugh de Mortimer, 
 The sieges of Cleobury, Wigmore, and Bridgnorth, occu- SoSmTr'. 
 pied most of the summer.^ Wigmure. 
 
 It was during the last siege, that the King expedited 
 a Charter to Stoneley Abbey (Warwickshire). It is dated 
 Afud Brugiam in ohsidione ; and is attested by Theobald, Bridgnorth. 
 Abp of Canterbury ; Roger, Abp of York ; John, Bp 
 of Worcester ; Walter, Bp of Chester ; Thomas the Chan- 
 cellor ; Reginald, Eaii of Cornwall ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; Warin fitz 
 Ceroid, Chamberlain ; William de Beauchamp ; and Maurice 
 de Ambresley.® 
 
 Baldwin de Kedvers, died at Quarr Abbey.' Kow also, according to 
 one account, died William, tbe eldest son of the King. ^ If so, he wa3 
 Tinder three years of age, having been born on August 17, 1153. 
 
 Archbishop Theobald is now at Canterbury, where he consecrates 
 Eobert Warlewast, Dean of Salisbury, to be Bishop of Exeter. The 
 attending Bishops were Hillary of Chichester ; Josceline of Salisbury ; 
 Nigel of Ely ; and Walter of Kochester." 
 
 A great Council was summoned to Bridgnorth, whereat 
 the terms of the " King's Peace " with Mortimer were 
 
 ' Chroii. Normann. p. 991. 
 
 ^ Monast. i. 4i. Ixx. 
 
 ' Monasticon, yi. 314, ii. 
 
 •■ Cartas Antiquse, P. 
 
 s Chron. Noi-mann. p. 991. 
 
 " Monasticon, v. 447, vii. 
 ' Monast. v. 381. See also Monast. vi. 54. 
 * Chron. Normann. p. 989. 
 
 " Gerrase of Canterbury, p. 1378. See also 
 Clu-on. Normann. p. 901. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. H 
 
 1155. settled. It is incidentally mentioned that Reginald, Earl Bridgnorth. 
 of Cornwall ; Richard de Humez, Richard de Lucy, and 
 Walter de Lucy, Abbot of Battle, were there.^ 
 
 The five following Charters, dated at Briig, will further 
 illustrate the subject. 
 
 1. Charter to Mereval Abbey (Warwickshire), attested 
 by Theobald, Abp (of Canterbury) ; W. Bishop of Chester ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Earl Rainald (of Cornwall) ; 
 Roger, Earl of Hereford ; Goceline de Balliol ; and Manasser 
 Byseth.3 
 
 2, 3, 4. Three several Charters to Shrewsbury Abbey, 
 attested by Archbishop Theobald ; Gilbert, Bp of Hereford ; 
 Walter, Bp of Chester ; John, Bp of Worcester ; Thomas 
 the Chancellor ; Reinald, Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl 
 of Bristol {alias Gloucester) ; Roger, Earl of Hereford ; 
 Hugh, Earl of Chester ; William fitz Alan ; Robert de 
 Dunstanvill ; Walclieline Maminoth ; and Roger Corbeth.^ 
 
 6. Charter to Robert Pinzun, addressed to William fitz 
 Alan (now Sheriff of Shropshire), and attested by Regi- 
 nald, Earl of Cornwall ; Richard de Humez ; and Hugh de 
 Mortimer.* 
 
 Here intervenes a period of between two and three 
 months, during which neither Chronicle nor Pipe-Roll 
 records any movement of the Court. Some Charters, 
 which conjecturally passed in the interval, must fill up the 
 hiatus. — 
 July to One is dated at Worcester, whither the King may well Worcester, 
 
 have gone after the siege of Bridgnorth. It is in favour 
 of the Norman Abbey of St. Martin at Troarn (Diocese of 
 Bayeux). It is attested by Theobald, Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury ; John, Bishop of Worcester ; Gilbert, Bishop of 
 Hereford ; Thomas the Chancellor ; William, the King's 
 brother ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; William, Earl of 
 Gloucester; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Henry de Essex, 
 Constable ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; Richard de 
 Luci; Robert, son of the Earl of Leicester; Manasser 
 
 ' Palgrave's British Commonwealth, Appendix, ' Chartulary of Shrewsbury Abbey, Nos. 36, 
 
 page XXXV. 45, and 46. 
 
 2 Monasticon, t. 483, ii. " Ibidem, No. 162. 
 
 September. 
 
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 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1165. Biset, Dapifer : Warin fitz Gerold, Chamberlain : Robert Worcester. 
 
 July 'o ^ . . .' r\- 
 
 September, de Dunstanvill ; Gosceline de Baillol ; Henry de Oilly ; 
 William de Lanvalein ; and William de Beauchamp.^ 
 
 One, dated at Salisbury, is in favour of the borough Salisbury. 
 of Wilton. It is attested by Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 Roger, Earl of Hereford ; William, Earl of A. (probably 
 Arundel) ; Richard de Humets, Constable ; Warin fitz 
 Gerold, Chamberlain ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; and Joceliue 
 de Baillol.^' 
 
 One undated charter in favour of Seiher de Quinci, 
 attested by Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; Thomas the Chan- 
 cellor ; Earl Reginald (of Cornwall) ; the Earl of Hereford ; 
 and Henry de Essex.^ 
 
 Sept. 20. The King held a great Council at Winchester. He pro- Winchester, 
 
 posed to conquer Ireland, and give it to his brother, 
 William. The Empress was present, and opposed the 
 plan.* 
 
 The five following Charters appear to belong to this 
 occasion. They are all dated at Winchester. 
 
 1. Charter in favour of Archbishop Theobald. Witnesses, 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; 
 William, the King's brother ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 and Robert de Dunstanvill.^ 
 
 2. Charter to Shrewsbury Abbey. Witnesses, Theobald, 
 Abp of Canterbury; Thomas the Chancellor; Reginald, 
 Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl of Bristol ; Roger, Earl of 
 Hereford ; and Roger Corbet.^ 
 
 3. Charter to the Cell of Sudbury (Suffolk), addressed 
 to William, Bp of Norwich ; and attested by Thomas the 
 Chancellor; and Reginald, Earl of Cornwall.''' 
 
 4. Charter to St. Peter's Hospital at York. Witnesses, 
 T.J the Chancellor ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; Richard 
 de Luci ; William fitz Hamo ; and Richard de ChanvilL* 
 
 5. Charter to the Knights Hospitallers, expressed to be 
 " for the health of the Grantor ; of his mother the Empress ; 
 
 ' D'Anisj's Normandy Transcripts iii. 337. ^ Cartse Antiquse, K. 10. 
 
 The King's first recorded risit to Worcester was '' Chron. Normann, p. 991. 
 
 in April, 1158 ; but, at that date, John, Bishop of * Cartai Antique, F. 24. 
 
 Worcester, was dead. ' Salop Chartulary, No. 43. 
 
 = Journal of the Archaeological Institute, No. 61, ' Monasticon, iii. 459, ii. 
 
 p. 312. * Carlffi Antiqiiae, D. D. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 13 
 
 1155. of A., the Queen, and of their children."^ It is dated Winchester. 
 "• P • • jipiig Wintoniam in Concilia, and is attested by Thomas the 
 Chancellor ; R., Abp of York ; Richard, Bp of Ijondon ; R., 
 (Bp) of Lincoln; G., (Bp) of Hereford; William, the 
 King's brother; R., Earl of Leicester; R., Earl of Corn- 
 wall ; W., Earl Warren ; W., Earl of Gloucester ; H., Earl 
 of Norfolk; Earl Patric (of Wiltshire); R. de Novo 
 burgo ; H. de Essex, Constable ; Richard de Humez, 
 Constable ; Guarin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer ; William fitz Hamo ; Richard de Luci ; and 
 Richard de Campevill.^ 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1155, heing that of the first regnal year 
 of K. Henry II., is not ertant, and therefore Us evidence as to the events 
 of tliat year is not available. The extracts from tJie said Hall, which 
 have been preserved in the Red Book of the Exchequer, are too meagre 
 for such a purpose. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1155, TO MICHAELMAS, 1156. 
 
 October 9. The King dispatches the Bishops of Le Mans, Liseux, 
 and Bvreux, with Robert Abbot of St. Alban's, on a mission 
 to Rome. 
 
 Oct. Nov. In the last quarter of the year 1155, we gather from the 
 
 Pipe-Rolls, or infer from Charters, that the King visited 
 Cricklade, Woodstock, Newbury, and Windsor. chrickiade, etc. 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of the fiscal year ending Michaelmas, 1156, 
 contains entries which serve our present purpose in two 
 ways, viz., to indicate the names of certain Officers, who 
 were in close attendance on the King, and to adumbrate 
 (though not to arrange in chronological sequence) the 
 movements of the Court. These entries are as follows : 
 
 yoEKSHiEE. A certain debtor has paid ten merks in 
 Gamerd Regis to Stephen the Chamberlain. Another 
 debtor has paid £16. 13s. id. to Geoffry Monk in the 
 Camera Curiae.^ 
 
 Statfoedshiee. William de Beauchamp, fermor of Trent- 
 ham, has paid £1 5 to Geoffry Monh in the Gamerd Curiae.^ 
 
 I CartjB AntiquEe, C. C. personages designated therein ; not as indicating 
 
 ^Matth. Paris (Wats). toI. ii. p. 71. any movement of the Court. The debtor and the 
 
 ' Hot. Pip. 2 Hen. II. pp. 27, 29, 52. The two Fermor possibly travelled far from Yorkshire or 
 
 first entries are inserted for the sake of the Official Staffordshire to find the Court. 
 
14. COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1155. Winchester. The Fermor has paid £4. 10s. 8d. in the 
 
 Dec. ' hire of two carts and horses, to convey the King's treasure 
 
 to Cricchelade.^ Crickisde, 
 
 Oxi'oRDSHiRE. The Sheriff (Henry de Oilli) has paid 
 40s. in escort of the King's cousin {cognatce), from ' Wude- Woodstock, 
 stoch ' to London.' 
 
 Windsor. Richai'd de Luci, Fermor of Windsor, Windsor, 
 charges £4. 15s. 6d. in corredio Regis (a certain proof that 
 the King had visited the Castle) .^ 
 
 The Charter evidence which seems to belong to the 
 same period of three months, is as follows : — 
 
 A Charter to St. Giles's Hospital (Salop), dated at Woodstock. 
 Woodstock, addressed to Walter, Bp of Chester; and 
 attested by Manasser Biset, Dapifer; and Warin fitz 
 Ceroid, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 A Charter to Ralph de Hastyngs (the Queen's Dapifer), Newbury. 
 dated at Newebery ; and attested by R., Earl of Leicester ; 
 R., Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl of Gloucester ; 
 Richard de Lucy; Manasser Biset; Josceline de Bailliol; 
 and Wido de Sanford.* 
 
 A Charter to Dunstaple Priory, dated at Windsor, Windsor. 
 and attested by Theobald, Abp of Canterbury; Herbert, 
 Bp of Avranches ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Earl Reginald ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Manasser Biseth, Dapifer ; 
 Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; and Joceline de Bailiol.^ 
 Dec. 25. The King held a Council at Westminster." Possibly Westminster, 
 
 some of the Charters, which have been assigned to the 
 Westminster Council of March, 1155, belong rather to the 
 Council of December. 
 
 Among the important but not precisely dated events of the year 1155, 
 are the flight of the late King Stephen's brother, Henry, Bishop of 
 Winchester, and the demolition of his Castles by K. Henry,' 
 
 ' Eot. Pip. p. 36. indicates (p. 532) that the Bishop remained in 
 
 ■■ Ibidem, p. 19. exile at Clugni after the death of Archbishop Theo- 
 
 « Monasticon, vii. 640. bald (Apl. 18, 1161). This is Tery problematical. 
 
 ■• Brakelond's Chronicle (Camden Soc), Note, The best authority, that of tlie Pipe-Rolls, would 
 
 p. 119. suggest that at Michaelmas, 1157, the Bisliop was 
 
 ' Cartse Antiquse, S. S. stiU unreconciled to the King, but that at Michael- 
 
 " Palgrave (ut 'supra), p. xxxvi. mas, 1158, his disgrace was at an end {Vide printed 
 
 ' Diceto, p. 530. The occurrence was pro- EoUs, pp. 105, 117, 118, 162). 
 
 bably late in the year, for the charge for demolish- There is another contradiction of evidences as to 
 
 ing the Bishop's Castles is on the Pipe-Boll of the the duration of the Bishop's exile. We are told 
 
 year ending Michaelmas, 1156. Diceto further (Monasticon, iii. 104) that Hugh, Prior of West- 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAET OP K. HENRY 11. 15 
 
 1165. Also the demolition by Rojal Order of no less than 140 English 
 
 Castles. 
 
 A.D. 1156. 
 
 1156. The King probably went to Canterbury, after tbe Canterbury. 
 
 Council of Westminster. Hence a Charter, dated at 
 Canterbury, to the Church and Abbot of Saint Jean d'An- 
 geli, and attested by R., Bishop of Lincoln ; T., the Chan- 
 cellor; Earl Reginald; Hugh, Earl of Norfolk; Roger, 
 Earl of Clare; Richard de Humet, Constable; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz Gerold, Chamberlain ; Walche- 
 line Maminot; and Ralph de Hasting.^ 
 Jan. 2-10. The King now goes to Dover. ^ Dover. 
 
 Hence the Sheriff of Kent pays £10 in the Gamerd 
 Curice to Warin fitz Ceroid.^ Also the Sheriffs of London 
 charge 2 merks for conveying the King's treasure to 
 Shoreham.^ Also the Sheriff of Southampton charges for 
 sending treasure over sea by band of William Cumin; 
 and for sending the King's hawks and falcons over sea.^ 
 
 We have also three Charters dated at Dover, and which 
 undoubtedly passed on this occasion, viz. 
 
 (1.) To Christ Church, Canterbury, and Abp Theobald, 
 attested by Roger, Abp of York; Nigel, Bp of Ely; 
 Robert, Bp of Lincoln; Thomas the Chancellor; John, 
 Treasurer of York ; Roger, son of the Earl of Gloucester ; 
 Richard Peche, Archdeacon (of Coventry) ; Froger, Arch- 
 deacon (of Derby) ; Nicholas de Hamtune; Earl Reginald, 
 (of Cornwall) ; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk) ; Henry de Essex, 
 Constable ; Richard de Humet ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; 
 Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; William de Beauchamp ; Henry de 
 Pomeray; and John Marescall.* 
 
 (2.) To St. Mary's Abbey at Leicester, attested by 
 Roger, Abp of York ; Robert, Bp of Lincoln ; Nigel, Bp 
 of Ely ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; 
 
 minster, was conCnmed to be Abbot of St. Ed- April 10, 1160, the Bishop of Winchester occurs as 
 
 munds in 1157 by the Bishop of Winchester, then being at Pareham (near Portsmouth), (Palgrave u( 
 
 Legate of the Pope ; but Gervase (p. 1378) supra, Appx. p. xvi), and on May 23, 1162, he was 
 
 declares that Abbot Hugh received the benedic- at the election of Becket to the See of Canter- 
 
 fion in 1157 at Colchester, and at the hands of bury. 
 
 Archbishop Theobald ; and it is certain that the ' Carta: Antiquse, X. 
 
 latter was Papal Legate at the time. Two the- ' Diceto, p. 531. 
 
 roughly ascertained dates may serve further to illus- ' Rot. Pipe, 2 Hen. II. pp. 65, 3, 53. 
 
 trate this curious question.— Between March 6 and ■• Monasticon, iv. 588, Num. ix. 
 
16 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY 11. 
 
 1156. Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; Dover. 
 Henry de Essex, Constable ; Richard de Lucy ; and Warin 
 fitz Gerold.i 
 
 (3.) The third Charter, being dated " Apud Dover in 
 transitu Regis," shows the King's object in coming thither. 
 He was going to Normandy and he grants the Earldom 
 of Oxford to Earl Alberic. Witnesses, Thomas the Chan- 
 cellor ; Hugh, Earl of Norfolk ; Roger, Earl of Clare ; 
 Earl Patric (of Wiltshire) ; Richard fitz Gilbert ; Henry 
 de Essex, Constable; Richard de Humez, Constable; 
 Richard de Lucy ; Walter fitz Robert; M. Biset, Dapifer ; 
 Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain; Richard de Canvill; 
 William de Lanvall ; and Hamo Peche.^ 
 jj„ The King embarks from Dover, and lands at Witsand, in witsand. 
 
 Picardy.^ 
 
 It is evident that, for the first six months of the King's absence, 
 the Queen remained in England, and in a position of considerable trust. 
 Her Writs were of Kegal exigence, and related not only to her own 
 household and expenditure, but to general matters of Kojal revenue. 
 One such Writ was in her name and that of the Justiciar of England ; 
 another was tested by Earl Reginald.^ Her Corrodies or other expenses 
 were furnished as follows : — by the Sheriffs of London two several sums 
 of £3. 8*. id. and £40 ; by the Sheriff of Surrey, £70 ; by the Sheriff 
 of Essex, £111. 6«. 8d. ; by the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, £30 ; by 
 the Sheriff of Hampshire, £41. Ss. Id. ; and by the Sheriff of Kent, 
 £70. 2s. 9^.' Most of these corrodies were paid through the hands 
 of Ralph de Hastings, whom we have seen to have been the Queen's 
 Dapifer. 
 
 Jan. From Witsand the King seems to have gone to St. Omer. gt. omer. 
 
 Hence a Charter, dated Apud Sanctum Audomarum, to 
 Santingfield Hospital (near Witsand). Witnesses, Thomas 
 the Chancellor; William, the King's brother; Richard de 
 Humez, Constable; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain; and 
 Manasser Biset, Dapifer.*" 
 
 Feb. 2. The King is at Rouen.'' ^^^^^^ 
 
 The following Charters, dated at Rouen, may be assigned 
 to this period. 
 
 1, To Woburn Abbey (Bedfordshire) ; attested by 
 Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Thomas the 
 
 1 Monasticon, vi. 467, xix. 57, 60, 63. 
 
 2 Selden's Titles of Honour, p. 539. ' Ibidem, pp. 4, 11, 17, 21, 54, 65. 
 5 Diceto, page 531. ^ Monast. vi. 639, Num. i. 
 
 * Rot. Pip. 2 Hen. II. pp. 4, 9, 23, 30, 53, 54, ' Chron. Nermann. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 17 
 
 1156. Chancellor ; Froger, Archdeacon (of Derby) ; Eichard de Eoueu. 
 Feb. 2. Humetj Constable ; Eoberfc de Novo Burgo ; Warin fitz 
 Geroldj Chamberlain ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Walter de 
 Hereford j and Eobert de Dunstanvill.^ 
 
 2. To the Nuns of Godstow (Oxfordshire), attested by 
 My Lady the Empress ; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp 
 of Liseux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Eobert de Newburgh ; 
 Eichard de Humet, Constable ; Warin fitz Gerold ; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer ; and Eobert de Diinstanvill.'^ 
 
 3. To St. Mary^s Abbey at Leicester ; attested by 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Eichard de 
 Humet ; and Manasser Biset.^ 
 
 4. To the Canons of Merton (Surrey) ; attested by T., 
 the Chancellor ; Eobert de Novo-burgo ; and Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer.* 
 
 Feb. 6. K. Henry holds a conference with Louis VII. on the Marches ot 
 
 borders of France and Normandy : and does homage to the '^'"'™^° ^■ 
 French King for Normandy, Anjou, Touraine, Maine, and 
 Aquitaine.^ 
 „. Feb. The King holds a conference with his brother Geoffrey, 
 
 as to the claims of the latter to Anjou, Touraine, and Maine. 
 This, as well as a conference with Theodoric, Comte of 
 Flanders, was at Eouen. Eouen. 
 
 Geoffrey goes into Anjou, dissatisfied. The King follows Adjou. 
 him. 
 
 Geofirey expels Hoel Comte of Bretagne, and takes 
 Nantes. 
 
 King Henry besieges Mirebeau (in Poitou) and Chinon, jiirebeau. 
 (in Touraine). ciimon. 
 
 Hence we have a Writ-royal in favour of Philip, Bishop 
 of Bayeux, attested by Eobert de Novo-burgo (Justice of 
 Normandy) ; and dated Apud Mirabel m ohsidione.'^ 
 
 And a Writ in favour of D'Aunay Abbey (Bayeux Dioc), 
 attested by Eichard de Humet, Constable ; and dated Apud 
 Chinonem in exercitu.'^ 
 
 ' Monasticon, v. 479, iii. Bcoket, had been educated at Merton. 
 
 ^ Godstow Ohartulary, fol. 164. * Chron. Normann. p. 991. 
 
 ' Cartse Antiquae, X. --^ •- ■ t^- 
 
 * Ibidem, O. O. The Chancellor, Thomas a 
 
 " Extraits des Chartea (D' Anisy , ii. 442) . 
 ' D'Auisy's Transcripts, i. p. 7. 
 
18 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1156. 
 c. Feb 
 
 Hence, too, we have a Charter to Henry de Oxeneford, chinon. 
 dated Apud CMnonem in exercitu, and attested by William, 
 the King's brother ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; Robert 
 fitz Roy ; Reginald de St. Walery ; Warin fitz Gerold, 
 Chamberlain; Mannasser Biset, Dapiferj Henry de Oilli, 
 Constable ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; William de Lanvalay ; 
 Richard de Sancto Remigio ; Philip de Columberiis ; and 
 Robert de Watevill.i 
 c. May. The King reduces Mirebeau and Chinon, after long 
 
 sieges. Loudun (in Touraine) is surrendered to him.^ Loudun. 
 
 j_ June, Death, according to one authority, of William, the King's eldest son. 
 
 The Princess Matilda, born at London.' These two eTenta, and the 
 Queen's continuance in England, are well illustrated by an entry in the 
 Sheriifs of London's accounts at Michaelmas, 1156. They charge £40 
 for the Queen's corrody ; £24 for the corrody of Henry, the King's son, 
 his sister, and his aunt (Amita sua) ; and £7 for wine j and £6. 6s. for 
 further corrody of the same persons, suppUed by hand of Kalph de 
 Hastings.' 
 
 June 10. Hugh, Abp. of Eouen ; Eobert, Bp of Evreux ; Eichard, Bp of Cou- 
 
 tances ; and Herbert, Bp of ATranches, meet at Mortain. * 
 
 ... July. The King and his brother Geoffrey come to terms. 
 
 Hence we have a Charter to Chertsey Abbey, dated Apvd 
 CMnonem post pacem factam inter Regem et fratrem suum, chinon. 
 attested by R. (it should be H.) Archbp of Rouen ; Thomas, 
 the Chancellor ; and Richard de Luci.^ 
 
 About this time the Queen crosses to Normandy. Hence, at 
 Michaelmas, the Sheriffs of London charge £4. Os. 4d. for certain ex- 
 penses of tbe King's children ante transfretationcm SeginceJ 
 
 c. July. Stephen, Abbot of St. Plorant, succeeds Alan, Bishop of Eedon, in that 
 
 See.8 
 
 Conau, Earl of Eichmond, passes from England to Little Brittany, 
 besieges Eedon and expels his stepfather, the Vicomte Eudo. The Bretons 
 accept Earl Conan as their Duhe? 
 
 Aug. 29. The Abbot of Battle, having crossed the sea, finds the 
 
 King at Saumur (in Anjou) . The Queen is there also, and Saumor. 
 Richard de Luci, the Abbot's brother.^" 
 
 ' Cartfie Antiquie, D. No. 42. double error, falsifying both the name and title of 
 
 2 Chron. Nermann, p. 992. the attesting Prelate. 
 
 3 Bromton, p. 1047. ? Eot. Pipe, 2 Hen. IL p. 5. 
 ^ Eot. Pipe, 2 Hen. II. p. 4. » Chron. Nermann, p. 992. 
 
 ' Chron. Nonnann. p. 992. 9 Chron. Normann. ibidem. Another authority 
 
 ' Cartoe Antiqufe, D. No. 16. Another copy of (Gall. Scriptores, xii) seems to imply that Conan left 
 
 tnis Charter (Carta; Antiquae, O. O.), purports to England in September, 1155. 
 
 have been attested by " E., JBishop of Eouen ; " a '" Palgrave (ut supra), p. xxxvi. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENKY II. 19 
 
 1168. The King is assumed to have been still in Anjou. adjou. 
 
 Some persons, who, in the fiscal year now ended, appear to have 
 administered oocaaional justice in the provinces may bo here mentioned. 
 These were the Chancellor (Thomas a Beoket) ; the Earl of Leicester 
 (implied in one instance by the mere title Justiciarius) ; the Archbishop 
 of York (in his province) ; the Bishops of Chichester and Lincoln (quite 
 incidentally); Wido fitz Teoe (in London); one G-regory" (in Surrey and 
 Bucks) ; Ealph Picot (in Surrey) ; and Henry de Pomerai (in Cambridge- 
 shire). Several of the above acted probably on special commissions. 
 The only and regularly constituted Justioe-in-eyre seems to have been 
 Henry de Essex, who had held pleas singly in no less than six counties, 
 and who had officiated in two (Kent and Essex) as Colleague of the 
 Chancellor.' 
 
 MICHAELMAS, ]156, TO MICHAELMAS, 1157. 
 
 Sept. 30. Within the next six months and during the King's stay 
 
 on the Continent, his places of sojourn must be partly 
 concluded from Deeds. 
 
 1. A Charter to Eynesham Abbey is dated at Domfront Domfront. 
 (between Maine and Normandy), and attested by Nigel, Bp 
 
 of Ely ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; 
 and Warin fitz Ceroid.^ 
 
 2. A Charter, giving the Ushership of the Exchequer to 
 Roger de Warenguefort, a King's Serjeant, is dated at 
 Pont Audemer (in Normandy), and attested by Warin 
 
 fitz Ceroid ; Manasser Biset ; William fitz Hamo ; and Pont Andemer. 
 Master Alvered.^ 
 
 3. A Charter to the Abbey of St. Saviour, in the Diocese 
 
 of Coutances, is dated at Caen, and attested by Richard de caen. 
 Humet, Jordan Tessy, William fitz John, Nicholas de 
 Vayens, and William fitz Hamo.* 
 
 In this month the King visited Limoges. He adjusted Limoges, 
 some differences between the Convent of St. Martial and 
 the Citizens of Limoges, and levied procurations on both 
 Abbey and City.^ 
 
 1 Kot. Pip. 2 Hen. II., passim. alias Eoger Serviens, alias Eoger Ostiarius, occurs 
 
 2 Monast. iii. 20, xxxviii. Nigel, Bishop of with marks of favour in the Pipe KoU of 1156. In 
 Ely was at this time much employed with re-or- one instance, Gervase and John, Sheriffs of London, 
 gamzing the Koyal Exchequer. A payment by the allege the following disbursement. " In liberatione 
 Sheriff of Kent of one merk to Eoger Ostiarius Eogerii Ostiarii de Thesauro 28«. Hd. per breve 
 (Usher of the Exchequer) was authorized by the Eegis." 
 
 Bishop (Eot. Pip. 2 Hen. II.). " Monast. vi. 1105. 
 
 3 CartsB Antiquse, i. 25. Eoger de Warengefort, * Gaufr. Vosiensis (Gall. Scrip, xii. 439). 
 
 October. 
 
20 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OP E. HENRY II. 
 
 1156. The King (as Suzerain in right of his wife as Duchess Limoges. 
 
 of Aquitaine), took in hand the lands of Ademar (v.) the 
 
 *'Boy-Vicomte" of Limoges: and committed them /or wearZt/ 
 
 tliree years to Geoffrey de Newburgh and to William, sur- 
 
 named Pandolf.^ 
 
 A Diploma of King Henry, dated at Limoges (apud Limoges. 
 
 Limovicum), and attested by Thomas the Chancellor, seems 
 
 to belong to this occasion. It is a Writ of 'facias 
 
 recognosci ' and ' habere facias ' in behalf of Philip, Bishop 
 
 of Baieux. It is addressed for execution to William fitz 
 
 John, or in his default to Eobert de Newburgh (then Chief 
 
 Justice of Normandy).^ 
 
 After his visit to Limoges, K. Henry, to please the Queen, 
 
 sent a force to occupy ThouarSj and to expel the Vicomte 
 
 Geoffrey, who had assisted Prince Geoffrey at the siege 
 
 of Chinon. 
 
 Q^^ 28. Robert, Abbot of St. Albans ; Robert, Bp of Lincoln j Richard, Bp 
 
 of London j Hugh, Bp of Durham ; and Gilbert, Bp of Hereford j 
 
 meet at St. Neots (Huntingdonshire) .' 
 
 c. Not. 11. Hillary, Bp of Chichester, crosses to Normandy, and 
 remains there with the Court till April, 1157.* 
 
 In this interval, therefore, we may date a Charter where- 
 by the King, then at Argentan (in Normandy), gives Argcntan. 
 the Manor of Linton (Herefordshire) to Eichard Talbot, 
 except 60 solidates of land, which Hugh de Longchamp 
 had. Witnesses, Hilary, Bp of Chichester ; R., Bishop of 
 Evreux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; William, the King's 
 brother ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz Ceroid, 
 Chamberlain ; Richard de Canvill ; Henry de Essex, 
 Junior ; William de Lanvalei ; and Hugh de Periers.^ 
 Dec. 25. Peter, Abbot of Clugny, died. 
 The King is said, on one authority, ^ to have kept 
 Christmas at Bourdeaux. If this be correct, — Bourdeam. 
 
 Deo. 31. The King probably remained in Guienne till the end of Gnienne. 
 
 the year. 
 
 ' Chron. Anon, inter Gall. Scriptores (xii. 121, 2 D'Anisy's Extraits de Chartea, vol. ii. p. 440. 
 
 417). Gtiufr. Vosiensis (ibm. xii. 439). The former ^ Matth. Paris. (Wats), ii. p. 72. 
 
 authority dates Henry's visit to Limoges as two ■* Palgrave (ut supra) p. xxxvi. 
 
 years after his succession. The latter calls Geoffrey * Cartse Antiquae, T. 
 
 de Newburgh "brother of Eotrou, Comte of Perche." ^ Chronicon Anon, inter Rerum Oallicarum 
 
 (As to date, see below, October, 1159, Note.) Scriptores. 
 
 Dec. 25. 
 
CODETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINKEAEY OF E. HENEY II. 21 
 
 ll"^' Among the less precisely dated events of the year 1156, are : — 
 
 (1.) The death of Gilbert de Gant, sometimeB styled Earl of Lincoln, 
 
 whose sole daughter and heir is married to Simon, son of Earl Simon 
 
 (of Northampton).' 
 
 (2.) A great Synod held at London between May and October, whereat 
 
 Archbishop Theobald presided, and Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls 
 
 and Barons attended j though Eobert, Bishop of Lincoln, refused to 
 
 attend.^ 
 
 (3.) A grant by Margaret, Countess of Warwick, to the Order 
 
 of Templars, dated 'in the Chapter-House of St. Stephen,' and 'in 
 
 Normandy,' and attested by Kotrode, Bishop of Evreux (who was her 
 
 son) ; Phihp, Bishop of Baieux' ; Henry de Novo Burgo (also her son) ; 
 
 Eobert de Novo Burgo, (also her son, and now seneschal of Normandy) ; 
 
 Geoffrey de Novo Burgo ; Roger, a. Chaplain ; and Walleran, Comte 
 
 of Mellent (who was her late husband's' nephew).* 
 
 A.D. 1157. 
 1167. Early in this year the King is stated to have visited 
 
 Mortain." Mortain. 
 
 A royal Charter, of Franchises and rights, to the Abbey 
 of Mont St. Michel, is dated apud Moritonum, and attested 
 by Eobert de Novoburgo. 
 
 In the year 1157, Assizes were held at Caen, whereat judgment was 
 given between Kobert, Abbot of Mont St. Michel, and Jordan de 
 SackviUe. This judgment was sanctioned by Robert de Novoburgo, 
 Dapifer et Jitsticia totius Normannice, by Philip, Bishop of Baieux ; 
 Amulf, Bishop of Lisieux ; Richard, Bishop of Coutances ; William 
 Tallevac, Earl of Ponthieu ; Ingerger de Bohun (written Bourd) ; and 
 Philip fitz Emise.7 
 
 There is a Eoyal Charter, expressly dated a.d. 1157, 
 and at Falaise, in which Henry, divina miseraciooie Rex Faiaise. 
 Anglice, etc., pro statu et incolumitate regni, grants to 
 the Church of St. John the Baptist of the Hospital of 
 Falaise. Witnesses, Bishops — Philip of Baieux; Ernulf 
 of Lisieux ; Girard of Seez ; and Rotrou of Evreux ; 
 Thomas the Chancellor; Richard (de Humez), the Con- 
 stable ; Ouarin fitz Ceroid ; Manasser Biset ; Robert de 
 
 ' Chronicon Normanniae, with the marginal date leaving Gundred, his widow, and a son, William, 
 
 corrected. °°'^ (1156) Earl of Warwick. 
 
 2 M. Paris ii. 72. * Monasticon, viii. 1268. The Charter probably 
 
 ' His name was Harcourt. He became Bishop passed at Caen, where was St. Stephen's Abbey. 
 
 in 1141, being elevated from the Deanery of Lin- " Professor Stubbs's Itinerary (p. cxxx), quoting 
 
 coin. He was deceased in 1165. D'Anisy MS. i. 277, 280. But we cannot substan- 
 
 ^ Henry de Newburgh, the Countess's husband tiate the reference. 
 
 died in 1123. Her eldest son Roger died in 1153, ' D'Anisy, Normandy Trivnscripts, ii. 280. 
 
22 COUKTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1167. Novoburgo ; Richard de Luoi ; Henry de Pomerai ; Faiaias. 
 William Patric; Eobert de Oourci; and William de 
 Ongiervill (Angervill).! 
 
 Also a Writ Royal, dated at Falaise, addressed to Hugh, 
 Archbishop of Rouen, in behalf of the See of Bayeux, 
 is attested by Warin fitz Gerold ; William fit2s Hamo ; and 
 Manasser Biset. 
 
 There are several Charters which probably passed either 
 in the last three months of the year 1166, or the first three 
 M'rreh" months of 1157. I quote them, with no assumption as 
 to their exactor date or relative sequence. 
 
 1. A Charter to St. Stephen's Abbey at Caen, dated 
 at Caen, and confirming the grants of the following per- cgg^ 
 sons or their progenitors, viz. William, Comte of Ponthieu ; 
 Robert, Earl (of Leicester, perhaps) ; G. (Gualeran), Comte 
 of Mellent ; Symon, Comte of Evreux ; William de Romara ; 
 Richer de Aquila ; and Walcheline de Ferrars. The 
 witnesses of the Deed are the King himself {Teste meipso) ; 
 Arnulfj Bishop of Liseux ; Richard de Humet, Seneschal 
 (read Constable) of Normandy; Robert de Vans; and 
 Godard de Vaus.^ 
 
 (2.) A Charter to the same Abbey, dated at Caen, and 
 attested by Rotroc, Bp of Evreux ; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; 
 Amulph, Bp of Liseux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Geoffrey 
 Ridel ; Geoffrey, Chaplain ; William fitz Martin ; Richard 
 de Homet ; Manessier Bizet ; William fitz John ; Godard 
 de Vaux ; Jordan Tesson ; and Richard de Haia.^ 
 
 (3.) A Charter to the same Abbey, dated at Bayeux, and Bayeux. 
 attested by Rotroc, Bp of Evreux; .Philip, Bishop of 
 Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 Geoffrey Ridel ; William fitz John ; and Jordan Taixun. 
 
 4. A Certificate as to the foundation of the Abbey of 
 Mortimer,- being the joint work of the King himself and 
 his mother the Empress. This Deed is dated at Baieux, Bayem. 
 and attested by Arnulf, Bp of Liseux; Philip, Bp of 
 
 1 D'Aniay, MS. ii. p. '/. 154). It styles Bishop Eotrou of Evreux, ' Jus- 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. 211. ticiar of Normandy,' (which was the style of his 
 
 3 Neustria Pia, p. 628. There is another yersion brother, Eobert), and instead of Tesson, writes 
 
 of this Charter in D'Anisy's Transcripts (vol. i. p. one witness's name Taixun. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 23 
 
 j^i67. Baieuxj Rotrode, Bp of Evreux; Robert de Novo Bargo ; Baiem. 
 March. and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 5. A Certificate by the Empress Matilda, that she and 
 her son K. Henry, had founded the Abbey of St. Mary de 
 Voto.^ This Instrument is dated at Rouen, and attested by Eouen. 
 Hugh, Abp of Rouen; Philip, Bp of Baieux ; Arnulf, Bp 
 
 of Liseux ; Rotrode, Bp of Evreux ; Guillelm (it should be 
 Gualeran), Comte of Mellent ; Gualter, Earl Giffard ; Robert 
 de Novo Burgo ; Godo de Vals ; and Guillelm de Herlouin.^ 
 
 6. A Charter by the same Empress, in favour of Silly 
 Abbey,* dated at Rouen, addressed to the Abp of Rouen, Eouen. 
 and attested by Rotroc, Bp of Evreux ; WiUiara, son of the 
 Grantress ; Godard de Valle ; Robert fitz Bmeric ; Rosceliae 
 
 fitz Clarembald ; William de Angervill ; Laurence Chaplain ; 
 Hugh Chaplain ; Eustace de Scotia ; and Gaiter des 
 Geneis.^ 
 
 7. A contemporary Charter to the same Abbey, by K. 
 Henry II., in which he mentions his mother ; Thomas the 
 Chancellor; and his two brothers, Geoffrey and WHliam, 
 as being present.^ 
 
 8. A Royal Charter, dated (somewhat problematically) 
 
 at Valognes, whereby the King grants to Blanche- vaiognes. 
 lande Abbey, a right of market and fair, and confirms 
 all donations which Richard de Haia, his knight, 
 had made to the said Abbey both in England and in 
 Normandy. Witnesses, Jordan Taisson ; William de 
 Aureavalle ; Robert de Novoburgo ; Engelger de Bohon ; 
 and Reginald de St. Walery {de Sancto Valeriana.) '^ 
 
 During the King's stay in Normandy, Louis seems to 
 have held a Court at Orleans, whereat he publicly 
 recognized the right of Henry II., as Comte of Anjou and 
 Seneschal of France, to custody of the Abbey of St. 
 Julian at Tours. Among the witnesses of Louis's declara- 
 
 ' D'Anisy, ut supra. Neustria Pia, p. 779. learned Writer's observation, that Beoket was 
 
 ^ Notre Dame de Voeu, at Oherburgh. The first first in ofEce as Chancellor in 1157, is erroneous. 
 
 Abbot of this House was confirmed on June 11, ' D'Anisy 's Transcripts, i. 65. The Charter 
 
 1157. affects to be dated not only as to place, but time, 
 
 ' Neuatria Pia, p. 852. viz.. Teste etiam meipso anno regni mei xxix (i.e. 
 
 * The Abbey of Sflly, otherwise called De Bosco, 1182-3). That date is dissonant with the testing 
 in the Forest of Gouffer, near Argentan. clause. It possibly refers to a renewal of the Char- 
 
 * Neustria Pia, p. 830. ter in the year 1183 at instance of John, Comte of 
 ° Stapleton's 'Rot. Normann, i. Ixxxix. The Moretain, the king's youngest son. 
 
24 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 1167. tion were, JosciuSj Archbisliop of Tours (who appears to Vaiognea. 
 March. have Contested the matter previously) ; Philip, brother 
 of the French King ; William fitz Hamo ; Robert de Novo 
 Bm-go ; and Hugh de Oleeriis.^ 
 
 °" ^^^- The Queen and her children leave Normandy, land at Southampton, 
 
 and proceed to London. Hence at Michaelmas, 1157, the Fermor 
 of Southampton charges : In corredio Hegincn quando venit de Normamiid, 
 27«. 2d. Also the Fermor of Winchester charges : In corredio Regimxi 
 XV libras per Warirmm filium Geroldi, post transfretationem Regiiice 
 usque Luadon, Also the Fermor of Windsor charges : Pro Mused 
 portatd Imndoniam ad opus filii Regis, Us. per breve Regis, Also the 
 Sheriff of Surrey charges: In lileracione filii Regis etfilice et suorum? 
 Hence also, in 1158, the Sheriffs of London accounting for the year end- 
 ing Michaelmas, 1157, {de firma anni prateriti) charge : — In pannis 
 puellce, Sororis Regis, 52s. ^t pro pannis Sororis Regis et liberorum 
 Regis, £12. 3s. JEJt pro patellis et Sacinis et Taalliis ad opus Reginm, 13s. 
 St in corredio Regince per hreve Regis, £60. Lastly, in 1158, the Sheriff 
 of Huntingdonshire, accounting for the year 1157, charges : In corredio 
 Regince per Henricum de Fomerei, £40. IDs. &d? 
 
 ARoyal Charter, dated apud Valonias, confirms to Blanche- Vaiognes. 
 lande Abbey a certain Church quam Bobertus de Novohurgo, 
 Decanus Ebroicensis, et Henricus de Novo-hurgo frater suus 
 dederunt, sicut carta Ricardi Gonstanciensis E-piscopi testatur. 
 Witnesses, Richard, Bishop of Coutances; Stephen, Elect 
 of Redon ; Richard de Monteburg ; Jordan Taisson ; and 
 William Malet, Dapifer.* 
 c. Maroii. -^ Royal Charter, dated apud Gcesaris-burgum, extends Cherbourg, 
 the King's protection to the Abbey of St. Sauveur (la 
 Vicomte) in the Cotentin. Witnesses, Richard, Bishop of 
 Coutances ; Jordan Taxon ; William de Vernon ; Richard 
 de Haia ; Hugh de Bohon ; Richard de Humet ; and Robert 
 de Hosa.^ 
 
 A Writ, dated apud Barfieur in transfretatione Regis, is in Barfleur. 
 favour of Philip, Bishop of Bayeux, and is attested by 
 Robert de Novoburgo (Seneschal of Normandy). 
 
 ' GaUici Scriptorea, xii, 494, n. The Editors con- ■• D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. 64. Robert de Novo- 
 
 fuse this Charter with the service sometime ren- burgo. Dean of Evreux, here spoken o^ was more 
 
 dered by Henry's father, Comte Geoffrey le Bel, as usually called Eotrou, to distinguish him from his 
 
 Seneschal of France, at a Coronation held at brother, Kobert de Novoburgo, the Seneschal of Nor- 
 
 Orleans. mandy. The former having been Dean, was now 
 
 2 Hot. Pip. 3 Hen. II. pp. 107, 71, 94. (1157) Bishop, of Evreux. 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp, 111, 112, 141-2. * D'Anisy's Transcripts, iii. 34. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 25 
 
 1157 The King, being at Barfleur, expedites a Charter to BarOeur. 
 
 c April 1. Hambie Abbey (in the Diocese of Coutances). Witnesses, 
 Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; and Phib'p, Bp of Baieux.^ 
 
 A Writ, dated apiid Barbefleu in transfretacione Regis, 
 and attested by Manasser Biset, Dapifer, is in favour of the 
 Abbey of Montebourg. It is addressed to Eichard de 
 Redvers, and says that the Abbey is to have what Richard 
 de Redvers firimus gave and what the present Richard's 
 father (Baldwin) confirmed. And if the present Richard 
 shoald neglect execution, William de Vernon^ or his 
 subordinates {ministri) were to execute the Writ and 
 do justice. Et non remaneat pro iiassagio meo, adds the 
 King.^ 
 
 Another Writ, dated apiid Barbefluetum in transfretatione 
 Regis, is addressed to the King's Bailiffs of the Bessin and 
 the Foresters of Verney, in support of the rights of Philip, 
 Bishop of Baieux. It is attested by Robert de Novo 
 Burgo.* 
 c. Apiis. The King embarks at Barfleur, lands at Southampton, go„timmpton. 
 and proceeds to London.' Hence at Michaelmas, 1157, the Londoa. 
 Fermor of Southampton charges — In transfretatione Regis 
 £14. 13s. 4dJ 
 c. April. A Royal Charter in favour of Godstow Nunnery is dated 
 
 at London and, very conjecturally, passed about this time. 
 It is attested by Robert, Earl of Leicester, Richard de 
 Camvill, Warin fitz Gerold, and Henry fitz Gerold.'' 
 
 The King is next heard of at Richard de Lucy's Castle of 
 Ongar in Essex.^ Ongar. 
 
 It was probably about this time that William, Earl of 
 Warren and Moretain, sm-rendered the Castles of Norwich 
 and Pevensey to the King, and that Hugh Bigot, Earl of 
 Norfolk, surrendered his Castles." 
 
 To the same period may be referred the following Charters 
 of the King : — 
 
 ' Is'eustria Pia, p. 822. « Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen. II. Tit. Hantona. 
 
 ^ William de Vernon was uncle to Richard de ' Godstow Chartulary, fol. 163. 
 
 Redvers, Earl of Devon. He was living nine years * Palgrave's British Commonwealth. Appendix 
 
 after this deed. The introduction of his name in of Proofs and Illustrations, p. xliii. 
 
 this writ is clearly in his official capacity. He ' Chron. Normann. p. 993. — Hence perhaps, it 
 
 was one of tlie Justices of Normandy. was that, at Michaelmas, 1157, Earl Hugh accounts 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Norman Transcripts, ii. 180. for the ferm of Norfolk up to Easter previously ; 
 
 * Arcliives de Calvados, ii. 442. but William de Caisneto accounts for the half year 
 
 ' Chron. Normann. p. 993. last ended (Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen. II. pp. 75, 76). 
 
 4 
 
26 COURT, HODSEHOLD, AND ITTNEKAEY OP K. HENKY II. 
 
 JJ57 1. Dated at Norwicli, to the Cathedral Priory of Norwich, Norwich. 
 
 aod'May. attested by Eobert, Bp of Exeter j Nigel, Bp of Ely; 
 William, Bp of Norwich ; Hilary, Bp of Chichester ; Thomas 
 the Chancellor; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk); (Warin fitz 
 Gerold) Chamberlain ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; William 
 Martel ; and Richard de Humez.^ 
 
 2. Dated at Thetford, to Thetford Priory. Witnesses, Thetford. 
 Nigel, Bp of Ely; R., Bp of Exeter; Hillary, Bp of Chi- 
 chester ; Thomas the Chancellor ; H., Earl of Norfolk ; 
 Richard de Humez, Constable ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; 
 W^illiam de Caisham (probably Wm. de Caisneto, Sheriff of 
 Norfolk, April, 1157, to Sept., 1163); Robert de Dunstan- 
 vill ; and Josceline de Baillol.^ 
 
 On May lOtli died Nicholas Adelulf, Bishop of Carlisle, and his See 
 remained vacant nearlj 29 years.^ 
 
 On May 12th, Pope Adrian, apud Laleran, writes to Robert, Bishop 
 of Bath." 
 
 May 19 '^^^ ^^^S ^^^ crowned at Bary St. Edmunds, Arch- Bury st. Edmunds, 
 
 bishop Theobald, Hillary, Bp of Chichester, etc. being 
 present.^ 
 
 Hence at Michaelmas, 1157, the Fermor of Winchester 
 charges — Fro portandis coronis Regis ad Sanctum JEdviund- 
 um, 2s.^ 
 
 May 23-28. Tlicse six days the King was at Colchester. His Court coichesier. 
 was attended by Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; Roger, 
 Abp of York ; Richard, Bp of London ; Robert, Bp of 
 Lincoln; Robert, Bp of Exeter; Silvester, Abbot of St. 
 Augustine's (Canterbury) ; GeoflFrey, Abbot of Hulm ; 
 Thomas (a Becket), the King's Chancellor; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester ; Patric, Earl of Salisbury ; Henry de Essex, 
 Constable; Richard de Luci; Reginald de Warren; Guarin 
 fitz Gerold; Hillaiy, Bp of Chichester; Walter de Luci, 
 
 ' Monast. iv. 17, vii. a.d. 1156, pontijicatus {Jdriani) anno tertio : — all 
 
 ^ Monast. v. 150, viii. wliicli is consistent, except the Domiuioal year, 
 
 " Benedietus (Stubbs), i. 349, calls the Bishop, which should be 115V. 'lliis then is an instance 
 
 Adelwald, and says that he died on the morrow of of Pope Adrian having adopted the Pisan sera in 
 
 Ascension Day, 1157, that is on May 10. But he his Bulls, which sera differed from the common a;ra 
 
 calls the year 1157 " the 5th year of Henry II," by one year. 
 
 which is erroneous. ' Palgrave (ut supra, p. xliv). 
 
 " The date of the letter is " 4° id. Mai. Indie T. « jj^t pjpg^ g jjg„ n ^ ^q^^ 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENEY II. 27 
 
 ^j57 Abbot of Battle ; William, the King's brother ; Richard coiohester. 
 
 May 23-28. ^q Humez ; Eadulf the Physician; and Nicholas de 
 Sigillo.i 
 
 At Colchester the King expedited a Charter to Faversham 
 Abbey. It is attested by T., Abp of Canterbury ; Robert, 
 Bp of Lincoln ; Hillary, Bp of Chichester ; Thomas the 
 Chancellor ; William, Earl Warren ; Henry de Essex, Con- 
 stable ; Reginald de Warren ; Richard de Lucy ; Richard 
 de Humet, Constable ; William Martell ; Manasser Biset, 
 Dapifer ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Faramuse ; and 
 William de Kaisneto.^ 
 
 C-. juae. At this period the King probably visited Waltham (in WaitUiim. 
 
 Essex). A Charter, there dated, is to Bridlington Priory 
 (Yorkshire), and is attested by Roger, Abp of York; 
 Hillary, Bp of Chichester ; Thomas the Chancellor ; John, 
 Treasurer of York; William, the King's brother; Hugh 
 Bigot, Earl of Norfolk ; Manger Biset, Dapifer ; Warin 
 fitz Gerard, Chamberlain ; Eustace fitz John ; Richard 
 de Campvill ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; and Simon fitz 
 William.^ 
 
 Also a Charter, dated at Writtle, in Essex (ajnid Write- writtie. 
 lam), is to Woodham Priory (Essex), and is attested by 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk) ; H. de 
 Essex, Constable ; Richard de Lucy ; Warin fitz Ceroid, 
 Chamberlain ;' and Humphrey de Barenton (probably 
 Bohun).* 
 
 An undated Writ, addressed to Ralph fitz Salomon, con- 
 cerning the custody of the Park of Haveringes (Havering 
 atte Bower, Essex), may here be noticed. It is attested 
 by Warin fitz Ceroid, and by Manasser Biset, Dapifer.^ 
 
 jy,y]7 The King holds a Great Council at Northampton." Noi-tbampton. 
 
 Silvester, Abbot of St. Augustine's, makes his pi-ofessioa 
 to Archbishop Theobald, in the presence of the Bishops of 
 
 ' Pal^raTC (ut supra), pp. xliv — Ixit. cognati mei videlicet Rex Slephamts et Matilda 
 
 ^ Carta; Antiques, N. No. 39. The Transcript Reffina •uxor ejus et Eiistachlus filius eoium. 
 
 in tlie Monaslicon (vol. iv. p. 573} erroneously •* Monast. vi. 286, v. The Transcript of tliis 
 
 dates the Deed apud Glocester. It is an interesting Deed in the Great Coucher of the Duchy of Lan- 
 
 document. The King expedites it, " prece et peti- caster gives but three of the witnesses. 
 
 tione Williehni ComitU Warrene cognati mei." The '' Monast. vi. 446, i. 
 
 JUarl vpas K. Steplien'a surviving son. It speaks also ^ Rymer's Foedera, p. 42, iv. 
 
 of Jfaversliam Abbey as the place " ubi requiescunt " Gervase.p. 1380. 
 
28 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1167. Evreux, Bath, Norwich, Chichester, Lincoln, and Hereford. Northampton. 
 JiJy ir. Hence at Michaelmas, 1157, the Sheriffs of London charge- 
 Pro 1000 lihris cerce et pro conductu ejus ad Norhanton 
 £10. bs} 
 c. Juij. It was now probably that Malcolm, King of Scots, 
 
 surrendered Bamborough, Newcastle, and Carlisle to the 
 King. Malcolm seems to have passed through Yorkshire, 
 Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire, and to have awaited 
 King Henry at Peak Castle, in Derbyshire, and thence to Peak Castie. 
 have accompanied the King to Chester. The following 
 entries on the Pipe-Eoll of Michaelmas, 1157, are pertinent 
 to this subject : — 
 
 Yorkshire. The Sheriff charges — In corredio Regis 
 Seotice £123. Os. 9d., xvi. dierum. 
 
 Lincolnshire. The Sheriff charges — In corredio Regis 
 Seotice £72. 19s. lOd. per Gancellarium et Comitem Legre- 
 eestrioB. 
 
 Nottinghamshire aud Derbyshire. The Sheriff char- 
 ges — In Camerd Regis Radidfo filio Stephani £17. Et in 
 adqidetatione corredii Regis Seotice de Notingeham et de 
 Peeh £57. 12s. 8d. per breve Regis. Et in adquietations cor- 
 redii Regis apud Pech per Nigellum de Broc £10. Is. 4:d. Et 
 in Camerd Curice Warino filio Geroldi 20 tnarcas.^ 
 
 Malcolm, King of Scots, does homage to K. Henry at 
 Chester. 
 
 The King invades North Wales.^ The English army Chester. 
 falls into an ambuscade near Basingwerk (at Counsylth).* *^"'"'^'''' " 
 Eustace fitz John and Robert de Courci were slain. Henry 
 de Essex, Constable of England, disgraced himself (as was 
 afterwards alleged) by personal cowardice. 
 
 With reference to this Welsh expedition, there aro many 
 entries on the Pipe- Roll of the following Michaelmas ; 
 e. g.— 
 
 Shropshire. The Sheriff charges — In liheratione Arcld- 
 
 ' Kot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. {De anno prceterUo), p. cus Sex duxit exercitum in Oravelin^es. Some 
 
 112. The conveyance of a large quantity of wax French or Flaudrian, transcribing the original 
 
 to any Royal residence indicates the King's iuten- Chronicle, thus, according to his lights, rendered 
 
 tion of liolding a Council their. tlie word GuaUnses. Gravelines was a town, then 
 
 2 Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen. II. pp. 85, 83, 90, 91. in Flanders, now in France. 
 
 ' Curiously recorded in the Chronicle of Fecamp ■• Brut y Tywysogion, sub anno 1156. Counsylth 
 
 (Gall. Scrip, xii. 783). viz.. Anno MCLVII. Henri- is diversely called ColesliuUe and Cennadlog. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 29 
 
 1167. ariorum Regis in exercitu 47s. In Soltis pro xsn. ?>aco?ii&its North Wales. 
 "^" et quater xx. et vi. summis frumenti liberatis Gavfrido Mon- 
 acho £8. Os. 4d. 
 
 WoKCESTERSHiEE. The Sheriff charges — Pro friimento et 
 haconihus et aliis negotiis Regis £12. 8s. 
 
 London. The Sheriffs charge — Pro 500 baconihus et in 
 coududu eorum ad Waliam £52. 
 
 OxEOEDsniEE. The Sheriff charges — Pro thesauro condu- 
 cendo ad Waliam £1. lis. 8d. 
 
 Staffordshire. The Sheriff charges — Pro cxl. haconihus 
 £15. 5s. 
 
 Gloucestershire. The Sheriff charges — Pro picoiis et 
 frimieiito et fumis ferreis £12. Is. 2d. 
 
 Winchester. The Fermor charges — In locand uad navi 
 ad portanda corredia Regis usque Pemhroc, Rogero Gonstahu- 
 lario £4.1 
 ... Aug. The King penetrates as far as Snowdon, exacts homage suowdon. 
 
 from Prince Owen, and obliges him to give hostages. 
 Hence in their account of Michaelmas, 1158, the Sheriffs 
 of London charge — Pro pannis ohsidum Oeni Regis 72s. ^ 
 The King, on his way homeward, fortifies the Castles of 
 Khudlan and Basingwerk ; and between them establishes a Ehudian. 
 House of Templars.^ Basiajwerk. 
 
 It was now probably that the King, being again at 
 Chester, grants a Charter to Basingwerk Abbey (in Flint- Chester, 
 shire). Witnesses, Thomas the Chancellor; Richard de 
 Humez, Constable; E,. de Dunstanvill ; Joceline de Bailoil; 
 and William fitz Hamo.* 
 
 The King is supposed to have been now at Tamworth.^ (Tamworth.) 
 c. Sept. About this time the King was in Wiltshire. Visiting - 
 
 Malmesbury Abbey, he, by Charter, released the Abbot and Maimesbury. 
 Convent from an annual payment of £6. 10s. which they 
 had been used to pay to the Exchequer for quittance of 
 County and Hundred Courts. Witnesses, Thomas the 
 Chancellor; Richard de Humet, Constable; Humphrey de 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen. II. pp. 89, 91, 112, 82, 97, ' Stubb's Itinerary, quoting Rot. Pip. (3 Hen. II.) 
 
 100, 103. p. 87. The entry in question is a charge by the 
 
 ^ Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. p. 114. Sheriff of Warwickshire, viz., Et in conductu Priso- 
 
 ' Chron. Nermann, p. 993. num ad Oxineford et ad Tamewordam '72s. id. Tam- 
 
 * Monast. i. 262, L worth lay probably in the King's route. 
 
30 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1157. Boliun, Dapifer ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; and Falk fitz Jiaimoabury. 
 
 ..Sept. Warin.i At Michaelmas, 1157, the Sheriff of Wiltshire 
 acknowledges this immunity of the Abbey as follows : — In 
 Elemosynis constitutis. Et Monachis cle Malinsberid £6. 10.9. 
 pro Sciris et hundredis? 
 
 €. Sept. A Royal Writ, ascribed to this year, and probably be- Windsor, 
 
 longing to the month of September, is addressed to Richard 
 de Camvill, Sheriff of Berkshire (whose term of office ex- 
 pired at Michaelmas, 1157). It is in favour of Abingdon 
 Abbey. It is dated at Windsor, and attested, singly, by 
 Earl Reginald (of Cornwall).^ A Royal Charter, dated at 
 Woodstock, confirms an agreement made between William Woodstooi. 
 fitz Gilbert and the Monks of Furness Abbey (Lancashire). 
 The witnesses (chiefly north-countrymen) are Hugh, Bishop 
 of Durham ; Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester ; Richard de Luci, William de Vesci,* Geoffrey de 
 Valoniis, William de Agremont, Aubert de Grellei, John 
 Constable, Henry fitz Suan, Gospatric fitz Orm, Richard 
 fitz Tvo, and Richard Pincerna. This Charter is expressed 
 to be expedited 'per rnanus Stephani Gapellani,' — a Vice- 
 Chancellor, who will afterwards appear in a like capacity as 
 ' Magister Stephanus de Fulgeriis, Prmcentor of Moretain.' 
 
 Sept. 8. Queen Eleanor gives birth to a son, Richard, at Oxford.^ Oxford 
 
 Hence at Michaelmas, 1157, the Sheriff of Oxfordshire 
 charges — In corredio Eegince 20s.* 
 
 The Kecord of Law proceedings dm-ing the above fiscal year, indicate 
 nothing in the shape of organized visitation of the provinces. The 
 Chancellor and tlie Earl of Leicester seem to have been twice associated 
 in judicial or quasi-judicial functions, viz., in Shropshire and in Lincoln- 
 shire. Other entries of amercements are on the Pipe-fioU, but they 
 indicate only arrears of the previous year. 
 
 There is Record of the King being at Woodstoct, and probably in this Woodstock, 
 year. There he refers a question of Law to these Justiciars following, viz- 
 Gregory of London, William fitz John, and Nigel de Broc' 
 
 ' Cartse Antiquae, Q. v. Another Royal Charter of Halton. This lady was still living, and after her 
 
 to Malmesbury Abbey is dated at Malmesbury, luisband's death she re-married with Robert 
 
 and attested singly by Thomas the Chancellor Fitz Count. Her Grandson and apparent heir, the 
 
 (Malmesbury Chartulary, No. 51.) above witness, though he is styled " Constable," 
 
 - Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen. II. p. 77. was probably at this time in ward to tlie Crown, 
 
 ^ Chron. Abingdon, ii. 233. as was also his Suzerain, Hugh KeveUoc, the 
 
 ■* Mouast. V. 248, x. William de Vesci, was son young Earl of Chester, 
 
 and heir of Eustace fitz John, who fell at Counsylth ^ Chron. Nermann, p. 993, Diceto, p. 531. Annals 
 
 in July. ' John Constable,' that is John Constable of Waverley. Tlie Chronicle of St. Albans gives 
 
 of Chester, was grandson of the same Eustace fitz the exact day, viz., September 8th. 
 
 Jolin. The latter had been Constable of Chester, « Rot. Pipe, 3 Hen II. p. 82. 
 
 in rifiht of his second wile, the lieiross of Jj'itz-Jiigcl ' Hist. Abingdon, ii. 180. 
 
COUKTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENBY II. 31 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1157, TO MICHAELMAS, 1158. 
 
 1157. Within this fiscal year, the Pipe-Kolls suggest that the Oxford. 
 
 October. King and Queen were at Oxford and at Woodstock, and woodatocir. 
 that the King visited Brill (in Buckinghamshire). Briu. 
 
 OxFOEDSHiEE. At Michaelmas, 1158, the Sheriff charges 
 — In corredio Regis per Warinuvi filium Geroldi £10 per 
 breve Regis. Et in conducts Hernesii Reginoe ad Wudestoch • 
 
 et retro 3s. Et pro molendino quod Regina habiiit 20s. Et 
 in conductu pedicarum Regit^ ad Bruhulliim 3s. 
 
 Hampshiee. The Sheriff charges — In robd Reginoe por- 
 tandd de Winton ad Oxineford 8s. 
 
 Wiltshire. The Sheriff charges — Ad Gantas Regis por- 
 tandas ad Wudestoch ]2s. 8d. ; et in venatione Regis portandA 
 ad Wudestoch 5s. 
 
 London. The Sheriffs charge (at Michaelmas, 1157) — 
 In conductu Papilionis Regis ad Wudestoch 60s. lOd.^ 
 
 We have two Deeds, dated at Brill, which perhaps belong 
 to the same period, viz. 
 
 1. Apud Bruhellam in forestd, to Robert, Bp of Lincoln, 
 attested by Thomas the Chancellor ; Henry de Essex, 
 Constable ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; William fitz 
 Harao ; and H., fitz Ceroid.^ 
 
 2. Apud Brehell, to Lincoln Cathedral, attested by Thomas 
 the Chancellor; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; and Warin fitz 
 Gerold.3 
 
 c. Dec. -^ Charter dated at Stamford, belongs probably to the Stamford. 
 
 last month of 1157. It is in favour of the "Lepers of 
 
 St. Lazarus of Jerusalem,'^ and is attested by Earl 
 
 Reginald, Richard de Luci, and Richard de Canvill. 
 c. Dec. 23. The King was crowned at Wikeford, a suburb of the 
 
 City of Lincoln.* Hence at Michaelmas 1158, the following Lincoln. 
 
 charges appear on the Pipe-Rolls : — ■ 
 
 1 Eot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 149, 171, 135, 112. (that is »iter December 18, 1158)! And Neu- 
 
 2 Monast. viii. 1276, Ivii. Iviii. brigensis further states that the event was at 
 '' Monast. iii. 435. v. Cliristmas, and that Pope Adrian died in the next 
 ■• Hoveden, p. 282. Diceto, p. 531. Collect. year. Now Pope Adrian IV. died undoubtedly on 
 
 Topog. et G-eneal. ii. 248. This is a good instance August 30tli, 1159. Therefore, Neubrigensis is con- 
 
 of where the etTors and discordances of the sistent with liimsclf. He intends to date tlie Lin- 
 
 Chroniclera may be most certainly adjusted by the coin Coronation at Christinas, 1158. Nevertheless, 
 
 Pipe-KoUs. Neubrigensis places the King's coro- it is clear that the siiid Coronation took place, as 
 
 nation at Lincoln in the 5th year of tlie King stated above, at Christmas 1157. 
 
32 COUETj HODSEHOI.D, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENEY 11. 
 
 ],57 Notts and Deebyshiee. In condudu venacionis Regis Linmia. 
 
 c. Deo. 2o. -ngqug d^ Lincoliam 21s. per breve Regis.^ 
 
 WoECESTEESHiEE. Ad conducendam venacionem Regis de 
 Wirecestria ad Lincoliam £2. 4s. 8d. per breve Regis.^ 
 
 Essex and Heetfordshiee. In conductu venacionis Regis 
 ad Lincoliam ] Qs} 
 
 LiNCOLNsHiEE. In reparatione Hospicii Regis in Lincolid 
 . £8. 15s. per breve Regis. Et Warino filio Geroldi £30, 
 ad faciendas liberaeiones venatorum et armigerorum Regis, 
 per breve Regis. Et in corredio Regis ad Natale £79. 6s. Qd. 
 Et in camerA Gurice Gavfrido Monacho 100 marcas argenti 
 per breve Regis. ^ 
 
 The following three Charters probably belong to the Lincoln, 
 same occasion, all being dated at Lincoln. 
 
 1. To Lincoln Cathedral, attested by Roger, Archbishop 
 of York ; Thomas the Chancellor, Warin fitz Gerold, 
 Robert de Dunstanvill, Joceline de Bailiol, Richard de Luci, 
 and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 2. To Richard fitz Osbert, attested by Warin fitz Gerold, 
 and Manasser Biset, Dapifer.* 
 
 3. To the Canons of Thornton (Torenton), attested by 
 Thomas the Chancellor, Manasser Biset, Henry Biset,Richai'd 
 de Humez, Hugh de Beauchamp, Walkeline Maminot, Ralph 
 de Kaemes, William de Colevill, Robert Bertram, and 
 Philip de Columbariis.' 
 
 The events not exactly dated (as to month or day) of the year 1157, 
 are : 
 
 (1.) The departure of Theodoric, Comt« of Flanders, on a Crusade.* 
 (2.) The death of Gerard, Bishop of Seez.' 
 
 A.D. 1158. 
 
 <;. Jan. The King at Carlisle, grants the honour of knighthood to Carlisle. 
 
 William Earl Warren, but refuses it to Malcolm, King 
 of Scots.* Hence in the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas 1158, 
 the Sheriff of Carlisle charges — In corredio parato contra 
 
 ' Eot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 153, 155, 132, 136. ' Chron. Nermann., ibidem. Ordericus, v. 162. 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. (printed) p. 175. Gerard was succeeded in 1159 by Froger, the King's 
 
 ' Monast. viii. 1276, Num. 55. Almoner, — of whom more in the sequel.' 
 
 ■• Cartffi AntiqusB, OO. « Chron. Nermann, p. 993. Chron. Mailros. 
 
 * Cartae Antiquaj. Professor Stubbs dates the Kieg's visit to Carlisle 
 
 ' Chron. Normannise, p. 993. on January 24. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OP K. HENRY II. 33 
 
 1158. adventii.m Regis, quod dedit Huberto de VaUibus £11. 3s. Carlisle. 
 per breve Regis. Also the Sheriff of Hampshire charges — 
 In summariis at conductu thesauri de Wintonid ad Carloillium 
 £13. 10s. 2)er Comiteni Legrecestrics} 
 
 The King fortifies the Castle of Were, i.e., Wark in Wark, or Werk. 
 Northumberland.^ Hence, at Michaelmas following, the 
 Sheriff of Northumberland charges — Et in operacione 
 CasteUide Werch £21. 8s. lld.^ 
 
 The King also visited Newcastle upon Tyne, and there Newcastle upon 
 expedited a Charter to Hubert de Vallibus above mentioned. ^"^' 
 The Charter is attested by B.., Abp of York; R., Bp 
 of Lincoln ; H., Bp of Durham ; Hugh, Earl of Norfolk ; 
 Earl Alberic (of Oxford) ; Earl Geoffrey (of Essex) ; 
 Richard de Luci ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; Henry de 
 Essex, Constable ; Hugh de Morevill ; Robert de Dun- 
 stanvill; William fitz John; Simon fitz Peter; Nigel de 
 Broch ; William Malet ; Roger fitz Richard ; Robert de 
 Stutevill ; and Turgise de Russedal.'' 
 
 On his way southward the King probably passed 
 through Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Hence, at 
 Michaelmas, 1158, the Sheriff of Yorkshire charges — In 
 camera, curim Radulfo filio Stephani £18. 18s. And the 
 
 Fermor of Doncaster charges — Et in camera, curioi, Henrico Done.ister. 
 
 filio Geroldi £14. Et Rad.ulfo filio Stephani £23. Also the 
 Sheriff of Nottinghamshire charges — In corredio Regis 
 
 apud Pech £36. 6s. per breve Regis. Et in custamento pe^t castis. 
 
 venationis Regis conducendo} ad mk,re £3. &s. 8fi?.* 
 
 The contemporary evidence of Charters is as follows, 
 
 viz. : — 
 
 Three Charters dated at York: (1.) to Little Mareis York. 
 
 Nunnery (Yorkshire), attested by Nicholas de Sigillo and 
 
 John, Treasurer of York;'' (2.) to Lincoln Cathedral, 
 
 attested by Richard de Luci, Nicholas de Sigillo, and 
 
 William fitz John ; ^ (3.) to St. Leonard's Hospital at York, 
 
 attested by William fitz John and Henry fitz Ceroid." 
 
 A Charter to Blythe Priory (Nottinghamshire), dated at uiythe. 
 
 1 Hot Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 119, 175. ■■ Cartse Antiquae, DD. 
 
 = Hoveden, p. 282. > Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. 11. pp. 146, 179, 152. 
 
 ^ Kot Pipe 4 Hen II. p. 177. ' " Monast. iv. 275, li ; viii. 1276, Ixu ; vii. 612. 
 
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34 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 Blythe, and attested by Thomas the Chancellor; Roger, 
 1158. Earl of Guar (probably Clare) ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; 
 and Ranulph de Broc.^ 
 
 A Charter, dated at Nottingham, and addressed to Nottingham. 
 Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; whereby the King certifies 
 that he has restored Rieardo de Haia Gonstahulariam suam 
 de Lincolscira et custodiam castelli mei de Lincoln' et terram 
 qua fuit patris ejus. ^ Witnesses, Thorms the Chancellor; 
 Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; William, the King's brother ; 
 Richard de Humez, Constable ; Robert de Novo-burgo ; R., 
 de Sancto Remigio.^ 
 
 A Charter, dated at Nottingham in favour of Furness 
 Abbey, attested by Earl Reginald (of Cornwall) ; Robert, 
 Earl of Leicester ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chambei'lain ; and 
 Manasser Bis'et, Dapifer.^ 
 c. Feb. During these two months the King probably visited 
 
 Oxfordshire, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. The Charters 
 which we may refer to this period, are : — 
 
 One, dated at Woodstock, whereby the King gives " to Woodstock. 
 William Malduit, son of William Malduit, my Chamberlain, 
 the Barony which was his father's on the day that he 
 became the King's man at Wudestoc, to wit, Hameslape 
 and Maneton, which I gave to his father at Nottingham." 
 Witnesses, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln ; Thomas the Chan- 
 cellor ; Richard de Haia ; Robert de Montfort ; William de 
 St. John ; William de Caisneto ; Hugh de Piris ; William 
 de Lanval ; and William de WatevilL* 
 
 Two, dated at Brokeherst (Hampshire), viz. (L) to Brockenhnrst. 
 Lenton Priory (Nottinghamshire), attested by Warin fitz 
 Ceroid, Chamberlain; Robert de Dunstanvill; and Master 
 Alvered ; ' and (2.) to Plymton Priory (Devonshire), attested 
 by Robert de Newburgh ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Henry de OiUi, Constable ; 
 Robert de St. Mary-Church; and Hugh de Pireriis.* 
 
 Five, dated at Salisbury, viz. (1.) to Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury. 
 
 ' Monasticon, iv. 623. ii. February 1155 (supra, page 6). 
 
 5 •» Original Charters in Offic. Ducat. Lancast. < Dugdale's MSS. (in Bibl. Ashmol.), L. fo. 41. 
 
 Quite possibly one or both of these Charters ' Monasticon, t. 112, No. 3. 
 
 passed when the King was at Nottingham, iu ' Monasticon. vi. 53, No. iii. 
 
COURT, HOUSE rrOLDj AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 35 
 
 1158.- attested by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury; Roger, Salisbury. 
 March.' Abp of York ; Hilary, Bp of Chichester ; Robert, Bp of 
 Lincoln; Thomas the Chancellor; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; 
 Earl Patric ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer ; Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Humphrey 
 de Bohun, Dapifer ; Engelger de Bohun ; Richard de Haia ; 
 Robert Bertram ; William fitz Hamo ; Robert de Dunstan- 
 vill ; and John fitz Hamo.^ (2.) To the same, attested by 
 the six first witnesses of the last Deed, and also by Nigel, 
 Bp of Ely.^ (3). To Rumsey Nunnery (Hampshire), 
 attested by T., Abp of Canterbury ; Roger, Abp of York ; 
 R., Bp of Lincoln ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Master Alvered ; 
 R., Earl of Leicester ; William fitz Hamo ; and Hamo 
 Boterell.^ (4.) To the Abbey of St. Remigius at Rheims, 
 attested by Thomas the Chancellor; Richard de Humez, 
 Constable; and Warin fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain.* (5.) 
 To Geldwin and Savaric, sons of Savaric ; attested by 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Warin fitz Ceroid ; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer; Joceline de Baillol; and William fitz 
 Hamo.^ 
 
 Some entries on the Pipe-Roll of 1168 may refer to 
 the above movements of the Court, e.g. : 
 
 The Fermor of Southampton charges — In corredio Regis 
 apud Tirochehurst £16 per breve Regis. And the Sheriff 
 of Hampshire charges — In conductu 100 modiormn vini ad 
 Sareshuriam et in tonellis emendis 5 marcas argenti. And 
 the Sheriffs of London charge — In conductu cerce Regis ad 
 
 Clarendon 13s. Ad.^ clarendon. 
 
 April 13. Alured, a Chaplain of the King, was enthroned Bishop of Worcester.' 
 
 April 20. This being Easter Day, is probably the date when the Worcester. 
 
 King and Queen were crowned at Worcester.^ Hence at 
 Michaelmas, 1158, we have the following entries on the 
 Pipe-Rolls. 
 
 Winchester. In conducendis coronis Regis ad Wirecestre 
 
 1 Monast. vi. 1296, v. * Hoveden, p. 282 (corrected as to date). The 
 
 ' Cartae Antiquee, OO. coronation at Worcester was notablj the last 
 
 ' Kot. Patent, 8 Edw. I. m. 27. of King Henry's coronations. Hoveden places it at 
 
 ' Rot. Patent, 6 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 8. Easter, 1159, when the King was over sea. Mattliew 
 
 ^ Stapleton's Kot. Normannia;, ii. p. xxxiii Paris and others place it at Christmas, 1157, when 
 
 ^ Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 179, 172, 113. we know that the King was at Lincoln. The iu- 
 
 ' Monasticon, vol. i. p. 572. tervening year (1158) is doubtless correct. 
 
36 
 
 COUETj, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1158. de Wintoiiiil 14s. 8c?. Et ad conducendam archam cum talllis, Worcesier. 
 
 April 20. . . . ' 
 
 duohas itmeribits 23s. 8a. 
 
 WoECESTEESHiRE. Et Stcplumo de Turouis £54 in camera 
 Regis per hreve Regis} 
 
 The four following Charters are dated at Worcester : — 
 
 (1.) To Backfa.stre Abbey (Devonshire). Witnesses^ 
 Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Dapifer; Roger de Novant; Warin 
 fitz Gerold, Chamberlain ; and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 (2.) To Westwood Priory (Worcestershire). Witnesses, 
 Thomas the Chancellor ; Richard de Lucy ; Manasser Biset, 
 Dapifer ; Bernard de St. Walery ; and William de Beau- 
 champ.* 
 
 (3.) Precept to Hugh, Earl of Chester; and M(atilda) 
 Countess of Chester; attested by Thomas the Chancellor.* 
 
 (4.) Grant of Liberties and Fair to Malmesbury Abbey, 
 attested by Robert, Earl of Leicester.^ 
 
 And from Worcester, it is probable that the King passed 
 to Tewkesbury. A Writ, there dated, and attested by Tewkesbury. 
 Gregory (perhaps a clerk of the King), admonishes the 
 tenants of the Abbey of Malmesbury that they perform 
 due services to the Abbey." 
 C.April to This year is distinguished as one in which the King 
 "^"^'" is said to have made a summer progress.'^ The following 
 entries on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1158, may possibly 
 relate to some such movements of the Court, but the 
 significance of several of themj and the order of all cannot 
 be certainly fixed. 
 
 Salop. In camera curia Radulfo filio Stephani 40 sbropsWre. 
 marcas argenti per breve Regis? 
 
 Gloucesteeshiee. In camera curiae Radulfo filio Gloucestershire. 
 Stephani £16. 6s. 7d. hlanc' ad combustionein aliorum 
 denariorum per breve Regis. Et in Picosiis 13s. Bd. per 
 breve Regis. Et in camera curias Radulfo filio Stephani et 
 Stephana de Turonis £33. 6s. Qd. Et in corredio Regis per 
 
 1 Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 175, 155. Anglise,' etc. We have doubts about its genuineness, 
 
 2 ■ ^ Monast. t. 385. i. and vii. 100. but we have other eTidenee of official position held 
 ■" Munimenta Decaui et Capituli Herefordiae. by the witness, Gregory, (infra, p. 37). 
 
 » • ^ Malmesbury Cliartulary , Nos. 55, 56. The last- ' Carte i. 368. 
 
 named Writ commences ' Heuricus Dei Grratii Eex ^ Hot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. p. 170. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY II. 37 
 
 1158. breve ipsius £5. I?*. lOJ. Et Manassero Biset ad corredium Giouceaterahire. 
 August. Regis £4. 13s. per breve Regis} 
 
 Somersetshire. Et in corredio Regis apud Well, et Cedre Weiis. 
 (Wells and Chedder), £13. 4s. 5d.^ Cheddar. 
 
 Devonshire. In cerd ad servitium Regis 41s. 8d. per 
 breve Regis.^ Vicecomes liberavit 100s. Radulfo filio Stephani 
 hi camera Regis* 
 
 Dorsetshire. {In corre)dio Regis £4 per Manasserum 
 Biset} 
 
 Kent. Et in camera, curice Warino filio Geroldi £53 per 
 breve Regis. Et Gaufrido Monacho £100.^ 
 
 Suffolk. Abbas de Hulmo liberavit 10 marcas argenti in 
 camera curiae Radulfo filio Stephani per breve Regis. Vice- 
 comes (liberavit 20 marcas argenti) in camera Regis per 
 breve Regis.'' 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et in condudu ceroe Regis ad clarendon. 
 Clarendon 13s. Ad. Et in custamento Girardi Probatoris (WinoiieBter.) 
 Regis, ad conducendum eumad Wintoniam et Wudestoch £6.^ Woodstock. 
 
 Norfolk. In camera Regis Gaufrido Monacho £36. 10s. 
 per breve Regis. Et Radulfo filio Stephani et Stephana 
 de Turonis £31. 3s. Ad.^ 
 
 Rutlandshire. In camera, curice Radulfo filio Stephani 
 £18. Et in liberacione ursorum et ursariorum £4. 13s. Qd.^" 
 
 Northamptonshire. In corredio Regis pe?- Gaufridum 
 Monachicm 37s. Et portatoribus brevium Regis propter 
 Monetarios 9s. per Gregorium.^^ 
 
 The above extracts from the Pipe-Rolls are parallelled 
 by equally irregular evidence from Charters, viz. : — 
 
 Charter, dated at Evesham, to Flexley Abbey (Gloucester- Evesham, 
 shire). Witnesses, Richard de Humet, William de 
 Crevecor, Philip de Columbariis, and William de Angervill.^^ 
 
 Charter, dated at Evesham, to Dene Abbey (Gloucester- 
 shire). Witnesses, the three first witnesses of the last 
 Deed.13 
 
 Charter to Thorney Abbey, attested by ' T., my Chan- 
 cellor,' at Hereford.^* Hereford. 
 
 1 • 2 Kot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 168, 120. 136, 141. 
 
 3 • < ■ » Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 158, 160, 157. '^ Monastioon, t. 590, ii. 
 
 c . 7 . 8 . 3 . 10 . 11 ibidom, pp. 180, 127, 113, 125, " • " Carta?. Antiquse Q. Q. and Y. 
 
38 
 
 COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1158. Charterj dated at Gloucester, to Eynsham Abbey (Oxford- Gloucester. 
 
 August. sbire). Witnesses, Thomas the Chancellor; Richard de 
 Humoz, Constable ; Henry de Essex ; Warin fitz Gerold, 
 Chamberlain ; Hugh de Piris ; and Geoffrey de Bruere.^ 
 
 Charter, dated at Gloucester, to Tewkesbury Abbey, 
 attested by Humphrey de Bohun.^ 
 
 Charter to Haughmond Abbey (Shropshire), dated Apud Newuham 
 Newa' (probably Newnham in Gloucestershire), and attested 
 by Richard do Humet, Constable ; M. Biset, Dapifer ; 
 Warin fitz Gerold, Chamberlain ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; 
 Walter Hosatus ; and William fitz Alan.* 
 
 Charter to Richard de Luci, dated at Niweham. Wit- Newnham. 
 nesses, Thomas the Chancellor ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; 
 Richard de Humez, Constable; Warin fitz Gerold; and 
 Manasser (Biset), Dapifer.* 
 
 Writ, dated at Windsor, certifying the Bp of Lincoln Windsor. 
 of a mortgage given by Waleran fitz Walter to Robert fitz 
 Sawin. Witnesses, Man. Biset, JDur (dapifero, perhaps), 
 Hugh, de Broc, Peter de Beauchamp, Hugh de Pirariis, and 
 G. de Bruere.^ 
 
 Charter, dated at Reading in favour of Hurley Priory Heading. 
 (Berks). Witnesses, William fitz John, Nigel de Broc, 
 Robert de Dunstanvill.* 
 
 Charter to the Lepers of Herting (Sussex), dated at patmer. 
 Patmer (Hertfordshire). Witnesses, — The Chancellor ; 
 William, the King's brother ; William de Lanvalei ; and 
 William Malet.? 
 
 And again, there is some probability that between April 
 and August of this year, the King visited London. — 
 
 A Charter, dated at Westminster, is in favour of Ber- Westminster. 
 mondsey Priory, and is attested by Theobald, Archbishop 
 of Canterbury; Thomas the Chancellor; and Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer.* 
 
 1 Monasticon III. p. 21. Num. xl. elder brother of the first witness, and first husband 
 
 2 Monasticon III. p. 66. of Agnes, was slain at Counsylth c. July, 1157. 
 ^ Haughmond Chartulary, fol. 77. Newuham is ' Cotton MSS. Vesp. E. xxiii. fol. 2. b. 
 
 on the Severn, S.W. of Gloucester. Here was ' Monast. v. 101. viL We ascribe this charter to 
 
 a frontier castle in the twelfth century. the year 1158, because that date is the nearest 
 
 ■• Cartas Antiquae, OO. possible approximation to the year 1159, to which 
 
 ' Cartas Antiquee, P. the Bermondsey Chronicle (Monast. v. 97. a) 
 
 ^ Cartas Antiquce, KK. Madox's Formulare Angl. assigns it. The King, it will be seen, was not in 
 
 No. Ixxxii. This con6rmation includes mention England during any part of the year 1159. The 
 
 of a grant by Agnes fitz Nigel and her husband, Bermondsey Chronicle is found in other instances 
 
 'Robert,' to Hurley. Now, Eustace fitz John, to be a most unsafe guide in matters of date. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 39 
 
 1158 There is problematical reason for supposing that on this (Cariiaie.) 
 
 day the King was at Carlisle.^ 
 July 27. Geoffrey, the King's brother died at Nantes. ^ 
 
 A"j°'t. It would seem from the Welsh accounts that K. Henry, 
 
 August. just before his transfretation to Normandy, was engaged 
 
 in hostilities with Rese, Prince of S. Wales, from whom he (Sonth waies.) 
 received hostages.^ The year 1158 must be assigned to 
 this fact (if such it was), not the year 1157, as the Welsh 
 Chronicle has it. 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1158, only countenances 
 the above story by a single entry in the account of the 
 Sheriff of Winchester, viz.. In liberacione Radulfi Vituli 
 £19. 17s. 6d. de Itinere de Walid.* 
 August." In this said month of August, the King must have been 
 
 at Winchester. The Pipe-Roll of the next month contains 
 the following charges : 
 
 Winchester. In cerd in camera Regis per Radulfum Winchester. 
 filium Stephani £5. 3s. Ut in pane ad corredium Regis 
 £2. 3s. per Gaufridum, Anglicum.^ 
 
 Southampton. In conductu vini Regis de Hantuna ad 
 Wintoniam IBs.^ 
 
 A Charter to Malmesbury Abbey, dated at Winchester, 
 evidently belongs to this occasion. It is attested by 
 Theobald, Abp of Canterbury ; A., Bp of Worcester ; 
 Hillary, Bp of Chichester; R., Earl of Leicester; R., 
 Earl of Cornwall ; William, Earl of Gloucester ; Richard 
 de Luci ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; H. fitz Ceroid, Cham- 
 berlain ; Joceline de Baillol ; Hugh de Gundevill ; and R. 
 de Dunstanvill.'' 
 
 An undated Charter to Lewes Priory, perhaps passed at 
 Winchester and on this occasion. Its witnesses will perhaps 
 
 ' Stubbs' Itinerary, quoting E. de Monte (Struve), and his wife, Hawyse, were made prisoners by the 
 
 890. Hoveden, 281. Pipe-Rolls, pp. 119, 175. Welsh at Cardi (Annals of Margan, p. 7). The 
 
 ^ Lobineau, Hist, de Bretagne, i. 163. circumstance indicates some Welsh outbreak at the 
 
 ' Brut-y-T^wysogion, p. 193. time, and tallies well with the King's appearance in 
 
 ■■ Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. p. 175. — It is quite the Western Counties, though it by no means 
 
 possible that the entry relates to the autumn of implies his actual entry on Princ3 Rese's territory. 
 
 1157. Badulf Vitulus was a ship-master of South- Wlien we find the Earl in the King's court at 
 
 ampton, whence in case of Welsh invasions, pro- Winchester about August, that phenomenon hardly 
 
 visions, etc., were occasionally shipped to Pembroke affects the uncertainties of the question. 
 
 or Milford. From another authority, we learn ' • * Rot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 175, 179. 
 
 that in the year 1158, William, Earl of Gloucester ' Carta; Antiqute, V. 
 
40 COOET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP E. HENRY 11. 
 
 ns8. have been A., Bishop of Worcester; Ueginald^ Earl of Winchester. 
 Cornwall ; R.^ Earl of Leicester ; Richard de Luci ; H. fitz 
 (Gerold) ; and G. (? R.) de Camvill.i 
 Aug. 14. In the same month of August the King crossed the Portsmouth or 
 
 sea to Normandy.^ He probably embarked from Ports- Normandy. "' 
 mouth or Southampton, leaving the Queen at Winchester. 
 The following entries on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1158, 
 are suggestive of such facts : — 
 
 Wiltshire. In portandcu venacione Regis ad Portesmuam 
 4s.3 
 
 Winchester. In Uberacione Sciprorum in passagio Regis 
 £7. M in corredio Regince per Comitem Legrecestrice £26. 
 13s. 4d. Et ad opus Regince 40s. per breve ipsius : teste 
 Joscelino de Baillol. Et in passagio Sororis Regis 2 marcas 
 argenti per breve Reginai. Et pro incen^o ad opus Regince et 
 pro Bacinis 5s. 6d. Et pro pipere et Gumino et Canelld, et 
 Amandis ad opus Regince 15s. Qd. Et in operacione Castelli 
 et Ballivi et in minutis negociis Regince £2. 5s. 3cZ.* 
 
 The following entries on the Pipe-Boll of Michaelmas, 1158, give some 
 idea as to tlie Queen's movements and the personnel of her household 
 during the previous year : — 
 
 Hampshiee. In corredio Regince per Warinum filium Oeroldi 
 £76. \Qs. Et eidem per Nicholaum de Santon £26. 135. 4^d. Et ad soltam 
 Senricifilii Regis faciendam per Sugonem de Plucchenoi £33. 10.9. 
 Et in solid Regince per Manasserum Biset et per Radulfum de Masting 
 £146. 13*. 4rf. Et ad perficiendam eandem soltam 100s. per eosdem. Et 
 in corredio Regince et in Rohhd ad opus ipsius per eosdem £16. 2?. lOd.^ 
 
 WlNCHESTEK. In corredio Regince per Radulfutn de Hastinges et 
 Bernardum de Chavigni £6.' 
 
 Dbtonshire. Regince per breve ipsius £80. Manc^ et £17. Iftf. 
 numero!^ 
 
 DOESETSHIEE. Jn corredio Regince per hreve Reginte £18.' 
 
 Bbekshirb. Et in corredio Regince £4. 5s. Sd. Et in corredio 
 Regince 63s. pro dimidid marcd auri. Et in corredio Regince £13. 2s. lOrf. 
 Et in corredio Reginai 18s. 2d. per Radulfum de Easting.^ 
 
 WiLTSHIEE. Hvgoni de Gundovill 20 marcas argenti per Comitem 
 EegrecestricB in corredio Jilii Regis. Et in corredio Regince per Radulfum 
 de Sastinges 404.'° 
 
 A Writ of the Queen which, probably issued at this period, shows her 
 with Viceregal powers and resident at AVestminster, where it is dated. 
 Thereby Alianora the Queen enjoins on the Military tenants of Malmes- 
 
 . Sept. 
 
 ' Cartse AntiquEe, K. dorso. The Eecord is much = ■ ^ Eot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 171, 176. 
 
 defaced. ' Ibidem, p. 158. This was a fixed charge on 
 
 2 Chron. Normann. p. 994. the Royal Revenues of Devon. 
 
 ^ • ■• Eot. Pipe, 4 Hen. II. pp. 115, 175. ^ . 9 . lu ibidem, pp. 157, 123-4, 115-6. 
 
CO0ET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OP K. HENEY II. 41 
 
 1168. bury Abbey, that they render to the Abbey Buoh service as had been 
 
 determined (recognitum) before the King and the Justiciar at Worcester. 
 Witness, Bobert Earl of Leicester.' 
 
 August. King Henry holds a conference with Louis VII. on the inter oisors ana 
 
 River Bpte. They agree on a marriage between Prince "" 
 Henry of England and the Princess Margaret of France.^ 
 
 Sept. 8. King Henry at Argentan summons the army of Nor- Argontan. 
 
 mandy to muster at Avranches at Michaelmas, against 
 Earl Conan who had invaded Nantes.^ 
 
 Sept. 19. Ingulf, Abbot of Abingdon, died. 
 
 King Henry visits Paris. The Princess Margaret con- paris. 
 fided to his care. He consigns her to Robert de Newburg 
 (then Seneschal of Normandy). 
 
 The King is said to have been now at Mantes.^ Mantea. 
 
 Sept. 2;i. Queen Eleanor, being in England, gives birth to a son, G-eoffrey.'' 
 
 Sept. 29. King Henry at Avranches. Earl Conan appears before AvrancUea. 
 
 him, and surrenders Nantes. Henry makes Conan a Duke. 
 
 The Chancellor (Beetet) and Henry de Pomcrai appear in the above 
 year, acting exceptionally and in three counties, as judicial functionaries. 
 There was no regular Iter in the English provinces. 
 
 Mont St. Michael. 
 St. Jacques. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1158, TO MICHAELMAS, 1159. 
 
 C.Oct. The King visits Mont St. Michael.^ 
 
 The King visits St. Jacques.^ 
 The King visits Pont Orson. Pontorson. 
 
 About this time a Vow of Crusade for three years was taten by many 
 in St. Mary's Church, Mayenne. — 
 
 William, Bishop of Le Mans, signed the Votaries with the cross, he 
 returning from St. MicTiael in perioalo maris (where ho had probably 
 been attending K. Henry). — 
 
 Audoenus, a Priest, Dean of St. Julian's at Le Mans, officiated. Juhel 
 de Meduana became trustee for the affairs of the intended Crusaders for 
 the period of their vow. — 
 
 Among the Devotees were Q-eoffrey de Meduana, knight, son of Juhel ; 
 
 ' Malmesbury Chartulary (penes Bemem. Begin.) * Mount St. Michael, — a Norman town, near 
 
 No. 56. Avranches, on the borders of Bretagne (Lyttelton, 
 
 2 Chron. Normann. p. 994. vol. ii. p. 87). 
 
 ^ Professor Stubbs' Itinerary, quoting Bouquet, " Professor Stubbs' Itinerary (ut supra) quoting 
 
 liii. 300. D'Anisy'sNormandy-Transcripts.i. 286, 'Chartulary 
 
 * Chron. Normann. p. 994. of Mt. S. Michel." 
 
42 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 1158. Hamo, sou of Geoffrey, knight ; Walter, William, and Guy, brothers 
 
 of Geoffrey ; Geoffrey de Fougeres, son of William ; Humfrey de 
 Meduana ; Henry de Vitrey ; Pagan Coorsus (perhaps De Cadurcis) ; 
 Hugh de Vailetort ; and Kobert Avenell.' 
 
 ■,-. Oct, 0. The King goes to Nantes, in Bretagne. He is armed Nantes. 
 
 with additional powers against the disaffected Bretons in 
 virtue of his office as Seneschal of France.^ 
 
 The King besieges and takes Thouars (Castrum Toarcii). Thouars. 
 
 The King goes to Le Mans,^ and there meets Louis Le Mans. 
 of France. 
 JSov.2:!. The King accompanies Louis VII. visiting the Norman 
 
 Abbey of St. Michael in periculo maris (Mont St. Michael) . Mont st. Michael. 
 
 Both Kings adjourn to Avranches.* Avranches. 
 
 K. Henry is next found at Baieux with Louis. Baieui. 
 
 Then at Caen. Caen. 
 
 Then at Rouen,^ still entertaining Louis. Eouen. 
 
 Another authority" seems to trace a nearly co-temporary 
 progress of the King through Normandy as bringing him 
 successively to Pacey. Pacey. 
 
 And to Evreux. Evreux. 
 
 And to Neufbourg. Nenfbourg. 
 
 And to Bee. Bee. 
 
 ^,jj^ 28 The Queen is now at Salisbury. Richard de Luci is acting as a Jus- 
 
 ticiar in England.' 
 
 We have a Precept of " Alianore, Queen of England, Duchess of 
 Aquitaine and Normandy, and Countess of Anjou," in behalf of Ma- 
 tilda, Countess (dowager) of Chester. It is dated at Salisbury, and 
 attested by Joceline de BaUol.^ 
 
 Also we have a Certificate whereby " A., Queen of England, etc.," 
 confirms a quit-claim given iu hev presence by Robert Flambard to 
 Warner de Lusoriis. Witnesses, Gosceline, Bp of Sarum ; Earl Reginald 
 
 ' Gallici ScriptorCB, xii. 556, n. These names are King banished the Vicomte, destroyed the walls, 
 
 ociated with K. Henry's dominions, both English and garrisoned the Castle (Chron. St. Albin. G. S. xii. 
 
 '^^ d foreien Of the whole uumber of Crusaders, 482. Gervase (p. 1380) says that alter the reduction 
 
 35 onlv returned, and that not till Nov. 7, 1162. of Thouars-Castle, Henry conducted {deduodt) the 
 
 The rest savs the' Record, " died for the Eaith, on King of France from Le Mans to Mont St. Michael, 
 
 q. • „ ' and thence to Baieux, Caen, and Rouen. 
 
 '2 One Chronicle misdates the death of Prince "i Chron. Noi-mann. p. 994. 
 
 r eoffrev and the surrender of Nantes as in 1159. — * Gervase of Canterbury, p. 1380, as quoted above, 
 
 It says (alluding to Prince Geofirey), " OUit under Note 3. 
 
 G MarteV And then, "In codem anno Comes * R. de Monte (Pistorius, Ed. Struve, p. 891) 
 
 c'onanus de RicJiemont recepit Nannetemem quoted by Stubbs (Appendix p. cxxxij). But 
 
 C'vifatem sed paucis diehiis tenens earn Henrico Stubbs seems to place tliis visit to Normandy in 
 
 Meai Anqli<s dimisit mam circa festiim Bionysii," October. 
 
 (October 9). ' ^'"g^'ave (ut Supra), Appendix p. xi. 
 
 3 The siege of Thouars occupied 3 days. The ^ Muniments of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 43 
 
 1168. of Cornwall I Reginald de Warren; Josceline de Baillol ; and Robert 
 
 de Dunestanvill. Dated at Sarum.' 
 
 The Pipe-EoU of 1159 (5 Hen. II.) has further entries indicating 
 many circumstances connected with the Queen's Court between 
 Michaelmas and December, 1158, when she joined the Eing in Nor- 
 mandy. 
 
 Hampshieb. — In corredlo Reejinm £57. ISs. 8rf. •per hreve ipsius. 
 lEt Johanni de Dol £16. 13s. 4d. per breve liec/ina: de dono. Et 
 pro pannis liberornm Segis 42s. 2d. per hreve Regis. Et Hugoni de 
 Plugeiiai £70 ad corredium filii Eegis. Et Oirardo medico Henrici filii 
 Regis. 
 
 Kent. — Et Radulfo de Sasting £.30 ad corredium Reginm per 
 hreve ipsius. Et Hugoni de J^lugenoi £25. 10s. ad corredium Henrici 
 ^lii Regis. 
 
 Bucks and Bedfoedshiee. — Et Radulfo de Hasting 50 marcas ad 
 corredium Uegince per breve ipsius. 
 
 Beekshiee. — In corredio Eegince per hreve ipsius Radulfo de Hasting 
 £7. 6s. 8s. 
 
 London. — Pro roha ad opus Regince, £80. 6s. Sd. In conductu eju^- 
 dem rohts 20s. In conductu prohatorum Regis ad Sareshuriam 53s. 4(Z. 
 
 Waewickshieb. — In conductu Castanearum Regince ad Saresheriam 3s. 
 per hreve ipsius. 
 
 WllTSHiEE. — Et Radulfo de Hastings 20 marcas ad corredium Regince, 
 per hreve Regis. 
 
 DOESETSHIEE. — Radulfo de Hasting £6. 1 3s. id. ad corredium Regime 
 per breve ipsius. Et Hugoni de Plugenoi et Joscelino £11. 6s. 8d. ad 
 corredium filii Regis per breve Regince. 
 c_ Dec. Detonshiee. — Et in corredio Regince (ids. per hreve ipsius. Etin libe- 
 
 racione Sneccce £7 in transfretatione ipsius. 
 
 On the Queen's passing to Normandy, the Earl of Leicester seems to have 
 been left as Viceroy or Chief Justice of England. The Pipe-Roll of 1159 
 quotes his Writs as Quasi-regal in their nature and exigence. 
 
 Dec. Theobald, Comte of Blois, surrenders to K. Henry two 
 
 castles, viz., Ambaxiura (Amboise) and Fracta Vallis Amboise. 
 (Freteval) . Fr^tevai. 
 
 Rotroc, Oomte of Perch, whose wife was a sister of the 
 said Comte Theobald, surrenders to the King the two 
 Castles of Moulins and Bon Moulins. The King concedes Mouiins. 
 Belesme ' [Bellissimum Ga-strum), to the said Comte 
 
 Dec. ?6. 
 
 Rotroc.^ 
 
 The King and the Queen (who had lately crossed to 
 Normandy) are at Cherbourg.^ cucrbomg. 
 
 ' Cartse Antiquse, N. 25. positions as " Peace with Champagne." Theobald 
 
 * Chron. Normann. p. 994. Professor Stubbs was Comte of Blois, not of Cliampagne. 
 (quoting E. de Monte, p. 892) entitles these com- ^ Ohronicon Normannia;, p. 995. 
 
44 
 
 COURT; HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OV K. HENEY II. 
 
 1159. 
 . January. 
 
 January- 
 March. 
 
 A.D. 1159. 
 
 About this time we incline to date a Charter of the King^ 
 then at Rouen, whereby he appoints Walcheline, a Monk of Eouen. 
 Evesham, to the Abbacy of Abingdon. The Charter is 
 attested by the Bishops of Evreux (Rotroc) ; of Baieux 
 (Philip) ; and by William de Caisneto.^ 
 
 A Charter, dated at Argentan, is in favour of the Abbey Argenton. 
 of St. Andrew in Gouffern (Coutances Dioc.) . It is attested 
 by Thomas the Chancellor; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; 
 Richard de Luci ; Robert de Dunstanvill ; and Stephen de 
 Beauchamp.^ 
 
 An ill-transcribed Charter, also dated at Argentan, is in Argentan. 
 favour of the Norman Abbey of Fontenay. Its witnesses 
 seem to have been, Thomas the Chancellor; Manasser 
 Biset, Dapifer (written as juniolibet Bapifer) ; and Hum- 
 phrey de Bohun.^ 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Rouen, is a Royal Confirma- Eouen. 
 tion to the Abbey of Silly, a Pr^monstratensian House in the 
 Diocese of Seez. It is attested by Thomas the Chancellor; 
 Stephen de Beauchamp ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; and 
 Richard the Scribe (Scriptor). 
 
 In the first three months of this year we incline to date 
 several Charters of the King, given at Rouen, in behalf of 
 Walcheline, the newly-appointed Abbot of Abingdon. One 
 is addressed to Richard de Lucy, probably as being at the 
 time Custos or Fermor of Windsor. These Charters are 
 attested by Rotroc, Bishop of Evreux ; Philip, Bishop of 
 Baieux ; Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux ; William de Caisneto ; 
 William Fitz John ; Hubert de Vaux ; William de Hast- 
 ings ; and Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; or by some of 
 them.* 
 
 c. March 1. 
 
 March 22. 
 
 c. March 22. 
 (Midlent). 
 
 The Bishop of Wmohester (Henry of Bloie) is incidentally mentioned 
 as heing in England. 
 
 Robert Warelwast, Bishop of Exeter, is said to have died.* 
 K. Henry advertises his intended expedition to Toulouse. — 
 
 ' Hist. Monast. de Abingdon, vol. ii. p. 216. — 
 Walcheline's predecessor, Ingulf, died Sept. 19, 
 1158. (Vide supra, p. 41). 
 
 2 D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 30, 31. 
 
 ^ Neustria Pia, p. 15. 
 
 " Hist. Abingdon, u. pp. 217, 218, 219, 220-222. 
 ' Chron. Normannise. But the ' Annals of Win- 
 ton ' gire 1160 as the year of this obit. 
 
COURT, HOnsEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 45 
 
 1169. Levies were to be made in England, Normandy, Acquitaine, Normandy. 
 and other provinces. The King claimed the Fief against 
 Raymond, Comte of St. Giles, and in right of his wife, 
 Eleanor, Duchess of Acquitaine. Eighteen years previous, 
 viz., in 1141, Louis VII. of France, being then husband 
 of Eleanor, had claimed the Fief in the same right.^ 
 April. From one chronicle we should derive an impression that, BUye Castie 
 
 thus early in the year, K. Henry went into Guienne and 
 held conference with Raymond Berenger, Comte of Barce- 
 lona, at Blaye {apicd Oastrum Blavium). They agreed that 
 in due time Prince Richard should marry Raymond's 
 daughter, and that Henry should cede to them the Dachy 
 of Acquitaine.^ 
 
 There is also an alleged visit of Henry to Poictiers at Poiotiers. 
 this time, which would be quite intelligible as connected 
 with his journey to or from Guienne. Otherwise we should 
 incline to think that both the visits, to Poictiers and to 
 Blaye, took place later in the year. 
 
 May IS. Summonses for foreign service in the Army of Toulouse were alleged by 
 
 way of ' Essoign ' in the English Law-courts.^ 
 
 May 21-23. King Hcury is for three days at Bee Hellouin.* 
 
 May 24. The King is at Rouen.^ ^^^^ 
 
 May 28. Theobald, Comte of Blois, " frater Henrici " (brother of Henry of 
 
 Troyes, must be meant), returning from a, visit to the Shrine of St. 
 James of Compostella, was received and lodged in the Abbey of St. 
 Martial at Limoges. The Comte offered a gift of 10 raerks " on the 
 Sepulchre of the Apostle." Henry, King of England, by his Deputy (jier 
 principatum) or by his order (reading per praceptum), royally provided 
 the Comte's entertainment, though the Comte did not wish it (invitus 
 fuit).^ 
 
 May 28. On the same day, one Geoffrey was admitted a Monk of St. Martial of 
 
 Limoges, by Peter, Abbot of that House." Tliis Geoffrey was he, who, 
 afterwards, becoming Prior of Vigeoie, was known as Geoffrey de Vigeois, 
 and from whose Chronicle we extract some of these particulars. 
 
 June 6-8. King Henry at Hilliricourt.'' Huuricourt. 
 
 June 24. King Honry at Poictiers.'' Poiotiers. 
 
 ' Palgrave (ut supra), p. lii. Gallici Scriptores, ^ Stubbs, quoting Bouquet, xiii. 302. 
 
 xii-121 n. The expression of the Norman Chro- ^ Palgrave (ut supra), p. xiv. 
 
 nicle (p. 995) with regard to the army of Toulouse, •* Stubbs, quoting Bouquet, (xiii. 302). 
 
 viz., " Rex fecit sulmoveri," is too early for the date * Palgrave (ut supra), p. xv. 
 
 given by the same authority, viz., Midlent. Midlent " Gaufr. Vosiensis (G. S. xii. 440). 
 
 fell on March 22, in the year 1159. ' Stubbs, quoting Bouquet, xiii. 302. 
 
 Bee Hellouin. 
 
46 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1159. A King's Writj dated at Poictiers (apud Pictav') possibly Poiotiera. 
 
 belongs to this occasion. It certifies that the Church 
 and Canons of Briweton (Bruton, Somerset) are in the 
 King's hand and protection. It is attested by Richard de 
 Luci. The Transcript purports it to be addressed " Vi- 
 comiti et Ministris de Reiesmo "; ^ — a misreading which 
 we do not venture to amend. 
 
 The King's progress southwards from Poictiers is not 
 traced by the Chronicles. — 
 
 We venture to suggest one step thereof on the evidence of 
 a Charter, dated " wpud Santoniam " (Saintes in Saintonge) . saiates. 
 It is a grant by the King to Herbert Eufus. It is attested 
 by Thomas the Chancellor ; Eichard de Luci ; Henry fitz 
 Gerold, Chamberlain ; Richard de Camvill ; and Robert de 
 Dunstanville.^ 
 ;;. jimeso. At Perigueux, in the 'Bishop's Meadow,' K. Henry Perigueux. 
 conferred the honour of knighthood on Malcolm, King of 
 Scots. Malcolm followed the King's arms, accompanied 
 by thirty sons of nobles {Heroum), who had been his asso- 
 ciates in his late estate of tutelage {recentis tyrocinii con- 
 socii).^ A Welsh Prince was also in the King's host.* 
 It is in this connection, probably, that the Pipe-Roll of 
 1159 contains a charge by the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, 
 viz., of £17. 10s., which he had paid to the Knights. 
 
 .)uiro30. " On the Feast-day of St. Martial," and coincidently in point of time 
 
 with the knighting of Malcolm, Peter, Abbot of St. Martial of Jjimogcs, 
 at summons of the King of England, sent his military contingent in aid 
 of the King's arms. The Abbot himself, already suflPering from an optical 
 disease which, within three years, ended in total blindness, after pronounc- 
 ing benediction on hia retainers, was scarce able to lead their outset (proces- 
 sionem) towards the King's camp.' 
 
 July 1-3. Muster of the King of England's forces at Agen [apud Agen (Ouieune). 
 Agennense Gastrum). 
 
 A Diary of the period tells us incidentally of the King 
 being at Auvilar (in Gascony)." The precise day of the Auviiiarda 
 King's being there is not definitely fixed by the Diary, ^°™'^ ' 
 but the end of May is suggested by the context. How- 
 ever, such a date is impossible ; and we are obliged to 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, iii. 344 ■• Gervase, p. 1381. Chron. Normanniae. 
 
 2 Cartffi Antiquae, P. ' Gaufr. Vosiensis (G. S. xii. 439). 
 
 ' Gaufr. Vosiensis (G. S. xii. 439). ° Palgrave (ut supra), Appendix p. xiv. 
 
COUilTj UOUSliHOLD, AUD ITINEKAEY OF K. HENltY II. 
 
 47 
 
 1159. 
 c. July 1-3. 
 
 July. 
 
 August 1. 
 
 - August 30. 
 August 30. 
 Sept. 7. 
 Sept. 20. 
 
 . Sept. 26. 
 
 conclude that the King took Auvilar in his march from Auviuards 
 Agen towards Toulouse. ''"°°°^' 
 
 In curious parallelism with this extract from a Diarj, we 
 have a Charter of the King in favour of the Bishop of 
 Rochester. It is attested singly by the Chancellor (Becket). 
 It is dated, " apud Auvilar in Gastris." ^ 
 
 The King occupies the passes {Saltus) of Toulouse. 
 
 The siege of Toulouse now begins, and lasts till the end Touiouse 
 
 ° ° (Lauguedoc). 
 
 01 beptember. 
 
 Robert de Newburgh, Steward and Chief Justice (Dapifer et Justioia- 
 rius) of Normandy is shorn a Monk at Beo-Hellouin." 
 
 Eobert de Newburgh dies, in Cloister at Bec.^ 
 
 On the same day (rather than on September 1) died Pope Adrian IV. 
 
 Roland Bandinelli, Cardinal of St. Mark, elected Pope. 
 
 Roland randinelli crowned as Pope Alexander III. 
 
 In this year, Tlieodoric, Comto of Flanders, returned from Jeru- 
 salem.'' 
 
 The King of England is still before Toulouse, when Toulouse. 
 Louis of France throws himself into the town, adopting 
 the cause of its defender, the Comte of St. Giles, because 
 the Comte had married Constance, the French King's 
 sister. 
 
 K. Henry, pi'essed by the Chancellor, Becket, to seize a 
 favourable opportunity for assaulting the town refused, 
 " proisenlis domini sid reverentid vetante" ;^ — such an act 
 would be in deiiance of the obligations and fealty which 
 Henry owed to Louis, as regarded the person of the Suze- 
 rain. 
 
 King Henry breaks up the siege of Toulouse. 
 
 The King goes first to Cahors, which he fortifies, and cahors (Ouienne). 
 entrusts to Thomas the Chancellor." 
 
 ' Cartse Antiquae, F. 
 
 ^ Chron. Normann. p. 996. 
 
 3 Gervase, p. 1381. 
 
 ■* Chron. Nermann, p. 996. 
 ' Gall. Script, xii. 121 n. 
 <> R. de Monte (Struve), 894. 
 
 Chron. Norm. 
 
48 
 
 COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENKY II. 
 
 1169. 
 f. October. 
 
 October. 
 
 October. 
 
 c. Nov. 
 
 Not. 20- 
 Dec. 6. 
 
 Deo. 7. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1159, TO MICEAELMAS, 1160. 
 
 King Henry, after dismissing his army, arrives at Dzoroho 
 Uzerche; the King of Scots being still in his com- 
 pany.i 
 
 In the retreat from Toulouse died William, Comte of Boulogne and 
 Moretain and jure uxoris. Earl of Surrey, son and heir of the late King 
 Stephen. 
 
 King Henry next reaches Limoges. Here the King 
 renders up to his late ward, Ademar V., Vicomte of 
 Limoges, his paternal inheritance, marrying the youth to 
 Sara, one of the three daughters of Reginald, Earl of 
 Cornwall (the King's uncle) .^ 
 
 King Henry, having arrived in Normandy, invades 
 Louis's territory about Beauvais (joagum Belvacensem) .^ Beauvoisis 
 
 King Henry destroys the Border Fortress of Guerberoi.^ Gucrbcroi. 
 
 In this sequence King Henry is at Bstrepagni.^ Estrepagni. 
 
 At this crisis of the conflict between Henry and Louis, 
 Simon, Comte of Bvreux, makes over his fortresses of Roche- 
 fort {Rupem fortem) , Epernon {Esj)ernonem), and Montfort 
 (Montem fortem) to K. Henry. This was a great blow to 
 Louis, inasmuch as it gave Henry command of the com- 
 munications between Paris, Orleans, and Etampes. A 
 truce was the result, to last till the octaves of Pentecost 
 (May 22nd, 1160.)^ 
 
 In the first week of Advent commenced a Winter of intense severity. 
 Gerold, Bishop of Limoges, and Peter, Abbot of St. Martial (Limoges), 
 set out for Rome.* 
 
 Walter Durdent, Bishop of Chester, died.^ 
 
 ' Gaufr. Vosiensis. (G. S. xii. 439). The King, 
 says the same authority, had now been nearly three 
 years in possession of Limoges (See Oct. 1156, 
 supra, page 20). His cousin, Sara de Dunstan- 
 viU, was now (1159) about 15 years of age. An 
 Interpolator of G-eoffrey of Vigeois' narrative says 
 that she was bui'ied " apud, S. Aredium " (at Ared 
 de la Perche) on the feast day of St. Columbauus 
 (November 21) in the year 1216,— and that she 
 left three sons, Guy, William, and Ademar. She 
 will have died therefore at the age of about 72. It 
 is of her son Guy V. that the same Interpolator 
 is speaking when he says, alluding to the time of 
 her death (1216) : — Tunc Guido Vicecomes oisederat 
 Axiam. 
 
 ^ Stubbs' Itinerary (p. cxxxiij) quoting " Nor- 
 
 mandy Transcripts," No. 137, and "Bouquet," 
 xiii. 302. ^ 
 
 ^ Chronicon Normannia;, p. 996. 
 
 ' Gaufr. Vosiensis (G. S. xii. 439). This is 
 introduced here chiefly to show how well we may 
 depend on the dates given by Geoffrey of Vigeois in 
 his Chronicle. The persons who administered the 
 affairs of St. Martial's Abbey during its Abbot's 
 absence m Rome, were Peter, Abbot of St. Au- 
 gustin (Limoges), and Martin, Prior of Vigeois. 
 The Writer, Geoffrey, was at this moment a monk 
 of St. Martial, but eventually succeeding Martin 
 in the Priorate of Vigeois, he thus obtained his 
 cognomen of Vosiensis. 
 
 5 Hardy's Fasti, i. 54.— Possibly this Prelate died 
 Dec. 7, 1160 (see Fasti ibidem, note 73). 
 
COPET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 Dei.^2'5. The King and Qaeen keep Christmas at Falaise.^ 
 
 c . Dec. 31. Queen Eleanor crosses to England. 
 
 49 
 
 Some time in the year 1159, Froger, the King's Almoner, was made 
 Bishop of Seez. He was probably identical with Froger, previously 
 Archdeacon of Derby (Chester Dioc). 
 
 A.D. 1160. 
 
 1160. Some time in the first half of this year, the King would 
 
 seem to have been at Argentan, A Charter, there dated, is in Argentan. 
 favour of the Cistercian Abbey of La Trappe in the Diocese 
 of Seez. It is attested by Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen ; 
 Arnu]f, Bishop of Liseux ; Froger, Bishop of Seez ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Geoffrey de Bonmoulin ; 
 and Herbert de Sancta Scolastica.^ 
 
 A nearly contemporary Charter, in favour of the same 
 Abbev, is also dated at Argentan. It is attested by the 
 Bishops of Liseux and Seez ; by Robert, son of the Earl 
 of Leicester ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; Geoffrey 
 de Bruecort ; Gilbert, his brother ; and Herbert de Sancta 
 Scolastica.^ 
 
 u. Jan. 
 
 The Empress, in declining health, makes many eleemosynary grants, and 
 is warmly seconded by her son. 
 
 Baieux Cathedral burnt. Philip, its Bishop, energetically engages in 
 its restoration.'' 
 
 May. Peace between K. Henry and Louis, whereof the articles NormaEdy. 
 are preserved in a Charter which purports to be attested 
 by the Bishops, Peter of Paris, Hugh of Soissons, Robert 
 (Rotroc)of Bvreux,Brnald (Arnulf) of Exe (Liseux, probably), 
 Philip of Baieux, Roger (usually called Froger) of Seez, 
 and Hugh of Darham; also, by Thomas the Chancellor, 
 the Comte of Flanders, Comte Theodoric, Henry, Comte of 
 Soissons ; the Comte of Bellomonte, Teodor' Wileriann, 
 William Pavet, the Master of the Temple, and the 
 Brethren, Otto de St. Ludonir, Gilbert de Laci,^ Richard 
 
 1 Ohronicon Normanni^, p. 996. J That Gilbert de Lacy, Baron of Ludlow, 
 
 2 -3 D'Anisv's Transcripts, iii. 310, 311. Both Weobley, and Ewias, became a Templar, I have 
 deeds passed between 1159 and January, 1163. elsewhere (Antiquities of Shropshire, t 252-3). 
 
 4 chron Nermann, p. 996. presumed. Here is proof positive of the fact. 
 
 7 
 
50 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1160. de Hastings, Peter Bishop, and Robert de Piro j also by Nonnandy. 
 
 William, brother of the King of England ; the Comte of 
 Mellent, Richard de Humet, and Jordan Taxo. — 
 
 The treaty concerns the settlement of the Norman Vexin ; 
 the demolition of the Castle of Stipennei ; the restoration 
 to France of the fealty of Simon, Comte of Evreux; 
 the surrender to France of the fealties of Goceline Crispin 
 and Goell de Vaudemonte ; the retention by Henry of his 
 acquisitions in the Honour of Toulouse, and Cahors, and 
 the Quercy {Cadurco et Cadvrciiw) ; — a year's truce from 
 Pentecost (May 22) to be conceded by Henry to the Comte 
 of St. Giles ; and further conditions for the marriage to 
 be had between Henry's son and Louis's daughter.^ 
 
 In the year 1160, and probably in May or June, a dispute 
 between the Church of Avranches and the Abbey of St. 
 Michael de Monte was settled at Rouen in the presence of Rouen. 
 K. Henry. There were in attendance on the Court, 
 Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen ; Philip, Bishop of Bayeux ; 
 Rotrou, Bishop of Evreux ; Herbert, Bishop of Avranches ; 
 Hugh, Bishop of Durham ; Thomas the Chancellor ; Richard, 
 de Humet, Constable ; and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 Matthew, son of the Comte of Flanders, marries Mary, Abbess of 
 Romsey (daughter of K. Stephen), and so becomes Comte of Boulogne. 
 
 July. Henry and Louis assemble the Bishops, Abbots, and 
 
 Barons of Normandy and Beauvais in Council at Neufmarch. Nenfmarcb^. 
 They agree in reprobating Victor, the Anti-Pope, and in 
 favouring Alexander. 
 
 gg J Constance, Queen of France, dies in child-bed ; her child, a daughter, 
 
 surviving. 
 
 Herbert, Bishop of Avranches, dies. 
 
 Queen Eleanor, Prince Henry, and the Princess Matilda cross to 
 Normandy. 
 c Sept. 16. William of Pavia, Legate of the Holy See, wishes to send Peter, Abbot 
 
 of St. Martial at Limoges, to convert Hugh, Abbot of Clugui, to the cause 
 of Pope Alexander. Hereupon, the Abbot of St. Martial resigns office. 
 
 gp J 29 Ths Pipe-EoU made up at this date contains many entries allusive to 
 
 the King's continuous absence in Normandy ; — also to the Queen's arrival 
 in England (Dec. 31, 1159) ; — to her Kegency in England j to her return 
 
 ^ Lyttelton, vol. iv. p. 174. The Document is scripts of this Historian, 
 inadequately transcribed, as is usual with the Tran- ^ D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 287, 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENBY II. 51 
 
 to Normandy (Sept. 1160) ; and to the moyements of others of the Boyal 
 family, e. g.— 
 
 London and Middlesex. — Pro vino Uer/inm £4. 16s. id. per breve 
 ipsius. Et pro ii uneiis auri ad deaurandas cuppas Regis 2 marcas 
 argenti. Et pro ii tonellis vini 34s. ad opus RegincB. Et pro iy 
 modis vini ad opus Regiiice 30j. Et in Uberacione filii Regis £13. is. 7d. 
 per Willielmum filittm Aldelini. 
 
 Donoasieb. — Eolertus de Rass debet A^Zi. 6s. 8d., sed sunt in respectu 
 donee Rex redeat in Angliam per Ireve Regis de ultra mare. 
 
 WllTSHlEE. — Et Regime per breve ipsius £20 ad corredium. Et pro 
 conducendo vino Regince ad Warengefordiam is. 
 
 Beekshike. — Et in corredio Reginw per breve ipsius £G. 13s. id. 
 
 Southampton. — Et in passagiis thesauri £6. 13*. id. Et in corredio 
 RegincB per breve ipsius 33s. Sd. Et in conductu vini Reginm et onerando 
 et deonerando 7s. 3d. Et pro vino Reginw empto 61s. Id. Et in con- 
 ductu vini ad Warengeford per breve RegincB is. 6(?. Et in conductu 
 vini de Britannia 1045. 2d. Et in passagio Regince extreme £16. 12.v. 6d. 
 Et ill passagio Ricardi de Camvill et Austrucariorum it Falconariorum 
 Regis (et) pro hugiis £6. 14*. 
 
 BLampshiee. — Et in corredio RegincB per breve ipsius £226. 3s. 9d. in 
 xiii talliis. Et in corredio Henrici filii Regti £56. 13s. in iv 
 talliis. Et in vasselld jilicz Regis £7. 16s. id. Et in minutis negociis 
 RegincB 26s. Sd. Et in Uberacione hominum Sneccce de passagio RegincB 
 ct Henrici filii Qeroldi cum thesauro, et Nicolai de Sigillo £30. 10s.' Et 
 in passagio cum thesauro ad festum Sancti Joliannis £7. lOs.^ Et in 
 passagio RegincB extremo, £7. lOs.' Et pro conducendo thesauro ad 
 Pascham et ad festum Sti Michaelis 13s. id. 
 
 WoECESTEESHlEE. — Et in corredio Regime per breve ipsius 
 £13. 6s. 8d. 
 
 SUEEEY, CaMBEIDGE AND HtTNTINaDONSHIBE. — Et RegincB X. marcos 
 argenti per breve ipsius. 
 
 DoESETSHiEE. — Et RegincB per breve ipsius £25. 4s. 7d. 
 
 WlKCHESTEE. — Pro conductu robo RegincB et vini siii et incensi et 
 coffrorum capellcB ct scutis puerorum 31s. Et pro camera Uegince et 
 cheminatd et cellario £22. 13s. 2d. In corredio Reginiz per breve ipsius 
 £36. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1160, TO MICHAELMAS, 1161. 
 
 Oct. K. Hemy and Louis renew peaceful engagements. Nwm'k'Jfdyo 
 
 Prince Henry does homage to Louis for the Duchy of 
 Normandy.* 
 
 ' This, so far as we can judge from the usual in May, 1159, seems subsequently to hare been 
 
 signiBcance of the words used, can hardly allude to attached to the Queen's suite. 
 
 any arrival of the Queen in England, such as that ^ The Feast of St. John, as a Pipe-Roll, or Ex- 
 
 about the end of the year 1159. We rather prefer to chequer date, is, we beUcTe always, the Nativity of 
 
 suppose that the Queen went to, and returned from John Baptist (June, 24). 
 
 Normandy in the first and eecond quarter of the ' Tliis alludes to the Queen's Transfretation circa 
 
 year 1160 ; but such facts are elsewhere un- September, 1160. 
 
 chronicled. Henry fitz Gerold, who was at Saintea " Diceto, p. 532. Chron. Normann. p. 997. 
 
52 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 1160. Louis of France marries a sister of Theobald, Oomte of 
 
 '■ ""• Blois.i 
 Nov. 2. Prince Henry espoused to the Princess Margaret at 
 
 Neuf bourgh (Novum Burgum), with consent of the Cardinal Neufbourg. 
 
 Legates, Henry of Pisa, and William of Pavia.^ 
 
 K. Henry builds the three Castles of Gisors, Neaupple oisors. 
 
 (Niafliam), and Chateau-neuf-sur-Bpte {Novum Oastellum). Neufchatei. 
 
 Rupture between K. Henry and Theobald, Comte of Blois. 
 
 Henry takes Chaumont {Calvutn montem),^ and gives it to chanmont 
 
 Hugh de Amboise. He also fortifies Amboise and Frette- Amboiae. 
 
 Dec. 25. ville {Fradam Vallem). ^'^'■^^^■ 
 
 K. Henry and Queen Eleanor spend Christmas at Le Mans. Le Mans. 
 
 A Charter, probably of this period, bears date at Le Mans 
 
 {apud Cenoman'). It is in favour of Walden Abbey (Essex), 
 
 and is attested by Roger, Earl of Clare j Earl Alberic ; 
 
 William, Earl of Arundel ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 
 Henry de Essex, Constable ; Richard de Luci ; and William 
 
 fitz Hamo.* 
 
 In the above year (1160), Kobert, a monk of Bee, was made Abbot 
 of St. Evroul of TJticum. 
 
 A.D. 1161. 
 
 1101. The King seizes and entrusts to his own lieutenants 
 
 the Castles of the Comte of Mellent and other Norman 
 Barons. He strengthens Gisors and other Border Castles. Gisors. 
 
 He builds a Palace and makes a Park {apud Cheruleium) 
 near Rouen. 
 
 To this period may be attributed K. Henry^s Charter 
 to the Norman Abbey of St. Barbe-en-Auge. It is dated 
 at Rouen. It mentions Froger, Bishop of Seez, as a bene- Eouod. 
 factor to the Abbey, arid it is attested by Thomas the 
 Chancellor; Richard de Humet, Constable; and Richard 
 de Luci.^ 
 
 At this same period we are told that Achard, Abbot of 
 St. Victor at Paris, was made Bishop of Avranches ^ ; and 
 we have another Charter dated at Rouen and attested by 
 
 1 • 2 Diceto, p. 532. Chron. Nermann, p. 997. '' Monastioon, iv. 152, xviii. 
 
 3 Now the' Chateau de Chaumont, on the Loire, ^ Monastioon, vii. p. 1113. 
 
 just below Blois. " His predecessor at Avranches was Herbert. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 53 
 
 1161. 
 
 ;. Jan. 
 
 Jaa. 5. 
 
 March 1. 
 
 March. 
 
 that very Prelate. This is a Charter to the Canons of St. Eouen. 
 Bartholomew, London. The witnesses are Rotroc, Bp of 
 Bvreux ; A., Bp of Avranches ; Thomas the Chancellor ; 
 William, Earl of Albemarle ; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk or Ches- 
 ter?); the Earl of Arundel; the Earl of Clare; Richard 
 de Humet, Constable; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; William 
 de Keisneto ; and Stephen de Turonis, Chamberlain. 
 This Charter is expedited — ]per manum Stephani de Ful- 
 geriis?- 
 
 Peter del Barri, Abbot of St. Augustine (Limoges), elected Abbot 
 of St. Martial (Limoges). The Legate, William of Pavia, approved the 
 election, but King Henry opposed it. Hereupon the Abbot Elect went 
 to the King ; as did also Peter, the late Abbot of St. Martial, now seek- 
 ing reappointment.^ 
 
 (On " Circnmdederunt'" or Septitagesima Sunday). An eclipse of the 
 moon.^ 
 
 The King founds a Leper-house at Caen. caen. 
 
 The King builds a Castle at OsmanviUe [Amaiidivillam) OsmanTiiie. 
 on the River Vire. 
 
 The King was at the Abbey of Mortimer-en-Lions ; and Mortimer-en-Lions. 
 (it being the first day of Lent) Peter of Tarentaise, the 
 Papal Legate, celebrated Mass before the King in that 
 Monastery.* 
 
 Perhaps at this time the King visited Leons, or Lions-la- 
 Foret, in the same district. A Charter to the Canons of Lions-ia-Forst. 
 Herting (Sussex) bears date at Leon, and is attested by 
 Thomas the Chancellor, William de Braose, William de 
 Lanvalein, W. Aguilon, Hugh de Morevill, and Robei-t de 
 St. Mary-Church.5 
 
 Another Charter to William Pistor is dated apud Leon, 
 and attested by Hugh de Perers, William de Crevecor, Hugh 
 Prior, and Robert de Ivingney.* 
 
 A grant of Franchises to the Abbey of St. Mary of 
 
 • Cartse Antiquas, L. 
 
 2 Geoifrey of Vigeois. 
 
 ^ Gallici Scriptores, xii. 284. The verification of 
 eclipses is important, as showing the method or 
 accuracy of any given Chronicler. The alleged day 
 of this eclipse is so far credible as that the moon 
 was full on Feb. 12. 
 
 ■• Neustria Pia, p. 775. Tarentaise was a district 
 of Savoy. 
 
 * Cotton, MSS. Vespas. E. xxiii. fol. 1, b. 
 epormulare Anglicanum, p. 44. This Charter 
 
 is one of a series. The argument that it passed 
 after the decease (7 December, 1159, or per- 
 haps 7 December, 1160) of Walter Durdent, 
 Bishop of Litchfield, is given in a note on that 
 Bishop's obit, in Hardy's Le Neve. The Charter 
 also appears to have passed before the death of 
 Archbisliop Theobald (April 18, 1161). Within 
 the limits, thus ascertained, the dating at Leon, 
 coupled with the King's whereabout on March 1, 
 guide us to the month if not the very day of the 
 King's Charter. 
 
54 COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP E. HENRY II. 
 
 1161. Lonlay, a Benedictine House in tte Diocese of Le Mans, Lions-ia-For6t. 
 is dated at Lyons and attested by Richard de Lucy.^ 
 ,,. March. In the beginning of Lent tlie King was at Le Mans, lo Mans. 
 where Hugh, Archbishop of Dol, resigned his See ^ ; 
 the Legates, Henry of Pisa and William of Pavia, being 
 present. 
 
 April 9. {In Ramis Palmarum). Peter del Earri, Abbot elect of St. Martial, 
 
 returns to Limoges, with Kings Henry's assent to bis election. The 
 King had refused to sanction the reappointment of Peter, the late Abbot. 
 
 c. April 16. Richard Peche is consecrated Bishop of Chester by Walter, Bp of 
 
 Rochester, and in the presence of Abp Theobald, then in his last illness, 
 but who was carried into his chapel to witness the ceremony. 
 
 April 18. Theobald, Abp of Canterbury, died.^ Soon afterwards Bai'tholomew 
 
 Iscan was consecrated Bp of Exeter ; and Walter, Bp of Rochester, 
 officiated, because the See of Canterbury was vacant, and because the Bp 
 of London was paralytic, and the Bp of Winchester was at Clugni.'' 
 
 c. May. Henry and Louis are campaigning, first in the Vexin ^le veiin. 
 
 (in Viloasino), and then in the Danois (in Dunensi pago.)^ The Dunois. 
 
 About this time we have a Charter, dated at Andele, 
 which I take to be Andeli, by which the King confirms to Andeii. 
 Ralph de Wili, son of Ailward, certain lands at Briweton, 
 which came in marriage with Agatonia, daughter of Henry de 
 Caravill, and which the said Henry held at the time of his death, 
 under Rabel the Chamberlain, and which had been con- 
 firmed by Charter of William the Chamberlain, son of Rabel. 
 Witnesses, Robert de Dunstanvill ; Manasser Biset, Dapi- 
 fer ; Walter de Dunstanvill ; Alan, his brother ; Baldwin de 
 FretteviU ; and Henry de Winton.* 
 
 c. June 30. Houry and Louis make truce. Henry goes into Aquitaine Guienne. 
 and besieges a castle called Castellion, above the town of 
 AdeiiJ 
 
 ^ng. 10. Henry takes CastelUon. chatiUon. 
 
 Aug. 13. Obit of Maurice, Bishop of Bangor. 
 
 ^.. Sept. The Princess Elianor, born at Dorafront,' and baptized by Henry 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 92. where (Benedictus i. 101) it is called Caslellonenm 
 
 2 Chron. Normann. supra Agiens. Professor Stubbs identifies the 
 
 3 Gervase, p. 1381. Robert de Monte dates latter with Castillon on the Dorclogne. We tate it, 
 Archbishop Theobald's death on April 17. however, that the ChatiUon, besieged by K. Henry, 
 
 ■• Dioeto, p. 532. If correct, this indicates re- was on the Garonne, ratlier than the Dordogne, and 
 
 peated visits to Clugni by Henry of Blois (vide supra, was near the town of Agen. 
 pp. 14-15, «o<e ; and p. 44) . * Diceto, incomprehensibly dates the Princess 
 
 5 The district about Chateaudun. Elianor's birth as in 1165, (Tmag, Hist. p. 539). 
 
 ^ Cartse Antiqua;, Q. There was some talk of a contract for her marriage 
 
 ' There is some doubt about this looaHty. Else- in that year, which perhaps misled the Historian. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1161. of Pisa, the Cardinal Legate ; Acliard, Bishop of Arranohes ; and Bohert, 
 
 Abbot of Mount St. Michael-de-periculo-maris, were present. 
 Sept. 21. Obit of Samson, Archbishop of Eheinas.' 
 
 Sept. 29. The PiBE-EoLL made up to this date contains very few entries illustra- 
 
 tive of Court-history during the previous year. The following are all that 
 seem worth quotation : — 
 
 London. Et Uegincn £12. 13s. id, 
 
 Hampshieb. Bt Cancellat-io et Ricardo de Liici £102. 10s. lOrf. 
 ad liheracionem militum et navium in ii. talliis. Et Nicolao de Sigillo 
 £7. 10s. in custamento Esnecc<s. Et Tiominibus de Esneccd 30s. de 
 liberdcione iii. dierum per hreve Regis, Et in liheracione iii. navium 
 ad portandas Damas Regis ultra mare £15 per visum Nicolai de Sigillo. 
 Et in liberctcioue navium Quinque portuum qute perrexerunt cum tJiesauro 
 £34. 18s. per Henricum filium Geroldi. Et ad conducendam Arcam dc 
 Wintonia ad Lundoniam 5s. 8<f. 
 
 WlNCHESTEE. Pro thesauro conducendo ad Eantoniam 10s. 2d. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1161, TO MICHAELMAS, 1162. 
 
 Oct -^ peace between Henry and Louis negotiated at Fre- rnsteyai. 
 
 teval.^ 
 Dec. 25. The King and Queen keep Christmas at Baieux. Baieui. 
 
 During the above year, as one Chronicle relates, Comte Theobald, son 
 of Comte Theobald, besieged the castle of Vendome. John, Comte of 
 Vendome, with his sons Burchard and Lancelinc, defended the fortress 
 successfully. 
 
 A.D. 1162. 
 
 ..go Succession of Henry, brother of Louis VII., to the Archiepiscopate 
 
 Jan. 14. of Eheims.3 
 
 Feb. 25. K. Henry holds a Council at Rouen, which was adjourned Eouen. 
 
 to Lillebone {Julia bona). Luiebone. 
 
 Henry, at Fecamp, orders the disinterment and re- Feeamp. 
 burial of Richard I. and Richard II., Dukes of Normandy. 
 
 Perhaps a Charter to Bordesley Abbey (Worcestershire) 
 belongs to this occasion. It purports to be dated apud 
 Fissam {Fiscannum perhaps), and is attested by Richard 
 de Luci, William fitz Hamo, Robert de Dunestanville, Hugh 
 de Claeris, and William Malet, Dapifer.* 
 
 • G-aUici Scriptores, xii. 275. the two Kings were about to engage in battle. 
 
 2 Diceto, p. 533. It is the last fact named by ^ Q-allioi Scriptores, xii. 275. 
 
 the Historian, under the year 1161. He says that '' Formulare AngUoanum, No. Ixxviii. 
 
 55 
 
56 COUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1162. Pope Alexander visits Montpellier (Montem PessulanumV in Prance, 
 
 t. Aprils. 
 
 About this time we know that Robert, Bishop of 
 Lincoln, and Hillary, Bishop of Chichester, visited Nor- 
 mandy .^ There are two Royal Charters in favour of the 
 former Prelate. Both are dated at Rouen, and both are Eouen. 
 attested by Roger, Abp of York; Hillary, Bp of Chi- 
 chester ; Hugh, Bp of Durham j and Thomas the Chan- 
 cellor.^ 
 
 May*. Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, died. 
 
 C.May. K. Henry is at Falaise, and there, at the solicitation of Faiaise. 
 
 Robert, Bp of Lincoln, executes a judicial precept addressed 
 to Robert, Earl of Leicester, who was then acting as Chief 
 Justice of England.^ 
 
 It was also at Falaise that the King and the Cardinal, 
 Henry of Pisa,* pressed the Chancellor Becket to accept 
 the Primacy of England.^ Becket reluctantly assented 
 and crossed to England.^ It must have been at this crisis 
 
 C-. May 23. tli^t the Bishops and Abbots assembled in London, and 
 followed Thomas the Chancellor in rendering fealty to 
 Prince Henry. It is further probable that the King him- 
 self intended to cross the Channel at this period. The 
 following entries from the Pipe-Roll of 1162 bear upon the 
 occasion.' 
 
 Beeeshiee. Et in soUis per breve Regis Willielmo Gade 
 £38. 6s. ; pro auro ad coronam filii Regis et Regalia par- 
 anda. 
 
 London. Et Willielmo Constahulario 20s. ad summoni- 
 cionem faciendam contra adventum Regis ad Pentecostem (viz. 
 May 27, 1162). 
 
 The King remaining in Normandy, the following persons 
 were sent as his messengers to the Monks of Christ Church, 
 Canterbury, to enjoin the election of Becket to the Pri- 
 
 ' M. Paris (Wats), ii. 75. Gervase, p. 1382. venture to deduce thus much, is of no further 
 
 2 Monast. viii. pp- 1275-6, Nos. liv. Ix. interest than that it shows certain English Prelates 
 
 ^ M. Paris (Wats), ii. 75. to have been in Normandy at the time of the 
 
 ■' It will have been at or soon after the Council visitation of the Cardinal Legate, Henry of Pisa, 
 
 of Rouen that Koger Archbishop of Tort, made and so far illustrates other documents quoted in the 
 
 some Prffibendal gift or arrangement in the pi-esence text. 
 
 of " Henry, Priest- Cardinal of the Holy Koman * Lingard, vol. ii. p. 204. 
 
 Church and Legate of the Apostolic See," and ^ Diceto, p. 533. — 
 
 of Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, Henry (read Hugh), Gervase of Canterbury (p. 1382), adds that the 
 
 Bishop of Durham ; and of the Bishops of Liseux, King sent Becket to England on other national 
 
 Evreux and Seez. — affairs, not relative to the Primacy. 
 
 The ill-transcribed document, from which we ' Rot. Pipe, 8 Hen. II. 
 
COUET, HODSEHOLDj AND ITINEKAKY OF K. HBNKY II. 57 
 
 1162. macy. They were Hillary, Bp of Chichester ; Bartholomew, Normandy. 
 Bp of Exeter; Walter, Bp of Eochester ; the Abbot of 
 Battle; and Richard de Luci.^ 
 
 The said monks, the Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbviryj 
 
 and the Justiciars of England assembled before Prince Henry, at 
 
 London, and unanimously elected Becket.' 
 May 23. Henry, Bishop of Winchester, published the said election in the 
 
 Refectory of Westminster Abbey.' 
 Jmie 2. Becket was ordained Priest by Walter, Bishop of Rochester, at Canter- 
 
 bury.2 
 Jine 3. Becket was consecrated Archbishop by Henry, Bp of Winchester 
 
 in tbe presence of the Bps of Ely, Bath, Salisbury, Norwich, Chichester, 
 
 Chester, Exeter, Lincoln, Rochester, Llandaif,'' St. Davids, St. Asaph, and 
 
 Hereford. 
 
 Messengers went to the Pope at Montpellier, to obtain the PaUiumfor 
 
 the new Archbishop. They returned to Canterbury on August 10. 
 
 They were John, Treasurer of York ; Adam Abbot of Evesliam ; John 
 
 of Salisbury ; Jordan of Chichester ; Simon, a monk of Canterbury ; 
 
 and Master Amulf. 
 
 c. Jane. A.bout this time, the King, being at Chinon, addresses chinon. 
 
 Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, and all his lieges of 
 Kent, on behalf of the Monks of St. Peter of Gant and 
 their manorial rights at Lewisham and Greenwich. Wit- 
 nesses, Reginald, Earl of Cornwall; Richard de Humez, 
 William fitz Hamo, Manasser Biset, Henry de Essex, Wil- 
 liam de Braose, and Walter fitz Robert.* 
 
 c. Sept. K. Henry and Louis are reconciled at an interview toucI (or choiai), 
 
 which they had apud Tociacum, on the Loire, with Pope "^ ' ° °"^''' 
 Alexander.^ 
 
 Sept. 18. ^' Henry supposed to have been at Deols.® (DeoU). 
 
 A few entries on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas 1162 are here quoted 
 as indicating something of Court history during the previous fiscal year. — 
 
 Hampshibe. at ad conducendum tkesawum de Winionia ad Santonam 
 et de Wiutonid ad Londoniam pluribus vieibm £1. 8s. 8d. Et Nautis de 
 Esnecd 20s. per breve Regis. Mt in Xiberadone Esnedice adfesium Sanctm 
 3farice Magdalene (July 22nd) ad tliesaurum iransfretandum £T. 10s. Et 
 pro cerd ad Summoniciones faciendas et portandam Danegeldam 14s. id. 
 Et ad coniucendas damas Regis 60s. per Nicholaum de Sigillo. 
 
 ' Gterraae, p. 1382. Diceto, p. 533. ^ Godefridus Lanelvensis Episcopus (Grervase). 
 
 = In Sahbato Fentecostes. — An expression which '' Cartes Antiquae, T. 
 
 we believe has been quite exceptionally used else- ' Chron. Nermann, p. 998. Choisi, near Blois, 
 
 where to denote the Saturday before Whit-Sunday. was probably the place. Vide S. T. C. iv. 223. 
 
 That, in this case, would denote May 26 j but June ' Stubbs, quoting (with a mark of incredulity) 
 
 2ud or the Saturday in Whiteun-week is preferable. Jaffe, p. 687. Deols was in Berri. 
 
58 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 Ilg2. WiNCHESTEE. Et pro conducendis patmis filii Regis Zs. 6d. Et in 
 
 liberacione Pagani prohatoris £7. 10s. M. per Hugonem de Oundevill. 
 
 Southampton. In corredio filii Regis 29*. Gd. Et in custamento 
 damarum £7. 6s. 9d., et item alia vice £15. Is. 4d. Et in custamento 
 thesauri . . . . ndi et locandamm namwm iii vicihus £A. 16s. 
 Et in liberacione Esnecae filii Regis £5. 10s. Et in passagio falconariorvm 
 et austrucariorum 61s. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1162, TO MICHAELMAS, 1163. 
 
 December. The King and Queen come to Barfleur, intending Barflenr. 
 to cross over to England, but the wind is contrary, 
 and — 
 
 They pass Christmas at Cherbourg.^ Cherbourg. 
 
 The King lands at Southampton. Beoket, attended by soutbampton. 
 
 Deo. 25. 
 
 11C3. 
 
 Jan. 26. Prince Henry, then his pupil, meets the King, 
 
 The following charge by the Sheriff of Hampshire is on the Pipe-BoU 
 of Michaelmas, 1163. It refers probably to a period anterior to the 
 King's arrival in England, and it indicates the Viceregal capacity of the 
 Earl of Leicester. 
 
 Ad corredium equorum Regis £9 per breve Comitis Legecestrie et 
 Ricardi de Luci. 
 
 The following charges by the same Sheriff indicate that the King came 
 accompanied by the Queen and some of the Koyal family, and that 
 the Queen was resident in Hampshire after the King had left. 
 
 In corredio infantum Regis £16 per hreve Regis. In corredio Regince 
 £35 per hreve Regis. In corredio infantum Regis £11. 10s. per hreve 
 Regince. 
 
 Again, the following charges by the Fermor of Southampton, probably 
 allude to the arrival of the King's Treasure and of the Princesses 
 Matnda and Elianor. 
 
 Vicecomitissa de Rothomago r. c. etc. In passagio thesauri 31s. Sd. 
 In cusfumento ad conducendas filias Reguni 7s. id. 
 
 In this month it would seem that the King visited Oxford.^ Oxford. 
 In the Pipe- Roll of the following Michaelmas the Sheriff of 
 Oxfordshire charges — In reparacione domorum Regis de 
 Oxenfort 10s. 
 
 A Charter, dated at Oxford, may well belong to this 
 date. Thereby the King confirms to Warner de Lusoriis 
 
 1 This is the statement of the Norman Chronicle day, celebrated mass at St. Paul's, London. We 
 
 (p. 999). Gervase (p. 1383) says, that the King suppose that Becket expected the King and took the 
 
 landed at Southampton on December 20 (1162), journey ; but to no purpose, 
 
 and that Becket went to meet him, and, finding ^ Diceto, p. 534, b. 
 
 it impossible to get back to Canterbury by Christmas- ^ Hist. Abingdon, ii. 228-9. 
 
 c. Feb. 
 
CODET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 59 
 
 11C3. the land wHcli he held in the time of King Henry, Oxford, 
 the King's grandfather. Witnesses, Thomas, Abp of 
 Canterbury ; Henry, Bp of "Winchester ; Reginald, Bar! of 
 Cornwall ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; Richard de Luci ; 
 Hugh Wach.i 
 
 In the same month, probably, the King visited Sal- Salisbury. 
 isbury.^ 
 
 The Queen would seem to have been resident in Wiltshire about 
 this time, for at Michaelmas the Sheriff charges payments, viz., Johanni 
 de Waurei et servientibus Regime ad faciendam soUam ipsius £44. 8«. per 
 breve Regis. Et eisdem £25 ad faciendam aliam soltam ipsius pel' ireve 
 Megis. 
 
 M.irch 3. The King holds a Council in London.^ London. 
 
 March 6. The King still in Loudon. The business before the 
 
 Council was concerning the vacant See of London.* 
 
 The residence of the Court in London is illustrated by 
 the following charges in the PipCrRoll of the year. The 
 Sheriff of London and Middlesex had paid — 
 
 Ad corredium Begis et ad negocia pincernarum 118s. jjer 
 hreve Regis. Ad corredium Ricardi filii Regis £10. 6s. 8d. 
 •per hreve Regis. Et pro p'ca ^ in porcis et ovis et minutis 
 rehus contra festum filii Regis 100s. Et Alnod pro domiMis 
 Regis mundandis et pro j uncis 10s. 
 
 March 8. The King is sitting in Guria at Westminster. Before Westminster. 
 
 him is decided a Suit-at-Law between Robert, Bishop of 
 Lincoln, and Robert, Abbot of St. Albans.^ The King's 
 Assessors are — 
 
 Thomas, Abp of Canterbury ; Roger, Abp of York ; 
 Henry, Bp of Winchester; Nigel, Bp of Ely; William, Bp 
 of Norwich; Hilary, Bp of Chichester; Josceline, Bp of 
 Sarum ; Walter, Bp of Rochester ; Hugh, Bp of Durham ; 
 Gilbert, Bp of Hereford ; Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; 
 Richard, Bp of Coventry; Godfrey, Bp of St. Asaph; 
 Lawrence, Abbot of Westminster ; William, Abbot of Ram- 
 sey ; Gregory, Abbot of Malmesbury ; Clement, Abbot of 
 York; Reginald, Abbot of Pershore: Geoffry, Archdeacon 
 
 ' Cartae Antique, IT. 25. '' Diceto ; Imag. Hist. 534, b. 
 
 2 Chron. Abingdon, ii. 228-9. * Whatever word may be here intended its mean- 
 
 3 Palgrave's British Commonwealth. Appendix, ing will have been ' payment,' ' outlay.' 
 
 p. xxii, * Diceto, p. 533. M. Paris, vol. ii. p. 81. 
 
60 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1163. 
 March 8. 
 
 March 17. 
 
 March 19. 
 
 of Canterbury ; Richard, Archdeacon of Poitiers ; Robert, Westminster. 
 Earl of Leicester; Hugh, Earl of Norfolk; William, Earl 
 of Arundel ; Richard de Luci ; Richard de Humez, Con- 
 stable; Henry fitz Gerold, Chamberlain. 
 
 The three following Deeds, all dated at Westminster, 
 doubtless belong to the same occasion. — 
 
 (1.) To Kenilworth Priory, attested by Thomas, Abp of 
 Canterbury ; GeofFvy, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Robert, 
 Earl of Leicester ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; Henry 
 fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; and 
 Josceline de Baillol.^ 
 
 (2.) To Sibton Abbey (Suffolk), attested by Thomas, Abp 
 of Canterbury ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; Richard de Luci ; 
 Richard de Humez ; and Manasser Biset.*^ 
 
 (3.) To Eustace Cade, son of William Cade, giving ten 
 librates of land in Navenebi, which were of the fee of 
 Roger the Poitevin and of the honour of Lancaster. Wit- 
 nesses, GeoS'ry, Archdeacon of Canterbury; Richard, 
 Archdeacon of Poitiers ; R., Earl of Leicester ; Earl 
 GeofFry (of Essex) ; Richard de Luci ; Henry fitz Ceroid, 
 Chamberlain; Gosceline de Baillol; Richard de Canville; 
 William Malet, Dapifer; and William de Cainneto.^ 
 
 Perhaps also a writ addressed by the King to the Barons 
 of the Exchequer, and dated at Westminster, belongs to 
 the same occasion. It is in favour of the Nuns of Fonte- 
 vrault, and is attested by Nigel, Bp'of Ely; Robert, Earl 
 of Leicester ; Richard de Luci.'' 
 
 The King is at Canterbury. He and Archbishop Becket canterbury, 
 attend the Monks' procession.^ 
 
 The King and Prince Henry are at Dover, and are met Dover, 
 by Theodoric, Comte of Flanders, and Comte Philip, his 
 son. A treaty made between the respective parties em- 
 bodies the military services which the Comtes of Flanders 
 were bound to render to the Kings of England. The Sure- 
 ties on the King of England's side, that he should observe 
 his part of the treaty were — 
 
 Richard de Humez, Constable ; Reginald de St. Walery • 
 
 ' Monasticon, vi. 224. vii. 
 
 ' Monasticon, t. 559, ii. 
 
 2 Cart. Orig. In OfEc. Ducat. Lanoast. 
 
 '' Monasticon, vii. 1085. 
 
 ^Cci'Taso, p. 1384. Tlie day in question was 
 Palm Sunday. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 61 
 
 1163. 
 Miircb 19. 
 
 March 19. 
 
 March 24. 
 
 March 31. 
 
 ApriL 
 
 Richard de Luci ; Henry fitz Gerold, Chamberlain ; Bernard Dover, 
 de St. Walery; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; Roger de CaUli; 
 Hugh, Earl of Norfolk ; William, Earl of Arundel ; Robert, 
 son of the Earl of Leicester ; Earl Geoffrey (of Essex) ; and 
 Hugh, Earl of Chester. 
 
 Another and contemporary Charter settles the services 
 which the vassals of the Comtes of Flanders owed to 
 the King of England. This Charter is attested by — 
 
 Thomas, Abp of Canterbury ; John, Earl of Ponthieu (de 
 Puntivo) ; Reginald de St. Walery ; Richard de Luci ; Rich - 
 ard de Humez, Constable; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; Ber- 
 nard de St. Walery ; Henry de Essex ; Walkeline Maminot ; 
 Henry fitz Gerold, Chamberlain; Joceline de Baillol, Hugh 
 de Dovre, William de Crievequer, Roger de Cailli, Hugh, 
 Earl of Chester ; William, Earl De Ferrars ; Hugh de 
 Longchamp ; William de Tracy ; William fitz Aldelm.^ 
 
 The Pipe-Roll supplies an entry illustrative of the King's 
 visit to Dover. — The Sheriff of Kent, Hugh de Dover, 
 charges — In liberacione v militum de dominicd familid Regis 
 £26. 
 
 Pope Alexander's letter to Gilbert, Bishop of Hereford, in approval 
 of his translation to the See of London. Dated at Paria.^ 
 
 King Henry's letter to the same, urging his acceptance 
 of the See of London. Dated at Windsor and attested by Windsor. 
 Thomas, Archbishop of. Canterbury.^ 
 
 Alleged day of Foliot's translation to the See of London.'' 
 
 The King is at Windsor, and busied with the trial of 
 Henry de Essex, who had been accused by Robert de Mont- 
 fort of cowardice and treason, viz., that he, the said Henry, 
 at the Battle of Counsylth (in July, 1157), being at the 
 time Constable of England, had cast away the Royal 
 standard and fled, proclaiming that the King was killed. ^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Windsor, may well belong 
 to this occasion. It is attested by Richard de Humez, Con- 
 stable (of Normandy) ; Richard de Luci ; Henry fitz Gerold, 
 Chamberlain ; and Richard de Camville.^ 
 
 From Windsor the King goes to Reading, where Henry Beading. 
 
 • Kymer's Foedera, i. 23. Hearne's Liber Niger 
 
 33- 
 
 2-3 Gilbert Foliot's Epistles, 146, 147. 
 
 ^ Hardy's Fasti, ii. 282. 
 
 * Palgrave (ut supra). Appendix, p. xxii. 
 
 ^ Monasticon, vii. 618. 
 
62 COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1103. de Essex and Montfort try issues by ' Wager of Battle.' Reading 
 Essex, being defeated, is outlawed, and his estates confis- 
 cated. He is shorn a monk at Reading. ^ 
 
 From Reading the King goes to Wallingford. waUingtord. 
 
 From Wallingford the King, accompanied by Richard de 
 Luci, goes on an expedition against Wales. The English waies. 
 army ravages Carmarthenshire.^ 
 
 The following charges on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 
 1163, are illustrative of this Welsh expedition : — 
 
 Gloucestershire. In reparacione ca-pelloe et domorum 
 (Regis) £15. 12s. bd. In Uberadone Walteri de Clifford £7. 5s. 
 Et pro anulis obsidum et corredio ipsorum £8. 14cf. Et pro 
 municione portatd in Walliam £31. 7s. Qd. Et in liheracione 
 militum et servientum in exercitu de Wallid, per Willielmum 
 de Bellocampo £70. 9s. Id. 
 
 Wiltshire. Pro caredis locandis ad conducendos obsides 
 de Bristol ad Wintoniam 30s. 6d. 
 
 Shropshire. In Uberadone unius militis et 310 servi- 
 entum et Walensium de Blanco monasterio (Oswestry) £50. 
 13s. 8d. 
 c. Jane. After the Welsh expedition it is probable that the King 
 
 went northwards, visiting Cai'lisle and York. The only evi- 
 dence on the point is supplied by the Pipe-Rolls : — 
 
 Carlisle. In condudu venacionis Regis ] 3s. Et Gaufrido carUaie. 
 Monacho et Radulpho Jil. Stephani £100 ad corredium Regis 
 per breve ipsius. 
 
 Yorkshire. Bertram de Bulmer, r. c. etc. Et Radulpho 
 
 -filio Stephani et Willielmo de Ostilli 100 raarcas per breve 
 
 Regis, ad corredium ipsius. Et in conductu venacionis Regis 
 
 de Eboraco ad Lundoniam et in custumento ipsius £4. 4s. York. 
 
 Something SHOtria) here be said aa to the movements of Thomas, 
 
 Archbishop of Canterbury, after the Treaty of Dover, on the 19th 
 
 of March. 
 
 On the 28th of April, the Archbishop had recently left London, that 
 being the most probable date for the enthronement of Gilbert, late 
 Bishop of Hereford, in the See of London ; ' at which ceremony the 
 
 ' Palgrave (ut supra), p. xxiii. Brakelond's usqtie Pencadair inlrando, et per Eletiith (Elvel) et 
 
 Chronicle, p. 52. Hist, of Abingdon, ii. 229. Melenith revertendo. 
 
 2 Palgrave (ut supra), p. xxiii. The King's ^ Diceto, (p. 535), gives this date. Other less 
 
 course through Wales is thus described by Giral- weighty authorities, give March 24 as the day of the 
 
 dus. — Fer maritima de Quladmorgan (Glamorgan) Bishop's translation. Gervaae (p. 1384) placing it 
 
 et GouAer (Gower) viam versus Caermarthin et in January, must be altogether wrong. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HBNEY II. 63 
 
 1163. Bishop of Rochester, and Geoffrey Arohdeaeon of Canterbury, officiated as 
 
 Becket's Vicars. 
 
 On May 19-21, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York attended 
 Pope Alexander III. at the Council of Tours.' And this was after a 
 proposal by, and with the full concurrence of, K. Henry in a Council 
 of the Bealm.^ 
 
 ju2y i_ The King is at Woodstock, where Malcolm, King of Woodstock. 
 
 Scotland, Rese, Prince of S. Wales, and Owen, Prince 
 of N. Wales, attend and do homage to him and his son.^ 
 
 Becket opposes the King on the question of the Dane- 
 geld.'' 
 
 By Charter dated at Woodstock, and clearly on this 
 occasion, K. Henry confirms the grants of llobert, Earl of 
 Leicester, to Nun-Eaton (Warwickshire), a cell to the Priory 
 of Pontevrault. There were witnesses of the King's Char- 
 ter, Thomas, Abp of Canterbury; William (read GUbert), 
 Bp of London; Robert, Bp of Lincoln; M. (Malcolm), King 
 of Scotland; William, the King's brother; Earl Reginald 
 (of Cornwall) ; William, Earl of Gloucester ; Richard de 
 Humet, Constable ; Richard de Luci ; Henry fitz Gerold, 
 Chamberlain ; William de Crevequer, Hugh de Longchamp, 
 William Malet, William de Hastinge, Simon fitz Peter, Peter 
 de Mara, and John Mauduit.^ 
 
 July 1-7. '^li® Oxfordshire Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1163, con- 
 
 tributes its quota of evidence as to this Royal visit to 
 Woodstock. The Sheriff charges the Crown with the Woodstock. 
 following payments. — In operacione vivariorum de Wudestoch 
 £7 per breve Regis. M pro feno conducendo ad Wudestoch 
 60 sol. 
 
 c. July. The King and Becket are in London. Simon fitz Peter, London. 
 
 a Justiciar recently in Eyre in Bedfordshire, complained to 
 the King of having been insulted in Court at Dunstable, 
 by one Philip de Broc (or Bfois), a Canon of Lincoln, 
 whom having been acquitted of homicide by the Court 
 
 ' Pope Alexander III. was now a Kefugee, and successors, nor form ground for the introduction of 
 
 domiciled at Tours. He occurs there on January a new custom in the realm of England. (Heame's 
 
 9th of this same year (Monast. ii. 605). Liber Niger, i. pp. 41, 42). 
 
 2 The Pope, in a letter dated at Paris on March ^ Palgrave (ut supra). Appendix, p. cccxxxv. 
 
 18th previous, acknowledges and accepts the pro- Diceto, p. 535. 
 
 posal of the King in CouncO. The Pope further " Pontigny S. T. C. i. 113. Grim. S. T. C. i. 21. 
 
 covenants, that the attendance of the English " Old Mouastioon, i. 318. The New Monasticon 
 
 Bishops shall work no prejudice to the King or his omits to notice the monastery of Nun-Baton. 
 
64 CO0ET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 1163. Spiritual of the Diocese, the Justiciar had attempted to re- Londou. 
 arraign, and had been resisted with insolence. 
 
 The King now insisted on a new Trial, while Becket 
 carried the point that such new Trial should be in Court 
 Spiritual. (De Broc was soon after tried at Canterbury 
 by such a Court. He was acquitted of homicide, but 
 heavily sentenced for contempt of a King's Officer).^ 
 
 July 22, Summons returnable at Westminster in Beoket's suit against Eoger, 
 
 Earl of Clare, relative to the Earl's tenure at Tunbridge.^ 
 
 c. August. King Henry, at Windsor, makes an ungracious speech Windsor. 
 
 about Becket's having absolved William de Eynsford to 
 
 gratify the King.^ 
 ... Sept. About this time, Gerard, Abbot of Vendome, sends two 
 
 brethren to England to complain to the King about the 
 
 extortions of one, Rodolf, Henry's Seneschal in Xantoigne. 
 
 The King orders restitution to be made to the Abbot by 
 
 hand of Stephen de Tours, Castellan ( " Custos of the Tower ") 
 
 of Chinon.* 
 
 g (, ^ Pope Alexander, at Bourges, exhorts Gilbert (Foliot), Bishop of 
 
 London, to quicken K. Henry's attachment to the Church." 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1163, TO MICHAELMAS, 1164. 
 
 jjg3 Pope Alexander III. comes to reside at Sens, where Hugh, Archbishop 
 
 Sept. 30. Qf Sens, entertains him for a year and half.^ 
 
 Q„t i_ K. Henry holds a Council or Synod in London, — probably London. 
 
 at Westminster. The " Summa Causa Concilii " is stated Westminster. 
 by one Writer to have been that the Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury should be formally acknowledged to be " Primate 
 of All England." The Archbishop of York was present, 
 and opposed the claim.'' 
 
 But it was at this Council of London that the afterwards 
 famous question of the " Customs of the Realm " was first 
 discussed by the King and the Bishops. The Kino- 
 complained of the venality and excesses of Archdeacons. 
 
 ' S. T. C. Fitz Stephen, i. 214. Poiitigny, i. " Galliei Scriptores, xii. 4S8. 
 
 114. Grim. i. 22. Boseham, vii. 101. * g. x, q ^j 35 jjp q.^^ ccclix. 
 
 2 Diceto, p. 536. S. T. C. i. 208. « Galliei Scriptores, xii. 285, 296. 
 
 3 S. T. C. Fitz Stephen, i. 209. ' S. T. C. i. 111. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OP K. HENEY II. 65 
 
 0c/\^^' ^® ^^®° demanded that Clerks, accused of crime, should be Westminster. 
 
 tried and punished by lay-tribunals. 
 
 Becket and all the Bishops, except Hilary of Chichester, 
 
 opposed the King. At length Becket and the Bishops 
 
 promised to observe the " Eoyal Customs/' salvo ordine suo ; 
 
 while Hilary of Chichester promised to observe them bona 
 
 fide."- 
 Oct. 2. The King deprived Becket of the Tutorship of Prince London. 
 
 Henry, and of the custody of the Castles and Honours of 
 
 Eye and Berkhamsted ; and quitted London early in the day. 
 f. Oct. ipj^Q King and Becket have an interview in a field neai' Northampton. 
 
 Northampton. Becket would concede nothing about the 
 
 " Customs ■" without the saving clause — salvo ordine nostra. 
 
 The King and Archbishop part in anger. 
 
 About this time Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux, liaving oiFended tlie King 
 in some matter, comes over to England, and succeeds in pacifying Henry 
 as to the said oiience.- He then advises the King to antagonize Becket 
 by detaching the Bishops from his cause.^ Within the last three months of 
 this year. Bishop Arnulf and Richard, Archdeacon of Poitiers, are said by 
 Diceto to have crossed the sea six times as Ambassadors of Henry, 
 to confer with Pope Alexander, then at Sens, on the subject of the 
 Customs. 
 
 King Henry, at Gloucester, obtains promises from the Gloucester. 
 Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Lincoln that they 
 will be prepared to confirm the Customs.* 
 
 Hilary, Bishop of Chichester, on behalf of the King, confers with 
 Becket at Leutham (probably IJenham, Kent), but fails to persuade 
 Becket to yield.^ 
 
 Within the last three months of this year it is supposable 
 that the King went Northward. — 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1164, the Sheriff of Derbyshire charges 
 the Crown with a sum of £9. 8s. 2d. which he had expended 
 by Eoyal Order. " In corredio Regis apud Pech," that is, the 
 King, within the previous fiscal year, had been at Peak Peat castie. 
 Castle, in Derbyshire. 
 
 Also the Sheriff of Lincolnshire alleges the following dis- 
 bursement : — 
 
 " In soltis per breve Regis Waltero de Amundevill £7. 14 sol. 
 
 ' S. T. 0. ii. 251, ii. 88. Q-ervase, 1384. England professedly to mediate between the King 
 
 2 S. T. C. Pontigny, i. 117. and Becket. 
 
 3 S. T. C. Pontigny, i. 119 & ii. 6, correcting ^ S. T. C. Pontigny, i. 120. 
 JToyeden (282, b), who says that Arnulf came to ^ S. T. C. Pontigny, ibidem. 
 
 9 
 
66 COURT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENET II, 
 
 1163. qui Uherati fuerunt Glericis Domini Papce ; " that is, we Lincoln, 
 suppose, the King had been followed northwards by certain 
 Clerks, Envoys from the Papal Court at Sens, and Walter 
 de Amundevill, then farming the City of Lincoln, had paid 
 the said money to the said Clerks by the King's order, the 
 King issuing a Writ or Warrant to the Sheriff of Lincoln- 
 shire to reimburse Amundevill. 
 
 ^°'''' ^- A letter from Pope Alexander to Gtilbert, Bishop of London, dated at 
 
 Sens, exhorts the Bishop to counteract the ill-feeUng which had arisen be- 
 tween tlie King and the English Church.' 
 
 c. Dee. Pope Alexander sends Philip, Abbot of Elemosyna (L'Aum6ne) to 
 
 England, as mediator between the King and Bectet.^ The Abbot of 
 L'Aumone, having associated Robert de Melun, Bishop (it should 
 he ' Elect ') of Hereford, and John Comte of Vendome, has an inter- 
 view with Becket at Herges. They present to Becket expostulatory 
 letters of the Pope and Cardinals.' 
 
 King Henry is at Woodstock,^ or more probably came Woodstock. 
 over from Woodstock to Oxford,^ where, in the Castle, he Oxford castie. 
 had an interview with Archbishop Becket, accompanied by 
 the Abbot of L'Aumone, the Bishop (Elect) of Hereford, 
 and the Comte of Vendome. The Archbishop now pro- 
 mised to obey the " Customs " and to obey the King in bono 
 {in what was right ; that is). 
 
 Sund. Dec. Eobert de Melun consecrated Bishop of Hereford, by Archbishop 
 
 Becket at Canterbury.'' 
 
 Dec. 25-31. King Henry seems to have held his Christmas Court at Berthampstead, 
 Berchamstede, the custody of which Castle and Honour he 
 had in October previous taken from Becket. 
 
 At the close of the current fiscal year, the Sheriff of 
 Hampshire charges — ■" M ad loortanda vaisella Regis contra 
 Natale de Wintonid ad Bercamsted 9 sol. et 3 den. ; " that is, 
 the Royal plate had been sent from the Treasury at Win- 
 chester, anticipatory of the King's need thereof at Chi'ist- 
 mas last at Berkhamp stead. 
 
 A Eoyal Charter, dated at Berchamstede, may well belong 
 to the same date. It is attested by Earl Geoffrey de Mande- 
 ville, Richard de Luci, Reginald de St. Walery, and William 
 Cade.^ 
 
 > S. T. C. Ti. 92. ■< G-ervase, p. 1386. 
 
 2 S. T. C. Pontigny, i. 121. 6 Monasticon, vii. 653. Reginald de St. Walery 
 
 3 S. T. C. Pontigny, i. 122 ; Boscham, vii. 113. and Rotroc, Bishop of Evreux, were, in 1163, 
 
67 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 Sometime in the year 1163, died Philip de Harcourt, Bishop of 
 Baieux.' 
 
 A.D. 1164. 
 
 j^^' At this period, Arnulf, Bisliop of Liseux, and Richard de Ilcliester, 
 
 Archdeacon of Poictiers, were probably discharging the last of several 
 embassies to the Papal Court at Sens. Their demands on the King's 
 behalf were " the Legation of all England for Roger, Archbishop 
 of York," and that a Papal Mandate should issue to Becket and the 
 English Bishops enjoining the observance of the Ancient Customs and 
 Dignities of the Realm. The Pope and Cardinals sent an answer 
 moderative of the King's demands.^ 
 
 Jan. 13-28. The Ejing and his son Henry preside over the Council of Clarendon. 
 Clarendon. (The boy was not nine years old). 
 
 The recognition of the " Customs " drawn up at this 
 Council, is said to have had the assent of — 
 
 Thomas, Abp of Canterbury ; Roger, Abp of York ; 
 Gilbert, Bp of London ; Henry, Bp of Winchester ; Nigel, 
 Bp of Ely ; "William, Bp of Norwich ; Eobert, Bp of Lincoln ; 
 Hilary, Bp of Chichester ; Joseline, Bp of Salisbury ; 
 Richard, Bp of Chester ; Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; 
 Robert, Bp of Hereford ; David, Bp of Menevia (St. David's), 
 and Roger (Bishop) elect of Worcester.^ 
 
 There were present, Robert, Earl of Leicester ; Reginald, 
 Earl of Cornwall ; Conan, Comte of Brittany ; John, Comte 
 of Ewe ; Roger, Earl of Clare ; Earl Geoffrey de Mandeville ; 
 Hugh, Earl of Chester ; William, Earl of Arundel ; Earl 
 Patric (of Wiltshire) ; William, Earl de Ferrars ; Richard 
 de Luci, Reginald de St. Walery, Roger Bigod, Reginald 
 de Warren, Roger (Richer ?) de Aquila, William de Braose, 
 Richard de Camvill, Nigel de Mobrai, Simon de Beauchamp, 
 Humfrey de Bohun, Matthew de Hereford, Walter de Med- 
 uana, Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; William Malet, William de 
 
 recognizors of the Royal revenues throughout give January 25th, —a more likely date, seeing that 
 
 Normandy (Chron. Nermann, p. 999). We have the 'Recognition,' as it was called, of the Customs 
 
 other proof that about this time St. Walery was was embodied in an Instrument expressly dated 
 
 again in England. January 28th. 
 
 William Cade was of the retinue of Queen ^ This Prelate, according to the best authorities, 
 
 Elianor (vide infra, p. 69). was consecrated on August 23, 1164, and enthroned 
 
 ' Chron. Normann p. 999. Vide supra p. 21. n. February 2, 1165 (Wharton's Anglia Sacra, i. 
 
 ' Gervase (p. 1385) gives January ISth as the 476). Diceto (p. 536), giving his consecration as 
 
 date of the Council. M. Paris and Diceto (p. 536) on August 26, 1163, is manifestly in error. 
 
68 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITTNEEAET OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 1164. Curci, Robert de Dunstanvill, Joseline de Lanvall.^ William clarendon. 
 
 Ton 1 Q 2R 
 
 de Caisneto, Geoffrey de Ver, William de Hastinges, Hugh 
 de Morvill, Alan de Nevill, Simon fitz Peter, William Mau- 
 dut, Chamberlain ; John Maudut, John Mareschall,^ and 
 Peter de Mara.^ 
 
 Two Templars, viz. Richard de Hastings and Testes de 
 St. Omer, are noted as treating with the Archbishop in the 
 course of the Council of Clarendon. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Clarendon, seems to belong 
 to this period. It is attested by Geoffrey, Archdeacon of 
 Canterbury; Henry fitz Ceroid, Chamberlain; Manasser 
 Biset, Reginald de Courtenay, Josceline de Baillol, and 
 William de Ostill.* 
 
 On January 30th, William the King's brother died at Bouen.* 
 February. In February, the King, having apparently received the South England, 
 
 moderative answer given by the Pope and Cardinals to the 
 embassy of Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux, and the Archdeacon 
 of Poictiers, was greatly dissatisfied therewith, and, accord- 
 ing to one account, sent another embassy with still larger 
 demands. 
 
 This then was the Embassy conducted by Geoffrey Ridel, 
 Archdeacon of Canterbury, and John of Oxford. They 
 were charged by Henry to demand the " Legation of All 
 England'^ for Roger, Archbishop of Tork. They were 
 fm-ther to solicit from Alexander a Papal Confirmation of 
 the " Constitutions of Clarendon." The latter solicitation 
 had the concurrence of both the Archbishops, and the King 
 is said to have forwarded letters of each in support of his 
 request.® 
 
 One account is that the Pope now offered the Legation to Henry 
 himself, with precautions against his misusing it. The Pope's subsequent 
 statements were, that he had refused to confirm the ' Customs and 
 Dignities ' (as he calls the Constitutions of Clarendon), but that he had 
 conceded to the King letters of Legation, to be granted to the Arch- 
 bishop of Tort, provided that such letters were not to be handed to 
 York, without Becket's knowledge and will.^ 
 
 ' Probably Josceline de Baillol was the witness ; ■* Monasticon, vi. 474. Num. i. 
 
 or possibly William dcLan rail; or perhaps both, the * Chron. Nermann, p. 999. Rot. Normann. 
 
 transcriber having omitted a portion of each name. (Stapleton) ii. ccxv. At Michaebnsis, 1164, the 
 
 ^ It was John, the King's Marshal, whose com- Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk accounts for half a 
 
 plaints against Becket afterwards led to the Arch- year's revenues of the lands of William, the King's 
 
 bishop's attaint at Northampton. brother (then in manu Regis). 
 
 3 MS. Cotton. Claud. B. fo. 26. « S. T. C. iv. 2. Epist. cxcviii. cxcix. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 69 
 
 1164. Pope Alexander at Sens writes to Becket, telling him about K. 
 
 ° ■ Henry's two missions and his own replies to Henry.' 
 
 In another letter, undated, Alexander promises that in case the letters 
 of Legation were handed (by Henry) to York, he, the Pope, would 
 forthwith except Beoket's person, church, and city from all Legatine 
 authority whatever.' 
 
 C.March. K. Henry, receiving the above Letters of Legation, re- South England. 
 
 turned them to the Pope indignantly. The King's Ambas- 
 sadors on this occasion are only described by the initial 
 letters R. & H.— 
 
 They write from Sens to the Eing, in terms which show that all idea 
 of the Legation being granted to York was at an end. They tell the 
 King that they had obtained from the Pope more for the monks of 
 St. Augustine (Canterbury) , than their predecessors (Ridel and Oxford) 
 had obtained. The latter they accuse of having misled and mis- 
 represented the King. Certain Cardinals, they say, have written to the 
 King, to tell him of Ridel's and Oxford's malice. They tell how Becket's 
 messengers to the Papal Court are always slandering the King. They 
 enumerate three Cardinals [Nea<poHs, Fortuensis, and Papiensis) as 
 opposed to Becket.^ 
 
 This letter is partly explained by another, written from Sens by Henry 
 Pisanus, to Beoket's most trusted friend John, Bishop of Poictiers. 
 The Pope, it seems, advised by the Cardinals and wishing to satisfy 
 Henry, had peremptorily ordered Becket to give the Benediction to 
 Clarembald, that Abbot of St. Augustine's, who, backed by the King, 
 had refused to make any profession to the Archbishop. 
 
 After the Council of Clarendon it is probable that the 
 King remained for two months in the Southern or South 
 Western Counties. The Queen would appear to have been 
 resident in the same latitude most of the summer. The few 
 indicia we have on the matter are contained in the Sheriff's 
 accounts of Michaelmas, 1164. — 
 
 Thus the Sheriff of Devon had some time in the year 
 paid £20 to Ralph fitz Stephen, in the Camera Guriai, by 
 the King's order. The same Sheriff had paid the Queen 
 £51 by hand of William Cade, and £40 by hand of John 
 de Waurei. 
 
 The Sheriff of Wiltshire, under the King's Order, had 
 paid £13. Qs. 8d. on account of the Queen's expenses. 
 
 The Sheriff of Hampshire charges — In corredio Reginoe 
 
 '■ 8. T. C. It. Epist. cxcviii, cxoix. ^ Epistle (S. T. C.) ccolxix. 
 
70 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY II, 
 
 1164. £40 per hreve Regis. M item in corredio Begince £70 per south England. 
 hreve Regis, per Ricardvm Archidiaconum Pictavice et Alanum 
 de Neovill. 
 
 About this time the King appears to have visited Por- Porctester. 
 chaster.^ This was to meet Rotrou, Bishop of Evreux,^ 
 who had in the previous year acted as Chief Commissioner 
 in an inquiry into the King's Norman Revenues, and who 
 now landed in England, probably with relation to political 
 matters in France, and the expectation of a rupture with 
 Louis. The Bishop's visit to England resulted in his at- 
 tempting a compromise between the King and Becket. 
 
 K. Henry had at this time an interview with Becket at 
 Woodstock. Though there is authority for such a meeting,^ Woodstock. 
 it does not satisfactorily appear what passed thereat, and 
 there may be some misapprehension on the subject. 
 
 However, a Royal Charter, dated at Woodstock, is good 
 evidence of the King and Bishop having adjourned thither. 
 It is attested by Rotrou, Bishop of Evreux; by John of 
 Oxford ; Richard, Chaplain ; Henry fitz Gerold ; and Josce- 
 line de Baillol.* 
 
 Immediately afterwards, the Bishop of Evreux, and Kichard de 
 Humez, Constable of Normandy, crossed the Channel, and, as will appear, 
 their first business was an embassy to Louis. At the following 
 Michaelmas, the SheriiF of Southampton makes the following charges in 
 the Pipe-Roll :— 
 
 Mt pro quatuor navihus ad transfretandos Jslpiscopum Ehroicenseni et 
 Micardum de Hamet £6 per hreve Megis. 
 
 Et in liberacione sciprorum ad portandum thesaurum cum Ricardo de 
 Humet £7. 10s. per breve Regis.^ 
 
 Another charge by the same Sheriif savours rather of concern with 
 Henry's continental dominions than with the Court of Sens. It is — 
 " Pro mivibiis ad opus Arehidiaconi Pictavice (Richard of Ilchesier) et 
 Vicecomitis de Casteldun {Ohdteau-Dun in the Orleannois) et Willelmi 
 de Vernon £4. 10*.'' * 
 
 There is some ground for supposing that that Lieutenant of King 
 Henry, whom John, Bishop of Poiotiers, in his correspondence with 
 Becket, nicknames Luscns (or, the one-eyed), was oo other than the 
 Bishop's own Archdeacon, Eichard of Ilchester. 
 
 ' Pontigny S. T. 0. i. 128. translated to Rouen till 1165. 
 
 ^ HoTedeu, (p. 282. b) calls Rotrou " Archbishop ^ Professor Stubbs, quoting Fitz Stephen, S. T. C. 
 
 of Rouen" by mistake, or rather by anticipation. i. 218. Lyttelton, ii. pp. 366-7. 
 Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen, was living. He died ■* Monastioon, iv. 92. 
 
 in October, 1164. Rotrou de Newburgh was not ^ Rot. Pip. 10 Hen II. Suthants. 
 
COURTj HOTJSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. '1 
 
 1164. About this time, the said Bishop, writing to Beeket, telle him the news 
 
 that " Luscus had returned to Poictiers, but had issued no edicts ;" and 
 again, that " Luscus was summoning the army of Aquitaine to resist 
 King Louis, if the latter should enter Auvergue ; " and again, that " the 
 result of the Bishop of Evreux,' and Richard de Humez' mission to 
 Louis, to negooiate peace (with Henry) was not known." 
 April 1. A letter from the Pope at Sens to Becket is curious, though importing 
 
 no more than a date. The Pope has heard that Becket " occaiione 
 cujusdam excessus^^ is proposing *' a missaritm celehratione ces^arey 
 The Pope excuses Becket's fault as involuntary, absolves him, and 
 desires him to resume his ministrations.' 
 
 April 12. King Henry, it is probable, kept tlie feast of Easter in London. 
 
 London. At the close of the fiscal year the Sheriff of Hamp- 
 shire charges, — 
 
 " Et ad conducendam arcJiam thesauri ad Pascam de Win- 
 tonia ad Londoniam 5 sol. et 8 den." 
 
 Sun. AprU King Henry was at Reading ; and on that day Arch- Eeading. 
 bishop Thomas, 'attended by ten Suffragan Bishops, conse- 
 crated the Conventual Church of Reading in the presence 
 of the King.2 
 
 In the same year as the consecration of Reading Church, there was 
 according to one authority (Boseham)^ a translation of K. Edward the 
 Confessor's remains at Westminster, at which both the King and Becket 
 attended. Other authorities,'' placing this Translation in the year 1163, are 
 less to be regarded than Boseham. But the day, which would probably stili 
 further determine the year, is nowhere given.^ 
 April 22. Octavian (Victor IV. Antipope), died at Lucca.'' 
 
 Guy of Crema elected in his place by title of Pascal III. 
 April 26. Pope Alexander consecrates the Church of St. Columba at Sens.' 
 
 May 16. John, Bishop of Poictiers, writes from that city to Becket, dating his 
 
 letter "infesto Sancii Albani animee." — 
 
 The Bishop gladly understands from Becket's letter, that Becket's 
 promise to observe the " Customs " was not absolute nor like that of 
 others who had promised. — Reports Pope Alexander's regret about 
 the " concession," such as it was, which the Pope had made to the Arch- 
 bishop of Tork. — Omits to write about Octavian's death,^ which was 
 sure to have been reported to Becket by friends at the Papal Court. — 
 States how he, the Bishop, abstains from the Curia (at Sens) advisedly, 
 
 ' S. T. C. Epistle cci. Also S. T. C. i. 127, 218. II. cxxxiv ; where it is shown that the only 
 
 " M. Paris, vol. i. p. 102. Monasticon, iv. p. 31, recognized day of K. Edw. Conf. Translation, viz. 
 
 note. Chron. Nermann, p. 999. Boseham S. T. C. October 13, originated in the Ceremony of A.D. 
 
 vii. 97. 1269. 
 
 3 Boseham S. T. C. vii. 97. " S. T. C. iv. 242. 
 
 ■* M. Paris, ' Annals of Waverley ; Annals of ' G-all. Script, xii. 288. 
 
 Winchester. ^ See S. T. C. Epistle ccclxx as to the arrival 
 
 ° See Professor Stubbs' note to Benediotus Abbas of this news at Sens. 
 
72 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1161. the Poictevins reporting his attendance there to King Henry, as 
 
 injurious to the King's interests. He, however, employs agents at the 
 Curia. — Speaks of and suggests measures to be taken in contemplation 
 of Beoket'e possible visit to Sens. — Kecommends Beeket to cultivate 
 intimacy with the Abbot and Convent of Poutigny. — Proposes himself 
 some day to take refuge at Pontigny. — Recommends Master Albert, 
 Cardinal of St. Laurence, as trustworthy, like (Henry) Pisanus. — Has 
 not yet learnt the result of the Bishop of Evreux' and Bichard de 
 Humez'^ mission from K. Henry to K. Louis. — Speaks of John of 
 Salisbury suffering exile for the Church's sake.2 
 A Council at Kheims concerning aid to be sent to the Holy Land.' 
 
 jj Of King Henry's movements during these three months Weiah Border. 
 
 May, June, '^^ ^^e Unable to trace with precision a single item. One of 
 
 '''^^' the Chronicles speaks of Welsh insurrections under Rese 
 
 and Owen during this summer.* Another reports Prince 
 
 Rese's attack on the Welsh estates of Earl Roger de Clare, 
 
 and the reconquest of Cardigan from the English.^ 
 
 It is probable that King Henry visited Gloucestershire 
 and other counties of the Border. The following extracts 
 from the Pipe-Rolls suggest as much, and clearly allude to 
 a troubled state of relations between England and Wales. 
 
 Gloucestershire. In conductu venacionis Regis de Glo- Gioueeatersiure. 
 cestrid ad Wirecestriam xix den. M pro securihus et picois 
 et Beschiis ad opus Regis xv sol. et vii den. 
 
 Worcestershire. Pro vino Regis viii Lih. v sol. Pro Worcestershire. 
 hostagiis remanentihus xv Lib. xv sol. et ijd. Pro com- 
 pedibus latronum et obsidum v sol. et vii den. Idem Vice- 
 comes (Willelmus de BellocampoJ reddit compotum de veteri 
 jirmd de Gloucestria. In camera, Regis Radulfofilio 8tephani 
 ex sol. per breve Regis. 
 
 Herefordshire. In corredio trium obsidum et pro careto Herefordshire. 
 thesauri de Herefordid ad Salopesburiam xljs. per breve Regis. 
 
 Salopshire. Pro equis ad opus Regis c sol. per breve Shropshire. 
 Regis. JEt in operationibus Regis et aliis ejus serviciis in 
 Salopescire, et in liber atione servienttnn xc Lib. ix sol. et 
 X den. 
 
 J . "Faucis diehus post NataXem Apostolorum" (June 29), " Luscus " 
 
 and Simon de Turnebu, Constable of Thouars, and Henry Panetarius, 
 came to Poictiers with a mandate for John, Bishop of Poictiers. 
 
 ' In August following, De Humez is said to have ^ Nicolas ; Chron. Hist. p. 248. 
 
 taken Combort ' in Brittany ' (?) by siege, (Chron. ■* Chron. Nermann, p. 999. " Eese and Owen, 
 
 Normann.). his \incle,Jldem non servantes." 
 
 2 Epistle (Gr.F.), cccclxiij. * Brut-y-Tywysogion. See also S. T. C. iv. 236, 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 73 
 
 1164. 
 .,-. July 5. 
 
 August. 
 
 Sund, Aucr. 
 23. *" 
 
 c. Auff. 24:- 
 31. 
 
 Bishop John set out for Tours, to meet and consult with Rotrou, 
 Bishop of Evreux, Richard de Huraez, and William fitz Hamo. 
 
 Bishop John arrived at Tours (70 miles North by East of Poictiers), 
 but found that the aforesaid persons had left that day for Luches (Loches 
 in Touraine, about 30 miles South of Tours), en route for AuTcrgne (180 
 miles S.E. of Tours). 
 
 Bishop John hastens to Loches, where he overtakes William fitz Hamo 
 and Hugh de Claeris. From Loches he writes to Becket, to Eolrou, 
 Bishop of Evreux, and to the Abbot of Pontigny. The Abbot he requests 
 to meet him at Sens, whither he. Bishop John, now intends to proceed. 
 He desires Becket to send Turstin de Buruns (to Sens, to meet him).' 
 
 Richard de Humez takes (' Combort, in Bretagne,' says the Norman 
 Chronicle, but surely there was no disturbance in Bretagne at this period, 
 and the place taken was) Comborn in the Limousin, a province adjoining 
 Auvergne. 
 
 Roger (son of Robert de Caen, first Earl of G-loucester) consecrated 
 Bishop of Worcester, by Archbishop Thomas, at Canterbury. 
 
 K. Henry at Woodstock. Archbishop Becket attempts Woodstock 
 to gain an interview with the King, but, being refused^ re- 
 turns to Canterbury.^ 
 
 According to the most consistent account, it was now that Becket, 
 alleging a wish to consult the Pope at Sens, made two ineffectual attempts 
 to embark at Romney.^ 
 
 c. Sept. 1- Whenever the attempt to quit England was made^ it was woodatoek. 
 followed by an interview at Woodstock, whereat the King 
 reproached Becket for the said attempt.* 
 
 Sept. 14. K. Henry appears to have been in London. This was the London. 
 
 day on which Archbishop Becket lay under summons to ap- 
 pear in the Gurici Regis at Westminster, there to answer the 
 complaint of John^ the King's Marshal. The Archbishop 
 " came not." He was ill at the time, says his biographer.^ 
 
 t. Sept. 29. It seems that late in September, two of the Court Chamberlains reached 
 
 Northampton in anticipation of the Council there shortly to be ho'den. 
 Some entries on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1164i, suggest as mucli. — 
 
 CiVlTAS WintonIjE. Et ad porlandam arcam Thesauri ad festum 
 saacti Michaelis, de Wintonia ad Norhanton vii. sol. et i den. 
 
 Et pro una runcino ad portandum thesaurum Regis xxvii sol. per Henri- 
 cumjilium Oeroldi Camerarium. 
 
 NoETHANTS. In Camerd Curia Hadulfo filio Stephanl xx Lib. per 
 ireve Regis. 
 
 ■ S. T. C. Epistle cccclxij. 
 
 2 S. T. C. Fitz Stephen, 'i. 218. 
 
 S" S. T. C. Boseham, vii. 131. 
 ^S. T. C. Fitz Stephen, i. 219. 
 
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74 CODET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEBAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1164, TO MICHAELMAS, 1165. 
 
 1164 
 
 Sept. 30. Pope Alexander, having perhaps been absent from Sens for some days, 
 
 _, , is reported as ou this day taking residence at Sens for the winter.' 
 
 October 1. Mention of Pope Alexander as being at Seus.^ 
 
 OctobcJ'6. Suminonses returnable for tlie Council of Northampton.^ Northampton. 
 The King arrives late. Archbishop Becket is more punc- 
 tual. 
 
 o^tobor'?'.^' Becket's complaint in Council against "William cle 
 Oourci.* 
 
 John Marescliall stated to be at the Exchequer in London. '' 
 
 October^'. The King gives sentence on Becket with regard to the 
 affair of John Marescall.* 
 
 Fridtiy, 
 
 October 9. The King demands from Becket the repayment of monies 
 advanced to the late Chancellor in the expedition to 
 Toulouse * (five years before). 
 
 OctoL'7io. Becket offers the King a fine of 2000 marks in composi- 
 tion of the alleged debt.* 
 
 October 11. The day is devoted by the King to Councils. Becket 
 does not leave his Hospice. 
 
 Monday, a ^ 
 
 October 12. Becket is ill.^ On this day died Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen." 
 
 October'13 Becket says mass at the Altar of St. Stephen,^ Northampton. 
 
 Becket is found to hare clandestinely left Northampton. His retreat 
 Wednesday, 
 October 14. for about eleven days does not appear. 
 
 King Henry in Council treats on Welsh affairs.* (The 
 King's sending at once an embassy to Sens, which embassy 
 is further said to have been at Dover on Oct. 15, is certainly 
 premature). 
 c. Oct. 20. The Council of Northampton broke up ; the King pro- Northampton. 
 
 nouncing sentence against Becket. 
 
 Such seem to us to be the outlines of the Council of 
 North-ampton, variously dated by the Chroniclers,'^ and 
 whereof the general account, viz., that " the Archbishop of 
 
 ' Berum. G-all. Scriptores, xii. 288. '^ S. T. 0. JFitz Stephen, i. 225. Boseham states 
 
 2 S. T. C. vii. 69. that Becket said this Mass on " Natalicium Calixti," 
 
 3 • ■" S. T. C. vii. 134, 136. i. e. Oct. 14. 
 
 ^ Chroii. Nermann, p. 999. Nov. 10 is the date ' Diccto dates the Council as opening Oct. 13th; 
 
 of the Archbishop's death on other authority Gcrvase on Oct. 12tli ; another writer on Oct. 11, 
 
 (Monast. iv. p. 30). (Sunday!) 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 75 
 
 1164. Canterbury, being condemned for perjury and treason, Northampton. 
 appealed to the Pope," seems both superficial and incorrect. 
 The persons who took most active part on the occasion, 
 were the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Winchester, 
 London, Lincoln, Exeter, Chichester, Eochester, Worcester 
 and Hereford; the Earls of Leicester and Cornwall, and 
 Hameline,^ the King's brother. 
 Oct. 6-20. A Royal Charter, dated at Northampton, seems to belong 
 to the above occasion. It is in favour of Lenton Priory, 
 Nottinghamshire. It is attested by Roger, Archbishop of 
 York J William, Bishop of Norwich; Gilbert, Bishop of 
 London ; Richard de Humez (at this rate, recently returned 
 from France), and by Richard Pincerna.^ 
 
 u. Oct. 25-N'ov. 2. Becket passes eight days at Easti-y (S. W. of Sandwich). 
 
 Oct. 26. A dated letter of Pope Alexander, at Sens, indicates tliat the Pope had received Becket's 
 appeal from the sentence passed at Northampton ; but did not know of Becket's exact position. The Pope 
 approves of the Appeal, and advises Beoket to go and live quietly at Canterbury, and to " travel in those 
 parts " as little as possible.^ 
 
 Oct. 31. Walkeline, Abbot of Abingdon, died." 
 
 Nov. 2. The King's Embassy, destined to the Pope at Sens, being now at Dover, Becket embarks 
 (probably at Sandwich), and lands at Gravelines. His first resort is a barn. He vrritcs to the Pope.* 
 
 c. Nov. 4. Beoket goes to Clarus Mariscus, — a Monastery near St. Omer. 
 
 u. Nov- 6. Beoket goes to St. Omer." The King of England's ambassadors, both to Louis and to the 
 Pope, are in St. Omer on the same night as Becket. 
 
 u. Nov. 7. Becket is received into tlie Monastery of St. Bertin (near St. Omer) ." 
 
 While at St. Bertin, Becket has an interview with Richard de Lucy, then on an embassy from K. Henry 
 to the Court of Flanders. 
 
 Becket, misdoubting the protection of the Comte of Flanders, leaves St. Bertin's and goes to Soissons. 
 
 November. At tliis period K. Henry had emissaries or ambassadors at several European Courts. 
 Besides Richard de Lucy at the Court of Flanders, there was John Cumin at the Court of the Emperor 
 Frederic ; and of his numerous ambassadors into France, three at least were destined in the first instance 
 to the Court of Louis VII. at Compeigno. These were Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London ; William, Earl 
 of Arundel ; and Richard de Ilchester, Archdeacon of Poitiers.' 
 
 c. Nov. 25. Henry's emb-ossy to the Pope seems to have assembled at Sens about tliia date, being 
 probably joined by the Deputation which had waited on King Louis at Corapoigne and also by the two 
 Norman Bishops of Liseux and Seez. 
 
 In addition to those already named, were Roger, Archbisliop of York ; Roger, Bishop of Worcester ; 
 Hilary, Bishop of Chichester; Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter ; Wido Rufus, Dean of Waltham ; John of 
 Oxford ; Hugh de Gundevill ; Bernard de St. Walery ; Reginald de St. Walery, and Henry fltz Gerold.' 
 
 ' Hameline (called by modern writers ' Planta- ^ S. T. C. iv. p. 4. Epistle CO. 
 
 genet ') was an illegitimate son of GcolTry, Comte ■* The Abbey was still in maiiu Regis, August, 
 
 of Anjou. His marriage with the Countess of 1165. See below (pp. 81, 83). 
 
 Warren took place in tllis very year (Chron. ° Gervase, Epistle ii. 
 
 Normann. p. 999). "^ • ? S. T. C. i. 238, 239, 149. 
 
 ^ Monaaticon, v, 112. * Hoveden, p. 284. Diceto, p. 330. 
 
76 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1164. 0. Not. 29. Beoket arrives from Soissons at Sena on the fourth day after the arrival of K. 
 Henry's ambassadors. 
 
 Nov. 30. After a conference with the Pope at Sens, Becket goes to Pontigny, a Cistercian Monastery 
 about 12 leagues from Sens. There he remained nearly two years. 
 
 Nov. Dec. The movements of K. Henry's Court after the Council of 
 Northampton, and during the last two months of the year 
 1164-, are perhaps adumbrated in the following entries on 
 the Pipe-Roll of September, 1165. — 
 
 Philip de Kime, Fermor of the Escheated Honour of 
 Tickhill (Yorkshire), Fermor also of Doncaster until Yorkshire. 
 January, 1 1 65, had paid £20 in the King's Chamber to Ralph 
 Fitz Stephen, by the King's Order. ^ 
 
 London and Middlesex. The Sheriffs charge — In condu- Nottingham. 
 cendo crasso pisce de Londonid ad Nottingham, xii sol. et 
 vi de7i. 
 
 Notts and Dbrbyshiee. The Sheriff charges — In vena- Peak castie. 
 done Regis conducendd de Pech ad Wudestoclc} Woodstock. 
 
 Oxfordshire. The Sheriff charges — In operacione muri 
 de Wudestoch circa paraum xxx Lihr. In vino conducendo 
 de Oxinford ad Wudestoch, viii sol. et i den. In corredio 
 Ahhatis de Bancto Germano de Pratis et Militum de Temple 
 XXX sol. et viii den., per breve Regis quando venerunt de 
 liege Francice.^ (The Abbot of the French House of St. 
 German de Preaux, with certain Knights Templars, had 
 come on an Embassy to Henry from Louis of France, and 
 had probably been entertained in Oxford Castle. Their Oxford. 
 Embassy was perhaps on Eastern affairs). 
 
 Windsor. The Custos charges — In condioctu vini Regis Windsor. 
 de Windesord ad Oxinefort xviii den. Ht pro vino Regis 
 parando xii den. Et pro sicerd Regis parandd ij sol. et ij 
 den. 
 
 Surrey. The Sheriff charges — In Camera Curice Radulfo Surrey. 
 filio Stephani xxxij Lib. xv sol. in denariis et in vaiselld, 
 per breve Regis. ^ 
 
 Gloucestershire. Pro Lardario Regis portando de Sancto 
 BriaveV ad Merlberg, xv sol. et ix den.^ st. Briaveii's. 
 
 Dec. M. K. Henry's Embassy to the Pope at Sens, returning into 
 
 England, finds the King at Marlborough.^ Marlborough. 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, xi. Hen. II. Tichehella, et passim. 2 g. x. C. (Fitz Stephen), i. 242. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. 77 
 
 1164. K. Henry keeps his Christmas Court at Marlborough. Mariboroagh, 
 
 Pope Alexander sayB Mass in the Church of St. Columba at Sens.' 
 
 Deo. 26. K. Henry, in Council at Marlborough, sequestrates the 
 
 See of Canterbury. 
 
 A King's Writ to the Sheriffs, enforcing such Sequestra- 
 tion, is extant.^ 
 
 Also a Writ against the Archbishop's " Clerks," dated at 
 Marlborough, and ^ attested by Richard de Luci. Marlborough. 
 
 Deo. 31. " Solemnitate Sanctud Colomln." Pope Alexander saying Mass in tlio 
 
 Church of St. Columba at Sens, King Louis of France and Coiute Theobald 
 (of Blois), his Steward (Dapifer), attend.' 
 
 A.D. 1165. 
 
 c. Jan. 25. K. Henry, after confiscating the See of Canterbury, drives 
 the Archbishop's kindred into exile. Ranulph de Broc is 
 appointed custos of the See.* 
 
 About this time the King, being at Westminster, gives Wcstmmater. 
 to Gervase de Cornhill the land of Chalk (Chalcha), which 
 Roger, nephew of Hubert, held. Witnesses, Bishops Gilbert 
 of London, and Josceline of Sarum ; Archdeacons Geoffrey 
 of Canterbury, aud Richard of Poitiers ; Robert, Earl of 
 Leicester; Wm. d'Aubeigny, Earl of Arundel ; Richard de 
 Luci ; Roger, Earl of Clare ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; 
 Reginald de Wai'ren, and Alan de Nevill.^ 
 
 u. Feb. In Lent (Feb. 17- April 3), K. Henry crosses the sea to 
 
 Normandy." He embarked perhaps from Southampton ; Southampton. 
 for in the Pipe-Roll of the following Michaelmas, the sub- Normandy, 
 joined entry seems to relate to a period prior to Easter 
 (April 4). 
 
 Hampshire. In camera Regis per Radulfum fil. Stephani 
 £44. per hreve Regis. 
 
 ' Eerum Gall. Scriptorcs, xii. 288. ArchiepUcopatus CaniuaricB. Randulf de Broc, r ; 
 
 ^ S T. C Epistles (G-. F.) cccclxxxij. cccclxxxj. c ; de £1562. 15?. 54^. de firma terrce Archiepesco- 
 
 See also S. T. C. iv. 187, for Nicholas de Monte's. patAs CantuaricB. 
 
 Letter to Becket of about this date, wherein mention ,' Ex. Orig. in Offic. Ducat. Lancastr.— This deed 
 
 is made of the Empress, the Bishop of Liseux, John is most curious as an illustration of history. Ex- 
 
 of Oxford Ralph de Ardern, and Master Herbert. cept Manasser Biset, every one of the witnesses, as 
 
 ' Rerum Gallic. Script, xii. 288. well as the grantee, was at some time distinguished 
 
 •■ Gervase, p. 1398. Accordingly, at Michaelmas for hostility or opposition to the Primate, 
 
 following, we have this entry on the Pipe-Boll.— " Chron. Normann. p. 1000. 
 
78 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1165. Perhaps the King, on this occasion, embarked at Dover, (Dover), 
 
 for the Kent Pipe-Roll charges — In camera Curice £35. Ss. 
 liheratce Radulfo fil. Stephani per hreve Regis. 
 Feb. 17. The King said to have been at Mortimer.^ ,,, .. 
 
 ^ (Mortimer; . 
 
 C-. April 4-11. Pope Alexander leaves Sens; his destination being Eome, but he was 
 
 long in reacliiug Italy .^ 
 
 Apriui. An interview takes place between the Kings, Henry and 
 
 Louis, at Gisors.^ Giaors. 
 
 c. AprU 15. K. Henry, being at Rouen, receives Reginald, Arch- Eouen. 
 bishop of Cologne, and other ambassadors of the Emperor 
 Frederick.* These ambassadors were to negotiate two 
 marriages : —one between the King's eldest daughter, 
 Matilda, and Henry Duke of Saxony ; the other between the 
 Princess Eleanor, and a younger son of the Emperor. The 
 Empress mother appears to have refused an audience to 
 these Ambassadors. 
 
 The King was also visited at Rouen by Philip, Comte of 
 Flanders.^ 
 
 During the King's visit to Normandy, we suppose a 
 charter to have passed in favour of the Canons of St. Mary 
 of Grouffern. The Deed is dated at Argentan, and attested (Argentan). 
 by Froger, Bishop of Seez ; Richard, Archdeacon of Poic- 
 tiers ; Richard de Humet, Constable j Manasser Bisefc, 
 Dapifer; William de Curci, Dapifer; Rob de Hasting; 
 Robert de Brulcourt, and Hugh de Morvill.® 
 
 o. May 1. The King is joined in Normandy by Queen Eleanor, 
 
 Prince Richard, and Princess Matilda. He sends Richard, 
 
 ' Stubbs, quoting ' Alberio of Trois Fontaines,' p. for the Fermor of Dover charges his account witli 
 
 343, and indicating that if the transfretation were a sum of £69. IGs. 3d., "in passagiis et in 
 
 in Lent, which begun on Feb. 17, the King's pre- corredio Archiepescopi Colonios" 
 
 senoe at Mortimer on that day was impossible. The Archbishop, arriving at Westminster, was at 
 
 ^ Q-ervase, 1398. Chron. Norm. 1000. first rebuffed by the Earl of Leicester, who looked 
 
 ^ R. de Monte (Struve), 900. Diceto, p. 539. upon him as an Arch- Schismatic, tliat is, as an 
 
 ■* The Norman Clironicle it is that states Henry instrument of a monarch who was then supporting 
 
 to have received tlie ambassadors in France. The the cause of the Antipope, Pascal. 
 
 far less accurate accounts of Diceto, (Ymag. Hist. The Archbishop seems to have passed onward 
 
 539), and M. Paris, represent the King as receiv- from London into Berkshire, probably tending to 
 
 ing them at Westminster. The truth seems to be the Queen's Court. The next step was that the 
 
 that after his interview with Henry at Eouen, the Queen took her daughter Matilda to Henry's Court 
 
 Archbishop of Cologne was sent by the King to in Normandy, where the matrimonial negotiations 
 
 London, to confer with the Earl of Leicester (then were renewed, and whence Henry sent ambassadors 
 
 Viceroy), and perhaps to visit the Queen and to the Emperor. 
 
 the Princess Matilda. Certain it is that the Arch- * D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, iii. 296. 
 
 bishop crossed the sea, and at the King's expense, ^ Hist. Abingdon, ii. 223. 
 
CODETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 79 
 
 1165. Archdeacon of Poictiers, and John of Oxford as ambas- Normandy. 
 
 c. Mayl. ' 
 
 sadors to the Emperor Frederick. These emissaries were 
 present at the Council of Wurtzburg on May 23. 
 V. May 15. K. Henry, leaving the Queen at Angers, crosses the sea. (Angers). 
 He appears to have landed at Southampton from the follow- (Barfleur). 
 ing entry on the Pipe-Roll. — Southampton. 
 
 Hantona. In passagio csneccoi Regis quando Hex rediit de 
 Norinanniil £7. 10s. ISt in passagiis per brevia Regis 
 £18. 17. 4d. 
 
 And to have passed through Surrey. — g^^,.^ 
 
 SuRREiA. Et in corredio Regis quando rediit de Norman- 
 niil 5 niarcas per breve Regis. 
 c Mayi6-3i. On his arrival from Normandy the King found forces 
 levied against Eese ap Griffith in pursuance of provisions 
 made at the Council of Northampton in October, 1164.1 
 
 The King marches into Flintshire, where David, a son of 
 Owen Gwyned, had been making depredations. 
 
 The King, arriving at Rhuddlan, finds that the Welshmen Eimddian. 
 had retired with their booty to the vale of Clwyd in Den- 
 bighshire. 
 
 The King fortifies Besingwerk and all his Castles in Basingwerk. 
 Flintshire, and returns to England to augment his forces.^ 
 
 May 23. Eicliard, Archdeacon of Poictiers, and John of Oxford, Ambassadors of 
 
 K. Henry to the Emperor Frederic, were present at the Council of 
 Wurtzburg. The ostensible object of their embassy was to negotiate 
 about the Princess Matilda's marriage, but they were among those who 
 joined the Emperor Frederic in his oath never to recognise Pope 
 Alexander.^ 
 
 Sat. May 29. " Ordination " at Wurtzburg of the " Archbishop Elect " of Cologne. 
 
 Letter from Kotrou, Archbishop of Eoueu, to tlie Cardinal Henry. 
 The Archbishop promises to explain K. Henry's attitude at Wurtzburg 
 and the Empress's sentiments. This he will do when the Envoys shall 
 have returned from Wurtzburg. 
 
 ' The sequence of K. Heni7's movements during Cardigan ; that Cardigan Castle was already in the 
 
 the two Welsh campaigns of 1105 has been clearly hands of the English, and that Prince Kese ap 
 
 indicated, for the first time, by Mr. Bridgeman in Griffith besieged and gained it, not till Noygjj^ijgj, 
 
 Ilia History of the Princes of South Wales (pp. 48, 1165. And the same of Prince Eese's sons. They 
 
 49). Corrected by his statements, the author has were already among the hostages in K. Henry's 
 
 rewritten the wliolc of this portion of the Itinerary. hands, whose eyes he afterwards put out in retalia- 
 
 A statement made by Carte is to the effect that tion for tlieir father's breach of faith and rebellion. 
 
 on this occasion " K. Henry took Cardigan Castle ^ Nicolas' Cliron. Hist. p. 248. — Concilmm Iler- 
 
 and two sons of Prince Kese therein." — lipolense. The two Envoys accepted English Sees 
 
 The facts are that the Xing did not approach before Alexander's Papacy had expii-ed. 
 
80 COURT, HODSEHOLUj AND ITTNERART OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1165. King Henry's preparations for a renewed attack upon England. 
 
 July. Wales probably occupied most of these two months. The 
 
 following extracts from the Pipe-Rolls, though fully indica- 
 tive of such preparations and of the wide scope of Henry's 
 invasion, and though specifying some of his chief Officers, 
 tells little of the progress of his arms or of the King's 
 personal movements. 
 
 Oxfordshire. Pro sagittis emptis et ipsis cum loricis conducendis ad Salopes- 
 hioriam 24s. 4d. Et pro 1000 summis frumenti liberatis Willelmo de Bellocampo 
 npud Wirecestriam £45. 16s. Qd. 
 
 Shropshire. Guy Le Strange, who had ceased to be Sheriff of Shropshire 
 about Christmas, 1164, renders account at Michaelmas, 1165, of certain balances 
 which would seem to have been in his hand when quitting office, and which he 
 had since expended as follows. — 
 
 Et Hugoni de Gundevill et Willelmo de Bellocampo 60 sol. ad deictrarium ad 
 opus Regis per breve Regis. 
 
 The same Guyle Strange, being still (Sept. 1165) Gustos of the estates of young 
 William fitz Alan, Baron of Glun and Oswestry, charges the Crown. — " In libera- 
 cione cc servientum apiid Blancmost " (Oswestry Castle), 103 sol. et 9d. 
 
 Geoffrey de Vere, stepfather of the same young Baron, having been Sheriff of 
 Shropshire, from Christmas, 1164, to Michaelmas, 1165, charges his account with 
 the following payments made on the King's behalf. — 
 
 Et cc servientibiLS £62. 7s. bd, Et Ix servientibus apud Suewardin ^ £6. Et 
 Carpentariis £6. 14s. 9d. Et Gementariis £5. 4s. hd. Et in liheracione xxv 
 obsidum £4!. 12s. Et item ceo servientibus post pastiam £69. 18s. Id. Et item 
 in liberacione obsidum 42s. Et item eisdem £4. 16s. Et in ferro 7s. 7^d. Et 
 Fabro 31s. Et Garbonariis 12 sol. Et pro Picois portandis in Walliam 15d. Et 
 in custodia Gastelli de Ohire^ £6. 19s. 8d. 
 
 Gloucestershire. The Sheriff charges an advance, viz., Nicolao, Glerico 
 Johanis de Oxinford xx marcas per breve Regis ad opus familioi Regis de Salopid.^ 
 
 Worcestershire. William de Beauchamp, the Sheriff, charges — In liberacione 
 obsidum remanentium £13. 10s. 8d. Et in liberacione servientum de Bergavenni 
 £34. lis. 4d. Et pro dix summis frumenti portatis ad Salopesburiam £19. 
 Is. Qd. Et pro municione deferendd de Wirecestrid ad exercitum £11 . 9s. &d. Et 
 in liberacione servientum de Mongomery £14. lis. 8d. Et in servientibus de Ghaus* 
 £14. lis. 8d. Et' Willelmo filio Adelini ^£48 ad liberacionem militum Regis apud 
 
 ' Slirawardine, like Oswestry, one of Ktz Alan's nions and put in garrison at Corbet's Border Castle 
 
 Border-Castles. of Caux. 
 
 2 Chirk Castle, Denbighshire. * William Fitz Adeline, cue of the King's Mar- 
 
 3 " Familiae Kegis de Salopia." The King's Staff slials. In the Feodary of H66, he is expressly 
 or company when quartered at Shrewsbury. styled Marescallus RegU, and his Tenure in Hamp- 
 
 ^ " Servientibus de Chaus." — Stipendiary soldiers, shire is said to be "De Marescaleid Eegis,"'i^eaxne'a 
 probably brought from Henry's continental domi- Liber Niger, i. 73, V4). 
 
COtJET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND XTINERAEY OF K. HENEY II. 81 
 
 Salopesburiam. Et Thomce et Nicholao clericis (of John of Oxford), et Willelmo 
 filio Adelini £24 ad liberacionem militum de Salophuria. 
 
 1165. Hekefoedshieb. The same SheriflF, William de Beauchamp charges — 
 
 Et Radulfo de Grosmund £8. 5s. &d. ad liberacionem Servientum de Grosmund, 
 et Lantelio, et Schenefred. Et Waltero de Bellocampo £72. 4s. 8d. ad liberacionem 
 familice Regis apud Bergeveni} 
 
 Beekshiee. The Sheriff, Adam de Catmera, charges — 
 
 Pro 1000 summis frumenti liberatis Willelmo de Bellocampo apud Wlrecestrc 
 £45. 16s. 8d. Et pro sagittis emptis, Sfc, et liberatis ainid Salop 23s. 8d. 
 
 Abbas de Abendon r. c. de i marc: de veteri scuta,gio? In thro lib. E. Q. E. 
 Nova Placita et Novce Conventiones. The same Sheriff of Berkshire accounts 
 for a receipt as follows — Idem reddit compotum de £76. 5s. de promissione servi- 
 entum in Wallia. In thesauro £75. lis. ScL Et debet imarcam^ {13s. id.). 
 
 Abbatia de Abendon. Eanulf de Catemera, Gustos of the vacant Abbey of 
 Abingdon, for the half-year ending May, 1165, renders account, at Michaelmas, 
 1165, of £87. 3s. 10(^., his receipts during the period of vacancy. — " Ranidfus do 
 Gatemera reddit compotum de £87. 3s. lOd. de Abbatia de Abendon de dimidio 
 anno. — 
 
 In soltis per breve Regis pro debitis Abbatis (the late Abbot Walcheline) Waltero 
 filio Gerardi de Rothomago £33. 14s. 4d. Et in corredio Nuntiorum Imperatoris 
 ■per Johannem de Oxineford £23 per breve Regis.* Et in liberatione septem iniUtxim 
 qui fuerunt cum Rege in Walid £18. 18s. Et monachis qui perrexerunt in 
 Normanniam in negotiis Ecclesice 118s. Qd.^ 
 
 JuJy 10, 1165. Pope Alexander, now at Clermont in Auvergne, writes on this day to 
 
 Gilbert (Foliot), Bishop of London, bidding him to associate with himself 
 the Bishop of Hereford, and both to give admonition to K. Henry as to 
 his relations with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop Gilbert is also 
 desired to collect the Peter-pence, and transmit the money to the Pope 
 before August 1.^ 
 
 ' " Familia Regis apud Bergeveni Servientes de K. Henry give him the vacant Abbey for his main- 
 
 Bergeveni." There will have been some concerted tenance. 
 
 movement on the Monmouthshire Border to tally ^ Probably the Sheriff had received this sum 
 
 with this twofold introduction of Abergavenny. In extra to his receipts as a Slieriff and for the special 
 
 that quarter Prince Rese's territory and interests purpose of forwarding the King's foreign Stipeu- 
 
 would come more specially in question than in diaries on their route towards Wales. And he had 
 
 North Wales. However, we have no other hint not spent it. 
 
 that Henry himself operated against South Wales. '' Tliis is with reference to the Archbishop of 
 
 His "famdia," or corps of household officers at Cologne's visit to England in April or May, 1165. 
 
 Abergavenny was probably under command of one (Supra, p. 78). He probably passed through 
 
 of his Lieutenants. Abingdon, in his way from Loudon to visit the 
 
 2 This Scutage was an arrear from the time of Queen's Court, and to see the Princess Matilda. 
 Abbot Walcheline, who died Oct. 31,1164. The * The Monks of Abingdon, who, I suppose about 
 
 existing Pro Abbot (September, 1165), was Godfrey, April, were summoned by, or went to, the King, then 
 
 Bishop of St. Asaph; but he was only Pro- Abbot, in Normandy, relative to filling up the Abbatial 
 
 and that for the period of his expulsion from his vacancy. 
 
 See; which expxdsion seems to have been caused by ^ S. T. C. Epistle cclxxxij. Bishop Foliot col- 
 
 the Welsh commotion of which we are speaking. leoted the Peter-pence as Dean of Canterbury. 
 
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82 
 
 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 Angnet. 
 
 „85 It is clear that when Bishop Foliot received this letter, 
 
 ■'"'^' the King was on his way to the Frontier, and that the 
 
 Bishop at once determined on following him. 
 
 The King, if we may judge from the above extract from 
 u. July 31. the Pipe-Roils, passed by way of Shrewsbury, and thence Shrewsbury, 
 to Oswestry, where Foliot overtook him and his army. The Oswestry. 
 Bishop of Hereford was with Foliot at the interview which 
 ensued, and which one Record locates at the " Cross of St. 
 Oswald." 
 
 We approximate to the date of this interview by the ascer- 
 tainment that the Pope on August 22nd, being then at 
 Montpelier in Languedoc, had received from the Bishop of 
 London a report thereof. 
 
 King Henry now entered Powys-Land and advanced to powys-Land. 
 the Valley and River of the Ceiriog. The Welsh, breaking The Ceiriog. 
 ground from Corwen in Edeyrneon, attacked the English 
 vanguard, but without success, and Henry marched onward 
 to the foot of the Berwin, a high mountain-ridg^ in The Berwin. 
 Merionethshire. Here the King encamped. "The Welsh 
 hung like a dark cloud on the crest and sides of the Berwin, 
 waiting for an occasion to attack the King with advantage, 
 who found it impracticable to approach them in the post 
 they had taken, while flying parties of the Welsh cut off his 
 provisions, so that his soldiers in camp were soon distressed 
 by a scarcity of forage and provisions. The valley where 
 the King was encamped was anon inundated by excessive 
 rains and the torrents which followed from the mountain- 
 gorges. Henry retired with great loss of men and ammuni- 
 tion, leaving his enemies in possession of the field." ^ 
 
 Henry now retired to Chester, where he awaited the Chester. 
 arrival of some Ships from Ireland which he had hired for 
 the purpose of invading Wales by sea. The ships, when 
 they arrived, were insufficient." ^ 
 
 This statement, derived we presume, from a Welsh 
 Chronicle, is curiously supported by a piece of indirect 
 evidence. King Henry was, it seems, encamped on a tract 
 of land, then called Wirhall. It was on the isthmus which wirhaii. 
 
 ' See Princes of South Wales (by the Rev. the Hon. George T. O, Bridgeman), pp. 48, 49. 
 
COUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 83 
 
 1165. 
 August. 
 
 August 22. 
 (Sunday). 
 
 September. 
 
 divides the estuaries of the Mersey and the Dee, and has wirhaii. 
 the City of Chester on its S. East, and the open sea on its 
 N. West. 
 
 At Wirhall (apud Wirhalam) the King expedited a writ 
 in favour of the Monks of Abingdon. The writ is attested 
 singly by John of Oxford. It enjoins on the Sheriffs of 
 London, of Hampshire, and of Gloucestershire, " quod pey- 
 mittatis monachos de Abeiidon emere victualia ot deferre ad 
 Abbatiam &c., et quod nou dishorhentur {monaclii) propter 
 prohibitionem quam inde feci pro hoc exercitu meo Wallice." ^ 
 (There were, we suppose, some standing orders affecting the 
 sale of provisions in certain districts, and necessary as 
 regarded the commissariat of the army of Wales, which 
 orders the King relaxed in favour of the Monks of Abingdon). 
 The writ implies that his project of invasion was not yet 
 abandoned. 
 
 Philip, BOii of Louis VII. of France, boru.^ Pope Alexander at Mont- 
 pelier.^ Pope Alexander, dating his letter, "In gradu Mercurii," writes 
 to the Bishop of London (Grilbert Foliot). He thanks the Bishop for 
 having exhorted K. Henry, aTid for his letters touching Henry's devotion 
 to the Church. The Pope wills that the Bishop of London, the Arch- 
 bishop of Eouen (this will have been Kotrou de Newburgh,^ recently 
 promoted from the See of Evreux), the Bishop of Hereford (Robert de 
 Melun), and the Empress-mother shall persevere in like monitions, tending 
 to the restoration of Archbishop Thomas. London is to attend to the 
 collection of the Peter-pence, and to transmit the same to the Pope by 
 hand of the Abbot of St. Bertin.' 
 
 King Henry, on leaving Chester, is said to have gone Bi-ewood 
 to London. He probably passed through Staffordshire, ^^''' ""^ " ™' 
 and being at Brewood expedited a Charter to the Borough 
 of Newport (Shropshire). It is attested by Geoffrey, Arch- 
 deacon of Canterbury; John Cumin j and Radulf de * am 
 (perhaps Thamewood, or Tamworth) .* 
 
 The following payment by Alexander Clerk, then Sheriff 
 of Staffordshire, is possibly relevant to the King's passage 
 through that county : — 
 
 M Willelmo filio Adeluii et Glerico Johannis de Oxinford 
 per Ricardum de Luci £40 adfaciendas liberaciones familice 
 Regis, per breve Regis. 
 
 1 Hist. Abendon ii. 223. 
 
 ^ Gervase. Diceto. 
 
 ' S. T. C. Epistle cckxxiij. The date of Eotroii 
 
 de Newburgh's translation is given as in 1163 
 (Chron. Norm. p. 1000). 
 
 •< Harleian US8. 1985, fo. 240. 
 
84 
 
 COUIJT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OS K. HENRY II. 
 
 1165. The Pipe-Rolls give small indication of Henrjr's arrival London, 
 
 in London in September. At Michaelmas, the Sheriffs of 
 London charge the Crown with 40 merks, which by order 
 of the King they had advanced to Edward Blund, " ad 
 negotia Eegis." ^ And the Gustos of the Archbishop- 
 I'ick of Canterbury charged the Crown half a merk for 
 carriage of fruit which the Lady Empress had sent to the 
 King 1 (fi'om Normandy) . 
 
 On quitting LondoUj the King perhaps visited, first 
 Woodstock, and then Clarendon, for the Sheriff of "Wor- WoodBtock. 
 cestershire, at Michaelmas, charges the Crown £2. 6s. 4ci., 
 " jyro tonellis et pro vino portando ad Wudestoch, et ad 
 
 Clarendon." Clarendon. 
 
 The following Royal Writs and Charters, all dated 
 at Woodstock, probably passed during the Bang's stay 
 there : — 
 
 A Writ, attested by John of Oxford, enjoins on the 
 King's Bailiffs of Wich (Droitwich), or, they failing, on 
 the Sheriff of Worcestershire, that the Monks of Abingdon 
 do continue to have their salt as they had it in time of 
 King Henry (the First) .^ 
 
 Another Writ, attested by William Fitz John, certifies 
 that the same Monks have quittance of Toll for their own 
 proper goods.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, also dated at Woodstock, confirms to 
 Robert de Vaux {Vallihus), son of Hubert de Vaux, the 
 land which his father held on the day of his death. Wit- 
 nesses, Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter; Henry, Elect of 
 Baieux; Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers; and Earl 
 Geoffrey (of Essex) .^ 
 
 Another Royal Charter, dated at Woodstock,* mentions 
 " E." (perhaps it should be C. for Clement), Abbot of 
 Shirbourne, and Master Walter de Insula,* Clerk of the 
 King. It 'is attested by Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers ; 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, xi. Hen. II. thus vacant, Jolin of Oxford soon succeeded, though 
 
 - Hist. Abendon, ii. 234. his appointment was challenged by Archbishop 
 
 ^ Carta) Antiquse, D.'D. Phihp de Harcourt, late Becket. (See Hardy's Le Neve, ii. 613.) 
 
 Bishop of Baieux, had died in 1163 (Chron. Norm. ■" Monasticon, i. 340, viii. Master Walter de 
 
 p. 999). It was in 1165 that Henry de Beaumont, Lisle [Insula) occurs in positions of Trust, 1165- 
 
 theretofore Dean of Sahsbury, was appointed his 1176. He was Incumbent of Stalbridge, Dorset ; 
 
 successor at Baieux. To the Deanery of Salisbury, and a Canon of St. Paul's, London. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 85 
 
 John of Oxford ; Eichard de Oamvill ; William de Caineto ; 
 William fitz Hamo ; William de Hastings ; and Ralph fitz 
 Stephen, Chamberlain. 
 
 By a Charter, dated at Woodstock, the King confirms 
 a quit-claim by Richard fitz Hildebrand to G. (perhaps 
 it should be C. for Clement), Abbot of Sherborne. The 
 Witnesses are Robert, Earl of Leicester ; William, Earl of 
 Arundel ; Richard de Camvill ; Master Walter de Insula ; 
 and William fitz Hamo.^ 
 
 A Charter in favour of Wroxhall Monastery (Warwick- 
 shire), dated at Woodstock, is attested by Joceline, Bishop of 
 Sarum ; Richard de Luci ; and the Archdeacon of Poitiers.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Clarendon, may possibly be- clarendon, 
 long to this period. It is in favour of the Canons of 
 Briweton (Bruton, Somerset), and is attested singly by 
 Richardj Archdeacon of Poitiers.^ 
 
 Sept. 29. At Michaelmas, 1165, there were sitting in the Curia Regis at West- 
 
 minster, the following Justiciars and OfEcers of State, who attested a, 
 quit-claim by Robert, Abbot of St. Albans, and others, to Laurence, 
 Abbot of Westminster. The said witnesses were Nigel, Bishop of Ely ; 
 Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Eichard, Archdeacon of Poitiers ; 
 Wido, Dean of Waltham ; Robert, Earl of Leicester ; and Richard de 
 Luei, — all Justiciars ; also Henry fitz Grerold, Chamberlain ; William 
 fitz Adeline, Marshal; Richard, Treasurer; William Mauduit, Cham- 
 berlain ; Simon fitz Peter, Marshal ; Alan de NevUl, Marshall ; 
 Geoffrey Monk, Marshal ; and Phihp de Davenceester.^ 
 
 Household of Queen Elianoe and her Children. — We here insert a few notices of the Queen and 
 other members of the Royal family which could not well be introduced in a diary treating more particu- 
 larly of the Court and movements of the King : — 
 
 In February, 1165, when the King crossed the Channel to Normandy, the Queen and her younger 
 children seem to have become resident for about three months at Winchester and elsewhere in Hampshire 
 or the Isle of Wight, but at some interval visiting Sherborne Castle (Dorset). 
 
 Hence, at Michaelmas, 1165, Richard fitz Turstin, Sheriff of Hampshire, charges the Crown with 
 these payments following : — 
 
 In corredio ReginiB £10. In corredio Sororis Regis £3.* Et Oaufrido Monacho £84. 2s. 3d. ad 
 faciendam solfam Reginis et filiorum Regis. Et pro sellis et lorreis ad opus Marchisce cognatce Reginco IZs. 
 
 The same Sheriff, accounting for the Ferm of Ulferton,^ charges: — In corredio Regina £18. 
 
 ' Monasticon, i. 34-0, vii. what we cannot credit, that she was the youngest 
 
 2 Monasticon, iv. 92, ii, b. child of the Empress. She married Guy V., Lord 
 
 3 Carta; Antiquae, K. {Toparcho) of \a\-Gny on (ValUs Guidonis). She 
 ■• Madox's Formulare Anglieanum, p. xix. married, perhaps secondly, David ap Owen, Prince 
 ^ Sororis Regis. The King's half-sisler, Emma, of North Wales. This was in 1174. — 
 
 a natural daughter of Geoflrey le Eel, Comfe of Aldewide, another natural daughter of Comte 
 
 Anjou, by a woman of Maine {Diceto, and Chroni- Geoffrey le Bel, is spoken of as wife of Ralph, 
 
 condeorigine Ccwdium Atidegaviai). Contemporary junior Prince of Bourg-Deols. 
 
 Authors speak of her exceeding beauty, and declare, ^ Perhaps Wolverton, in the Isle of Wight. 
 
86 OOUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 Hugh de Gundevill, Fermor or Gustos of Sherborne, Dorset, charges — In cori-edio Reginm £18. In 
 operacione domorum Regis 40.?. 
 
 In April, 1165, it seems that the Archbishop of Cologne, seeking an interview with the Queen and the 
 Princess Matilda, passed from London through Abingdon on his way to the Queen's court. 
 
 In May, 1165, Queen Elianor, with the Princess Matilda and Prince Richard, joined K. Henry in 
 Normandy ; and about the middle of that month, the Eing, hastening to England, left the Queen at 
 Angers, committing to her the Eegencj- of the two provinces of Maine and Anjou. 
 
 Soon after this we may date a letter, written by John, Bishop of Poicticrs, to Becket. The Bishop is 
 staying at Le Mans with the Bishop of Le Mans. He reports the Queen as leaning entirely on Ralph 
 de Faia, a well-known opponent of Becket, and, we believe, a relative of the Queen. The Bishop liints at 
 a piece of Court scandal in connexion with this subject.' 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1165, Queen Elianor was still resident at Angers, where in the following month she gave 
 birth to the Princess Johanna. 
 
 Pbince Henet, who on February 28, 1165, completed his tenth year, had in his ninth year, viz., in 
 October, 1163, been taken from the tutelage of Archbishop Becket, and in January, 1164', still in his 
 ninth year, joined his father in the so-called presidency over the Council of Clarendon. 
 
 When in February, 1165, the King quitted England, young Henry was not left under the tutelage or 
 in the Household of the Queen. He had a separate establishment. Hence, at Michaelmas, 1165, the 
 Gustos of Winchester charges — "In corredio Hetirici filii Regis £30 per hrevc Regis." 
 
 And the SherilT of Wiltshire (Richard de Wilton) charges — 
 
 In corredio Senrici filii Regis £22. lO*. liheratas Aihoardo Pincerncc per breve Regis. 
 
 Also the Sheriff of Berkshire (Adam de Catmera) charges — " Et Willelmo Jilio Johannis £20 ad 
 corredium Senrici filii Regis." 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1165, TO MICHAELMAS, 1166. 
 
 Oct Nov. The movements of Henry's Court for the last three 
 months of the year 1165, and the first two months of 1166, 
 may perhaps be indicated by the following quotations from 
 the Pipe-Roll of 1166. The order in which the several 
 localities were visited or revisited is of course as problemati- 
 cal as the exact month or day of visitation. 
 
 SuEEEY. M, pro conducendo vino Regis de Lundon' ad London. 
 Boffam 6s. per breve Regis. Eochester. 
 
 Hampshire. M pro conducendo vino Regis de Hantond 
 (Southampton) ad Wintoniam ; et pro vasis 16s. Zd. f er -yyineiiester. 
 Hamonem Pincernam. M pro conducendo thesauro Regis ad 
 Hanton' et ad Clarendon' et ad Oxineford per totum annum 
 48s. 2d. 
 
 Winchestee. M pro conducendis sellis et sent' Regis de 
 Winton' ad Lundon' 18d. 
 
 Wiltshire. Et in operacione Regis, de Clarendon (ciarendon). 
 
 1 S. T. 0. vi. 250, Epist. cccclxv. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEART OP K. HENRY II. 87 
 
 1165. £59. 17s. 6d. per visum Warneri de Lusoriis. M in re- (curmdon). 
 Dec. stauracione manerii de Westcumha, SfC. 
 
 London and Middlesex. 'Et pro conducendis piris Regis 
 de Lundon' ad Witdestoch 3s. Et uxori Brightmari de 
 Haverhell £7 pro aurifr' ad cappas Regif, per hreve Regis. 
 Et pro conducendo crasso pisce de Lund' ad Clarendon' Qs. 
 per Edivardum Blundum. Et pro custamento p)roliatorum et 
 pro conducendis illis ad Clarendon' 48s. (Saiiabury.) 
 
 Wiltshire. Etpro conducenda venacione Regis de Chepe- (Chippenham), 
 ham ad Witdestoch Is. 2d. per hreve Regis. Et pro condu- 
 cendo vino Regis de Clarendon' ad Wudestoch 78s. 8d. per 
 hreve Regis. 
 
 Surrey. Et in custamento pjrohatorwm Regis et pro cow- (woodstooi.) 
 ducendis illis ad Sarum 5s. 
 
 Southampton. Et pro vinis Regis et ipsis conducendis de (Oxford.) 
 Hantona ad Clarendon' et ad Wudestoch et ad Sarum et ad 
 Chepeham £24. 13s. lOd. per hrevia Regis per Hamonem 
 Pincemam et Martinum de Ilosa. 
 Oct. Nov. There are other evidences which associate the move- 
 
 ments of the Court at this period with some of the same 
 localities : — 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Westminster, is in favour of Westminster. 
 St. Catherine's Priory, near Lincoln. Among its movent- 
 clauses are these, viz., ' pro statu regni mei,' ' pro salute 
 Alianorce Regince,' and 'pro animd Matildai Imperatricis 
 matris mece.' It is attested by Roger, Abp of York; 
 Hilary, Bp of Chichester; Hugh, Bp of Durham; Robert, 
 Bp of Lincoln ; Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ; Roger de 
 Moubray ; and Reginald de Courtnay.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Winchester, is in relation to winciiestor. 
 Hertlaiids Abbey (Devonshire). It confirms a release by 
 Geoffrey, son of Oliver de Dynham, to Richard, Archdeacon 
 of Poictiers. It is attested by Geoffry, Archdeacon of 
 
 ' Monasticon, Tii. 969. The date assigned to tliis lie had failed in the Welsh expedition of August ; 
 
 Charter can only be proximate. It must have there were troubles in Maine and Guienne, where 
 
 passed before March, 1166, the latest period at Queen Eliauor was acting as Regent; and at 
 
 which any Deed of Henry II., expedited in England Angers in the month of October she gave birth to 
 
 can haye been attested by Eobert, Bishop of Lin- the Princess Johanna. The age and declining 
 
 coin. But the movent clauses of the Deed are quite health of the Empress probably suggested the 
 
 as suggestive, as to date, as the names of the wit- distinctive clause " Pro animd Matilda; Imperatricis, 
 
 nesses. — The King was at this time (October, 1165) etc.; " but she survived nearly two years, viz., till 
 
 at variance with Louis VII. and with the Pope ; September, 1167. 
 
°o COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY 11. 
 
 Oct Nov ^^^terbnry ; Geoflfry, Chaplain of the King ; Master Winchester. 
 
 Dec. Stephen de Fulgeriis; Nicholas, Chaplain; Master John 
 
 Cumin; Master * * * * a priest of Hugh, Earl of Nor- 
 folk; Manasser Biset, Dapifer; Josceline de Baillol ; 
 William Malet ; Alan fitz Jordan ; and Eichard Pin- 
 cerna.^ 
 
 c. Oct. About this time we hear of a Synod of Bishops at Salis- Salisbury. 
 
 bury,2 and which, if the King were present, was probably 
 held in October. 
 
 A Writ, dated " apnd Glivum" (King^s Cliff, Northants), King's ciifi. 
 and addressed to Richard Basset, is in behalf of Abingdon 
 Abbey, and relates to the monks' claim to four hides of land 
 in Chedelesworth (Chelsworth, Wilts.). It is attested by 
 William fitz John.^ 
 
 u. Oct. 14. Probable date of Beoket'a letter to Henry, beginning Desiderio desi- 
 
 deravi* 
 Nov. 21. Pope Alexander III. having left France, reaches Rome, where he 
 
 remained till July, 1167. 
 Dec. 6. Death of Malcolm, King of Soots. 
 
 Dec. 25. The King probably kept Christmas at Oxford. About Oxford, 
 
 this time a Council or Synod, at which he presided, assem- 
 bled at Oxford and took statutory cognizance of the heresy 
 of the publicans or Girardists.^ 
 
 Dec. 31. The King probably at Woodstock. Woodstock. 
 
 A.D. 1166. 
 
 Januar"' Woodstock was now the usual place of K. Henry's Woodstock. 
 
 February, resort, but in these two months he was at other places ; at 
 Feckenham, for instance, for the sake of hunting ; at Salis- 
 bury and Clarendon on more important business ; at Chip- 
 penham between whiles. 
 
 A Writ or Precept, dated at Woodstock, would make it 
 seem that Godfrey, Bishop of St. Asaph, the Abbot Com- 
 mendate of Abingdon, had some difficulty with the Abbatial 
 tenants. The King addresses them all, " tarn Olericis quam 
 
 ' Monasticon, vi. 436. ' Chron. Dunstable. Annals of Tewkesbury. 
 
 2 S. T. C. vi. 251. Diceto, p. 539. See also Carte, i. 597, and Palgrave's 
 
 3 Hist. Abendon, ii. 224. British Commonwealth, Appendix, clxvii. 
 " S. T. C. (Ktz Stephen), i. 249 ; iii. 365 ; Epist. 
 
 clxxix. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 89 
 
 1166. 
 January, 
 February. 
 
 February. 
 
 laicis tenentihus de Abhatid," with this command and Woodstock. 
 threat, " Intendatis Godefrido Episcoj)o cui commendavi 
 Abbatiam tanquam Ahbati, et nisi [feceritis) Vicecomites vos 
 justicient." This Writ is attested singly by "John, Dean 
 of Salisbury,"! that is, by John of Oxford, who became Dean 
 of Salisbury not earlier than 1165, when his predecessor, 
 Dean Henry de Beaumont, was promoted to the See of 
 Baieux, and not later than June, 1166, when Archbishop 
 Becket excommunicated him for usurping the Deanery. 
 
 King Henry held in this month what now appears to 
 have been a second Council of Clarendon.^ clarendon. 
 
 At this 'Council an Assize^ ' pro pace servanda et justicid 
 tenendu' was enacted by the King, with the advice of the 
 Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and Barons of his realm. 
 
 We refer in a note to our authority ^ for holding that the 
 words " Consilio Archiepiscoporum," used in the preamble 
 of this Assize were a formal expression, and do not affect 
 the question of the date of this Council ; for, indeed, if the 
 Council sat in 1166, it is certain that only one English 
 Archbishop (Roger of York) was in attendance. 
 
 The same authority cites from the Pipe-Roll of Michael- 
 mas, 1166, the following clauses, pertinent to the question 
 of date. — 
 
 Wiltshire. The Sheriff had paid " Rogero Ostiario 
 
 ' Hist. Abendon, ii. 235, 231. The learned 
 editor dates this Writ, "November, 1164." The 
 reasons for a later date are, to our minds, insur- 
 mountable. 
 
 2 This discovery of a second Council of Clarendon 
 is by no means our own. In his British Common- 
 wealth (p. cxlviii). Sir Francis Palgrave remarked 
 that "between the years 1165 and 1176 (but more 
 probably between 1170 and 1176) there was a 
 second Great Council at Clarendon, different to that 
 at which tlie customs were mooted." The idea 
 was unquestionably right, tlie narrower limitations 
 of date (1170-1176) certainly wrong. 
 
 Professor Stubbs, in his Appendices to the 
 Chronicle of Benedict of Peterborough (vol. ii. pp. 
 cxlix-cliv.) lias printed the text of this "Assize of 
 Clarendon." In his notes thereon and in his Pre- 
 face (pp. lix-lxiv.) he has given details and reasons 
 which almost conclusively fix the Council and 
 Assize of Clarendon as in the first two months of 
 1166. He has also met the objection to such date 
 founded on the words Consilio ArcUepiscopornm. 
 
 ^ The word ' Assize,' as used in the text, signi- 
 fies a statute enacted by the King with the advice 
 of liis Council. 
 
 The noun-substantive, Assisa, belongs to medi- 
 aeval Latinity, but was formed from tlie classical verb, 
 assidere, 
 
 Assisa was originally a court or place where 
 judges, councillors, or other assessors met, to hear, 
 to consult, or to determine. 
 
 Sccoudarily, the word Assisa came to signify the 
 act of so meeting, the cause, the subject, or the re- 
 sult of such meeting. 
 
 Hence the following tertiary uses of the term, viz. 
 an ordinance or statute ; — a trial or series of trials ; — 
 a tax or other assessment ; — a power of assessing or 
 of prescribing. 
 
 The Assisa magna Regis, the Assisa Forestce, the 
 Assisa nummi, the Assisa per dominica Regis (or 
 Royal Tallage), the Assisa panis et cervince, the 
 Assisa pannorum (or statute regulating the cloth- 
 trade), are expressions whose relation to one original 
 idea is easily traced. 
 
 12 
 
90 
 
 COUET, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY U. 
 
 1166. 
 February. 
 
 February. 
 
 (who was Usher of the King's Treasury) 13s. 4d. ad por- ciareudon. 
 tandas sinnmoniciones (viz., to the Proceres who were bidden 
 to attend the Council) : et 12d. pro cera ad summoniciones 
 (for wax wherewith to seal the Writs of Summons). Et 
 pro pannis ad opus Henrici filii Eegis £16. 13s. 10c?. (sug- 
 gestive of the Prince's attendance at the Council). Other 
 extracts, already given fyom the Pipe-Rolls, corroborate the 
 the idea of some high occasion at Clarendon. 
 
 Sut thei-e is another important subject associated with 
 this second Council of Clarendon. We do not hesitate to 
 say that at this Council the King issued to all the Barons 
 and Military Tenants-in-capite, those letters which com- 
 manded ench and all, by their fealty and allegiance, to make 
 a return before the First Sundaj^ in Lent (in this year, 
 March 18th), of the constituents of their several Fiefs : — that 
 is, how many Fees of Old Feoffment, how many of Neiv 
 Feoffment, and how many were in the Demesne of each Fief 
 or Barony. 
 
 Moreover, the King's letters prescribed that these Re- clarendon, 
 turns were to contain the names of the knights and sub- 
 tenants who were holding such old or new fees in each 
 barony, so that, "if there were any who had not yet 
 done allegiance to the King, and whose names were not 
 yet entered on the King's Roll, they should do such alle- 
 giance before the first Sunday in Lent." 
 
 Before we quit this subject, it is well to say that we are quoting from a 
 Record now called the " Liber Niger Scacearii" and that the said Keoord 
 is a collection of the various Schedules returned in February or March, 
 1166, in obedience to the King's Precepts.' 
 
 By way of further fixing the date of the " Liber Niger," we note that 
 Koger, Archbishop of York, styling himself ' ' JpostoUcce Sedis Legatiis" 
 
 ' These, our discoTery and arguments as to the dat« 
 of the Returns embodied in the Liber Niger, were 
 appreliended before Professor Stubbs' work was 
 written. They only constitute so much indepen- 
 dent evidence in support of his view, and only add 
 some little further precision to the date of the 
 cognate " Assize of Clarendon." 
 
 Tiie idea, or tradition, that the Returns embodied 
 in the Libel' Niger were made in contemplation of 
 the marriage of the Princess Matilda needs some 
 adjustment. The returns themselves conta,in no 
 internal evidence whatever of having been provided 
 for that specific occasion. But it so happened that 
 at the time when the Returns were ordered the Prin- 
 cess's future marriage had been agreed upon ; and it 
 
 so happened that the Auxilium, ooUeoted in 1168 in 
 consequence of her marriage, was grounded on these 
 Returns, it being in fact the earliest Auxiliuni 
 levied after these returns. 
 
 We may add that we have examined some score 
 of minor indications as to the exact date of the 
 Liber Niger Returns, and that the result in some 
 cases is strongly confirmatory of, and in all cases 
 consistent with the date we have assigned. We 
 say nothing of certain supplementary matter, which 
 in Hearne's printed Record is hardly distinguish- 
 able from the genuine Schedules of 1166. The two 
 are quite discernible in the Queen's Remem- 
 brancer's Book, the nearest approximation to the 
 original Schedules which is extant. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 91 
 
 11G6. 
 February. 
 
 March 1-13 
 
 March 13. 
 
 c. Mar. 15. 
 
 hints in his return that he had used such dihgence in the investigation clarendon, 
 necessary to the occasion, as the brevity of the time given had permitted, 
 {cum omni diligentid investigavi in tenemento meo, prout breviias temporis 
 passa est) } 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1166, (12 Henry II.), the Sheriff of Wiltshire makes 
 a charge on the King's exchequer, viz., " Pro una kitchid ad custodiendas 
 cartas Baronum de MilUlhas" that is, "for a hutch (or chest) wherein to 
 keep the written returns of the Tenants-pcr-Barouiam concerning their 
 knights-fees." 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Feokenliam (Worcestershire), Fjckenham 
 probably belongs to this period. It is in favour of Peter 
 fitz William, and is attested by William Malet, Dapifer ; 
 John Marshall; William de Beauchamp (he was Sheriff of 
 Worcestershire from 1155 to 1170); Geoffrey de Vere (he 
 was Sheriff of Shropshire from January, 1165 to 1170) ; 
 Hugh de Periers ; and Walter de Dunstanvill.^ 
 
 On or before this day, being the first Sunday in Lent, 
 the barons^ returns to the King's letters of February were 
 due either at Salisbury or Clarendon. Also, all tenants by saiisbQ™ 
 barony or military service, who had not previously done ciarendoD. 
 homage to the King, were to attend the Court, wherever it 
 might be, for that purpose. 
 
 The King was about to cross the sea. His arms and 
 accoutrements were to be shipped at Shoreham, Sussex. 
 He himself designed to go from Southampton or Porchestor. 
 One of the last places of his visitation was Woodstock, ■^voodstock 
 At Michaelmas, 1166, the Sheriff of Oxfordshire charges — 
 Pro ccmducendis sellis et hernesio Regis de Wudestoch ad 
 Shoreham 13.s-. 4cZ. 
 
 And the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex charge — 
 Pro una hugia ad portandum hernesium, Regis ad Shorham 
 et pro ipso hernesio 8s. lOd. M pro iij palfridis ad opus 
 Regis £6. 13.s. 4.d. per breve Regis.- 
 
 Previous to the King's embarcation, we have a Charter 
 dated at Porchester, whereby he grants the Stewardship of p<,rehesi«r. 
 St. Edmundbury to William de Hastings, a Royal Steward 
 {Dispensatori Regis). The Charter is attested by William 
 Malet, Dapifer ; Josceline de Baillol ; Hugh de Gundevill ; 
 Hugh de Longchamp ; Alan de Nevillj William de Lan- 
 val ; Hugh de Piris (Periers) ; Walter de Dunstanvill ; 
 
 Liber Niger, 303. 
 
 '' Cartas Antiquae, T. dorso. 
 
92 
 
 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1166. Eobert fitz Bernard : and Stephen, Chaplain and Prsecentor Porchester. 
 
 c. March 16. ' i. ' r 
 
 [Cantor) of Moriton (Moretain) .^ 
 16-2"°'' " Circa initium Quadragesima," (the Chronicler's date for 
 
 the King's embarcation) may perhaps mean the second 
 week in Lent. The King embarked at Southampton, soutbampton. 
 Hence at Michaelmas, 1166, there is a charge on the 
 Southampton Pipe-Roll : — Et in Nberacione Msneccm (the 
 Eoj'al jraoht) quando Hex transfretavit in Quadragesima 
 £7. lOs.2 
 
 It seems probable that the King was either accom- 
 panied or followed by the aged Earl of Leicester into Nor- 
 mandy. Being at Falaise, the King expedited a Charter Faiaise. 
 in favour of Henry de Beaumont, Bishop of Bayeux (who 
 had become so in 1165). The Charter is attested by the 
 said Bishop Henry ; by Nicholas, Prior of Plessis-Grimoult ; 
 John, Archdeacon (probably of Seez) ; Eobert, Earl of 
 Leicester (who died in 1168); and William de Courci, 
 Seneschal (of Normandy) .^ 
 
 King Henry was, according to some of the Chroniclers, 
 accompanied, according to Hoveden, followed, into Nor- 
 mandy by William, King of Scots. The Southampton 
 Pipe-Eoll of Michaelmas, 1166, corroborates Hoveden in 
 that it gives the cost of the King of Scots' transfretation 
 distinctly from the cost of K. Henry's. It shows in 
 addition that the former crossed at the expense of the latter. 
 
 Hantonia. M in ^assagio Regis Bcocice £7. 10s. per 
 hreve Regis. ^ 
 
 Various accounts of the King of Soots' motives in following Henry are 
 alleged. His father, Malcolm IV., had deceased Decemher 5, 1165, and 
 one theory is that William must needs resort to the English court to do 
 fealty for his realm of Scotland. But Cospatric, Earl of Northumber- 
 land, died at this very juncture; and another account is that WiUiam 
 thought to gain that eai'ldom by serving K. Henry. We must remember 
 too that the existent Duchess of Bretagne was William's sister, and that 
 her infant daughter, Constance, was, as will presently appear, the object 
 of Henry's most considerate speculations. 
 
 About this time, a letter of Becket to the Chapter of Salisbury quashes 
 the election of John of Oxford to the Deanery of Salisbury,'' and a letter 
 of Pope Alexander himself confirms Becket's cassation of the said ap- 
 pointment.' 
 
 ' Soc. Camden (Brakelond), p. 120. ' Stapleton's Rot. Normannise, i. chj. 
 
 ' Bot. Pip. 12 Hen. II. Hantonia. ■"■ °S. T. 0. Epistles, cxcLs, ccxiii. 
 
COUKTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 93 
 
 1166. 
 c. March 
 23-31 and 
 April. 
 
 April 9. 
 April 24. 
 
 c. April 24. 
 
 April 24. 
 May 3. 
 
 May 10. 
 (Tuesday) . 
 
 May 16, 
 (Monday). 
 
 May 17, 
 (Tuesday) . 
 
 June 1. 
 
 King Henry, on landing in Normandy, marclied forth- Maine. 
 with into Maine, where he reduced the two castles of Alen9on Aien^on. 
 and La-Roche-Mabile, held by William Talvas, Oomte of Eoohe.Mabiio. 
 Seez, John, his son, and John (son of Guy Oomte of Pon- 
 thieu), his, William's, grandson. These had been rebelling 
 against the authority of Queen Elianor, who had been left 
 Regent of Maine and other provinces in the previous 
 year.-^ 
 
 Sepulture of Waleran, Comte of Meulan. He was twin-brother of 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester, above mentioned, and both, having been born 
 in 1104, were now 62 years of age. Comte Waleran's successor was his 
 son Robert. 
 
 Pope Alexander, in a letter dated at Lateran, and addressed to the 
 Bishops, Abbots, etc., of all England, save the Bishopriclc of York, ap- 
 points Archbishop Thomas of Canterbury to be Legate of all England ex- 
 cept in the BisliopHck aforesaid.^ 
 
 Another Papal Letter, probably of the same date, is to Archbishop 
 Thomas himself; whom the Pope authorizes to deal justice on those who 
 had done violence to the possessions and goods of the Church of Canter- 
 hury. The Pope will not dictate anything about the King's person? 
 
 K. Henry kept the feast of Easter at Angers, and is said Angers, 
 to have had conference with K. Louis.* 
 
 Pope Alexander, at Lateran, addresses by letter the Bishop of London 
 and aU Bishops Suffragan of the See of Canterbury. They are to 
 compel restitution, under pain of anathema without appeal, by all those 
 who, under Koyal mandate, had accepted the Benefioes theretofore held 
 by Archbishop Thomas's Clerks. ^ 
 
 King Henry holds a Council at Le Mans. It is attended ^^ Mans. 
 by several Norman and French Bishops. They agree to a 
 five years' tax in aid of the Holy Land. 
 
 Pope Alexander, at Lateran, writes to Eotrode, Archbishop of Rouen. 
 He expatiates on Henry's mission to Wurtzburg (May, 1165). Arcli- 
 bishop Eotrode is ordered to teach K. Henry more respect for Rome, and 
 better treatment of Archbishop Thomas. If K. Henry persists, the Pope 
 will punish hints' 
 
 K. Henry holds another Council at Le Mans, on the same le Mans, 
 matters as the former one. 
 
 K. Henry holds a Council at Chinon, in Touraine. The chinon. 
 Norman Bishops of Seez and Liseux are despatched to 
 
 1 Cartas i. 598. Chrou. Nermann. 
 Albin, sub anno, 1165. 
 
 2 S. T. C. iv. 80. Epistle celxx. 
 2 S. T. 0. Epist. OCX., ocxxxix. 
 
 Cliron. St. ■* StubbSj referring to S. T. C. Epist. cxliv.,clxviii. 
 
 and (for the conference) to R. de Monte, p. 901. 
 5 S. T. C. Epist. celxxxj. 
 « S. T. 0. iv. 53, Epist. cclj. 
 
94 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAKY OP K. HENllY IF. 
 
 1166. 
 .Tuue 1. 
 
 June 10. 
 
 c. June 11. 
 
 17. 
 
 Pontiguy to lodge (with Becket) (notice of) an appeal to ohinon. 
 Rome against the measures taken (or threatened by) Arch- 
 bishop Becket. 
 
 (Ascension Day.) The notice of appeal will have amved at Pontigny 
 too late. On Ascension Day (June 2), Becket left Pontigny. When 
 Henry's messengers reached Pontigny, Becket was far away at Soissons, 
 paying his celebrated visit to the Shrine of St. Dransius. 
 
 At this time K. Henry was ill, and probably lay at 
 
 Chinon. Ohinon. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Chinon, is in favour of Robert, 
 Abbot of Malmesbury, and is singly attested by Master 
 Walter de Insula.^ 
 
 K. Henry is pui'posing to march into Bretagne against 
 the Vicomte of Porhoet and the Lord of Fougeres, who 
 were in rebellion against Conan le Petit, Duke of Bretagne, 
 K. Henry's ally.^ 
 
 (Wliit-Smiday.) Becket reaches Vezelay, a town on the river Cure, and 
 on the borders of Nivernois and Burgundy. From the pulpit of 
 Vezelay he uttered sentence of excommunication against the following 
 persons. — Against John of Oxford for communicating with tlie schisma- 
 tical and excommunicated Reginald of Cologne ; — for usurping the 
 Deanery of Salisbury in defiance of a Papal Mandate ; and for taking 
 ' that oath ' in the Court of the Emperor. 
 
 Agamst Richard of Ilchester, for his commerce with Keginald of Co- 
 logne, and the German Schismatics ; and for taking an oath in connection 
 with the Saxon wedding. 
 
 Against Hichard de Lucl and Joceline de JBaillol, for stimulating KinT 
 ITenry's tyranny, and fabricating the " heretical Customs.'' 
 
 A gainst Uadulf de Broc, Hugh de St. Clare, and Thomas fitz Ber- 
 nard, for usurping the goods and possessions of the Church of Canter- 
 bury. 
 
 One authority ■* adds Alan de Nevill to the list of the Vezelay excom- 
 municates. Another intimates that about the same tune Becket sus- 
 pended the Bishop of Salisbury (Joseeline de Bohun^)for instituting 
 John of Oxford into the above Deanery. 
 
 It is quite uncertain where K. Henry was when news of 
 Becket's procedure at Vezelay reached him. It seems im- 
 possible that he should as yet have set out for Bretagne, 
 
 ' Malmesbury Cliartulary No. 56. 
 
 " See S. T. C. iii.196. Kob. de Monte (Struve), 
 901 ; Diceto, 517 ; John Salisb. Epp. clxxvi. Chron. 
 St. Albin, sub anno, 1165. 
 
 3 Diceto, p. 539. 
 
 " Some authors have taken it for granted that 
 Joscehne de BaiUeul was identical with Joceline, 
 Bishop of Salisbury. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERA.EY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 95 
 
 116G. 
 J ime 16, 
 
 17. 
 
 . June 24. 
 
 June 28. 
 
 July 6. 
 July 7. 
 
 JiUy 12. 
 
 the nearest point of which would be more than 200 English (Ohinon?). 
 miles distant from Vezelay, whilst Chinon would be about 
 140. 
 
 The King despatched instant orders to England, and to 
 Richard de Luci, that the Anglican Bishops should appeal 
 to Rome against Becket's procedure. 
 
 On this the King set forward, we suppose, towards 
 Bretagne. Bretagne. 
 
 The Anglican Bishops now appeal to Kome, fixing May 18, 1167, as 
 the term of their appeal. It does not appear, however, that their appeal 
 of this date touched any of the sentences pronounced at Vezelay. The 
 present appeal was against Becket's having suspended the Bishop of Sal- 
 isbury without the counsel of his Suffragans, and because Becket had 
 threatened the King with a sentence (of excommunication).' Ralph de 
 Hospital took news of the Bishops' appeal to Rouen. Geoffrey Kidel, 
 Archdeacon of Canterbury, was at this juncture waiting in England for 
 the King's license to cross to Normandy.^ 
 
 {in exercitu), and four leagues 
 
 The King was on march 
 distant from Fougeres.^ 
 
 Council of English Bishops and Abbots at Northampton. 
 
 Pope Alexander, at Late'ran, certifies Archbishop Thomas and his 
 Siiffragans, that he, the Pope, has excommunicated Earl Hugh and 
 William de Vals. The Pope cancels the exchanges made by the Prior of 
 Fantuu with Earl Hugh.'' 
 
 The King and his army are before Fougeres. His pre- pougeres. 
 sence there, or thereabouts, on this and two following 
 days, is illustrated by a remarkable series of documents. — 
 The first is — 
 
 The Quitclaim {L' Abandon) made by Rualon de Geueccio 
 (perhaps Guaccio) to Robert, Abbot of Mont. St. Michael. 
 And then follow these words, — 
 
 Acta eat hcec Convencio assensu et con.silio domini Regis 
 Henrici Secundi,^ et actum (sic) p?(6/.tce in capitido Montis 
 
 ' • 2 S. T. C. iv. 196, vl. 185. Epist. (G. F.) 
 ccccxxxvi. This same date (June 24) is miatakenly 
 alleged as that on which K. Henry captured the 
 Castle of Fougeres. 
 
 3 S. T. C. iv. 196. 
 
 ■' This affair of the excommunication of Earl 
 Hugh became indisaolubly mixed up with the other 
 national questions which Avere at issue between the 
 Pope and K. Henry. As one writer (Lyttclton) 
 assumed Earl Hugh to have been the contemporary 
 Earl of Chester, much doubt and chronological 
 difficulty has been added to these other questions. 
 The root of the real story was this.— At Pentney 
 
 (Norfolk) was a House of Austin Canons, whose 
 I?rior, without consent of his Canons, alienated 
 certain possessions of his Chm'ch to Hugh Bigot, 
 Earl of NorMk, and to William de Vaux, by far 
 the greatest of tlie Earl's feudal tenants of Norfolk. 
 The Canons of Pentney complained hereof to the 
 Pope. The Pope admonislied Earl Hugh and 
 William de Vaux to restore such possessions. The 
 Earl and De Vaux refused. Hence the sentence of 
 excommunication given in the text. 
 
 * The style of Henricus Secundus, ratlier than 
 tliat of Henricus Filius Imperatricis, is unusual at 
 this early date. 
 
96 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINKEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1166. (the Chapter-House of Mont. St. Michael) 4'° ■icZws /mZm roogcres. 
 (July 12), anno Domini Incarnaeionis 1166, regni vero Glo- 
 riosissimi Regis Anglice ix° (it should be xii"). There 
 are witnesses — William de St. John, Gilbert de Camp', 
 Radulf de Potterel, Richard de Venno, Radulf de Hu- 
 meto, Hugh Bigot, and Richard Bosco (perhaps de Bosco)} 
 
 July 13. By a second Deed, K. Henry II. confirms the above and 
 
 another convention, between the same Abbot and Gervase 
 fi.tz Helias. The Witnesses of the King's Confirmation are 
 Richard (of Ilchester), Archdeacon of Poictiers ; Master 
 John Cumin ; Master Ralph de Tam ; Richard de Humet, 
 Constable ; Jordan Teissun ; William fitz Hamo ; Pulco 
 Paenell ; and William de St. John. This Deed is further- 
 more dated apud Fidgerias in exercitu. And is expressed to 
 be expedited {datum) per manum Magistri Stephani,^ iii " 
 idus Julii (July 13) 1166; regni vero Henrici gloriosissimi 
 Regis Anglice ix ° (It should be xii °). ^ 
 
 July It. ]3y ^ third Deed, K. Henry releases to the Abbot and 
 
 Convent of St. Michael " operacionem quain facere con- 
 sueverunt ad iurrim meani de Guavreio." The witnesses 
 are Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers ; Master John Cumin ; 
 WiUiam, Earl of Arundel ; Comte Eudo (a Breton Comte) ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Jordan Teissun ; Fulco 
 Paenell j William de St. John; and Geoffrey Monk (Le 
 Moyne). The words ' Apud Fidgerias' follow, and then 
 the date, viz., Datum per manus Magistri Stephani ij" idus 
 Julii (July 14), anno ah incarnacione Domini MCLXVI ; 
 prassidente universitati Gatholicai Ecclessice Alexandro Papa, 
 iii '° ; regnante vero gloriosissimo Rege Anglioi et Duce Nor- 
 mannioe et Aquitanice, et comite Andegavia^ , Henrico, anno ix " 
 (it should bexii"). 1 
 
 Fr. July 22. Becket pronounced a Commiiiation against King Henry, publicly and 
 
 in Church.' 
 
 Fougeres at length fell before the arms of Henry. It 
 afterwards appears that its defender and lord, Raoul de 
 Fougeres, gave hostages to Henry, including one of his 
 own daughters, in pledge of future fidelity. 
 
 ' Chartulary of Mont St. Micliael, (D'Anisy's church where this took place is not stated. We 
 
 Transcripts, ii. 291, 292). can only conjecture that it was the Conventual 
 
 2 The Stephen de Fulgeriis of other charters. Church of Pontigny, whither Becket retired after his 
 
 ' Gervase, p. 1400. See also S. T. C. iv. 195. The demonstration at Vezelay. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAET OF K. HENEY II. 97 
 
 1166. K. Henry now went to Eennes to take possession ofRennes. 
 
 v, August. Ti T r^ 
 
 JJuke Oonan s Dutcliy of Bretagne, which Conan had ceded 
 to Henry, under contract for a marriage eventually to be 
 solemnized between Geoffrey, Henry's third surviving son 
 (not yet eight years of age), and Constance, only child of 
 Conan. 1 
 
 It was now, surely, that Prince GeofFrey was summoned 
 from England to join his father in Bretagne. The Pipe- 
 Roll of the year aptly illustrates the situation, and gives 
 us the names of three officers who would seem to have been 
 in charge of such of the Royal family as were left in 
 England. 
 
 Hampshiee. M in corredio Gaufridi filii Regis in trans- 
 fretatione sua £25 jier Ailwardum camerarium et per testi- 
 monium Joscclini de Baillol et WilleJm,i filii Johannis. Et 
 eidem Gaufiido filio Regis et hominihus ejus £25. 8s. 4>d. ad 
 pannos et equos per Alanum de Necill. Et ad cunducenda 
 Regalia filii Regis in Normanniain, 8s. 
 
 Southampton. Et in passagio Domini Gaufridi filii Regis, 
 EsnecccB et duahus aliis navihus £10. 
 Aug. Sept. K. Henry at this period visited, but we know not in 
 
 what order, the several Breton towns of Redon, — Eedon 
 
 Of Combort, and of— Combour. 
 
 Dol.i _ Dol. 
 
 The King also visited Mont St. Michael, and it was there Montst. Michael, 
 probably that he was sought by William, King of Scots, 
 by Ninian, King of the Western Isles, and by the Bishop 
 of Man. The Bishop, it seems, had been sent onward to 
 the King's Court by the Empress Matilda, then in Nor- 
 mandy.^ 
 
 King Henry received the homage of the Bretons at xhouara. 
 Thouars.^ 
 
 August 15. Meanwhile, ' the Archdeacon ' {i.e. Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury), whom in 
 the end of June we have seen waiting in England for the King's license to cross to Normandy, having 
 so crossed lodged, on August 15th, an appeal (the object of which is not specified) before the Archbishop 
 of Rouen and others. The Archdeacon undertook at the same time to send an emissary to Becket 
 (stUl at Pontigny) on the subject.^ 
 
 August 25. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, confirms Comte Philip's (of Flanders) marriage with 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the Comte of Peronne.' 
 
 ' Chron. Normann. pp. 1000, 1001. King to have been the locality intended by the Chronicle, 
 Henry's alleged visit to Jumieges at this period is = S. T. C. iv. 185. Epist. cccxliv. 
 
 inexplicable. Professor Stubbs understands Genest ' S. T. C. iv. 146. 
 
 13 
 
98 COUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1166. August 31. Probable date of the death of Robert, Bishop of Bath.' 
 
 Notices of the Queen and of Prince Henry during 
 the fiscal year ending Michaelmas, 1166, are as follows. — 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1165, Queen Eleanor had been left Regent of Maine and Aujou four months pre- 
 viously. 
 
 On October, 1165, being at Angers, she gave birth to the Princess Johanna. In March, 1166, she 
 joined tlie King, then coming over from England. 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1186, she was probably still resident at Angers with five of her children, viz., Richard, 
 Matilda, Geoffrey, Eleanor, and Johanna. 
 
 Peinoe Henry, from Michaelmas, 1165, to Michaelmas, 1166, was continuously resident in Eng- 
 land. The Pipe- Rolls will furnish the cost of his separate estabhshment, and the personnel of his suite, 
 and will pcrliaps suggest that he was resident cliiefly at Clarendon, Sherborne, or Winchester. — 
 
 WiLTSHiKE. Et in corredio Henrici filii Regis £58 per breve Regis. Et in corredio ejusdem £30 
 2yer Willm fil. Johannis per hreve ipsius Willielmi. 
 
 DOESETSHIRB AHD SoMEESETSHiBE. Bt in corredio Henrici filii Regis £56. 9s. 5d. per breve Regis, 
 per Willm filium Johannis, 
 
 HAMPsniEE. Ei in corredio Henrici filii Regis £130 per Willm filium Johannis de qidbus idem Wills 
 reddidit compotum. Etin corredio ejusdem filii Regis £,h2i. is. 2fJ. per Willm fil. Johannis de quibus idem 
 Wills debet reddere compotum. 
 
 London aku Middlesex. Et pro pannis ad ojjus Henrici filii Regis £16. lis. lOd. 
 
 Courts of Law and Justice. 
 
 Prom the year 1159 to the year 1165, the Pipe-Rolls supply us with scant evidence as to the persons 
 who administered the Law or fulfilled other quasi-judicial functions in the provinces. 
 
 The " Assize of Clarendon," in February, 1166, was probably followed by a great exercitation of its 
 powers in the County where it originated. The following extracts from the Pipe-Roll of the ensuing 
 Michaelmas bear upon the point. — 
 
 London and Middlesex. The Sheriffs charge — " Pro custamento Probatorum et pro conducendis 
 illis ad Clarendon 48 sol. 
 
 Sueeey. The Sheriff charges — Et in custamento probatorum Regis et pro conducendis illis ad Sarum 
 5 sol. 
 
 An extract from the Wiltshire Pipe-Roll will show still more forcibly how active had been the adminis- 
 tration of criminal law during the previous six months. The Sheriff charges — Et pro polis parandis 
 ad Juisium latronum 5s. Et vresbiteHs pro benedicendis eisdem polis 20s. Et pro scutis probatorum 
 et armaturis 7s. Et pro cnstodiu probatorum 2%s. 5d. Et pro ipsis conducendis 2os. Sd. Et pro re- 
 paracio'iie gaiolcB de Sarum 5s. lOd. Et pro una gaioldfaciendd apud Malmesburiam 27s. 9d. 
 
 Further, in the year ending Michaelmas, 1166, it is clear tliat nearly every county in England was 
 formally visited by Justices-in-Eyre. Whatever of their duties resulted in fiscal gain to the Crown, 
 was entered by the Sheriff of each County under the head of Nova Placita et Novce Convention's. In 
 about twentj'-one Counties (of the north, the east, the south-east, and the centre),- it appears that Earl 
 
 ' This Prelate's death is usually (Annals of for maintaining this and other Vacancies we may be 
 
 Purton, Annals of Winton) said to have taken sure that the vacancy commenced earher than Au- 
 
 place Aug. 31, 1165. But about February, 1166, gust 31, 1167. 
 
 we have him making a return, personally, of the The only resource in such cases is to abide by the 
 
 Peodary of his See (Lib. Nig. i. 86), and on March recorded day of Obit. (August 31), and to discover 
 
 14', 1166, we have him actively and otherwise em- for ourselves the year which most consists with the 
 
 ployed (Ecclesiastical Documents, p. 41, Camden general phenomena of the case. That year in this 
 
 Soc.). The earhost account of the Revenues of the instance is the year 1166. 
 
 vacant See is on the Pipe-RoUof Michaelmas, 1168, The date is the more important as being part of 
 but it is Be anno prceterito, that is, of Revenues the collateral evidence in investigating the date of 
 which had accrued previous to Michaelmas, 1167. the returns embodied in the Liber Niger. 
 The receipts (only £6. 16.s. Sd.) would, per se, - Viz., the Counties of Northumberland, Cumber- 
 suggest tliat tlie Prelate's death took place on Au- land, York , — Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, 
 gust 31, 1167. But it is possible that a whole year's Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Herts, Cambridge, Hunting- 
 account is missing in the Pipe-Rolls ; .and when we don, Bucks, Bedford, Northampton, Warwick, 
 find the Pope, on Out. 9, 1167, censuring K. Henry Leicester, Nottingliam, Derby, and Stafford. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AIJD ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 99 
 
 Geoffrey of Essex, and Richard de Luci were the Justices, by both or one of whom these Pleas were 
 
 held. At Carlisle, and at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eichard de Luci seems to have olRciated singly. The 
 Justices who visited the Counties of tliB west, south-west, and south, are not named. 
 
 In the same year very many counties were visited by Alan de Nevill, as Justice of the Forest. The 
 
 fiscal results of his iter are in some instances entered on the Pipe-Roll as — Nova PlacUa et Wovm 
 Conventiones per Alanum de Nevill. 
 
 1106. MICHAELMAS, 1166, TO MICHAELMAS, 1167. 
 
 Sep. 30. The King- probably in Brefcagne. (Bretagne). 
 
 Sun. Oct. 2. Peter, Archbishop of Bourges, consecrating the Church of Grammont, 
 
 is attended by Bishops Gerald of Limoges, Gerald of Cahors (Cattircensis) , 
 
 and Roger (usually written Froger) of Scez.' 
 Oct. In this month, and again in May and in October, 11G7, we find 
 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester, acting as Grand Justiciar or Viceroy in 
 
 England." 
 Oct. 21. GeolTrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, died at Chester whilst associated 
 
 with Richard de Luci in operations against Wales. ^ 
 
 The English refortifying Basingwerk, in Flintshire, are attacked by the 
 
 Welsh, and suffer loss. 
 
 King Henry is at Caen. To this occasion belongs the Cacn. 
 story of the maniacal fury exhibited by Henry against the 
 Constable, De Humez, whom the King denounced as a 
 Traitor, because in negotiations then current, De Humez 
 had testified to the deserts of William, King of Scots.* 
 
 The next day, at Caen, " in a meadow near the Chapel," 
 the King prevented some Templars from saluting Richard 
 of Ilchester (Archdeacon of Poitiers), because the latter was 
 under sentence of excommunication. 
 <;. Oct. 31. About this time died Robert de Chesney, Bishop of Lincoln.* 
 
 1 Rerum Gallic. Scriptores, xii. 441. 26, 1167. Other anthorities say January 8, 1167. 
 
 ^ M. Paris, i. 107, Diceto (corrected), p. 547. Professor Stubbs, in a note to his Itinerary of 
 
 ^ This Earl's death is variously reported by Henry II. (Appendix to Benedict of Peterborough, 
 
 Monastic Writers as on Oct. 21, 1165, and Oct. p. cxxxvi.), shows that a Report of the Bishop's 
 
 21,1167 (see Monastieon, iv. 140, and iv. 143). It death, premature or not, had reached Normandy 
 
 took place on October 21, of the intermediate year, before November 30, 1166. Such report was not 
 
 1166. This new date is supported by some indirect premature, for the Lincolnshire Pipe-Roll of 1167 
 
 evidence, such as his letter written to K. Henry in sliows that the Bishop died during the term which 
 
 February or March, 1166 (Liber Niger, i. 228), expired at Christmas, 1166, which neutralises the 
 
 and the fact tliat the Earl's death was known in statements of Diceto and the other Chroniclers, 
 
 Normandy in November of the same year. The and leaves us no alternative bnt to accept the date 
 
 date is further supported by the solid testimony of suggested by Professor Stubbs' note, 
 
 the Pipe-Rolls ; which show Earl Geoffrey as But, in further limitation of tlie date, ' before 
 
 receivin"' the Tercium Denarium of Essex up to Nov. 30, 1166,' we observe that the death of 
 
 Michaelmas 1166, and Earl WiUiam, his successor, Geoffrey, Earl of Essex, which took place (as above 
 
 as receiving' the same at Michaelmas, 1167. The proved) on Oct. 21, 1166, was reported in Normandy 
 
 date is most important. by the same channel, and at the same time, as that 
 
 ■• S T C iv 260 For the story of the King's of the Bishop of Lincoln. Probably then the 
 
 demeanor, see Lyttelton, u. 494-5. latter event took place late in Oi;tober.- 
 
 5 Diceto'e date for this Prelate's death is January Ihe entry on the Pipe-Roll ot Michnelmas, 1107 , 
 
100 
 
 COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 c-.Nov. 1 
 
 nee^. The King at Toques refuses the Bishop of Liseux' Tonqaes. 
 
 (Arnulf s) petition to quit Normandy on account of his 
 debts.i 
 ^o"- The King goes to Rouen, and while there arrests a Papal Rouen, 
 
 letter-carrier, a boy, it seems, who being put to torture, 
 confessed that the letters which he brought were handed to 
 him by ' Master Herbert.' Master Herbert escaped arrest. 
 The Empress-mother demanded the release of the messenger, 
 which K. Henry refused.^ 
 
 It would seem that on this occasion Henry had an inter- 
 view, near Rouen, with Philip, Comte of Flanders, and 
 promised an annuity of £1000 to Matthew, Comte of 
 Boulogne.-' 
 
 King Henry ' returns ' to Rouen (apparently after his 
 conference with Flanders), and has an interview with 
 Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen, and Arnulf, Bishop of 
 Liseux. They reprove him for arresting the Papal letter- 
 carrier, and for his wrath against Master Walter ^ (Geoffrey 
 Ridel's clerk), who had failed to arrest the bearer (perhaps 
 Master Herbert) of certain letters of Becket. The Arch- 
 bishop of Rouen explains to Henry the purport of letters 
 received by himself from the Pope. The King replies that 
 he fears no threats.^ 
 
 Reginald, clerk of the Dean of Tours, speaks in support 
 of Rome, whereat Henry sneers.^ 
 
 K. Henry returns to Caen, where he presents the Bishop Caen 
 of Liseux with 60 merks. Alfred, a clerk of the Bishop of 
 Hereford (Robert de Melun), arrives at court and asks the 
 King's leave for the Bishop and Sir Roger {Bominus Ro- 
 gerius) to cross the Channel in obedience to a summons of 
 Archbishop Thomas. The King says that they need not 
 obey such a summons, an appeal being open to them ; but 
 that if they do obey, they will not be allowed to return to 
 England.^ 
 
 There is a Charter of Confirmation to the Abbot of Mont 
 St. Michel, granted by K. Henry II., and dated (according 
 to the Transcript) Apud Kadun' . It undoubtedly passed 
 in Normandy and probably at Caen [Apud Kadomum). If 
 
 which bears upon this curious question, should be Tliis, of course, does not determine how long 
 
 given. It is as follows. — previous to December 25, 1166, the Bishop died. 
 
 Episcopatus Lincolni^. Ricardm Archidia- ' S. T. C. iv. 261, 262. Epist. ccclxxviii. 
 
 conus PictavicB et Uicardus de Ameri, custodes, ^ " Master Walter " was clearly " Keeper of the 
 
 reddunt compoium de £699. 9i. 2d. defirmis maner- Seal " on behalf of Geoffrey Bidel, then Vioe-Chan- 
 
 iorum et redditihus ArcJndiaconaiuum ah eo ter- cellor. The King in his rage took the seal from 
 
 mino quo liobertus Episcopus mortuus fuit, scilicet Master Walter (S. T. C. iv. 185), but afterwards 
 
 a Natali Domini (Dec. 25^ 1166) usque adjestmn restored it to " the Archdeacon " (of Canterbury, 
 
 Sa^icti Michaelis (Sept. 29, 1167).— that is) (S. T. C. iv. 261). 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENEY II. 101 
 
 1166. SO, we can assign it to no period but the present. It is 
 attested by Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Richard, 
 Archdeacon of Poitiers ; Gilo, Archdeacon of Rouen ; 
 Waleran, Archdeacon of Bayeux ; Glarembald, Abbot of 
 St. Augustine^s, Canterbury ; Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; 
 Richard de Luci ; WiUiam Malet ; and Bertram de 
 Verdon.i 
 
 Eichard de Luci's presence in Normandy at this time is a surprise, but 
 hardly a difficulty. News about him had reached Rouen, from England, 
 not indeed that he had crossed the channel, but that he had taken the 
 cross and was proposing to go to Jerusalem." 
 
 Here then we come to a letter written, evidently at Kouen, by Nicholas 
 de Monte, to Archbishop Becket. This letter tells (as abore) about the 
 deaths of Earl Geoffrey and the Bishop of Lincoln, about Richard de 
 Luci, and about the affair of Basrngwerk, all which was English news. 
 The Rouen news was about K. Henry's conduct in regard to the Great 
 Seal, and about the Papal letter-carrier, still detained in prison. The 
 letter says that the Archbishop of Rouen and his Suffragans had not as 
 yet openly convened King Henry in obedience to a Papal Mandate, (en- 
 joining such a measure). It also says that a Master of a hospital 
 (Magister infirmorum) from Canterbury had reported in Rouen, how 
 that the Bishop of London had paid all his receipts of income belonging 
 to Becket's clerks into the King's Treasury, and how the Prior of 
 (Christ Church) Canterbury had imprisoned a monk for declaring in 
 favour of Archbishop Thomas.^ 
 
 The letter adds that King Henry was expected to be in 
 Rouen on November 30. 
 
 Not. 11. On this day Archbishop Becket quitted Pontigny, going, it would 
 
 seem, first to Soissons, and then, under the auspices of Louis VII. of 
 France, taking up his abode at St. Columba, near to Sens.' 
 
 This move of Becket was consequent upon a threat dealt by Henry 
 against the Cistercian Order, of which Pontigny was a member, viz., 
 that if that Abbey continued to harbour Becket, Henry would confiscate 
 the possessions of every Cistercian house in England. 
 
 Nov. 18. King Henry, now at Tours, holds conference with Theo- Tours, 
 
 bald, Comte of Blois, to whom he promises a pension of 
 £500 per annum.* 
 
 It was clearly while the King was at Tours that a monk 
 of Abingdon came to the Court to complain of a wrong 
 done to his house by Turstin fitz Simon. The King's writ, 
 dated at Tours, orders the Sheriff of Berkshire to do right 
 to the Abbey in the matter of immediate complaint (a 
 wrongful seizure of tithes), and likewise enjoins that ' when 
 Turstin fitz Simon shall have returned to England, further 
 
 1 D'Anisv's Transcripts, ii. 5289. ^ Gervase of Canterbury, 14fll. Diceto. 
 
 2 S. T? C iv. 185, Bpist. cccxliv. " S. T. C. iv. 185, 262. Carte, vol. i. p. 599. 
 
102 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1166. process should be taken as to certain land which Tiirstin 
 
 f. Nov. ^ 
 
 fitz Simon held (the Abbot said, wrongfully) under the 
 Abbey.' i— 
 
 This writ and its exact date are of much chronological 
 importance, seeing that it is attested, singly, by " Master 
 John de Oxenford " (now, it seems, no longer entitling 
 himself " Dean of Sarum " ) . 
 
 At this very juncture and within a few days of each other 
 K. Henry despatched two distinct missions to the Court of 
 Rome. One Envoy was John of Oxford himself. The 
 other embassy was conducted by John Gamin and Master 
 Ralph de Tamworth. Its specific object is nowhere declared, 
 but it was strongly antagonistic to Becket and was pro- 
 bably suggested by Becket's having put himself under the 
 protection of Louis. The Pope, though he nowhere 
 censures Becket directly for this step, blamed the Abbot 
 of Pontigny and the Cistercian Order generally for their 
 conduct in the matter, and (as will appear in due course) 
 became much more tolerant of K. Henry's animosity 
 towards Becket. 
 
 Not. 20. King Henry is now at Chinon (in Touraine).^ He chinon. 
 
 holds conference with the Barons of Poitou, whom, says 
 our authority, the King found the more tractable in 
 that he had dealt first with their ally, the Comte of 
 Blois. 
 
 Nov. 30. This was the day on which it was previously expected (Eouen.) 
 
 that the King would be in Rouen. 
 
 Dec. 1. Pope Alexander, dating from Lateran, apprises the Anglican Bishops 
 
 that he has received their appeal, and will send Legates-a-latere " to hear 
 and to decide." ■* J. 
 
 Deo. 7. The King (if our authority/ be strictly correct) was 
 
 still expected at Rouen, and (again) for a conference 
 with Flanders, and to promise an annuity to the Comte 
 of Boulogne. At such a conference, whatever its date, the 
 King gave to Comte Matthew of Boulogne a pension of 
 £1000 per annum in lieu of his claim (as husband of King 
 
 ^ Hist. Abendon ii. 225. Turstin Fitz Simon, of directions, advised the King of impending interdicts 
 whom we shall hear again, appears in the Feodary if enjoined by the Pope, and tcld the King that 
 of February, 1166, as holding half a knight's fee such injunctions would be obeyed by the Arch- 
 under the Abbey (Lib. Nig. i. 182). bishop himself (S. T. C. Epistle xcvii). 
 
 - " Much more tolerant," we say ; for the Arch- ' S. T. C. iv. 263, 185. 
 
 bishop of Kouen had previous to this, and by Papal * S. X. C. iv. 77. Epist. cclxviii. 
 
CODET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAKY OP E. HENKY II. 1^3 
 
 1166 Stephen^s eldest daughter) to the Comte of Moretain in (Eouen). 
 Normandy. 
 
 Deo. 10. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, directs the clerks (Canons) of Bangor to 
 
 elect a Bisliop after consulting Archbishop Thomas, and to present the 
 " Elect " for the said Archbishop's approval. Alexander abolishes the 
 hereditary Archdeaconry (of Bangor).' 
 
 jj^j, j5 Cumin and Tamworth, Henry's envoys to Rome, reaching Viterbo, 
 
 seize certain letters of Becltet from the person of his messenger, and also 
 a letter of the Archbishop of Bourges.^ 
 
 About this time the Pope absolved John of Oxford in person. The 
 latter is said to have gained that end by abjuring "the customs,'' and 
 by promising to procure peace between Henry and Becket.^ 
 Dec. 30. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, writes to K. Heni-y. Tlie Pope has con- 
 
 ( ues ay). ferred with the King's messengers, John Cummin and Master Ralph de 
 
 Tamwortli. The Pope will attend to Henry's wishes ; — will send Legates- 
 a-latere to adjudicate between the King and the Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, and between the latter and the Anglican Bishops in the matter of 
 their appeal to Rome. The Legates, being ordered to set out before 
 Christmas, will be able to do so in January. They will absolve. The 
 Pope entrusts confidentially to Henry a power of quashing future sen- 
 tences of Becket. The Pope has written to Becket, forbidding further 
 molestation of Henry.'' 
 
 Cumin, while at Rome, got sight of Becket's letters relative to his 
 sentences of excommunication, and his threats against K. Henry .^ 
 
 King Henry had other business with the Papal Courts 
 relative to a dispensation to be obtained in regard to the 
 projected marriage of his son Geoffrey and Constance of 
 Bretagne." This business seems to have been successfully 
 negotiated with Alexander by John of Oxford.''' 
 
 jj 24. Queen Elianor, now in England, gave birth to Prince John, at Oxford.^ 
 
 King Henry kept Christmas at Poitiers, where he is poictiers. 
 joined by Prince Henry, coming from England.^ 
 
 Deo. 25. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 91. Epist. cclxxvii. from Margaret, sister of Edgar Atheling ; that is, 
 
 - S. T. C. vi. 233. they were cousins in the third degree. 
 
 3 S. T. C. vi. 252. Epist. Q-. E. cecclxvi. ' And it will have been the success of John of 
 
 ■* MS. Cotton Claudius, B. 2. fo. 142. S. T. C. Oxford's diplomacy, and his consequent boasts about 
 
 iv. 136. Epist. cccix. it that were subsequently alluded to in the Canter- 
 
 5 8. T. C. vi. 253. bury letters as being calculated to create dissatisfac- 
 
 ^ There was consanguinity between the two chil- tion and annoyance to Louis and the French. His 
 
 dren. Geoffrey was third in descent, and Constance own absolution and recovery of the Deanery of Sahs- 
 
 was fourth in descent, fi-om K. Henry I. Tliough bury can have been no concern of Louis ; but Louis 
 
 the daughter of Henry I., through whom Constance's will naturally have viewed with apprehension and 
 
 consanguinity arose, was illegitimate, that, we be- dismay the possible coalition, and feudal combina- 
 
 lieve, would not affect such questions. tion of Bretagne, with those other powerful Fiefs, 
 
 It is curious, and perhaps that was the point Normandy, Aquitaine, Anjou, Touraiue, etc., which 
 
 raised, that the two parties, Ueoffrey and Constance, owed allegiance to France, 
 
 were 'of consanguinity in another and perfectly ' Matthew of Westminster. Carte. 
 
 legitinJate way. Each of them was fourth in descent ' Chron. Nermann, p. 1001. 
 
104 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1166. Some entries on the Pipe-Eoll of 1167 wiU show Prince Henry's residence in England after 
 Michaelmas, 1166, and the circumstance of his transfretation. 
 
 London and Middlesex. {De veteri firmd). Fro paimis Senricifilii Regis m. Ihs. Sd. per breve 
 Comitis Lec/ecestria per Edioardum Bhinihim et Ailward Camerarmm. 
 
 Wiltshire. In corredio Henrici filii Regis £,2,0 per breue Comitis Legecestriee. 
 
 Devonshire. Regina £100,i et Willo filio Johannis 76*. ad acc[uietanda corredia Henrici filii Regis 
 per breve Comitis Legeceslrim. 
 
 WiNcnESTEK. {De veteri firmii). In corredio Benrici filii Regis £71. lis. S^?. numero pro £68. Ss. 
 6(^., blancis ^ per breve Comitis Legecestri<B . 
 
 Southampton. In liberacione Esneccce quando filius Regis transfretavit £7. Os. \0d. M pro 6 
 navibus qucB trausfretaverunt cum ipso £8. 15s. per breve Regis. 
 
 In the above year died William, King of Sicily.^ 
 
 A.D. 1167. 
 
 Jan. 1. K. Henry, leaving Poitiers soon after Christmas, goes Guienne. 
 
 into Guienne. 
 
 Jan. 1. John Cumin and Ealph de Tamworth leave Rome. 
 
 John of Oxford, having been restored by the Pope to the Deanery of Salisbury, will have left Rome 
 in December, and will have had an interview with K. Henry, if in January, by following the King into 
 Guienne. Returning theuce, and charged with a mission to England, he seems to liave passed through 
 Poitiers. John, Bishop of Poitiers notices his passage to England in a letter to Becket, and says that his 
 object there is to collect evidence against Beoket.'' 
 
 Landing at Southampton, John of Oxford finds the Bishop of Hereford waiting there with the intention 
 of crossing to visit Becket in France,* which it would seem was now abandoned. John of Oxford then 
 has an interview with the Bishop of Loudon at Winchester. 
 
 Jan. 25. Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, celebrates High Mass at St. Paul's Church on the feast of 
 the Conversion of St. Paid. While officiating, he is served with letters from Becket, asserting the legatine 
 powers vested in Becket by the Pope, and enjoining on all the Suffragan Bishops of Eugland, that the 
 deprived Clergy be reinstated. 
 
 Jan. 28. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, writes to the Anglican Bishops. They are not to intrude on 
 the rights, dignities, or liberties of Canterbury without the Archbishop's consent, nor in virtue of their 
 Appeal to the Pope now pending.^ 
 
 Jan. 29. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, to Archbishop Thomas. He is to admonish the Clergy of 
 Bangor that they elect a Bishop within two months after receipt of the Papal mandate. In their default 
 the Archbishop is to nominate a Bishop in three months after receipt of this letter.' 
 
 Jan. 30. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, to Henry, Archbishop of Rheims : — commends and encourages 
 the Archbishop's patronage of Becket.^ 
 
 ^ The Queen had undoubtedly returned to Eng- the process of dealbation. 
 
 land before Prince Henry left for Poitiers ; but this ^ Chron. Nermann, p. 1000. 
 
 payment to her by the Sheriff of Devon was not (as '' S. T. C. vi. 253. 
 
 it would seem from the enti-y on the Pipe-Roll) on * S. T. C. iii. 215., The Bishop of Hereford had 
 
 account of the Prince. It was a constituted charge been cited by Becket, and the citation was for 
 
 in her favour on the Revenues of the County of Feb. 2. 
 
 Devon. "^ S. T. C. iv. 76. Ep. cclxvii. 
 
 ^ This entry shows that the blanch money of the ^ S. T. C. iv. 36. Ep. ccxxxij. 
 
 period was represented by as much current coin, ^ S. T. C. iv. 52. Ep. ccl. Note, that Henry, 
 
 with about 5 per cent, added, for the weight lost in Archbishop of Rheims was brother of Louis VII. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 106 
 
 Feb. 1. 1167. John Cumin and Ealph de Tamworth, returning from Eome, reach Toura, and on 
 Feb. 2nd, they arc apparently at Poitiers, for on that day they have an interview with Jolin, Bishop of 
 Poitiers. The Bishop could get nothing out of them, but from one of their Clerks he learnt of the promised 
 Legation of William of Pavia and Otho ; also that Cumin and Tamworth denounced John of Oxford's 
 negotiations at Rome as traitorous to K. Henry in that they promised reconciliation between the King 
 and Becket.' (It seems clear that Cumin and Tamworth thus passing from Tours to Poicticrs were en 
 route to Henry's Court further south). 
 
 Feb. 9. Pope Alexander, at Lateran, to the Canons, Clergy and people of Bangor ; — Reiterates his 
 precept to elect a Bishop and to present the Elect to Archbishop Thomas for Consecration." 
 
 Sun. Feb.26. King Henry's Commissioners come to Souterraine, Gascogno. 
 apparently about the recent rebellion of William IV. (sur- 
 named Sector Ferri), Comte of Angouleme, Adelbert IV., 
 Comte of Marche, and Eobert de Selit.^ 
 
 Feb. 27. Robert de Melun, Bishop of Hereford, died. 
 
 At Michaelmas following, John Cumin answers as Custos for the 
 Revenues of the vacant See arising in three quarters of the year. Out of 
 the same he had paid the Dean of Hereford 50 shillings for " celebrating 
 the late Bishop's funeral." ■* 
 
 March. Ill Lent (that is between Feb. 22 and April 9), K. Henry jiont de Mars™, 
 
 confers with the Comte of St. Geours {Sancti Egidii) at ^'•' ^"^"""^^ ■ 
 Mont de Marsan {Magnum Montem) . 
 
 u. March. Bccket writes to John of Canterbury, his Clerk at the Papal Court.' — 
 
 He complains of the Pope's alleged concessions to Henry, as reported 
 by John of Oxford. He mentions the return to England of John of 
 Oxford, and of the other King's messengers (meaning Cumin and Tam- 
 worth), from the Papal Court and what they give out. He also mentions 
 John of Oxford's passage to England and his interview with the Bishops 
 of Hereford and London.' He also deprecates the Pope's reported 
 appointment of his, (Becket's), personal enemy, William of Pavia, to be 
 Legate to Henry. 
 
 c.^ March 20- ]^_ Henry sent ambassadors to Eome, wo do not find for cascogne. 
 • what purpose or with what diplomatic result. Some of 
 them reached their destination by buying safe-conduct from 
 the Senate for £20. These were back at Bologna and on 
 their way to France on Sunday, May 21. Two others, viz. 
 Roger, Bishop of Worcester, and Reginald, Archdeacon of 
 Salisbury, would not trust Senatorial faith, and are presumed 
 to have turned home again much sooner. Robert de New- 
 burgh, whether one of those who reached Rome or not, took 
 
 ' S. T. C. vi. 251. Bp. Or. P. cccclxvi. prisoned by K. Henry, and died of starvation. 
 
 2 S. T. C. iv. 90. Ep. cclxxvi. ■• Mag. Rot. Pip. 13 Hen. IL Herefordsh. 
 
 3 Rerum Gall. Script, xii. 442. Geoffrey, of ' S. T. C. iii. 214. Ep. xc. Bccket, now at 
 Vigeois was at Souterraine at the time. He tells Sens, had evidently not heard of the Bishop of 
 how Robert de Selit, afterwards captured, was im- Hereford's death. 
 
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106 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 C.April. *^6 opportunity of being in Italy, to pass on to Sicily, Gascogne. 
 purposing a visit to the King of Sicily and to his own 
 relations (parentes) .^ 
 
 c. April 15. Soon after Easter (April 9), K. Henry leads an army into Auvorgne. 
 Auvergue, a province which Comte William of Auvergne 
 held under Henry as Duke of Guieune, or Comte of Poitou. 
 But William had recently, in a domestic dispute, invoked 
 the King of France as his Suzerain and ally. Henry's 
 attack on Auvergne provoked Louis VII. to an attack on 
 Normandy; and the French King devoted four days to 
 pillage in the Vexin frontier. 
 
 April 22. Pope Alexander, at Lateraii, writes to Archbishop Thomas. — The Pope has authorised the 
 Bishops of Winchester and Worcester to absolve Earl Hugh (of Norfolk), taking security that within 40 
 days the Earl restore to the Canons of Pentuey what he had deprived them of {ahlata). In case of the 
 Earl's default, the said Bishops are to re-sent«nce him. If the Bishops faQ to do so, then after 30 days 
 added to the 40, the Archbishop is to re-sentence the Earl. If however the Earl repent within the said 30 
 days, then Becket is to provide for his absolution. If the Earl continue impenitent for a year after his 
 original sentence (7th July, 1166), Becket is to lay all his lands under an interdict.^ 
 
 April 23. Pope Alexander to the same. " The instant second Sunday after Easter lapsing, and 
 Joceline, Bishop of Sarum, not appearing to his Appeal (terminating on tliat day), the Pope confirms 
 Bccket's sentence of interdict (the suspension circa June, 1166) on the said Bishop, and leaves him to 
 Becket's discretion saiis appeal.^ 
 
 c. May. K. Henry marches from Auvergne into Normandy to 
 
 confront Louis. Normandy. 
 
 u. May 1. The Cardinal Legates, Wilham of Pavia and Otho leave Rome for Prance, but being 
 delayed on their journey, do not seem to have accomplished it under five months. 
 
 May 7. The Pope, at Lateran, sends amended instructions after the Legates. The Pope has heard 
 conflicting rumours about the conduct of John, Dean of Salisbury, and how John Cumin had shown 
 the Pope's rescripts to Guy of Crema (the Anti-Pope). The Pope has received complaints from Arch- 
 bishop Thomas and from K. Louis.'' 
 
 May 18. Simon, dedicated Abbot of St. Alban's by Gilbert, Bishop of London, in presence of Eobert, 
 Earl of Leicester. On the same day expired the term of the English Bishop's appeal to the Popj. 
 
 May 21. The Abbot of Clairvaux at Piacenza on his way to Home, to report to the Pope about the 
 treaty and peace recently concluded between K. Louis and the Emperor.* 
 
 June 4. K. Henry and Louis VII. confer in the Vexin.^ They 
 
 come to no terms, and prepare for a further campaign. TheVeiin. 
 
 Louis burns several villages of the Norman border between Mantes 
 and Pacey. 
 
 ' S. T. C. vi. 332. Epist. dxx. It is possible that Bishop. The AngHcan Bishops also failed in due 
 
 these Ambassadors had charge of the Anglican appearance, but they and their clients were not im- 
 
 Bishops' Appeal to the Pope, the term of which mediately re-sentenced, 
 
 was to expire on May 18. The Archdeacon of ^ S. T. C. iv. 23. Ep. ccxxi. 
 
 Salisbury with equal probability was specially ^ S. T. C. iv. 13. Ep. coxii. 
 
 charged with the Appeal of his father, Bishop •* S. T. C. vi. 54. Epist. cccxxxi. 
 
 Josceline, vphich expired on April 23, when, no one ^ S. T. C. vi. 332. 
 
 appearing thereto, the Pope re-sentenced the said ° Chron. Nonnann. p. 1101, 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 107 
 
 The Veiiii. 
 
 C.July!' ^- Hemy burns the castle of Cliaumont, where the French chaumont (in the 
 
 had their military chest and stores.^ 
 
 Louis burns the town of Andely (on the Seine), belonging to the See of Rouen. 
 
 The following extracts from the contemporary Pipe-Roll will serve to illustrate 
 the above account of Henry's campaign. — 
 
 Gloucestershire. Fro duolms tonellis, plenis sagiitis et ingaignis, missis ultra 
 mare 116s. |je?- hreve Regis. 
 
 Southampton. JSt in liheracione osncccce quando transfretavit cuin Willo Male- 
 docto Gamerario^ et thesauro LG. 10.9. Bt iiro trihiis navibus et apparatu eorum, 
 scih undqudque centum hominibus armutU ad conduceiidum thosaurum in 
 Normanniam £27 per breve Regis. 
 
 During the month of July, Pope Alexander III. retired from Rome to Beneventum. 
 
 August. ^ ^j,^Qg^ ^Q endure till Easter (March 31, 1168), is con- 
 
 cluded between Henry and Louis. 
 
 It was now doubtless that K. Henry visited Rouen and 
 his mother, the Empress. In conjunction with her, the 
 King expedites a charter to the Abbey of Valasia, or St. 
 Mary de Vote, at Clierbourg. The charter is dated at 
 Rouen, and certifies the King's and his mother's joint 
 foundation of the said Abbey .^ 
 
 The witnesses are : — R. (Rotroc) Abp of Rouen ; A. 
 (Arnulf) Bp of Liseuxj E. (Bgidius) Bp of Evreux; Earl 
 William de Mandeville ; A. (Amalrio) Comte of Evreux ; 
 Nicholas de Stoteville ; Hugh de Longchamp ; Reginald 
 de Courtenayj Reginald de Paveillei, and Robert de 
 Stotevill. 
 
 Another charter by the King to the same Abbey is dated 
 at Rouen, and similarly attested.* 
 
 Perhaps too we may attribute to this occasion a Royal 
 Charter which, though undated, probably passed at Rouen. 
 It was in favour of the Monastery of St. Mary de Pre,^ at 
 
 1 Chron. Nermann, p. 1001, and Gall. Script, xii. 
 483 (Chron. St. Albin.). 
 
 2 Here we have William Mauduifc of Hanslape 
 (usually ii-^leA Camerarius) in his Jistiuotive offiee 
 of Chamberlain of the Treasury.— 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of 1168 contains a payment of 
 Gs. Sd. to Odo de Falaise by the Sherifl'of Bucks and 
 Bedfordshire. ' The payment is expressed to be 
 pro ducendd liugid thesauri de Eamaselapu ad Nor- 
 hantorC et inde usque London. So then, portions of 
 the Royal revenue were occasionally and tempo- 
 
 rarily lodged at the Chamberlain's own private resi- 
 dence. William Mauduit'a pay as Chamberlain 
 was not a third of the pay of the Magister Came- 
 rarius, or the Sapifer, or the Thesaurarius, but it is 
 wortli noting tliat he was allowed three sumpter- 
 horses and their forage (vide Hearne, Constitutio 
 DomusUegis. Lib. Nig. p. 352). 
 
 ^ Monasticon, vii. 1110, 1. 
 
 ' Neustria Pia, p. 852. 
 
 ■* Sancta HI aria de Vrato ; also called Noire Dame 
 de Bonnes Nouvelles, 
 
108 CO0ET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1167. Eouen, in which the Empress was now domiciled.^ The Eouen. 
 instrument is attested by Rotrode, Archbishop of Rouen ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; Robert, Comte of Mellent ; 
 Warino filio Giron (?) Comitis ; Magistro Alveredo ; Gosce- 
 line Crispin and his son, William ; Hugh de Gornay ; and 
 Robert de Herecourt.^ 
 
 August 22. Pope Alexander at Eeneventum, writes to the Legates William and Otlio still en route for 
 France. They are to labour for peace between Henry and the Archbishop, and not to enter England, nor 
 meddle with consecrations till it was effected. The Pope notices John Dean of Salisbury's advertisements 
 as likely to have disturbed the King and Kealm of France.^ 
 
 c. Aug. 31. The King now set out for Bretagne, and subdued the Leon in Bretagne. 
 Comte of Leon whose Vicomte Guiomar, or Widomar, was 
 in rebellion. 
 
 This rebellion was far from insignificant. The nobles 
 of Aquitaine are said to have been sympathizers therein, and 
 King Louis and the French were privy thereto. 
 
 The rebellion in. Bretagne was headed by Budo, Vicomte 
 of Porhoet, calling himself Comte of Bretagne, and claiming 
 sovereignty in virtue of his wife (now deceased), the Com- 
 tesse Bertha, mother by a previous husband of Duke Conan 
 le Petit. The Vicomte of Thenars was another rebel.* 
 Sept. 10. I'^s King being still in Bretagne, his mother, the Bretagne. 
 
 Empress, died at the Priory of the Pre de Rouen. Geoffrey 
 of Vigeois says that she died a Nun of Pontevrault. She 
 gave 30,000 shillings to Grammont, and King Henry as 
 much on her behalf f^jro ipsdj. 
 
 The King was probably still in Bretagne. 
 
 The movements of Queen Eleanor, during the fiscal year now ended, should here be traced. 
 
 The Queen, leaving Henry's Court in Normandy or Tourain, seems to have returned to England in 
 October or November, 1166. An entry on the Pipe-EoU, already quoted, would imply that tlie Queen 
 reached England before Prince Henry quitted it ; for the Sheriff of Devonshire paid her £100 to dis- 
 charge the Prince's corrodies. 
 
 At Oxford, on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), 1166, the Queen gave birth to Prince John. 
 
 The Q.ueen, it seems, when she came to England, as aforesaid, brought with her the Princess Matilda 
 Between July and September, 1167, Envoys from the Duke of Saxony arrived iu England for the pur. 
 
 ' The King grants pro salute vied et heredum Warin Jilius Oeroldi Camerarius ; but that func- 
 
 meonm et pro animahus patris mei et matris mecB tionary was dead before Rotrode became Archbishop 
 
 Matilda Imperatricis et omnium ancessorum me- of Bouen, and before the year 1166, when Robert 
 
 orum. became Comte of Mellent. 
 
 2 Neustria pia, p. 612. The charters printed iu ^ S. T. C. vi. 57. Epist. G. P. cccxxiiij. 
 
 this work seem to be most inaccurate as transcripts. ^ Gall. Script, xii. 483 (Cliron. Sti. Albini 
 
 The fourth witness we should suppose to have been Andeg). 
 
COQET, HOnSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OF K. HENltY II. 109 
 
 pose of conducting the Princess (now but eleven years of age) to Saxony. The entries on the contem- 
 porary Pipe-Eolls fix and illustrate these circumstances. — 
 
 OxFOBDSHinB. El in corredio Saxonum 43*. 4d. per hreve et testimonium Willi Jilii Baldicini. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et Simoni, mmtio Duels Saxonire ad se vestiendum 20s. Et pro 20 
 paribus Bulgarum ' et 20 paribus coffrorum ^ ad opus Maiildce filial Regis £26. 13*. id. per breve Regis. 
 Vro aura ad deauranda raisella' ejusdem filia Regis £28. 14«. Pro pannis ejusdem filice Regis qiiando 
 missa est in Saxoniam £63. 13s. Id. per nsv,m Edwardi Ulundi et Willielmi Magni. Et pro tribus paribus 
 coffrorum ad opus Regince 33s. 
 
 Southampton. In Hberacione esneccis quando ivit contra filiam Regis £7. 10s. Et in apparatu trium 
 navium qua iverunt cum esneccd contra filiam Regis £8. 10s. Also, the Sheriff of Sussex paid £14 for 
 ' equipment of tlu'ee ships of Shoreham which went with the King's daughter towards Saxony.' 
 
 The Princess, according to one account, was fetched from England in this year by the Elect of Cologne.'' 
 The same authority adds that the Princess embarked at Dover and that Queen Eleanor accompanied 
 her, the first is probable enougli, and we see thereby what the Pipe-Eolls mean by stating that sliips of 
 Southampton met, and ships of Shoreham accompanied the Princess. They sailed to Dover to attend 
 her transfretation. The other statement, that the Queen went too, is very doubtful. All that can be con- 
 cluded on the point is that the Queen went no further than Normandy, and returned to England very 
 shortly and without any contemporary notice of the circumstance. 
 
 Diceto, with much more probability of correctness, states that the escort of the Princess consisted of the 
 Earls of Arundel and Strigoil and many others.' 
 
 That the Princess's embarcation was late in September, 1167,* is suggested by part of the expenses 
 not being charged till Michaelmas, 1168, viz .- — 
 
 Kent. Et ad passagium filice Regis quando missa fuit in Sajconiam £15. 5s. 6(i. per breve Regis per 
 Robertum Kentesinm. Et pro navibus locandis ad opus peregrinorum 51s. Sd. per brevi Regis. Et 
 item ad perficiendzim passagium Jilice Regis ipsi Roberto 62s. 4:d. numero, per breve Regis. 
 
 In the yeah ending Michaelmas, 1167, the administration of the Law in the provinces is not marked 
 by any recorded Itinera of justices, if we except the Iter of Alan de Nevill, who held Pleas of the Forest 
 in at least seventeen counties, and realized a large income to the Crown. 
 
 1167. 
 . Oct 1. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1167, TO MICHAELMAS, 1168. 
 
 Early in tHis month the King probably returned from Normandy. 
 Bretagne into Normandy, where he expected the arrival of 
 the Legates, William and Otho, and whither he had sum- 
 moned several of the English Bishops.^ 
 
 ' BuLGA. Papice ; saccus scorteus ; Galhce, (Gervase, Bromton, and Robert de Monte) not so 
 
 Bouge ; vas ex corio confectum (Duchesne). much as that of the Princess's transfretation as that 
 
 2 COEERUM. Cista ; area (Duchesne). A chest, of her marriage to Duke Henry. The date is 
 
 box or casket. doubtless correct. The great aid levied by the King 
 
 'Vaiselldm. Vas quodvis ; supcllex (Jiucheirae). on the occasion was among the iVotia Placita et 
 
 Household utensils. Novm Conventiones of that year's Pipe-Roll. 
 
 ■• Gervase (p. 1403). Lyttelton (by a natural ^ At Michaelmas, 1167, the Sheriff of Hampshire 
 
 but very false association of ideas) calls the envoy charges the King 3s. 4d. pro summonitionibus por- 
 
 the " Elector of Cologne." Gervase probably means tandis ad summonendos Episcopos. 
 
 by the Elect of Cologne, Archbishop Reginald's sue- At the same time the Sheriff of Northumber- 
 
 cessor. He calls him Coloniensis electus et scisma- land charges £13. 14s- Id. pro conducendo plumbo 
 
 ticus. ' It is not probable on other grounds that Regis de Novo CasielU (Newcastle on Tyne) ad 
 
 Arclibishop Reginald came to England on tliis Cadomum (Caen). Probably some building was in 
 
 occasion, for he died in this very year. progress at Caen, where were the Exchequer and 
 
 6 The 'year 1168 is named by several Chroniclers the Treasury of Normandy. 
 
110 COURTj HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 ii<j7. In this month, most probably, the King was at Valognes, vaiognes. 
 
 and attended by most of the Norman Bishops. At Valognes 
 the King settled a dispute between Gilbert, Abbot of St. 
 Martin, at Troarn, and Earl John, Lord of Montgomery, {i.e. 
 John Oomte of Ponthieu). There were witnesses of the 
 transaction R. (Rotrou) Archbishop of Rouen ; R. (Roger) 
 Archbishop of York ; Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; A. (Arnulf) 
 Bishop of Liseux ; R. (Richard) Bishop of Coutances ; R. 
 (Richard) Bishop of Avranches ; H. (Henry) Abbot of 
 Fecamp ; R. (Radulf) Abbot of Montebourg ; R. Abbot of 
 Valasse ; V. Abbot of St. George of Bocherville ; Richard 
 de Humet, Constable ; William de Curci, Dapifer ; (Fulk ?) 
 Paenell ; William fitz Hamo ; Richard de Ganvill ; and Seiher 
 de Quinci.' 
 
 Oct. 9- Pope Alexander, at Beneventum, to K. Henry ; — censuring the King 
 
 for the existing vacancies in the Sees of Lincoln, Bath, and Hereford, 
 also for oppressing the Freedom of Election in the Sees of Bangor 
 and LlandafT: — threatening trouble {gravamen) against Henry, aud is 
 determined to support the Church.^ 
 
 c. Oct. 31. Later in the month the two Legates confer with K. caen. 
 
 Henry in Council, at Caen. Further consulting with the 
 Prelates of Henry's court, the Legates send to Becket pro- 
 posing a meeting on the 11th of November, at some place 
 within the King of England's territory. Becket objects, 
 and proposes November 18th as the day of the meeting. 
 
 Nov. 18. (Sat.) " Conference of Planches," a place between Q-isors and Trie, on the day proposed by 
 Eeclet. The Legates find Becket impracticable.^ 
 
 Nov. 19. (Sun.) The Legates go to confer with K. Louis of France.'' 
 
 Nov. 23. (Th.) The Legates arrive at the Abbey of Bee Hellouin (in Normandy).* 
 
 Nov. 24. (Fr.) The Legates reach Liseux.^ 
 
 Nov. 25. (Sat.) The Legates reach St. Pierre-sur-Dive. 
 
 Nov.26(Sun) K. Henry, travelling two leagues, meets the Papal Legates Argentan. 
 at Argentan.''' 
 
 Not 27 (Mo) Chamber-Council of Argentan ;-whereat were present the 
 King of England, the Legates, William of Pavia and Otho ; 
 the Archbishops, Rotrou of Rouen and Roger of York; the 
 Bishops of London, Worcester, Salisbury, Chichester, 
 Baieux, and Angouleme ; also several Abbots. No decision 
 was arrived at. K. Henry expressed bitter disappointment 
 in the action and views of the Papal Embassy. 
 
 1 D'Aniay's Transcripts, iii. 345. ■« • * S. T. C. iv. 276, and 268. 
 
 =' S.T. C. iv. 124. Epist. ccciij. " S. T. C. Epistles ccclxxxj. 
 
 3 S. T. C. Epistles vii. ceckxxij. ^S. T. C. iv. p. 269. Ep. ccclxxxi. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEABT OP K. HENEY II. Ill 
 
 N ^"8^T '^^^ ^^^ consumed in messages carried to and fro, be- Argentan. 
 
 tween K. Henry and the Papal Envoys, by the Bishops. 
 
 Nov. 29. The King goes out hawking. The Legates confer with 
 
 the Archbishops and Bishops above named. The Bishop of 
 London renews the Appeal of All England against Becket's 
 sentences, fixing Nov. 11, 1168, as the term of such renewed 
 Appeal. The Bishop of Salisbury includes himself (he was 
 under suspension), and the Bishop of Winchester (he was 
 absent we presume), in the said Appeal. The Archdeacon 
 of Canterbury (Geoffrey Ridel), or his Clerk, also appeals. 
 
 Nov so, to The King and the Legates continue at Argentan.^ 
 
 The Legates seem to have ordered the absolution of some or of all 
 the persons wlio bad been excommunicated at Vezelay. We hear at least 
 of some (^ them being absolved in England by Godfrey, Bishop of 
 St. Asaph (then Abbot-Commendate of Abingdon) ; also of Alan de 
 Nevill being absolved by the Bishop of London." 
 
 Nov. 29. Very apposite to this date and occasion is a Royal 
 
 Dec. 5. Charter which passed at Argentan, whereby the King ' con- 
 firms the donation which Geoffry Ridell, Archdeacon of 
 Canterbury, made to Robert de Insula, and Galiena his wife, 
 daughter of William Blund, which donation, Matthew, Comte 
 of Boulogne, had confirmed to them by his charter.^ Wit- 
 nesse R. (Roger) Abp. of York; A. (Arnulf) Bp. of Liseux; 
 William de Curci, Dapifer ; William fitz Hamo ; and William 
 de Caisneto. ^ 
 
 Another Royal Charter, dated at Argentan, is in favour of 
 the Cluniac Priory of Ferley (Wiltshire). It is attested by 
 Josceline, Bp of Sarum, Richard de Humetz, and Walter de 
 Dunstanvill. '' 
 
 Dec. 5. On this day the Papal Legates quit Argentan, intending to go to Paris. 
 
 WiUiam of Pavia sends as messenger to the Pope a Clerk, a, cousin of Master Lombard. K. Henry 
 sends, as messengers to the Pope, Master Henry Punchiin (a clerk of the Bishop of London), and Reginald 
 fitz Joceline (Archdeacon of Salisbury). 
 
 Dec. 9. The Legates, now at Evreux, en route for Paris, send Master Joceline of Chichester and tlie 
 Prsecentor of Salisbury to lodge notice of the Anghcan Appeal on Becket. The Legates style Becket 
 " Legato of the Apostolick See," but forbid him to pass interdicts on the realm or subjects of K. Henry. 
 
 ^. Dec. 10. It would seem that immediately after the Council of (LeMans). 
 Argentan, the King visited Le Mans. By a Charter, there 
 dated, he concedes to the Church and Monks of Ferley 
 land which Walter de Dunstanvill and Alan, his brother, 
 had given for the soul's health of Robert de Dunstanvill, 
 their uncle (avuncuU). Witnesses, Rotroc, Abp of Rouen ; 
 
 ' S T C. iv. 269. ^ ■ ■* ^^^^- Antiq. P. 10, and M. Ferley is Monk- 
 
 -■' Compare Diceto, pp. 540, 548. ton-Purleigh, in WHtshire). 
 
112 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAET OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 Joceline, Bp of Sarum ; Hillary, Bp of Chichester ; Earl lo Mans. 
 William de Mandevill; William Malet, Dapiferj William 
 de Curci ; and William de Hasting. Apud Genom.' ^ 
 
 The Southampton Pipe-EoU of 1168 contains several consecutive entries 
 which probably belong to the months of November and December, 1167, and 
 to illustrate the supposed or ascertained history of Hem-y's Court. 
 
 Hantonia. Et pro liii modiis cervisice missis Regi in Normanniam et in 
 condudu ejus £7. 15s. lOd per breve Regis. 
 
 Et in liberacione esneccce quando Thesaurarius transfretavit ad festum Bancti 
 Andreoe^ £7. 10s. Et in liberacione navis quce portavit equos Gamerariorum 
 30s. Et pro onerando et deonerando thesaioro 2s. Id. 
 
 Et in liberacione esneccce quando Regina tranfretavit £7. 10s. Et sex aliis 
 navibus quce transfretaverunt cum Regind £9. 5s. per breve Regis. 
 
 That the Queen had been resident at Winchester since l\^ichaelmas, 1167, is 
 further suggested by an entry on the Hampshire Pipe-Roll. — Et in corredio 
 RegincB £35. 12s. per breve Regis. 
 
 On the whole we conclude that in December, 1167, the 
 Queen joined her husband in Normandy, and we have the 
 best authority for stating that the Court kept the festival 
 Dec. 26. °^ Christmas at Argentan. The Court assembled on the Argentan. 
 occasion is styled Magna Guria.^ 
 
 In the abote yEAK, previous to September, died tlie Archbishop of Bourges, and was succeeded by 
 Stephen, Bishop of Meaux, an ally of Becket, and brother of Adam, formerly Chamberlain of K. 
 Henry ofFrance."* 
 
 In the above year the Cardinal Jacinthus went as Papal Legate into Spain.'' 
 
 A.D. 1168. 
 January. In this mouth K. Henry marches southwards to quell poUou. 
 
 a rebellion which had arisen in Poitou and Guienne. 
 The rebels enumerated are the Comtes of Angouleme and 
 La Marche, the Vicomte of Thenars, Aimery de Lusignan, 
 Eobert de Silly, and Hugh de Silly. 
 
 The King takes the Castle of Lusignan [Lezenninum Lusignan, 
 Gastrum) and achieves other successes. He is called away 
 to treat with Louis of France, his truce with whom was 
 to expire at Easter. He leaves his interests in Guienne 
 to the care of Queen Eleanor, and returns to Normandy. Normandy. 
 
 ' Cart. Harl. 43, C. 23. William de MandeviUe the same period of transfretation. 
 became an Earl after October, 1166. Hilary, ' November 30, 1167. 
 
 Bishop of Chichester, died in 1169. Knowing that ' E.. de Monte, p. 903. Another authority says 
 
 that Prelate was at Argentan on November 26, that the King kept Clu-istmas at Rouen. 
 1167, we must connect his presence at Le Maus with * S. T. C. vi. 332, Ep. Dxx. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY tl. 113 
 
 o wlreh '^^^ Comtes of Flanders and Champagne had been 
 
 treating with Louis at Soissons concerning a peace be- 
 tween the two kings. The last named Comte now sought 
 Henry in Normandy, to get his ratification of the treaty 
 of Soissons. 
 
 April 7. The King was at Pacey,^ and held a conference with the pacey. 
 
 Comte, but being called again southwai-ds by troubles in 
 Poitou, left Richard de Humet, Constable of Normandy, p^^^^^ 
 the Archbishop of Rouen, and Richard de Luci, Justiciary 
 of England, to conclude peace for him on conditions 
 already accepted by Louis. 
 
 K. Henry, suspecting Louis's sincerity, strengthens his 
 dominions beyond the Loire with garrisons, and leaves 
 the Queen in government thereof, associating with her 
 Patric, Earl of Sarum, ' uncle of Rotroc, Comte of Perch. '- 
 
 April 7. Conference between Henry and Louis at a place on the 
 
 Norman Frontier between Pacey and Mante. Proposal for NearPacey 
 the marriage of Prince Richard with a daughter of Louis. 
 The peace, which was all but agreed upon, was exchanged 
 for a truce till July 1st ; and Henry, hearing of the 
 murder of Patric, Earl of Sarum,^ by Guy de Lusignan,* 
 was hastening into Poitou, when his presence was de- 
 manded in Bretagne by the rebellion of Eado, Vicomte 
 of Porhoet,^ and of Oliver de Dinan, and his cousin 
 Roland. 
 
 May 12. King Henry confers with Louis VII. ,^ but where we are 
 
 not informed. He then goes into Bretagne. Bretagne. 
 
 U.May. K. Henry takes two castles of the Vicomte Eudo, viz., castie.ioceiin. 
 
 Jocelin and Ahrald. (Au?ii'?^)'"^' " 
 
 ' R. de Monte (Struve), 904. Joh. Salisb., Ep. also of William, the last Earl of Salisbury of tlie 
 
 2i-A: oris;inal male line. 
 
 ^ Hoveden, 294, b. Tlie motlier of Rotrou, the ■* Giiy de Lusignan fled from France and K. 
 
 existing Earl of Percbe, was a sister of Earl Patric, Henry's Tengeance. It was lie who afterwards be- 
 
 and a daughter of Walter de Salisbury, and of came King of Jerusalem. 
 
 Sibil (usually called de Cliaworlh). ' Porhoet. — This Eudo, sometimes called ' Comte,' 
 
 ' Patric, Earl of Salisbury, was slain on March ia said to haTe married a niece of the Kmpreas; the 
 
 27. He was succeeded by his son (says the Chro- meaning of which is that his wife Bertha (daughter 
 
 nicle), whose mother was a daughter of William, of Conan, Comte of Upper Bretagne, and widow of 
 
 Comte of Ponthieu, and was also mother of the Alan, Comte of Lower Bretagne), was born to Comte 
 
 Countess of Warren (Chron. Noruiann.). The Conan by Maud, a natural daughter of K. Henry I. 
 
 statement is quite correct. Ela, the double The ground of Eudo's present quarrel with his wife's 
 
 Countess, was widow, first of William Earl Warren, cousin, K. Henry II., was said to be that the King 
 
 and then of Patric, Earl of Salisbury. So she was had debauched a daughter of Eudo, the girl being at 
 
 mother of Isabel, the heir-female of Warren, and the time a hostage in the King's hand. 
 
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114 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 c. ]i^'. ^- Henry reduces Vannes and the country of Porlioet y°"|"o'; 
 
 and half Cornouai'lle.^ Cornhnusiiie 
 
 (in Brelagne). 
 
 In apt illustration of Henry's warlike necessities at this period, we have an 
 entry on the Southampton Pipe-Roll : — 
 
 Et in liheracione Esneccce quando thef^aurarius transfretavit post claiisum ^ 
 PentecoKtes £7. 10s. Et trihus aliis navibus quce portaverunt equos Archidiaconi 
 CantuaricB et equos Camerarii £4. 10s. per breve Regis. Et pro onerando et 
 deonerando thesauro in Gastello de Hanton' (Southampton) et aliis locis 6s. lid. 
 
 At this juncture K. Henry's relations with the Papal Court, with the Courts of France and Germanj", 
 and with Archbishop Becket, were so complicated that a few parallel events will illustrate the main 
 subject of Henry's feelings and subsequent conduct. 
 
 In March, 1168, the Pope being at Beneventum, tlie Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the supporter 
 of the Anti-Pope (Pascal III.), was forced by pestilence to renounce his occupation of Italy. 
 
 Previous to this, and probably under fear of an alliance between the Emperor and Henry, the Pope 
 had written to the latter from Beneventum promising to repress Becket's Legatine authority and expected 
 censures against the King, failing Becket's restoration to the King's favour. 
 
 Also the Cardinal, John de Ifeapolis, wrote to Henry, suggesting Becket's removal from Canterbury 
 to some foreign See. 
 
 April 25. Pope Alexander writes froni Beneventum to the Anglican Bishops. He censures their disobe- 
 dience to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He has respect unto K. Henry's messengers (those sent from 
 Argentan, we presume, circa 5 December, 1167). He releases the Bishops and their Sureties from 
 prosecuting their appeal (made November 29, 1167, terminable November 11, 1168), against the Arcli- 
 bishop, the object of such appeal being that the Archbishop should be prevented from in any way harming 
 the King, tile bishops, or the realm of England (" ne Segem aut vos vel rcgnum Anglice in aliquo gravaret)." ^ 
 
 May 18. Pope Alexander writes from Beneventumi to Archbishop Thomas. He speaks of Henry's recent 
 messengers and their threats ; of the Church's danger arising in the Schism and in the Emperor Frederic's 
 altitude. Tlie Archbishop must not sentence Henry, his officers, or realm, without further advice from 
 Alexander. If Henry so long continue obstinate, Alexander will restore Becket's power at Lent (IVIarch 
 5, 1169).'' 
 
 On May 19th a Diet was assembled by the Emperor at Wurtzburgh, and attended by the Duke of Saxony, 
 whereat aE present took an oath to support the Anti-Pope, Pascal III., and, in case of his death, to sup- 
 port Calistus as his successor. 
 
 On May 22nd Pope Alexander, still at Beneventum, and not having heard of the events at Wurtzburgh, 
 wrote two discrepant letters to Henry ; one of which was styled commonitorg , the other comminatory . 
 Tiiese letters he intrusted to Commissioners who were, at their discretion, to use one or other.^ 
 
 One of these letters (the comminatorg one) we have. The Pope commends to K. Henry the forthcoming 
 mission of the Prior of Mont Dieu and Bernard de Corilo. The Pope threatens to let loose Becket's 
 powers in case of Henry's obduracy." 
 
 The Pope's commission to these persons, bears date at Beneventum, May 25. The persons were more 
 fully described as Simon, Prior of Mont Dieu, and Bernard de Corilo, Monk of Grammont. Their 
 
 ' K. de Monte (Strove), 904. sometimes answered its political ends very sufli- 
 ^ i.e.. May 26, 1168. ciently, but which sometimes failed. And accord- 
 ' S. T. C. vi. 79. Epist. cccliv. ingly in this very instance, there was a failm-e. For 
 ■* S. T. C. iv. 24. Epist. ccxxij. the ambiguous policy of Pope Alexander set two 
 * The plan of entrusting antagonistic powers to antagonistic parties to rely upon promises which 
 its several or individual correspondents was a were irreconcilable, and wliich, being interchange- 
 feature of the Papal diplomacy of the period. The ably unknown to each party, determined both in 
 vast itinerant distance between Normandy and more persistent opposition. 
 Italy suggested a process which seems to have * S. T. C. iv. 130. Epist. cccvi. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 115 
 
 primary Charge was to effect a composition between K. Henry and Becket. (It will be seen that 
 seven months elapsed before these commissioners attempted their task.) 
 
 The Commissioners were to go to Henry if he were in France {citra mare). The two forms of letter 
 were to be entrusted to them, the comminalory form only to be used if the King did not repent before 
 the beginning of Lent (March 5th, 1169), when also Beeket's powers were to have full scope. This 
 commission was only to proceed in case the Bisliop of Beauvais and the Prior of the Carthusians 
 should have failed to execute a previous commission.' 
 
 After the Pope's commission had left Beneventum, and probably after he had heard of the proceedings 
 at Wurtzburgh (therefore, perhaps, in July or August), the Pope wrote to Beckot, apologising for 
 the promise which he had made to Henry of suspending Becket's Legatine functions, and undertaking 
 that if Becket could not come to terms with Henry before Lent {i.e., before March 5, 11G9), Becket 
 sliould then have full power of censure, not only on the Dignitaries of K. Henry's court but against hia 
 realm and person. 
 
 1161. K. Henry, still in Bretagne, reduces the country about Dinan.' 
 
 Dinan and St. Malo, and takes the Castle of Hedde/ st. Maio.s 
 surrendered by Geoffrey de Montfort. casUe Hedd^.s 
 
 Juno 24. K. Henry takes Castle Becherell, in Little Brittany, and castie Beohereii.2 
 
 dismantles the Castle of Tintiniac (or Tintigny). Tintiniac.2 
 
 JUU6 25. King Henry takes Leon,* and burns the Church, but, Leon (lu Bretagne.) 
 
 at the prayer of William fitz Hamon, spares Monastic 
 churches and habitations. 
 
 Subsequently the King is said to have been at Dinan Dinan.-! 
 (again) and at Aleth. Aieth.2 
 
 The Pipe-Roll once more supplies evidence of the pass- 
 ing of treasure to Normandy, in support of the King's 
 needs. After the feast of St. John (June 24th is meant) 
 the Sheriff of Southampton, at a cost of £7. 10s., had 
 chartered a ship (esneccam) laden with treasure, and at 
 a cost of 30s. more had chartered a ship {havem) to carry 
 the horses of the Chamberlain ; all in compliance with 
 a Writ Royal. 
 jj,^g Probably in this month, two messengers from the Pope 
 
 and from Beneventum, reached Henry. They brought 
 a letter from the Pope (a letter written, we suppose, four 
 months previous), wherein the Pope undertakes to suppress 
 Becket's legatine authority, and his problematical censures 
 until and unless Becket should be restored to the King's 
 favour. 
 
 1 S. T. C. iv. 113. E]3ist. ccxcvij. redditnm munivit (Cliron. Normann). 
 
 ^ The list of places given in the margin is chiefly ■• Cimiterium Lehonense combussit, eccJesiis et 
 
 from E.. do Monte (Struve), OOi. domibus Monachorum prece Willelmifilii Mamouis 
 
 ^ Hecda castellum a Qaufrido de Monteforti in pace dimissis. (Gall. Script, xii. 560). 
 
116 CO0RT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1169. K. Henry takes up his quarters at La Ferte Bernard, Ferti Bernard. 
 
 King Louis at Chartres, the River Huines dividing the 
 two stations. The intended conference failed in some 
 points of feudal form, but the real grievances probably 
 were that the Comte of Flanders and ambassadors from 
 Scotland and Wales were known to be in Louis's court, 
 while Henry had received the Papal letter, promising to 
 nullify Becket's legatine powers, and had with him William 
 of Pavia, the Legate whose mission of the previous year 
 had proved abortive. This failure of negotiations, as be- 
 tween the Kings of England and France, resulted in war- 
 like demonstrations, which lasted till Advent (December 1). 
 
 It would also seem that on this occasion. King Henry, 
 being fortified by the Pope's letter (supposed to have been 
 written four or five months previous), refused to negotiate 
 with Becket, or even to speak with him. 
 
 K. Henry's capture of the French Castle of Bellomonte Beaumont-sur- 
 is recorded by one Chronicle ^ under this year. The only 
 Castle on K. Louis's side of the frontier, that seems 
 likely to be here alluded to, was that of Beaumont 
 sur-Oise. 
 t. Aug. K. Henry burns more than forty towns in Ponthieu,^ PontWeu. 
 
 whose Comte, John, had prevented Matthew, Comte of The viemieu. 
 Boulogne, from sending forces through Ponthieu, to assist 
 Henry against Louis in Normandy. 
 
 One authority next gives K. Henry at Brueroles.* Bmeroiea. 
 
 And then at Neufchatel.^ Neufchatei. 
 
 At this time, the Comtesse of Boulogne (King Stephen's 
 daughter) is giving Louis clandestine information about 
 symptoms of Henry's negotiating with the court of the 
 Emperor Frederick. 
 
 Contemporaneously Louis of France makes- an inroad 
 into Normandy and burns Chesnebrun, near Verneuil. 
 
 Hereupon, Henry returns to the Norman frontier, sur- Marches of 
 prises the rear of Louis's army, and takes the seneschal °™'"' 
 of Flanders prisoner, 
 c. Sept. K. Henry is visited by his son-in-law, the Duke of 
 
 Saxony, and by others (viz., the Archbishops of Metz and 
 
 ' Chron. St. Albin, (Gall. Script, xii. 483. The Comte of Boulogue managed to join K. Henry 
 
 ^ The towns burnt by K. Henry were in the by sea (R. de Monte (ed. Sti-uve), p. 905, 
 Vimieu (Wimaceiisi pago), a district of Ponthieu. •* R. de Monte, ibidem. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENRY II. 117 
 
 c slT" Cologne, and the Bishop of Liege), coming as ambassadors Marches of 
 from the Emperor. They offer an alliance against Louis °™'"' ^' 
 and against the Pope. Henry temporizes. 
 
 On September 21, the Sheriff of Southampton chai'tered 
 a vessel {esneccam) at the cost of £7. 10s. to convey the 
 King's treasure over sea ; and a ship {navem) at the cost 
 of 30 shillings, to transport the horses of Walter de Insula 
 and of the Treasurers ; all in compliance with a Writ of the 
 King.^ — 
 
 On September 20, Pascal III. (the Anti-Pope) died. Jolin (called 
 Calixtus III.) was nominated in his stead. 
 
 The Pipe-Rolls, made up at Michaelmas, 1168, supply a few items illustrative of an event of the 
 previous year. — 
 
 The aid on marriage of the King's eldest daughter was at the rate of two -merka for every knight's 
 fee, and was in general process of collection. 
 
 Moreover, the King had enjoined on the Sheriffs of several counties, each to expend a sum of 36*. on 
 the purchase of a palfrey and a greyhound [fugatoris), for the use of his daughter {ad opus filice Regis)? 
 
 At Michaelmas, 1168, Eichard, Archdeacon of Poitou, and Eichard de Ameri, Prseceutor (Cantor) of 
 Lincoln, accounted for the Eevenues of the vacant See. Their receipts from the Episcopal Manors 
 alone, were £1008. 9«. S\d. 
 
 In the fiscal tear ending Michaelmas, 1168, many counties were visited by Justices-ui-Eyre. The 
 persons so officiating stand on the Pipe-EoU variously grouped, but collectively we find no more than 
 seven names. These were Eichard, Archdeacon of Poitiers ; Wido, Dean of Waltham ; William Basset, 
 Reginald de Warren, John Cumin, Gervase de Cornhull, and Henry fitz Gerold, Chamberlain. The results 
 of their Itinera are in many cases not recorded before Michaelmas, 1169, which implies that they took 
 place in Autumn, 1168. In 1168, Eichard de Luci, singly, held Pleas and conventions at Carlisle. 
 We ascribe to the same year a legal process, which it is worth while to introduce here from the names of 
 the functionaries which it supplies. — ■ 
 
 An arrangement between certain Suitors wag arrived at before Justiciars of the King, to wit, Richard, 
 Archdeacon of Poitiers, and Reginald de Warren, sitting at Dunstable (Bedfordshire). This agreement 
 was embodied in » charter, which charter was subsequently sealed at the Exchequer coram Domino 
 Ricardo de Luci et aliis Baronibus de Scaccario. There were witnesses of such sealing, viz., Reginald de 
 Warren, Wido, Dean of Waltham, Henry fitz Gerold, William Basset, Ralph de Glanvill, Hugh de 
 Beauchamp, Nicholas de TreiUi, Simon the Cellarer, Robert de Haubeni, and others.' 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1168, TO MICHAELMAS, 1169. 
 
 c. Oct. and About this time, as we may reckon, K. Henry was em- Pcrohc. 
 ployed in overrunning the province of Perche.* 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe, 14 Hen. II. Tit. Hantona. shire cum Bedfordshire, had been ordered to 
 
 ^ The Sheriffs of Essex cum Hertfordshire, of expend twice the sum, and to furnish two palfreys 
 
 Norfolk cum Suffolk, of Northamptonsliire, of and two gi-eyhounds. These contributions to the 
 
 Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire cum Huntingdonshire, Princess's establishment were not a feudal exaction 
 
 Staffordshire, Dorsetshii-e cum Somerset, Wiltshire, from the subject, as the aid was, but a present from 
 
 Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent, and the Fcrmor of the King, furnished out of his own revenues. 
 
 William Peverel's Honour had each made this ' Madox's Exchequer, 145, a. 
 
 outlay of 36 shillings. The Sheriff of Buckingham- ■* R. de Monte (Struve), p. 905. 
 
118 COtTET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 The Pipe-EoU of Michaelmas, 1168, has a Post-Michaelmas entry which is worth 
 noting in this place. — 
 
 Hantonia. Et in liheracione Esneccm quando transfretamt cum thesauro post festum Sancti Michaelis 
 (Sep. 29, 1168), f7. 10*. Et uni navi ad eguos Camerarii 30«. per breve Regis. JSt sex navibus quee 
 porlaverunt cerios et damos Regis ultra mare et in custamento eorundem £9. 2s. 2d. per breve Regis. 
 
 Sunday, Dec. 22. William, brother of Cotnte Henry (of Troyes) is consecrated Arclibiahop of Sena. 
 His predecessor, Hugh, the friend of Becket, had died witliin the year. Archbishop William was after- 
 wards translated to Bheims.' 
 
 Dec. 25. K. Henry kept his Christmas court at Argentan. Argentan. 
 
 Dec. 31. The King still at Argentan. Argentan. 
 
 The above teab is given as that in which Richard, Earl of Pembrolse and Strigoil, with Milo de 
 Coggeham invaded Ireland.^ 
 
 It is also the year, given by the best authorities, for the death of the Earl of Leicester, the Justiciar. 
 Also for the death, in Palestine, of William (IV.) Comte of Nivernoia. 
 In the said year died also Theodore, Comte of Flanders."* 
 
 A.D. 1169. 
 
 11G9. The King at Argentan. 
 
 It was perhaps while thus at Argentan that the King ^^^^^^^^^ 
 expedited two Charters in favour of Nicholas, Prior of 
 Plesais-Cxrimould and of that House. This was seconded 
 by a contemporary grant by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux. 
 The witnesses were Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen ; Henry, 
 Bishop of Bayeux ; and the Bishops of Liseux, Seez, and 
 Evreux ; also by Thomas, Bishop of Rennes ; Richard de 
 Humez, Constable ; Richard fitz Count ; Jordan Taisson ; 
 Will de Courcy ; and Archibald, Constable of Tinchebray.^ 
 The two Papal Commissioners, appointed at Beneventum 
 in May previous, are now in France, Bngelbert, Prior of Val 
 Jan. G. St. Pierre, being added to their number. On this day they 
 assist at a conference between K. Henry and Louis, which 
 was held at Montmirail, a town of Maine, near to the French Montmiraii. 
 frontier, and to the French town of Chartres. A treaty 
 was concluded between the French and English Kings, the 
 results of which seem to have been that K. Henry and his 
 son Henry were to hold Normandy as heretofore, doing 
 fealty to Louis and his son Philip ; — that Prince Henry was 
 
 1 Rerum Gallicarum Scriptores xii. 289. Waverley. 
 
 - Hovedcn, p. 293, b. * Chron. Nermann. 1002. 
 
 ' Hovcden ; Chronicle of Mailros : and Annals of * Archives de Calvados, ii. 111. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. 119 
 
 1169. to hold Bretaejne, Maine and Aniou, sine medio, of Louis, iiontmiraii. 
 
 Jan. 6. 11 o' J ' 
 
 and also the Hereditary Seneschalcy of France ; — that 
 Prince Richard was to hold Poitou and Guienne, sine medio, 
 of Louis, and should espouse Louis's daughter, Adelais ; 
 that Prince Geoffrey was to hold Bretagne under Prince 
 Henry, as mediate between himself and Louis ; — that K. 
 Henry should hold Touraine under the Gomte of Blois 
 as similarly mediate ; and that Louis should give up to 
 Henry certain Breton and Poitevin hostages which Louis 
 held as having been leagued w'th those provinces against 
 
 Jan. 7. the King of England. Accordingly we have it recorded 
 that Prince Henry and Prince Richai-d did homage to Louis 
 on the following day.^ 
 
 At the above gathering at Montmirail the three Papal 
 Envoys, secured the waiting attendance of Archbishop 
 Becket. They delivered to K. Henry the commonitory 
 letter of May, 1168, wherein the Pope exhorted the King- 
 to a reconciliation with Becket. Becket at first knelt to 
 Henry, and threw himself on the King's mercy ; but Becket 
 afterwards insisting on certain salvos about the ' dignity of 
 his church ■" and the ' Honour of God,' the negotiation 
 broke off; Henry retired from the conference, angry ; ^ and 
 even Louis, in whose train Becket left Montmirail, was 
 estranged from the Archbishop for a few days. 
 
 Jan. 7-26. Now, probably, the Papal Envoys delivered to Henry 
 the comminaiory letters ' which they had in charge, where- 
 upon Henry sent messengers to the Pope, first Reginald, 
 Archdeacon of Salisbury, and afterwards Randulph, Arch- 
 deacon of Landaff. 
 
 The Envoys write to the Pope. 
 
 Feb. 2. Prince Henry, in person, attended Louis's table, and performed the office of Senescbal of 
 Trance, already surrendered to him by the Comte of Blois. 
 
 ' G-all. et Franc. Scriptores, xii. 536. •* See Hook's Lires of the Archbishops, ii. 46S ; 
 
 ^ S. T. C. iv. 175. Epist. cccxxxviii. is the report and Lyttleton, ii. 505. See S. T. C. iv. 177, Ep. 
 sent to the Pope by his Envoys, as to the meeting cccxxxix. These Comminaiory letters were delivered 
 of Montmirail. Bernard de Corilo, monk of Gram- to Henry at a second conference between Louis and 
 mont, does not join in the letter, because the Grande- Henry, of which we have no other Record than the 
 montensiau brethren were forbidden to write letters Envoys' report to the Pope. They complained that 
 to any one. He joins in the report, by repeating they could not fix the King to any detinite or 
 orally before Master Lombard, the Papal nuncio uniform answer to their demands. Bernard de 
 who broviidit the Commission, the same matter as Coiilo does not join in the letter; for reason as 
 the Envoys, Simou and Engelbert, recorded by before, but makes public attestation of its correct- 
 letter, uess. 
 
120 CODKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1169. Pope Alexander, at Beneventum, writes to K. Henry. The Pope has heard and 
 now ignores the demands made by Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury, Henry's first messenger, and by 
 Eandulph, Archdeacon of Landaff, Henry's second messenger. Alexander accredits the forthcoming 
 mission of Vivian and Gi'atian,' who are fully instructed as to the Pope's will and disposition, and as to 
 things which will tend to Henry's honour, advancement, and satisfaction. 
 
 1109. Before Lent (March 5), K. Henry appears to have been st. Germma 
 
 c. March. . oi n ■ T 2 *° Laye. 
 
 at bt. Cjrermam en Laye/ 
 e. March 10. Early in Lent, that is soon after March 5, King Henry poitou. 
 
 passes into Poitou and effects the submission of the Comte i-a Marche. 
 of Angouleme (William IV. surnamed Sector Ferri), and Angoumoia. 
 the Comte of La Marche (Adelbert IV.). 
 
 It will also have been in the very .beginning of Lent that Archbishop Becket, relying on tlie Pope's 
 permission of the previous year, and being still at Sens, pronounced sentences of excommunication 
 against Josceline, Bishop of Sarum ; Earl Hugh (of Norfolk), Banulf de Broc, Thomas fitz Bernard ; 
 Robert de Broc, Clerk ; Hugh de St. Clare ; Letard de Norflete, Clerk (elsewhere called nephew 
 of Archbishop Theobald) ; Nigel de Sackville : and Richard, brother of William de Hastings (elsewhere 
 described as a Clerk, and as nephew of William de Hastings).' 
 
 Also, very early in Lent,' Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, and Josceline (de Bohun) Bishop of 
 Sarum, fearing, but not as yet hearing of such censures, made provhional Appeals to the Pope, the term 
 of which was to expire February 2, 1170.' 
 
 March 10, 1169. Pope Alexander writes to Archbishop Becket from Beneventum, aware only of the 
 failure of the conference of Montmirail, and of Henry's subsequent embassy; but not aware of Becket's 
 actions or intentions. The Pope says that he has refused the demands of Henry's ambassadors (the two 
 Archdeacons). He enjoins moderation and conciliation on Becket. Becket is not to sentence Henry's 
 person, realm, or officers, till the appointed Nuncios, Gratian and Vivian, shall have fulfilled their 
 mission to to the King. Any sentence, already pronounced — a thing incredible to the Pope, — must be 
 suspended until the same period.'' 
 
 April 13, 1169. On Palm Sunday, Archbishop Becket, being at Clairvaux, and not having heard of 
 the Bishop of London's provisional appeal,* excommunicated the said Bishop. He also referred to 
 his previous sentences against the Bishop of Salisbury and others. He further announced his intention 
 of excommunicating on Ascension day (May 29) Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Robert 
 his Vicar J Richard de Ilchester, Archdeacon of Poictiers ; Richard de Luci ; William Giffard ; and 
 Adam de Cheringes. " Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury and Legate of the Apostolick See," certifies 
 by letter the above acts and intentions to the clergy of London.^ 
 
 He also certifies his excommunication of Earl Hugh to the Bishop of Norwich,^ and Canons of 
 Pentney ; the latter are to notify the same to Nigel, Bishop of Ely.' 
 
 His concomitant letters to the Bishops of London and Salisbury, indicate that the sentences against 
 themselves involved an interdict of their respective Dioceses.^ 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 122. Epist. cccij. Vice versa, it took 46 days, before Becket's sentence, 
 
 ' Stubbs, quoting R. de Monte, 906. of April 13 could be served and published in at. 
 
 ' Diceto, p. 549. S. T. C. v. 287 ; iv. 284. Epist. Paul's, London, by his emissaries. 
 
 ccclxxxvi. March 18 was the day of the Bishop * S. T. C. iii. 298. This letter gives us a reason 
 
 of London's provisional appeal. It was made in of the excommunication of Richard, brother of 
 
 St. Paul's Church ; the Abbots of Westminster and William de Hastings, that he had occupied the 
 
 Chertsey were present (S. T. C. vi. 218). Archbishop's Church of Manech. 
 
 ■• S. T. C. iv. 20. Epist. ccxix. 7 S. T. C. iii. 309. Epist. cxlj. 3-53. Epist. clxx. 
 
 ' The slow transit of messages and intelligences is ^ S. T. C. iii. 297. Epist. exxxvi. In these letters 
 
 remarkable ; moreover the process was watched by Becket says that the King's impenitence has now 
 
 both parties ; envoys were searched and letters endured neai'ly six years ; that is, he will have put 
 
 seized. Thus 2G days had elapsed, and Becket at its commencement at the Council of London, in 
 
 Clairvaux had not yet learnt of London's appeal. October, 1163. (A^iiie supra, p. 64). 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 121 
 
 April 19, 1169. Pope Alexander, at Bcneventum, A letter to Henry Bishop of Winelieater." 
 n. M«y. Kinfr Henry beino' now at St. Macliaire, in Gascony. st. Machniro 
 
 n -r, n T^- (GiscogQc). 
 
 hears of Becket's proceedings on April VS. Tlie is.mg 
 writes to the Pope, complaining bitterly of the excommuni- 
 cations of two of his Bishops, subsequently to their appeal ; 
 and of Becket's intentioAsto sentence, without any provo- 
 cation, certain of the King's confidential friends (familiares). 
 The King beseeches the Pope to quash all Becket's sen- 
 tences, pronounced after appeal, against the persons of 
 his realm, whether clerks or laymen. The letter is 
 attested by G. Vasatur' Episcopo apud 8. Machariuvi in 
 Guasconia} 
 
 The King writes also to Gilbert, Bishop of London, to 
 say that he has heard' of the wrongs done by " that Traitor, 
 Thomas, mine enemy.''' The King will enlist both the 
 Pope and the King of France in his struggle against 
 Becket's injuriousness. The Bishop of London is to come 
 to the King in Normandy, or to remain in England, as he 
 shall deem most expedient for the King's interests and 
 his own. If the Bishop should wish to go to Rome (sic), 
 the King guarantees, at his own cost, to provide all neces- 
 saries for such a journey. The letter is attested by (? 
 
 Clerico apud sanctum Macharium in Gasconia? 
 
 Probably it was now that K. Henry sent Froger, Bishop 
 of Seez, and Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury, to 
 Louis, of France, desiring that Bocket might be ex- 
 pelled the French territory, which request Louis instantly 
 refused. 
 
 May 10, 1169. Pope Alexander, at BeneTentum, writing to K. Henry says that from the latest 
 messengers he learns that the King is softened towards Becket. The Pope (still ignorant it seems of 
 Becket's acts or intentions), again recommends his Nuncios, Gratian and Vivian, to Henry. The Kin" 
 may attend to their instructions about a reconciliation with Becket, and as to other matters (sometime) 
 certified to the Pope by Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury.'' 
 
 May 11, 1169. Pope Alexandc)-, at Bcneventum, writes to Archbishop Thomas, Legate of the 
 
 ' Adam of Domeriiam, ii. 323. The date of tliis Dominical year by one. (Sir H. Nicolas, in his 
 
 letter is its important fealure. It is, 13 halend. 'Chronology of History,' has not advert«d to the 
 
 ilaim. Indict, ii. a,d. M68. Pontificatus nostri useof the Pisan calculation by Pope Alexander IIT.). 
 
 anno x"". — ^ S. T. C. vi. 293. Bpist. cecexci. Professor 
 
 The true Dominical year was 1169, whicli tallies Stubbs refers to Monasticon, vi. 818, for another 
 
 with Indict, ii. and with 10 Alexander III. The T)i!eA o{Y..\ienry, Anted Jjmd Sanctum Macharium 
 
 date shows that Pop<; Alexander III. did, sometimes super Gerundam in Oasconid. We ascribe that 
 
 at least, adopt the Pisan calculation in his Rescripts, Deed to a later occasion. 
 
 a calculation used occasionally by his predeoesior, ^ S. T. C. vi. 296. Jipist. ecccxciij. 
 
 Adrian 17., and which reduced the number of the ^ S. T. C. iv. 119. Epist. cccj. 
 
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122 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY 11. 
 
 ^poatolick See, suggesting thiit the Bishop of Salisbury's age entitles him to eousideralion. — The Pope's 
 Kuucios (Gratian and "\'ivian) have now left Eeneventiim, and the Arohhishop should exercise for- 
 bi"ivanee till the Nuneios should linve visited and quitted (France). — If ultimately the Nuncios should 
 fail in their mission and the Archbisliop should renew his sentences, the Bishop of Salisbury is to be 
 spared. — The Pope explains how tliat Prelate, in his conduct about the Deanery of Salisbury, had been 
 overawed by King Ilcnry.' 
 
 11C9. K. Henry seems to have passed the whole of this month Oascogne. 
 
 in Gascony or in some other Province of Acquitaine. 
 
 In this month Prince Geoffrey (not yet eleven years of age) receives the homage of bis Breton subjects 
 at Ivcnnes. 
 
 f. May 20-29. About this time the Bishop of London, clearly aware that Beclict's sentence, though 
 not yet served on his Church and person, had been pronounced (viz., at Clairvau.'i: on April 13), convoked 
 at Westminster the following persons, viz., Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter; Biehard de Ilchester 
 (Archdeacon of Poictiers) ; the Abbot of Westminster; Wido Eufus ; the Bisliop of Salisbury ; and the 
 Barons of the Exchequer. — 
 
 The Bishop of London's object, so far as it transpired, was to persuade the Bishop of Exeter to join in 
 his provisional appeal. Exeter gave London " the kiss of peace," but determinately refused to join. 
 Salisbury made a facetious speech, indicating his intention to disobey the Primate if the latter ordered 
 him to do anything wrong (in allusion probably to Beeket'e as yet hypothetical injunction that Salisbury 
 should promulgate an interdict in his Diocese). 
 
 May 29. On Ascension Day, Gilbert, Bishop of London, not being himself present, the oiTiciating 
 clergy of St. Paul's were served during mass, by Bucket's emissary, one Berenger, with formal notice of 
 the Bishop's excommunication by the Primate.^ 
 
 May 29. On the same day the Primate, being in France, excommunicated not only the persons wliom 
 he had threatened on April 13th, but apparently many others.^ 
 
 May 30. Death of Nigel, Bishop of Ely. 
 
 M«y 31. Convocation of the London clergy by Bishop Gilbert. He renews his appeal to the Pope, 
 in which the Dean, Archdeacon, and Canons of the Church of London, and the London clergy, generally, 
 join. But the Canons of St. Bartholomew, St. Martin's, and the Holy Trinity, refuse to make any appeal.'-' 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 16. Epist. ccxvi. John Cumin ; — 
 
 ^ S. T. C. iv. 225. Epist. ccclxiv. Wido Eufus, who was bound, like others above- 
 
 ^ S. T. C- iv. 281. Epist. ccclxxxvi. gives a nearly mentioned, to have restored to the Archbishop 
 
 complete list of Beckct's sentences on or before whatever he had received of the income (rerfdiVJAfs) 
 
 May 29. \\ imar, a clerk of Earl Hugh, and other of the Treasurer of Liseux ; — 
 
 clerks of the said Earl, bad been sentenced on some All others, if any, who had received by hand or 
 
 previous occasion, probably that of March previous. by concession of the King any property (posses- 
 
 The additional Excommunicates of May 29 seem siones), whether lay or ecclesiastical, of the Clmreh 
 
 to have been these following : — of Canterbury. 
 
 Robert, brother of William de Einesforde ; — • It further appears that the Bishop of London 
 The Holders of the Churches of Chere and Rele ; had been Receiver, by appointment of the King, of 
 William de Essedesforde (read Einesforde) ; — the confiscated incomes of several of Becket's Clerks. 
 Kobert, Butler to (the late) Archbishop Theobald; The Bisboj) was called upon by Becket to refund ; 
 Alan do Keelinges ;— and, though it does not transpire chat this Receiver- 
 William de Becco ; — ship was the sole ground of his excommunication, it 
 The Holder (not being the King himself) of the is clear that his so refunding was to be a condition 
 land of MuiidfJiam, (parcel) of the Manor of of absolution. 
 
 Tagaham, which land the King took from the Summarily, it would seem that all the Excom- 
 
 Cliurch of Canterbury in the cause of (propter) municates of this year, except the Bishop of Salis- 
 
 John Mareschall ; — bury, the Earl of Norfolk, and the Earl's Clerks, had 
 
 The Holder (not being the King himself) of the participated in the fiscal spoils ensuant on the for- 
 
 land of Xe.« (parcel) of the Manor of Otteforde, feiture and escheat of the Archbishop and his See, 
 
 A\liich John, brother of William de Eynesford, and that their excommunication was intended as a 
 
 lately held ; — first step in the suit and process of recovery. 
 
CODRTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. ^-3 
 
 nc9. K. Henry passes the whole of this month in Gascony. OMcogne. 
 
 June. 
 
 June 19. Pope Alexander, at Benevcntuni, bad now, it seems, lieard of Becket's proceedings of April 
 13, at Clairvaux. The Pope writes to tlie " Archbisliop and Legate,'' expressing his displeasure at tlie 
 Archbishop's sentences, and that tlicy should have been pronounced before the Archbishop's messengers 
 to the Pope had returned to Sens. The Pope now trusts that the Archbishop will suspend the same 
 till the Nuncios (Gratian and Vivian) shall have reported King Ilenry to be obdurate. In that case the 
 Archbishop may renew -the sentences, though the Nuncios be still in France.' 
 
 c. July 1. King Henry, with his army, is in the remoter parts of oascogue. 
 
 Gascony.^ 
 
 The Nuncios, Gratian and Vivian, arriving in France, have a conference with King Louis at Sauvigny 
 (apud Salviniacum) and present Papal letters. Louis advises them not to proceed into Gascony.^ 
 
 The Nuncios go to Sens (where Becket was), and await K. Henry's return into Normandy. It was 
 delayed longer than they expected.^ 
 
 It was during the Nuncios' visit to Becket that they and he, in the presence of the Bishop of Troves, 
 made an arrangement as to the future absolution of Becket's Excommunicates. The Nuncios were so to 
 absolve for a given period after exacting an oath from the Excommunicates that they would stand by 
 Becket's subsequent mandates, or else by the like mandates of the Nuncios themselves. The Nuncios, for 
 their part, promised that, if peace should not be restored between the King and Becket before the feast of 
 St. Martin (Nov. 11), which feast was to be the limit of their stay in France, then the Nuncios would 
 re-sentence the temporarily absolved parties,without benefltof appeal, unless indeed the Nuncios should be 
 staying in France twenty days later than the said feast, and, during those twenty days, the Excommunicates 
 should satisfy Becket as to the matters for wliich he had sentenced them. But if the Nuncios should 
 be leaving France before Martinmas, tlien they were to re-sentcncc the absolved from the day of their said 
 departure, unless satisfaction, as aforesaid, were first made to Becket.' 
 
 A letter from Josceline, Bishop of Salisbury,who is awaiting K. Henry's return at Le Mans, tells Gilbert 
 Bishop of Loudon, that the King, to whom he has sent messengers, will pass near Angiers on his road, 
 and will probably summon Salisbury to meet him at that city, and will there instruct Salisbury as to 
 what he is to do. The Bishop does incline to fall back to Argentan, a, step which might entail on liini 
 a longer journey (than that from Le Mans to Angiers) when summoned to meet the King. Moreover, 
 Salisbury is getting very good wine and plenty of it at Le Mans, whereas, at Argentan, he would only get 
 bad beer, abhorrent to gentle folk, and very little thereof. The Bishop of Chichester [Vominus 
 ^iceslrensis). who is evidently with Salisbury, concurs in these views.'' 
 
 r. Aug. 1-8. King Henry doubtless returned northwards by way ofAn-iers. 
 
 Angiers. In this very month he is said to have been Engaged 
 
 in the construction of an extensive embankment on the 
 
 River Loire, above that city. 
 Auir. 15, On the day of the Assumption of the Virgin, King Henry Argnntan. 
 
 being at Argentan, receives Papal letters, transmitted by 
 
 the Nuncios. 
 ji„p ifi_ The King sends John, Dean of Salisbury, and Reginald, 
 
 (s.iurdiy). ^j-chdeacon of Salisbury, to meet the Nuncios. 
 
 I'V, 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 22. Epist. ocxx. < S. T. G. vi. 2G0. Epist. cccolxxi. llillai_, 
 
 - S. T. C. iv. 217. Epist. ccclx. Bishop of Chichester, is said (Annals of Wavcrley J 
 
 '' S. T. C. iv. 283. Epist. ccclxxxv. to have died in this very year. 
 
121 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1169. Kinff Henry is at Damfront. He and liis son, Henry, Damfront. 
 
 (Saturdij). appear to have gone out hunting, when the Nuncios, 
 Gratian and Vivian, arrive in the town. Geoffrey Eidel, 
 Archdeacon of Canterbury and Nigel de Sackville (because, 
 as we presume, they were excommunicate) hurry from the 
 place. The King returns late from hunting and visits the 
 Hospice of the Nuncios. While he is conversing with them, 
 young Henry and his party arrive at the Nuncios' Hospice. 
 A stag whicli they had taken is presented to the Nuncios.^ 
 
 AiiR. 24. The King, attended by the Bishops of Rhedon and Seez 
 
 ° "y)- visits the Nuncios at their lodgings. He is followed by 
 John of Oxford, Dean of Salisbury; and Reginald, Arch- 
 deacon of Salisbury ; and soon afterwards by Ralph, Arch- 
 deacon of Landaff.^ The conference which ensued lasted 
 till near sunset. According to a correspondent of Becket, 
 who of course only speaks from hearsay, the King's con- 
 tention was that the excommunicate' clerks should be 
 absolved without first taking the oath prescribed by the 
 Nuncios. High words passed, and the King quitted the 
 council-chamber in a rage. After sunset an adjourned 
 conference took place, to which the King summoned all 
 the barons, all the White Monks, and nearly all the 
 Royal Chaplains who were at Datafront, and called them 
 to witness that he offered to the Nuncios the restoration 
 of Becket's Archbishoprick and of Peace. ^ At length the 
 King grew gentler, and left the conference, saying that he 
 would give a definite answer to the Nuncios in a week.^ 
 
 The Nuncio Vivian's account of this day's conference is 
 of course more authentic. The King, having read the 
 Papal letters which were now handed to him, begun to 
 make the old oharges against Becket, but being ad- 
 monished by the Nuncios that he must rid himself of 
 rancorous feeling and receive Becket into love and favour, 
 he hinted a qualified assent, and said he would take 
 counsel on the point. But first the King made a pro- 
 posal about absolving the excommunicates. Vivian after- 
 wards explains to the Pope, what was pei-haps intimated 
 at the time to Henry, viz., that the Nuncios' powers as 
 to absolving the Bishops depended on the prospect of 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 277, 278. Epist. ccclxxxiij. 
 
CODRTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENRY II. 125 
 
 1109. ultimate peace, and on the Bishops taking a certain oath Damfrout. 
 (Suuday). binding on themselves in case of the failure of such a 
 prospect.^ 
 
 A week now elapsed, during which, as Vivian writes, 
 the King was leading the Nuncios "through many wind- 
 ings both of road and speeoh," and thus detaining them for 
 some time.^ 
 
 Here we should parenthetically notice that these diplo- 
 macies were not occupying the whole of King Henry's 
 time and attention. According to one chronicle, the 
 King, after returning in peace to Normandy, built the 
 frontier castle of Beauvoir-cn- Lions. ^ Beauvoir-cn-Lions. 
 
 Aug 31, Conference of Baieux between Henry and the Nuncios. Baieax. 
 
 (Sunday). ... . . 
 
 Vivian writes that this conference took place in presence 
 of the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux ; that the King 
 proposed that the Nuncios should absolve those three of 
 the excommunicates who were with him in Normandy ; 
 that then one of the Nuncios should cross to England 
 and absolve all such excommunicates as he might meet with 
 near the coast, while the other Nuncio should proceed to 
 the Archbishop (at Sens). On these conditions K. Henry 
 promised to permit the Archbishop (Becket) " to come 
 securely, and, in good and firm peace and safety, receive 
 his church in all integrity as it was before he left it, and 
 hold it to the Honour of God, of the Church, of the King, 
 and of the Kings's sons." The same restitution the King 
 promised to those who were in exile with, and for, the 
 Archbishop. The King also bound himself to reduce his 
 promises to writing.^ 
 
 Diceto describes the Cenferenco of Baieux as attended by 
 several English Bishops.* Becket's correspondent says 
 that the Archbishops of Eouen and Bordeaux and all the 
 Normandy Bishops were present; that by accident (not 
 summons) the Bishop of Le Mans was there ; that the 
 Bishop of Worcester was expected, but did not arrive 
 till the next day ; that the Bishop of Poitiers (he was a 
 great ally of Becket) excused his attendance, saying 
 that he was holding a Synod, which, being over, he would 
 attend forthwith. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 217, 218. '■' Cliron. Normanniae. 3 Diceto, 550. 
 
126 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1169. 
 Aue. 31. 
 (Suaday). 
 
 Sept. 1, 
 (Aionday). 
 
 Sept. 2, 
 (Tuesday). 
 
 Sept. 1, 
 (Monday). 
 
 Becket's correspondent mentions a speech made by K. Daieux. 
 Henry on this occasion to the effect that the King con- 
 ceived himself to be laying the Pope under great obligations 
 by his concessions in behalf of Bscket.^ 
 
 •' . . . Le Bur. 
 
 On the following day, according to the Nuncio Vivian's 
 account, the King affecting to I'epeat his promise, merely 
 substituted the word )i6vrs {heredum) for sons (filiorum). 
 This was in the presence of the Archbishops of Eouen 
 and Bordeaux, and of the Bishop of Liseux. Being asked 
 about the Kiss (of Peace), the King replied that Peace 
 should not remain abeyant for such a trifle as that. The 
 Nuncios, well pleased, absolved the three excommunicates 
 who were at Court; but, this being done, and the King 
 again renewing his promises, he added to the previous 
 formula the words " Salvd dignitate regni mei." This, 'says 
 Vivian, much startled the Nuncios. They parted from the 
 King, and, under escort of the Ar(;hbishop of Rouen, went 
 to Caen.'-^ 
 
 (If seeins that here, Vivian is epitomizing two dai/s' proceedings, viz., 
 September 1 and September 2. The account of the same conference, as 
 given belozo hy u correspondent of Secket, expresses only one day of 
 actual date, but clearly indicates the proceedings of two days. The nar- 
 rative of JSeckeVs correspondent should he collated with that of the 
 Nuncio.) Le Bur. 
 
 The meeting took place in the Park of Le Bur, near 
 Bayeux, says Becket's correspondent. — 
 
 The King first proposed that the Nuncios should 
 absolve his clerks, sine jiiramento. This was at once 
 refused. The King mounted his horse and swore never 
 to listen again to the Pope or anyone else as to ' Peace •" with 
 Becket. 
 
 The Archbishops and Bishops camo to the Nuncios, and 
 with much difiiculfcy persuaded them to yield |the point. 
 The King ^dismounted and made a speech, promising peace 
 and restoration to Becket and his co-exiles. This was 
 about the ninth hour (3 p.m.). 
 
 The King then devoted some time to other matters, 
 which, being concluded, he again raised the question about 
 the Nuncios, or one of them, or at least one of their 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 27S-2S1. Epist. ccclxxiiij. 
 
 2 S. T. C. iv. 218-19. Epist. cccli. 
 
COURT, nOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 127 
 
 1169. 
 Sppt. 1. 
 (Monday). 
 
 Sept. 1, 
 (Moiida)'). 
 
 Sept. 2, 
 (Tucadaj). 
 
 clerksj going to England to absolve the excommunicated he Bur. 
 there. Gratian refused. The King, again angiy, told 
 the Nancios that he did not care a fig (' an egg ' was the 
 word he used) for them or their excommunications, and 
 again mounted his horse, as if for leaving the conference. 
 The Bishops followed and rejDroved the King for his 
 language. He set the Bishops to write to the Pope, and 
 tell how they had heard the King's jDromises of restitution 
 to Becket and obedience to the Pope, and how the only 
 obstacles to ' peace ' were the Nuncios themselves. These 
 letters could not be written in a moment ; and the King 
 seemed to chafe and to be at issue now with the Bishops. 
 At last the Bishops told him plainly that they had seen 
 Papal letters in the Nuncios^ hands, commanding them, 
 the Bishops, to do whatever the Nuncios might enjoin. 
 " I see, I see," said the King, " they will interdict my 
 land; but sm'ely I, who can take the strongest of castles 
 in any single dajr, shall I not avail to scotch a single clerk, 
 if he should interdict my land ? " 
 
 The Bishops promised to act to a certain extent accord- 
 ing to the King's wishes. He told them that unless they 
 could manage to make peace that nigJit they would never 
 again reach the point already attained. 
 
 Finally the King repeated his promise as to the restora- 
 tion of Becket and his co-exiles. At this the Nuncios and all 
 I'ejoiced. The King said that if he had done in any respect 
 too little that day, he would mend it on the morrow.^ 
 
 On the morrow (which Becket's correspondent seems Le Bur. 
 erroneously to call the Calends of September, but which 
 was, according to the context, the 4th of the Nones), 
 there was a meeting in the same place— the Park of Le 
 Eur. The Nuncios al)Solved Geoffrey Ridel, Nigel de 
 Sackville, and Thomas fitz Bernard, they promising, on the 
 word of truth and laying hand on the Gospels, that they 
 would obey the Nuncios' (subsequent) mandates. 
 
 It was then asked of the Nuncios that they would allow 
 the properties of Becket's church to remain with the 
 King's presentees ; but it was settled that these proper- 
 ties wei-e to revert to Becket absolutely [libere). 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 278-281. Epist. ccclxxxiij. 
 
128 
 
 COURT, HODSEHOLU, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1169. 
 Sept. 2. 
 (Tuesday). 
 
 Sent. 3, 
 (Wednes- 
 day.) 
 
 Sept. 8, 
 (Monday.) 
 
 c. Sept. 16, 
 (Tuesday). 
 
 The Bishops were then set to write down the " Form Lo Bur. 
 of Peace " propounded by Henry : the King again urging 
 one of the Nuncios to go to England. The Nuncios were 
 leaving the assembly, and it was near midnight, when the 
 King said that the words '' salvd dignitate regiii mei " 
 were to be appended to the ' Forma Pads.' Gratian said 
 he would not allow it. 
 
 " And in that resolution " (adds Becket's correspondent) 
 " the Nuncios persevere, and on the day of the Virgin's 
 Nativity (September 8) they are to go to Caen to confirm the 
 said resolution more fully. The Bishop of Liseax (during 
 the preceding conferences) was bent on serving the King, 
 the Archbishop of Rouen, ou serving God and the Pope." '■ 
 
 Another authority points out Eotrou, Archbishop of 
 Rouen, as the most strenuous mediator in the above diplo- 
 macy, and says that at one step of the altercation, William, 
 Archbishop of Sens (he was Legate in France at the time), 
 warned the Nuncios not to proceed without his advice. 
 
 Another authority states that the three excommunicates 
 were absolved with the proviso that " peace '■" was to be 
 restored between Henry and Becket before Martinmas 
 (November 11). And such was substantively the fact. 
 
 King Henry went to Rouen to meet the Comte ofEouen. 
 Flanders. He left the negotiation with the Nuncios to 
 be conducted, on his part, by the Archbishops of Bor- 
 deaux and Rouen, the Bishops of Liseux, Worcester, Seez, 
 Baieux, and Rhedon, and by the Archdeacons of Canterbury 
 and Salisbury, and by his barons {principihus suis).^ 
 
 At Rouen the King is said to have conferred with several 
 English Bishops.^ 
 
 The Nuncios go to Caen and confer with the King's Coraniisaioners. 
 The Nuncios agree to accept the proviso " Salvd dignitate regni.^^ but re- 
 quire to add also the expression "salvd libertate Ecclesiie.'' This, the 
 Commissioners, alleging the King's disapproval, refuse. The agreement 
 and promise remained then intact, as origiually tendered by the King.^ 
 
 The Kins' summons the Nuncios to Rouen and informs 
 them by messengers that he would not recede from the 
 clause " salud dignitate regni sid." ^ 
 
 And so the Nuncios quitted Rouen, but not without warning the Archbishops (of Bourdeaux and Rouen) 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 281. 
 
 - S. T. C. iv. 213, 219. 
 
 ' See Lyttelton, ii. 518. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAIIY OF K. HENET II. 129 
 
 on tlieir allegiance to the Pope, that if Peace were not restored before theNuncios should leave France, that 
 both the King and the three absolved persons should be told tliat the latter were no longer to enjoy tiie 
 benefit of absolution, but must observe the sentence originally pronounced against them by the Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury.' 
 
 1169. King' Henry now sends ambassadors to the Pope, viz., Eoaeu. 
 
 C. Sept. 20. . ° ■' . AIT 
 
 Kegmald, Archdeacon of Salisbury ; Randolph, Archdeacon 
 of LandafF; and Richard Barre.^ They were to gain the 
 Pope's sanction of the King's saving clause, " salud digni- 
 tate reijnl," in addition to former requirements (as to 
 absolutions) ; and to say that, unless the Pope acceded, the 
 King would provide for his honour and safety elsewhere 
 (we infer b}' siding with the Emperor and Anti-Pope). 
 
 September, 1169. The Nuncios now visit Beoket, and tell him the state of things. He said he would 
 gladly aid in " preserving the dignity of Henry's realm,", " saving his own Order and his fealty to thf 
 Church of Rome." 
 
 t. Sept. 2i. Later still, the Nuncios, by counsel of the Archbishops and Bishops, send Peter, Arch 
 deacon of Pavia, to exhort tlie King to -comply with the Pope's requirements. The Envoy was 
 courteously received, but /indecorously dismissed, and then robbed, on his way back, of certain effects. 
 One of his attendants, too, remaining outside the town, was set on by ruffians, but released when a cei'tain 
 Knight passing by hinted that he .would inform the Nuncios of the outrage. 
 
 Vivian now writes the above particulars to the Pope. lie excuses Grratian for not joining in his letter. 
 That Nuncio was in a hurry to leave France, and though he agreed i)i Vivian's etatevuents lie disap- 
 proved of their length. Both Nuncios coneumd in begging the Pope not to accept any statements of 
 Ilenry's ambussadors, tdl verified by the Nuncios themselves on their return to Italy.' 
 
 c. Sept. 29. The Bishop of London sets out for the Papal Court on the matter of his appeal. Having 
 passed the Alps, and reached Milan, the Pope's Bull of absolution (directed to the Archbishop of Kouen 
 and the Bishop of Exeter) meets him. He returns to Normandy and is absolved by the Archbishop 
 at Eouen, on Easter Sunday (April 5), 1170.'' 
 
 Op the Queen, or of any other member of the Boyal family, we have scant mention in the records of 
 the fiscal year now ended. The silence of the Pipe-KoUs indicates that both the Queen and her cliildren 
 •were over sea. 
 
 The various Writs authorizing the Sheriffs' exijenditure of Royal revenue during the year, were one- 
 while Writs of the King, one-while Writs of Richard de Luci. 
 
 A TEW FUETHEE EXTEACTS from the Pipe-Roll indicate little thore than the King's 
 continued residence abroad : — ■ 
 
 CiviTAS Winton'. JSt fro conducendo thesauro et Imgia thesauri de Wiiiton' ad 
 Hanton' ct in aliis minutis negociis tliesauri per totum annum 25s. 2d. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 219. Epist. ccclx. Another names the " Archdeacon of Salisbury " 
 
 - One account (iVI. Paris's) styles the Envoys and " Richard Barre." 
 
 "Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury," and " R. Thus each account names but two of the three 
 
 B^rre." Envoys who actually went. The two Ai-clideacons 
 
 Anotlier names the Archdeacons of Landaff and had been each on distinct missions to the Pope 
 
 Salisbury. previously. 
 
 Anotlier styles them " Ral|>h, Archdeacon of ' S. T. C. iv. 219, 220. 
 
 Landaff," and " Reginald de Salisbury." ■* Diceto, i^p. 550-553. 
 
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130 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY 11. 
 
 Hantonia. Hi pro perficiendis dolus cervisiai, missts in Koriuanniam 6s. 4d. 
 Et jjro locandi's quinque navihus ad portandas damns Rcqls in Normanniam £4. 
 10s. Et in h'heracione Esneccce de fribns passagiis £22. 10s. per breve Ricardi de 
 Luci. Et pro locandis tribus navihus ad equos Camerarii £4. 10s. per idem breve. 
 Et item pro onerando thesauro duabus vicibus 6s. 4d. 
 
 Feom taeious soueces we get a tolerably full list of the persons employed during the above year 
 in tlie administration of the law and the assessment of taxes ; — 
 
 Richard, Archdeacon of Poitiers ; Guy, Dean of Waltham ; Reginald de Warren ; Oger, Dapifer ; 
 'William Basset; and Alan de NeTill, junior; had oiBciated either as justices in eyre, or assessors of the 
 aid in marriage of the Princess Matilda on certain boroughs. Alan de Nevill (senior, we presume) had 
 visited a few counties, and held pleas apparently of the forest. 
 
 On Michaelmas Day, clearly the Michaelmas of 1169, a certain suitor in the Curia Itegis (at 
 Westminster, it is evident) accepted the homage of, and executed a feoffment to, another suitor ; and this 
 was in presence of ten "Barons of the Exchequer," viz., Richard de Luci; Richard, Archdeacon of 
 Poitiers; Wido, Dean of Waltham; Henry fitz Gerold, Chamberlain; Richard the Treasurer; William 
 Mauduit ; Alan de Nevill ; Reginald de Warren ; William Basset ; and Adam de Gernemue. The said 
 feoffment was also attested by Joceline, Bishop of Sarum ; Earl Eugh (of Norfolk), Earl William of 
 Arundel, Geoffrey de Luci, Tliomas Basset, Philip de Chimes, Radulf de Glanvill ; Gervase de Comhill, 
 Oger, Sheriff (of Norfolk and Suffolk),' Roger fitz Reinfrcd, Nicholas, Dean of Tilbury ; "■' and Stephen 
 de Beauchamp, Sheriff of Essex ;^ that is by twelve persons, of whom seven are known to have acted as 
 justiciars on other occasions.' Moreover, four of tlie persons thus attendant at the Exchequer are known 
 to have been among Becket's Excommunicates, of whom only the Bishop appears to have appealed to the Pope. 
 
 Oct. 1-31. King Henry probably at Rouen most of the montb. Eouen. 
 
 c. Oct. The Nuncios Gratian, and Yivian, remind Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Nigel de 
 Saecavill, and Thomas fitz Bernard, that they had previous to Michaelmas been apprised by the 
 Archbishops of Rouen and Bourdeaux, that their absolution formerly conferred by the Nuncios would 
 be cancelled if 'Peace' were not secured before Michaelmas ; and add that Becket, having in defaidt of 
 such Peace renewed their sentences of excommunication, they, the Legates, now order them to keep their 
 promises and observe their sentences.^ 
 
 Oct. 29. The Nuncio Vivian passing southwards, and intending to go to Italy with the Archbishop 
 of Tours, halts at Tours. Here he is found by the Prior of Bec-Hellouin who brings him letters from 
 K. Henry, from Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen, and from Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 
 Hereupon Vivian's resolution to go to Italy seems to have changed. He sends transcripts of the above 
 three letters to Becket at Sens. Therewith he himself writes to Becket, telling him not to be persuaded 
 by the Archbishop of Rouen, nor to defer to Gratian " (who at this rate would seem to be still in Erajice). 
 
 Nov. 3, (Monday). Becket left Sens.? 
 
 Vivian writes again to Becket, inviting him to attend a conference between Louis and Henry, which 
 was to tike place at St. Denys on November 16 (Sunday) : also intimating that he, Vivian, was on his 
 way to the French court.' 
 
 'Identical with Oger, Dapifer. He was Sheriff" lastedayear, and consequently he was Sheriff only on 
 
 of Norfolk and Suffolk from Michaelmas, 11G3, one Michaelmas Day — that of 1169. 
 
 till Easter, 1170. ■• Madox (Formulare ccxci. Exchequer, p. 744). 
 
 ^ Otherwise called Nicholas Decanus and Nicholas Madox suggests circiler 16 Hen. II., as the date of 
 
 Ciericus. He had served as Shcrifl' of Essex and the transaction. It is wrong only by a year. 
 
 Hertfordshire from Michaelmas, 1164, to Kastcr, * S. T. C. vi. 127. Epist. cccxc. 
 
 11G9, when he was succeeded by Stephen de Beau- •■ S. T. C. iv. 214. Epist. ccclviij. 
 
 champ. 7 S. T. C. i. 158. 
 
 •* St-ephen de Beauchanip's tenure of the office only * S. T. C. iv. 215. Epist. ccclix. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 131 
 
 1169. c. Nov. 10, (Monday). Bocket writes to Vivian. Beoket does not see wliy Vivian sliould urge 
 liis attendance at tlie conference of " Sunday tieri" (November 16). However, Becket will meet Vivian 
 himself at Corboil Cattle on "Friday next" (November 14). Boekct's letter is liigh-toncd, and discourages 
 any prospect of effectual mediation between himself and King Henry.' 
 
 Nov. 14, (Friday). — The cojiference at Corboil Castle, between Beckct and the Nuncio Vivian, prob- 
 ably took place. 
 
 N»y^i6 Conference of St. Denys between Louis VII. of Franco st. Denjs. 
 
 (Suuday.) ^^ij Henry of England.^ The Nuncio Vivian was present 
 at the conference ; but Archbishop Becket was in Paris. 
 
 The treaty made at St. Denys between Louis and Henry 
 had nothing to do with Becket. It bound Henry to treat 
 amicably with Raymond, Comte of Toulouse (or St. Giles), 
 whose Fief was claimed by Prince Richard of England as 
 Duke of Aquitaine." Henry also covenanted to send 
 Prince Richard (already affianced to Louis's daughter) to be 
 educated in the French court. 
 
 Nov. 18, Conference of Montmartre (near St. Denys) on the dif- Mnnt™irtre. 
 
 ferences between K. Henry and Thomas, Archbishop of 
 Canterbui-y, who were both present.^ The mediators were 
 Louis of France ; Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen ; and the 
 Nuncio Vivian. Froger, Bishop of Seez, and Theobald, 
 Comte of Blois, were also present. K. Henry is repre- 
 sented as yielding everything to Bucket except the " Kiss 
 of Peace," — a feudal symbol which, if given, purported to 
 disarm the giver of any covert intention against the peace 
 or safety of the i-ecipient. 
 
 Henry's refusal put an end to the conference and to all 
 present hope of reconciliation. It was regarded by K. 
 Louis and the Comte of Blois with such suspicion, that 
 they advised Becket not to return to England without the 
 symbol in question. 
 
 Vivian's letters to Pope Alexander and to K. Henry on this occasion are both extant.'' In that to 
 Henry he stiU urges the bestowal of the " Xiss of Peace," and speaks of the possibiliiy of an interdict 
 and of impending sentences of excommunication against Henry's most important officers. If Henry 
 will not even in such a crisis listen to Vivian, Henry's repentance will be too bite.'' 
 
 The Nuncio after refusing a bribe from Henry took journey towards Italy. 
 
 c, Nov. K. Henvj now again sent ambassadors to Bcnevento ; NonMndr. 
 
 viz., John of Oxford (Dean of Salisbury) ; Giles, Arch- 
 deacon of Rouen ; and John^ Archdeacon of Seez. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iii. 357. Epist. clxxxiij. Comte Eaymond. 
 
 ^ Diceto, p. 551. Comte Raymond's son and '■' S. T. G. iv, 220. Ep. ccclsj. Vivian describes 
 
 a]iparent heir was Louis's nephew, son of his sister the conference as ' Colloquium Regum,' and (in loose 
 
 Constance, who after the death of her affianced bus- terms) iis taking place " at Paris." 
 
 band, Eustace son of K. Stephen, had married ■* S. T. C. iv. Epistles ceclxi ; ccclxij. 
 
132 CODETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINKRARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1109. It was now too that K. Henry transmitted to England Normandy, 
 
 the Edict known as the ' Ten Ordinances.^ The King's 
 object was to cut off from Becket or his agents all possi- 
 bility of communication with England, so that if the Arch- 
 bishop should have recourse to what Henry most dreaded, 
 an interdict of the realm, its lodgment, publication, and 
 efficacy could not be achieved without involving numbers 
 of persons in the guilt of treason. One of these Ordi- 
 nances, the tenth, was retrospective rather than precau- 
 tionary. — The said Ordinance pronounced the Bishops of 
 London and Salisbury to be in misericordidr Regis ; that is, 
 liable to penalty at the King's discretion, in that they 
 had disobe3'ed the Statutes of Clarendon by interdicting 
 the lands and excommunicating the person of Earl Hugh ' 
 (of Norfolk). 
 
 Various accounts are giTcn about the promulgation of the Ten Ordi- 
 nances.' — 
 
 It is probably correct that the King sent them over to England by the 
 hands of Eichard, Archdeacon of Poitiers, and Geoffrey, Archdeacon of 
 Caut<;rbury, with orders for the assemblage of a Synod in London. 
 
 Dec. 26. The King, attended by Prince GeoflVey kept Christmas 
 
 at Nantes in Bretagne.^ Nantes, 
 
 Dec. 31. The King still in Bretagne. Bretagno. 
 
 In the adote ybae died Hilary, Bishop of Chichester,'' and Nicholas 
 
 de Stutcvillc founded Ecclesiam de Vallo Monte'' (the Monastery of St. 
 Mary de Valmout). 
 
 ' Cotton Cl.aud. B. II. p. 27. deacon Eichard had been acting as a Justiciar in 
 
 " See Lyttelton, vol. ii. pp. 527, 532 ; vol. iv. 236. England. Carte says that the bearers of tlie letters 
 
 Lyttelton dates the Edict rightly no doubt, and says to England were " Walter de Grimesby and 
 
 that it was disregarded by the- Bishops of Win- Wimer, two High Sheriffs— the latter in Priest's 
 
 Chester, Exeter, JNorwich, and Chester. His idea Orders." Certainly Wymer was in Holy Orders, 
 
 that Earl Hugh of the 10th Ordinance was Hugh, and these two persons were sometime Sheriffs, viz.. 
 
 Earl of Chester, was of course wrong. of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but their appoint- 
 
 Carte's notions (Hi-st. of England, pp. 596, 597) mcnt as Sheriffs was not till Easter, 1170. 
 
 about this Edict are so wrong and also so plausible Carte, moreover, dates the Edict as a.d. 1165, 
 
 that they need not mislead us, and yet it is in- whicli is utterly inexplicable,— the more so as it 
 
 teresting to criticize them. He says that tlie is subversive of all his other ideas. 
 
 Ordinances were sent " to the Chief Justiciars in ^ Benedictus, p. 1. At this time the Chronicle in 
 
 England, viz., to Richard de Luci and the two question, variously attributed to Benedictus Abbas 
 
 Archdeacons; " and it is certain that De Luci was and Benedictus Petroburgensis, commences. 
 
 Chief Justice' of England at the time, and it is '' Annals of Waverley, p. 160. 
 
 probable that as recently as Michaelmas the Arch- ^ Chron. Norm. p. 1003. Gall. Script, xii. 778. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENRY II. 133 
 
 A.D. 1170. 
 1170. The King is still in Bretagne with Prince Geoflfry. He Brctame. 
 
 Jan. 1. . ^ J ^ 
 
 remains there the whole month ; and succeeds in bringing 
 Eudo, Vicomte of Porhoetj to submission. ^ 
 
 Jan. 19. The Pope, at Benei'cntum, appoints and instructs a, new commission to carry out the agree- 
 ments of Montniartre between Henry and Bectet. Tlie Commissioners were Eotroc, Abp of Rouen, 
 and Beruard, Bp of Nevers (to wliom was afterwards added WilUam, Abp of Sens). Their instructions 
 were to lay an interdict on Henry's citra-marine dominions if he neglected forty days after notice to perform 
 his undertaking as to a peace with Becket.- 
 
 Feb. 2. K. Henry is at Seez in Normandy.^ Seez. 
 
 The following charter, dated cvpud Moritomum, is noticed Jiortain (in the 
 
 -, . , . Avraochin). 
 
 in this place without any assumption as to the period of 
 its issue other than that it was probably between the j'ears 
 1166 and 1170. It is a general confirmation to the Abbey 
 of White- Ladies of Mortain {des Dame Blanches de Mortain), 
 in the Diocese of Avranches.' Its witnesses are — GeofFry 
 and Eoger, King's Chaplains; Hugh Murdac ; Earl William 
 de Mandeville ; Radulf de Falgeriis ; Robert de Vitrei ; 
 Bernard de St. Valery ; Fulco Paganell j William de Traci ; 
 Robert de Bricourt j and Rodolf fitz Stephen. 
 
 Feb. 3. Incidentally we hare notice of Eichard de Humcz and Bertram do Verdon being on this day 
 at Stamford in Northamptonshire.'' 
 
 Feb. 12. Pope Alexander, at Benevento, to Gilbert, Bishop of London. — 
 Is sorry to withold the usual epistolary Benediction. — Has empowered the Arch- 
 bishop of Rouen and Bishop of Exeter to absolve Bishop Gilbert conditionally, 
 unless the latter should' prefer to prosecute his appeal. — Becket has been in- 
 structed to keep such absolution secret till it might be safe to Bishop Gilbert 
 that it should be advertised.^ 
 
 Feb. 18. Pope Alexander, at Benevento, to all the French Bishops ; — certifyino- 
 the commission of the Archbishop of Rouen and the Bishop of Nevers. If they 
 or either of them subject Henry's citra-marine dominions to an interdict, the 
 
 ' Brompton, p. 1060, Vide supra pp. 94, 113 n. done violence to Peter, Archdeacon of Pavia. The 
 
 ^ S. T. C. iv. 55. Ep. eeliii. Vivian, as well as Pope instructs the Commissioners to tell K. Henry 
 
 K. Henry's messengers had conferred with the Pope that neither Gratian nor Vivian were to be blamed 
 
 before he issued this commission. The only out- by the Eing. They could not, on theu- instructions, 
 
 standing difficulty was about the " Kiss of Peace," have acted otherwise than they had. 
 
 which, if the Commissioners failed to foi-ce upon ^ D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, i. 90. 
 
 Henry, they were, with Beoket's consent, to com- " Monasticon, iv. 261. 
 
 promise. ' S. T. 0. iv. 93. lip. cclxxx. The proviso about 
 
 The question of the " Customs " was not to be non-publication was, we presume, in avoidance of 
 
 urged at present, The Commissioners, when assured any possible displeasure on the King's part at 
 
 of " Peace," might absolve Excommunicates ; but Bishop Gilbert's submission to the Papal dele- 
 
 tliey were to sentence, sans appeal, those who had gates. 
 
134 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 Pi-ench Bishops are to enforce and to cause the same to be enforced in all their 
 parishes {i. e. dioceses).^ 
 
 Feb. 18. Pope Alexander, at Beneveuto, to Roger, Archbishop of York, A.S.L. ; 
 to Hugh, Bishop of Durham, and to all Suffragans of the Province of York, certify- 
 ing the same commission, and the order given thereupon to the citra-mariue 
 Bishops. — Now gives similar order to York, Durham, and Suffragans of York. 
 In case Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, lay an interdict on his own province, 
 York and his Suffragans are to publish and enforce it in their Province.^ 
 
 Pope Alexander addresses contemporary and correlative injunctions, as to the 
 enforcement of the threatened interdict, to the Archbishops of Tours, Bourges, 
 Bourdeaux, and Auxerre, and to the Suffragan Bishops of each, as well as to 
 the Suffragan Bishops of Rouen.' 
 
 c. Feb. 20. The Archdeacon of Landaif and Richard Barre, returning from Beneventum, reach 
 Normandy. They are incorrectly said to have brought the Pope's commission, addressed to Archbishop 
 Rotroc and Bp Bernard, and purporting to have been procured by John of Oxford's agency at Bene- 
 ventum. They probably brought only the news tliat the Pope intended to issue such a, commission.'' 
 They are also said to have brought a private letter from the Pope to Roger, Abp of York, authorizing him 
 to crown Prince Hemy as desired by the King.' 
 
 Another, not inconsistent, account is that at this time John of Oxford himself returned from Beneventum.'' 
 
 1170. 
 c. Feb. 30. 
 
 K. Henry being at Caen, invites Becket to meet him 
 there. 
 
 Caen. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 42. Epist. ccxl. This precept is 
 superscribed by some Rubricator, as addressed 
 *' Omnibus JSpiscojpis Canti^^^ and so has been con- 
 cluded by some to have been a, precept to the 
 Suffragans of Canterbury ;-agreatmistateand incon- 
 sistent with the letter itself. In another letter (S. T. 
 C. iv. 60) the Pope himself alludes to it as addressed 
 to the Archbishops and Bishops of Henry's citra- 
 marine territory. — 
 
 Therefore we conclude to read Francim rather 
 than Cancice in the superscription. 
 
 2 S. T. C. iv. 47. Ep. ocxlviii. 
 
 3 S. T. C. iv. 73, 74. Epist. ccxliv. 
 
 '' The mission of the Archdeacon of Landaff and 
 Richard Barre had left Normandy c. Sept. 1169, 
 that of John of Oxford c. ISov. 1169 (Supra 
 pp. 129 and 131). Both missions will have quitted 
 Benevento early in January, 1170. They brought 
 news doubtless to Henry of the Pope's intention 
 to issue a new commission ; but the commission 
 itself, being dated Jan. 19, 1170, can hardly have 
 left Benevento under their care, neither is it pro- 
 bable that the Pope would have entrusted such a 
 document to such conveyance. 
 
 The Pope's answer to Henry (S. T. 0. iv. 131, 
 Ep. ccevii.) is what the Envoys took back. It 
 tells of an audience given by the Pope and his 
 
 brethren to John, Dean of Sahsbury ; Giles, 
 Archdeacon of Rouen ; John, Archdeacon of Seez ; 
 and Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury at one and 
 the same time. It tells also of the commission of 
 Rouen and Nevers. 
 
 ^ There may be some doubt about the genuine- 
 ness of this letter (S. T. 0. iv. 45. Ep. ccxlv.), but 
 no doubt that K. Henry entertained the sclierae 
 of the Archbishop of York's crowning the Prince, 
 and that Becket had not as yet any notice of the 
 King's intention. Becket's agents at Beneventum 
 procured a Bull, dated Eeb. 26, wherein the Pope 
 forbids the Abp of York, the Bishop of Durham, 
 and the English Bishops, from attempting, or as- 
 sisting at, such a ceremony (S. T. C. iv. 47. 
 Epist. ccxlvii.) Our own impression is that the 
 Pope's license to York (Epistle coxlv.) is genuine, 
 though undated. It was perhaps obtained by John 
 of Oxford (who was in Henry's confidence) early iu 
 January, and the Pope granted it solely with a view 
 to gratify K. Henry's wish that his son should be 
 crowned, and without dreaming of the grievance 
 which such a license would constitute for Becket. 
 The language of the Pope's inhibition of Feb. 20, 
 is to the effect that the Arclibishop of Canterbury's 
 exclusive right to crown an English King had only 
 recently dawned upon the Pope. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 13o 
 
 U70. Becketj on his way from Seez to Caen, is stopped by a caen. 
 
 message announcing the King's intention of instantly going 
 to England. 
 
 Maicii 3. K. 'Henry lands at Portsmouth, after four years' Portsmouth, 
 
 absence from England. One of forty vessels which attended 
 his voj'age was wrecked, whereby were lost Henry de Agnis, 
 a nobleman ; Master Ralph de Bellomont, the King's 
 Physician ; and Gilbert de Suleny. 
 
 •.-. March. By a Charter, dated at Edwardston (that is, Shaftesbury, shafte.sbury. 
 
 Dorsetshire), the King confirms to certain Lepers the manor 
 of Bradley,'^ which Manasser Biset had given and conceded 
 to the said Lepers, for Alicia his wife, of whose inheritance 
 it is. Witnesses, Fulk Paenell ; William Malet, Dapifer ; 
 Keginald fitz Urse ; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 By a Charter, dated at Feckenham (Worcestershire), the Feckenham. 
 King confirms to Bermondsey Priory Walcheline Maminot's 
 gift of the Church of Berlyng.' Witnesses, Wide, Dean of 
 Waltham ; Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath ; Richard de Luci ; 
 Manasser Biset, Dapifer ; William de Courci ; and Gilbert 
 Malet.* 
 
 April 5. Pope Alexander, at Latcrati, to the Arclibisliop of Yort and the English Bishops. — They are 
 not to interfere in any coronation of a new king in derogation of the rights of Canterbury and of 
 Archbishop Thomas, nor without his consent.* 
 
 AprU 6. At Easter, the King held a great Council at Windsor, and Windsor, 
 
 appointed a commission of enquiry into the conduct of all 
 persons in authority (Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, &c.. 
 Earls, Barons, Sheriffs, &c.. Foresters, Citizens, Burgesses, 
 &c.) during his late absence from England. 
 
 The Commissioners for one circuit (Kent, Surrey, 
 Middlesex, Berks, Oxfordshire, Bucks, and Bedfordshire), 
 are named. They were the Abbot of St. Augustin, Canter- 
 bury ; the Abbot of Chertsey; the Earl of Clare; Wm. do 
 Abrancis; Manasser de Dam martin ; Ceroid fitz Ralph; 
 Gilbert de Pinkeni; Wm. fitz Helt; Wm. fitz Nigel; 
 William fitz Martin; Ralph de Hospital; and Ralph de 
 Dene.^ On another circuit, which included Warwickshire, 
 
 ' Afterwards Maiden Bradley. (c. May) he is called the tiew Archdeacon. His ap- 
 
 - Monasticon vii. 644, pointment was probably irregtdar and afterwards 
 
 ' Walcheline Maminot's grant appears to have cancelled. In May, 1171, Jolin was Archdeacon of 
 
 been in 1168 (Bermondsey Chronicle). Bath. 
 
 ■* Monast. v. 100, vi. Thomas, Archdeacon of * S. T. C. It. 45. Ep. ccxliv. 
 
 Batli, occurs thrice in this year. In one catc " Gcrvaso, p. 1410. 
 
136 COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 AprYu. Walter de Insula and Eustace fitz Stephen were two of wiodsor 
 the Commissioners.^ 
 
 On thia same day (April 5) Gilbert, Bishop of London, is said to have 
 been absolved at Rouen by Archbishop Eotrou. The Bishop would seem 
 at once to have hastened to England, and to have reached Windsor 
 before the King left it.^ 
 
 William, King of Scots, and his brother David were 
 present at the Council of Windsor. 
 
 A royal grant, dated at Windsor, is in favour of Swines- 
 head Abbey. The movent clause is " j^ro animd avi mel 
 IJcnrici Regis, etpatris mei, et pro salute animce mecB et matris 
 mece Imperatricis et pro salute Regina; et jiliorum et fratrum 
 meorum." The witnesses are Roger, Archbishop of York ; 
 Gilbert, Bishop of London; William, Earl de Mandeville; 
 Richard de Luci ; Reginald deCnrtenai; and Will fifcz 
 Radulf.3 
 
 c. April 10. 4 From Windsor the King went to London and there held London, 
 a great Council about the proposed coronation of his eldest 
 son Henry, and about the Statutes of the Realm. ISTow, also, 
 the King deposed ^ almost all '' the Sheriffs in the kingdom.^ -r 
 
 p. Maj, Two Royal Charters to Haughmond Abbey (Shropshire) Wpodstoct. . 
 
 would appear to have borne date at Woodstock^ and to. haye 
 passed at this time. When collated, they seem both to be 
 attested by G-eofFry, Archdeacon of Canterbury, and 
 Richard de Camvill.® ' 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Silveston (Northants) , is in siiverston. 
 
 ' Eot. Pip. 19 Hen. II. (Madox. Exchequer 96). ' Deposuit is the word used by Benedictus 
 
 - To a date immediately subsequent to this is (i. 5). We understand it, both from the context, 
 
 ascribed a chi-onologically important letter of and from the statement of tlie Konnun Chronicle, 
 
 Becket to the Cardinal Albert. It is the letter in luidnr June 11, to mean only suspended, i. e., till the 
 
 which Becket speaks of the absolution of the Bishops Commissioners appointed at Windsor should have 
 
 of London and Salisbury, and in wliich he denounces made their reports. 
 
 so Bercely Reginald fitz Josceline, the Bisliop of « Of thirty-five counties accounted of by their 
 
 Salisbury's Aa«/a)'rf son. (See Hook's Lives of the respective Sheriffs at Michai'lmas, 1169, only nine 
 
 Archbishops of Canterbury, vol. ii. pp. 479, 480). were accounted of by identical Sheriffs at Michaelmas, 
 
 ^ Mona^t. V. 337, i. — This Charter proves how 1170; but out of tire twenty-six cases of change, two 
 
 little we can gather of the life or death of persons were because the previous Sheriff was represented 
 
 named in a movent clause. The Empress and the by deputy, and one (Shropshire) was accounted for 
 
 Kinc's brothers, whom we might suppose to be by the clerk of a deceased Sheriff, 
 
 living at its date, were all three dead before William ' Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 4, 5. Gervase, 1410. 
 
 de Mauc'eville became an Earl. ^ Haughmond Charf. fo. 53, and Monast. vi. 
 
 ■• Keithor Benedictus nor Gervase supply the 108, iii. — 
 
 exact date of this Council of London ; but the Alured, now Abbot of Haughmond, had so been 
 
 Kinc went thereto from Windsor. Moreover, the appointed by the King during the minority of 
 
 displacement of the Sheriffs, so far as we can judge young William fitz Alan. Formerly Alured had 
 
 from the changes of accountants on the Pipe-Roll, been tutor to the King ; " qui me nutrivit" s.ays 
 
 dates from Easter (April 5). the King of the Abbot. 
 
CODRT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKiRY OP K. HENKY II. 1-37 
 
 <r. mIj"' favour of Tavistoclc Monastery, and was tested singly by sa<-ersion. 
 Geoffiy, Archbishop (read Archdeacon) of Canterbury.^ 
 
 1-. May. Pope Alexander, to tlie Archbishop of Rouen and Bishop of Nerers. — Has lieard of Iv. 
 Henrj''8 transfretution (on March 3) to England. The Commissioners are to go to the King witliin 
 twenty days after receipt of this Letter. Tlie Pope repeats his former instructions, and if tlie King delay 
 to fullil the Commissioners' injunctions, forty days after receipt thereof, they are to interdict his 
 continental (cis-marinam) territi.ry, as before prescribed. They arc further to intimate to Henry tliat if 
 he continue obdurate, the Pope will deal witli him as with the Emperor Frederick, and sentence his person. - 
 
 The Commissioners, in virtue of the powers of absolution, primarily intrusted to them by the Pope, 
 ara not so to absolve Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury, or others, unless he or they sliall first have 
 surrendered the the Church of Otteford or other possessions of the Church of Canterbury.^ 
 
 May. Prince Kioliard, to whom, by Queen Eleanor's vrisK Henry had ceded Aquitaine, comes witli the 
 Queen to Limoges. They lay the foundation stones of the monastery of St. Augustine.^ 
 
 May 31. Prince Richai-d, seated on the Abbot's throne in the Churcli of St. Hilary at Poicciers, is 
 presented with the "lance" and "standard" (the insignia of the Poitevin Comtes) by Bertoam, 
 AvehbisliO]3 of Bordeaux, and by John, Bisliop of Poictiers.^ 
 
 Afterwards Richard was received in procession at Limoges, was decorated with the Eing of St. Valerie, 
 and proclaimed Duke.' 
 
 May 31. Oq the octavo of Pentecost, David, brother of the King England. 
 
 of Scots, was knighted by K. Henry. 
 
 King Henry sends Thomas, the new Archdeacon of 
 Bath, to the Archbishop of Rouen, with what result, as 
 regards the Archbishop himself, there is no record. 
 
 Buk Archdeacon Thomas persuaded the Bishop of Kevers to delay his passage to England till June U, 
 and proclaimed publicly that the King was immediately coming back to Normandy, which, says our 
 authority, was an utter falsehood.'' 
 
 Jure 5, Richard, Archdeacon of Poitiers, having been sent to England. 
 
 " "''' Caen, where Prince Henry was, sets out with the Prince for 
 England."^ 
 
 RoTr, Bishop of Worcester, being at Dieppe, obedient to a summons to attend the forllicomiiig 
 Council of London, and having in cliarge certain prohibitory letters of the Pope to the Abp of York 
 and others, touching tlx! coronation of Prince Henry, is detained from proceeding to England by 
 autliority of Queen Eleanor and Kichard do Humez, constable of Normandy, both then at Caen. 
 
 Bernard, Bishop of Nevei's, having received the Papal commission of January, and in pursuance 
 thereof seeking an early interview with Henry, happened to reach Caen on the same day, but the Prince, 
 with the Archdeacon of Poietiers, and the Bisliops of Bayeux and Seez had already started for the coast 
 (Barfleur probably), en roule for England.'' 
 
 c. Juno 8. Amicus, a warm partizan of Beoket, resident at Caen, writes an important letter (o 
 Becket, who is still at Sens. — 
 
 Tells him of tha Coronation to take place in England on " Sunday next," and that the Pope's 
 prohibitory letters to York and others, though tliey had long since reached England, had never been 
 delivered to the persons addressed : that, if the Archbishop of York shoiild fear to crown young Henry, 
 
 ' Monast. ii. 496, iii. ' Rerum Gallicarum Scriptores, xii. 412. 
 
 * S. T. C. iv. 59. Ep. ccliv. cclr. ■* S. T. C. iv. 287. Epist. ccclxxxix. 
 
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 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 the "Butoher of Seez " was to do it. Dwells on the offence to Louis that his da\i5hter should be left 
 at Caen, and excluded from sharing in her husband's coronation. Tells, as above, about Thomas, 
 Archdeacon of Bath ; about tlie Queen and de Ilumez ; the Archdeacon of Poictiers ; and the two 
 Norman Bishops. Reflects much on the supineness, or slothfulness, or credulity of the Bishop of Nevers, 
 who was creeping about West Normandy affecting to seek, and yet careful to postpone his passage to 
 England, which he might easily have accomplished had he stuck to his original plan of going by way of 
 Sens and Flanders. Suggests tliat Becket would only stop K. Henry's design (of the Coronation) by 
 going with the Archbishop of Sena to Louis, who would send a message to the Qu^^en and De Huniez, 
 prohibiting the Coronation without his daughter's presence, which message would alarm the Queen and 
 De Humez, and induce them to warn K. Henry. Further suggests tliat Becket, K. Louis, and the 
 Archbishop of Sens, should send to the Bishop of Nevers, ordering him to demand at once, from tlie 
 Queen at Caen, a passage to England ; which passage being impracticable, Nevers would resort to 
 Becket, and accomplish his object (of reaching K. Henry) with some celerity {idem JUpiscojms ad vos 
 revertatur factums citius quodfacturus est} 
 
 The King liolds a great Council at London, whereat the London. 
 Commissioners, appointed at Windsor in April, make their 
 reports, and whereat many Sheriffs and Officials are said 
 to have been cashiered.^ 
 
 Prince Henry crowned King, in presence of his father, Westminster, 
 at Westminster, by Roger, Archbishop of York, Legate 
 of the Apostolic See. There were j)resent and assisting two 
 Norman and four English Bishops, viz., Henry of Baieux 
 Froger of Seez, Hugh of Durham, Gilbert of London, 
 Josceline of Salisbury, and Walter of Rochester.^ 
 
 William, King of Scots, and his brother David do homage 
 to the younger King Henry. 
 
 1170. 
 June 11. 
 
 June 14, 
 {Sunday) 
 
 June 15. 
 
 i. Juno 20. The Bishop of Nevers, having been refused a passage to England by 
 
 the Queen and De Humez, was now at Mantes, waiting the King's return 
 to Normandy."* 
 
 King Henry, to cajole Louis, had sent orders for the Princess Margaret 
 to hold herself in readiness to leave Caen on being summoned by the 
 King to England.'' 
 
 The Bishop of Worcester, staunch to Becket, had not yet effected a 
 passage to England.'' 
 
 c. June 24. King Henry embarks for Normandy from Portsmouth. Portsmouth. 
 Louis of France, in dudgeon that his daughter, Margaret, 
 was not crowned with her husband, is threatening the 
 Norman frontier. The King lands at Barfleur. Barfleur. 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 287. Epist. ccckxxix. 
 
 - Chron. Nermann. 1004, is the only authority 
 for this Council of June 11th. The statement as to 
 the receipt of the reports of the Commissioners on 
 the Sheriff-Inquest is probably correct. We under- 
 stand also that most of the Sheriffs, already sus- 
 pended, were now cashiered. 
 
 ^ Chron Normann. 1004. Hovoden, 497. Bcne- 
 
 dictus, 4. — Giles, Bishop of Evreux, would seem 
 also to, have been present. One writer, resident in 
 Normandy, says that young Henry was knighted by 
 his father, and then anointed King by York, transaciu 
 Dominicd ; but whether he meant on Monday or 
 after sun-set on Sunday, we suppose neither was 
 correct. (S. T. C. iv. 299). 
 
 ^ S. T. C. iv. 299. Ep. cccxcij. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 139 
 
 Some extracts from the Pipe-Eoll of 1170 will here be pertinent, illustrating 
 as they do K. Henry's visit to England, the coronation of his son, and the 
 King's transfretation. — 
 
 WicuMBA.i Et pro conducendd vaisselld Regis de Wudestokd ad Windresor et 
 iiide ad Litndon 3s. 6d. M pro hugid thesauri conducendd ad Limdon 18d. Et 
 pro quatuor carretis ad opus Regis 236'. Id. per breve Regis. 
 
 Berchamesteda. Et in operacione quatuor galearum ad opus Regis 41s. 4(.Z. 
 per breve Regis, 
 
 Hantesciea. Et Willclmo filio Adelini £10 ad corredium Regis filii Regis per 
 breve Regi.-<. Et item Ailwardo camerario £11. 13s. 4:d. ad corredium Regis per 
 breve Regis. Et pro locandis navibus ad passagium^ Ricardi de Luci et uliorum 
 Baronum £11. lOs. per breve Regis. Et in liberaciane Esneccce quando Rex ipse 
 transfretavit £7. 10s. per breve Regis. 
 
 Civitas Wintoni^. Et in conducendis thesaiiro et hugiis et Rcgalibus et rofulis 
 et taleis de thesauro septem itineribus 63s. bd. Et pro locandis caretis ad portan- 
 
 dum thesaurum ciis thesauri 12s. Sd. per Willelmum Picut et 
 
 Godi'fridum Glericum.^ 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro 4 caretis ferrandis ad opus Regis filii Regis 
 61s. 7d. Et Edwardo Blundo £12. 16s ad emendos pannos sericos et unani pelliciam 
 varium ad opus Regis et unum palefridum ad opus unius militis de Andegavid, per 
 breve Regis. Et fratri Ernulfo et nuncio Impieratoris ct nuncio Eucis Saxonice 
 tt Martino de Gapella SLVQ. per breve Regis. Et pro pannis ad opus Regince per 
 Edwardum Blundum £6. 19s. 9tL per breve Regis. Et pro robd de viridi essaid, 
 et caligis et ocreis et tribus pannis sericis ad opus Regis filii Regis £9. 15s. 
 per breve Regis per visum Edwardi Blundi. Et pro coffris et minuto harnesio ad 
 capellam Regis filii Regis 18s. 3d. per breve Regis. Et pro robd: filial Regis 
 E'rancice et familial ejus £26. 17s. bd. per breve Regis et per testimonium Edwardi 
 Blundi.^ Et Willo de Hauvill 24s. ad emendos duos accipitres ad opus Regis 
 filii Regis per breve Regis et pro uno accipitre ad opus Regis Scottice 20s. per 
 breve Regis. Et pro auro ad deaurandam vaissellam Regis filii Regis et ad 
 
 'Tliis is High Wjooinbo (Bucks), a Lordship equitaturis, et familid dccenter inslruerei ad trans- 
 
 tlien in manu Regis. fretandum quando ipse mandaret. Hoc autem 
 
 - In tliis Pipe-RoU, the Soiithamplon account is factum est ut audiat Rex F/aitcoi-tim et ah indig- 
 
 torn away, with the exception of tlie heading uatioiie quam de conlemptu Ji/ite coiicipit^ aliquan- 
 
 Mantonia, and a few scattered words, amongst li^pcr quiescat. Nan enim mandatnm est ulstatim 
 
 vi\\w\\ axa passag'ds Esiieccic &'ll. cat, scd prtcparari jnbetur ut quando Hex miserit 
 
 ^ It does not follow from thia that the Princess pro ed ire non differat. Forte ergo consccrationeiii 
 
 llargaret came to London during any part of the puellcc siciit ct piieri furari nituiitur." (S. T. C. 
 
 King's stay. An outlit was provided for her in case iv. 300. Ep. ccexcij.)- 
 
 the King should summon her from Caen to join the On the whole we think that, had circumstances 
 
 Coronation festivities ; but he never did summon rendered it politic, Hem-y was really intending to 
 
 her, and his intending it, or affectation of intending send for the Princess. For though Humez' provi- 
 
 it, was only to appease Louis. "Mandavit {Re.c sion of an outfit at Caen may have been only in- 
 
 jtenricus) liicardo do Hamcs quod Jiliam Rerji.s tanded as a sop for Louis's pride, Edward Blunt'a 
 
 Francoruin cum Rcgind Cadomi morantem oestiOus, outlay in London can have had no such object. 
 
140 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 n'jxirandos enses ad coronamentum Regis 24s. 9d. jper Ottonem fil' Williehni et 
 Williclmum fil' Ailwardi} 
 
 1170. Kina: Henry is at Falaise' (100 miles from Barfleur). Faiaiac. 
 
 Un hearing oi the Hingis landing in JNormandy, the 
 Archbishop of Eouen and Bishop of Nevers promptly- 
 sought his presence {diligenter cmivenenmt regressum ejus), 
 and handed to him the Pope's commonitory letters contain- 
 ing the form of Peace which the commissioners were 
 charged to negotiate between the King and Becket. After 
 some conversation, the King undertook, at the Pope's 
 bidding and pleasure, to restore to Becket his ' peace,' his 
 church, and its entire possessions, and even the Royal 
 favour; but the King still objected to give the "Kiss of 
 Peace " because he had sworn in the presence of the 
 French at Montmartre never to do so.* 
 
 July 3. Louis of France and Orixy Comte of Nivernois destroy tlie castle of 
 
 Donzi, Geoffry, its lord, being in rebellion.'' 
 
 C.July 3. It was now perhaps that King Henry was at Argentan. j^rgcntan. 
 
 A Royal Charter, there dated, and in the year 1 1 70, grants 
 franchises to the Abbey of St. Sauveur le Vicomte (in the 
 Diocese of Coutances). The Charter is attested by Richard 
 de Hommet, William fitz Hamo and Jordan Taisson.^ 
 j„ij. 6. King Henry confers with Comte Theobald of Blois at 
 
 * " "^■' La Ferte Bernard (in the Pays Chartrain). La Feri^ Bernard . 
 
 July 16, (Thursday). Tlie Papal Commissioners (the Archbiahop of Rouen and Bishop of Nerers) 
 come to Sens and have an interview with Becket.^ They are joined by William, Archbishop of Sens (then 
 Papal Legate for Prance) . Becket is pursuaded to attend a conference which was shortly to take place 
 between the Kings, Louis and Henry. AJl four journeyed towards the frontier of the Chartrain, and 
 reaching their destination on or before July 20, waited the pleasure of K. Henry as to au interview with 
 Bccket.2 
 
 j^^i 20 K. Henry is said to have met K. Louis at Vendome,^ and Vendomo. 
 
 (jionday). j^ jg qyitg supposablo that on this or on some preceding day 
 Henry was at that place, but the meeting of the 20th 
 between Henry and Louis took place in the open country, 
 
 ' Under London there are numerous other Norman frontier. 
 
 charges for household articles, clothing, plate, and ' J^Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, iii. 36-37. 
 
 provisions, for the King and royal family. ° "Apud Wenioniam," says our usual authority, 
 - S. T. C. i. 269 (W. fitz Steplien). Benedictus, by which we suppose Vendome to bo 
 ^ S. T. C. iv. 301-30fi. Epist. cccxciij. meant. Veiidome-sur-Loire waa like La i'erte, in 
 ■* Gall. Bcriptores xii. 299. This sJiows that Louis the Pays Chartrain, and not far from the frontier 
 of Touraiue (Con/er S. T. C. i. 272, iv. 304). 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEABY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 141 
 
 1170. 
 July 20. 
 
 July 21. 
 (Tuesday.) 
 
 July 22. 
 (Wednes.) 
 
 at a spot between La Perte (in tlie Pays Cliartrain)^ and Fraevai. 
 Freteval (a castle of Touraine).i 
 
 The conference between Henry and Louis continued. 
 Henry explained the non-coronation of the Princess Mar- 
 garet to Louis's satisfaction. The Kings parted amicably^ 
 without exchanging a word about Becket.^ 
 
 On the Feast-day of St. Mary Magdalene, as previously 
 arranged by K. Henry, he and Becket met at the same place, 
 near Freteval, and arranged all their differences, exactly 
 according to the terms prescribed by the Papal Commis- 
 sioners.- Becket dispensed with the "Kiss of Peace," 
 Henry promising that it should thereafter be given, when 
 Becket should have been restored, and vouching the Arch- 
 bishop of Sens as his surety that, in witliolding the said 
 symbol, he intended nothing insidious against Becket.^ 
 
 The persons present, and assisting more or less at this con- 
 ference, appear to have been K. Louis of Prance ; Kotrou, 
 Archbishop of Rouen ; William, Archbishop of Sens, Legate 
 of the Holy See ; Bernard, Bishop of Nevers ; Arnulf, 
 Bishop of Liseux ; Theobald, Comte of Blois, and Geoffrey 
 Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 
 
 There were many episodes in this conference which, for the sake of 
 chronological perspicuity , deserve some notice: — 
 
 Becket reproached the King with the injury done to his 
 church of Canterbury by the recent coronation. Henry 
 excused himself on the ground of political necessity (the 
 status regni required it), and on the ground of his late anger 
 against Becket, but he promised that Becket should crown 
 the Princess Margaret and re-crown young Henry. 
 
 K. Henry proposed one-while, that he himself should take 
 the cross, and leave his son Henry in Becket's care. 
 Becket declined any secular office, but promised his counsel 
 in case the King should entrust his son and his kingdom to 
 the care of Hugh de Beauchamp.^ 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. Epistle Bccxciij. 
 
 ^ Dean Hook intimates that at this time Becket 
 had in his hands Papal authority for fulminating 
 an interdict against the King's dominions, of which 
 authority neither the King nor the Papal Commis- 
 sioners were cognisant till they met Becket at 
 Freteval (Lives of the Archbishops, ii. 480). We 
 cannot think that the King or Coumiissioners were 
 80 entirely ignorant. Tliough tiie Pope's Letters of 
 I^'eb. 18 to the Archbishop of York, eitending this 
 
 very power over the Province of York, were perhaps 
 in Henry's hands by seizure en route, yet it was in 
 manifest fear and forestalment of this possible exer- 
 cise of Becket's powers that the King had issued 
 the " ten Ordinances," had gone over to England, 
 and had procured the coronation of his son. And 
 as to the Commissioners' ignorance, why, tliey had in 
 their own hands parallel powers for putting an in- 
 terdict on Henry's continental dominions. 
 ■* S. T. C. iv. Epistle ccoxciij. 
 
142 OOUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1170. Becket^s oo-exiles fell at Henry's feet ; the Kins' restored fr(!tevai. 
 
 July 22. - . . 
 
 to them his peace and favour, and their property. 
 
 Henry invited Becket to be his guest in a progress 
 through Normandy, that thus they might exhibit their mutual 
 concord. Becket begged some postponement of this plan, 
 saying that self-repect did not allow him to quit France 
 without leave of the French King and French Church. 
 
 Henry suggested that Becket should send a clei'k over 
 to England to take seizin of the possessions now restored 
 to Becket and his kindred, — such clerk or legate to come 
 first to the King and receive letters addressed to young 
 Henry and to the other custodians of the realm, and so 
 cross to England with security. To this business Becket 
 appointed his clerk. Master Herbert.^ 
 
 t. July 25. Bectet writes to Pope Alexauder an account of the reconciliation of rreteval, and records 
 his own impression that the King was sincere. In his private conference with the King, Becket had warned 
 him against evil councillors, and had held a long argument to prove what the King at first denied, that 
 tbe Archbishop of York's crowning young Henry was a flagrant wrong to the Church of Canterbury. The 
 King had at last replied satisfactorily on each point ; — he would, God helping him, give such answer to 
 those who had hitherto betrayed both him and Becket, as traitors deserved ; — he would, with Becket'a 
 counsel, take such measures for relieving the Church of Canterbury in the matter of the grievance in 
 question as that its ancient dignity should in all points be restored. Becket had declined, by the Arch- 
 bishop of Sens' advice, a proposition made by certain bishops on Henry's part, that Becket should refer 
 ulterior questions to Henry's arbitration. Becket, not having the Pope's authority to demand restitution 
 of arrears taken from him and his, had not "urged that point, nor yet abandoned it, and he now gives the 
 Pope a hmt to make that injunction. Becket would remain in France till his nuncios, sent to take seizin 
 of liis church's possessions, should return. According to that restitution he would test the King's sincerity. 
 Becket had promised due consideration of a proposal made by the Bishop of Liseux that he, Becket, 
 should receive into favour all the King's partizans there present : — and when Geoffrey, the Excommunicate 
 Archdeacon of Canterbury, the suggester of the proposal, gave a saucy answer to Becket's promise, the 
 King had drawn Becket out of the crowd, and begged him not to regard tlie speeches of such persons. 
 
 Since the conference, Becket had been given to understand that the Bishop of Seez was going to 
 England instructed by Kouen and Nevers as to the absolution of Becket's excommunicates, but Becket 
 ■was doubtful whether those mediators had prescribed the exact form and condition of such absolution 
 as dictated by the Pope, or, if they had, whether Seez would adhere to it. Becket suggests that power 
 should be reserved to himself, on the part of the Pope, to correct any deviation from the Pope's order by 
 subsequent process. Becket concludes with saying that he shall, as the Pope has commanded, still keep 
 silence on the subject of recovery of arrears of damages ; but he hopes that the Pope will listen to the 
 bearer of his letter on that subject, and will also correct the injury done to Canterbury in the matter of 
 the recent Coronation.^ 
 
 (We would observe that, in this letter, Becket did not say a word to stimulate Alexander's anger against 
 the Archbishop of York or the Bishops who had assisted at the recent Coronation. We shall also find 
 that the Pope, when on receipt of this letter, he wrote to King Henry, attended only to Becket's overt 
 requests) . 
 
 'S. T. C. iv. Epist. cccxciij. ^ §_ x. C. iii. pp. 65 -77. Epist. xxv. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 143 
 
 c. July 25, 1171. About the same date, complaints certifying the actual Coronation by York will have 
 reached Pope Alexander ; and the first cognizance he will have taken of the offence is indicated in an 
 undated letter to the Archbishop of Rouen, enclosing other letters to the Archbisliop of York and to the 
 English Bishops, which last letters do not seem to be extant. 
 
 The Pope states to Kouen that the offences of York and the Bishops, were their swearing to observe 
 the Royal Customs (on wliich point the Pope's information was afterwards shown to be incorrect), and 
 their assisting at the Coronation of the King's son. 
 
 Roaen was to forward tliese letters and cause them to be delivered. We suppose either that the Pope 
 misdoubted Becket's ability to transmit them to their destination, or because he did not wish that Beeket 
 should be mixed up in the matter. 
 
 The Pope's special instructions to Rouen were that he should enquire whether the Bishops of Baieiix 
 and Seez were at the Coronation, and inform the Pope to the end that, if present, he, tlie Pope, should 
 punish them. As to Seez, if it was true that he was acting the Courtier and serving the King in savage 
 capacities, Rouen was to compel him either to renounce such offices or else his See.' 
 
 1171. K!ing Henry seized with serious illness at Gernij or Mote- La MoIo 
 
 de-Ger (near Damfront), makes his will." 
 
 There is a Royal Charter, dated a^yud motani de Gcr, 
 whereby quittance of customs is granted to the Abbey of 
 Lonlay, in the Diocese of Le Mans. It is attested by . . . 
 de Oxenfort (probably John of Oxford), Richard de Canvill, 
 and Symon de Turnebu. 
 
 c. Aug. 31. Pope Alexander, on receipt of Becket's letter, announcing the reconciliation of Freteval, 
 writes to congratulate K. Henry thereon. The Pope presses on Henry the distinct duties of restoration 
 and compensation, that is, of restoring to the Archbishop and his Church all ablata, and also of repairing 
 all damages and detriments done to the same. Henry is further exhorted to turn a deaf ear to the in- 
 centors of the late dissensions ; to cause emendation of the omission made by j'oung Henry in his late 
 Coronation-oath, wherefrom the established clause, as to preserving the rights and liberties of the Church 
 of Canterbury, had been excluded ; finally, to leave ordinations of churches and other things which per- 
 tained to ecclesiastical persons to the Archbishop and to other such persons.' 
 
 {Succeeding letters of Alexander here demand particular attention). 
 
 Sept. 10. The Pope, now at Veruli, writes to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; ■* — excuses himself for not 
 coinciding entirely in Becket's wishes and suggestions ; suspends from Episcopal functions Roger, Archbishop 
 of York, and all other Bishops who had administered (to young Henry at his recent Coronation) an 
 oatli to maintain iniquitous " Customs " (those enacted at the first Council of Clarendon) ; renews tlie 
 sentence of anathema (excommunication) against the Bishops of Salisbury land London, in case they were 
 l^resent or assistant at the said Coronation ; leaves to Becket's sentence, sans appeal, these persons 
 following, viz., the Bishop of Rochester, the Archbishop's Vicar ; Geoffrey Ridel, Arclideacon of Canter- 
 bury, reported to be raging more than ever against that Church, " his mother," and to be contemning 
 Becket's sentence of excommunication ; Robert, the said Archdeacon's Vicar ; Godfrey, Bishop of St. 
 Asaph, despiaer of a Papal mandate ; and David, Archdeacon of St. Asaph. Whatever sentence Beeket 
 
 ■ S. T. C. iv. 64. Epist. cclviii. the subsequent pUgriraage to Rqque Madour, in 
 
 ^ "G-er," says Mr. Stapleton (Rot. Norm.i. Ixvii). consequence of a vow made during his sickness at 
 
 " was a place situate in tlie heart of the Forest of Mote de Ger. Under a like obligation, he estab- 
 
 La-Lande-pourrie. The Comtes of Mortaiu liad lished a cell of the Prioi-y of Plessis Grimould, in 
 
 here a moated dungeon, whence the vill was usually the adjoining hermitage of Yvrande." 
 
 caUed " Mota de Ger." ' S. T. C. iv. 133. Ep. cccviii. 
 
 "King Henry" (continues Mr. Stapleton) "took * S. T. C. iv. 32. Ep. ccxxx. 
 
144 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 may pronounce will be ratified by the Pope ; and if repentance does not follow, tlie Pope will resort to 
 Btill stronger measures.' 
 
 The Pope, in this same letter, further alludes to troubles in France, and to the invasion of Ma(;ou by 
 foes of the Church. The Pope bids Becket to consult with K. Louis, and to forward to their destinations 
 certain Papal letters entrusted to Becket, as Louis should advise. 
 
 Sept. 16. Pope Alexander's letter, suspending the Archbishop of York, was written at Ferentiiio on 
 Sept. 16, and sent to Becket to be forwarded at the joint discretion of himself and Louis. The Pope's 
 alleged grounds for this sentence are the Arohbishoi^'s Coronation of young Henry, out of York's Province, 
 and in wrong of Canterbury ; the omission in the Coronation oath then administered, of the usual clause 
 as to preserving the liberty of the Church, and the insertion of a new clause binding the young King on 
 his oath to preserve those " Customs, called ancient," which were in dishonour of the Church.^ 
 
 Sept. 16. Pope Alexander's letter, suspending the Bishops of London, Salisbury, Exeter, Chester, 
 Hochester, St. Asaph, and Landaff, bears even date with the last, and was sent to Becket for discretionary 
 use. The grounds alleged by the Pope are the favours and assistancebestowed by the said Prelates at the 
 recent coronation, and their complicity in the matters of omitting one part of the usual Coronation-oath, and 
 of inserting a new clause about the " Customs of the Realm." In this letter the Pope repeats his judg- 
 ments on the Bishops of London, of Salisbury, and of Kochester, on Geoffrey Eidel and his Vicar, Robert, 
 as expressed in his letter of the 10th to Becket. The Pope further excommunicates Nicholas, Thomas, 
 and William, Clerks of Earl Hugh, who, although excommunicated by Becket, had dared to 
 '• celebrate." ^ 
 
 Sept. 17. Another Papal Letter, dated at Anagni, xx. Teal. October (probably xv. kal. Oct. or Sept; 17 was 
 the date), formally restores to Archbishop Thomas and his Church of Canterbury the right of Coronation, 
 as it had existed for forty years past, and in cancellation of its recent invasion by the Archbishop of 
 York." 
 
 1170. K. Henry makes a votive journey to tlie shrine of St. Eoque 
 
 "'"''' ' Mary of Roquo Madour {De Riipe Adamatoris) in the 
 Quercy.^ 
 
 DtJEiNG THE riscAL TEAK ending Michaelmas, 1170. — 
 
 QtrEEN Eliakoe seems to have been continuously in France. No particulars, further than have been 
 indicated above, transpire in tlie Chronicles. 
 
 Between his coronation (June 14) and the same Michaelmas, K. Henry, junior, seems to have visited 
 several parts of the kingdom. The Pipe-Roll supply such indications: — 
 
 ScREET. Et in corredio Regis f I'd Regin per Aihoardum Camerarium £33 per ireve Regis. 
 
 WiLTSniEE. JSt Edwardo Bluiido £9. 12s. ad adquietaiiiam robarn Regis ftlii Regis, et ejus familim.^ 
 Et in corredio Regis Jilii Regis, Radulfo filio Stcphaiii et Ailwardo Camerario £60 per breve Regis. 
 
 DoESBT AND SoMEESET. Et in Corredio Regis Jilii Regis per Aihoardum Camerarium £20 per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 WoncESTEESHlEE. Et in, corredio Regis filii Regis per Radulfum fiV Stephani £20 per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 1 S. T. C. iv. 32. Ep. ccxxx. < S. T. C. iv. 30. Ep. ccxxviii. 
 
 * S. T. C. iv. 48. Ep. ccxlix. The superscribed * Benedictus i. 7. 
 
 title of this letter includes the Bishop of Durham ;' ^ This entry occurs in various Counties. It hardly 
 
 but though the use of the word " vos " in the suggests so much as a personal visit of the young 
 
 body of the letter indicates the suspension of more King to each county. It was probably a draft on 
 
 tlian one person, the Bishop of Durham is nowhere this or that Sheriff in discharge of the expences of 
 
 expressly named in the body of tlio letter. the Coronation. In each case the item was charged 
 
 8 S. T. C. iv. 82. Ep. cclxxij. on the Royal revenue. 
 
COURT, HODSEIIOLD, AND ITINRRARY OF K. HENRY 11. 145 
 
 Staffordshiee. — Et WiUelmo Rvfo et Ailwardo Camerario £20 ad corredittm Regis flii Regis, per 
 lireve Regis. 
 
 That the young Kino, within four montlie of liia 'coronation, was joined by his consort, Margaret of 
 France, 13 suggested by the following entry under the "City of Winolicster :'' — Jil in proeurationefiiire 
 Regis FrancicB et families ejus £22. 17* ^ 
 
 Pbincb Geoffuy seems to have been brought to England by his father in March, and to hare been 
 domiciled at Northampton about the middle of April. At Mlcliacljnas he was still there, as the following 
 charge by the Sheriff of Northamptonshire suggests. — 
 
 Et in procuracione Qalfridi Jilii Regis apud Northampton £3G de xxiv. septimanis j^?er hrevc Regis. Et 
 pro minulis utensilibus in apparatu hospitii ejus 2.3*. \d. per breie Regis. 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1170, mentions as having been in eyre several of the justices already 
 noted at Michaelmas, 116S, and besides them Robert de Stufevill, Hugh de MorviU, Henry (itz Gerold 
 the Chamberlain, Oger Dapifer, and Alan de Nevill, junior (tlie latter usually associated with William 
 Basset). 
 
 But Alan de Nevill, junior, as well as Alan de Nevill, appear singly to have held Pleas of the Forest in 
 some counties. 
 
 From anotlier record we learn of a judicial committee, of date Sept. 11, 1169, wherein William Basset, 
 Alan de Nevill, junior, and Robert de Q-ernemue, were associated with the three Sheriffs of Yorkshire, 
 Lincolnshii'e, and Nottinghamshire.^ 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1170, TO MICHAELMAS, 11 7L 
 
 1170. Ki"g Henry leaving the Slirine of St. Mary de Koquo ahjou. 
 
 c. Oct. 1. Madour goes into Anjou and Touraine. Touraine. 
 
 The King occurs first at Tours. ^ tomts. 
 
 In this month of October Pope Alexander seems to have recurred to the subjects mentioned in Becket's 
 letter of the end of July. 
 
 (Oct. 8). On October 8, at Anagni, the Pope directs Archbishop Tliomas and the English Bishops how 
 to deal with priests, deacons, and sub-deacons, who had ' celebrated,' or who sliould hereafter ' celebrate,' in 
 defiance of Papal or Episcopal mandate. They were to be deprived of their benefices till they had been 
 with the Pope and received his award. If they further despised the Pope's mandate they were to be excom- 
 municated, and if, being excommunicate, they persisted in officiating (si excommunicali caiilaverinl) they 
 were to be arrested and confined for perpetual penance in monasteries.'' 
 
 (Oct. 9). On Oct. 9, at Anagni, Pope Alexander instructs the Arclibisliop of Rouen and Bishop of Nevers 
 how to deal further with such of Becket's excommunicates as they may have absolved according to the form 
 already prescribed by the Pope. If the said persons, within 20 days after notice served upon them by 
 Becket and his people, sliould not have resigned the churches and possessions of Canterbury, the Commis- 
 sioners were to re-sentence them after 15 days from the date of any application (made by the aggrieved) to 
 the Commissioners, — such re-excommunication to continue till the said resignations were completed. If, 
 among the delinquents, any clerks had celebrated, the Commissioners were to deprive them of ofHce and 
 benefice, and publish such deprivation through tlic realm. If any of them, being laymen, had similarly 
 neglected, or should neglect to resign the like property in thoir hands, the Commissioners were to visit 
 tliem with severe commination, and a threat of still heavier punishment ; but King Henry and his son were 
 to be excepted from this last provision.' 
 
 A correlative letter to Becket liimself, dated Oct. 9, at Anagni, gives him similar powers over the 
 absolved who had not fulfilled the conditions of their absolution as imposed by Rouen and Nevers.^ 
 
 ' The Record is mutilated.— ' S. T. C. vii. 307 (tlerb. Bosliam) ; i. 278 (Fitz 
 
 That the Princess's arrival was about Michaelmas Stephen), 
 is suggested by most of the consi'quent charges ap- ■• S. T. C. iv. 31. Epist. ccxxix. 
 
 pearing on the Pii^e-RoU of 11 71. ' S. T. C. iv. 63. Epist. cclvii. 
 
 ^ Monasticon v. 420. " S.T. C. iv. 28. Epist. cexxvi. 
 
 1'.) 
 
146 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAET OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 (Oct. 9). A Papal letter, dated Oct. 9 at Anagni, instructs the Archbishops of Sens and Eouen how to 
 deal with King Henry. Within 20 days after receipt of these instructions, the Archbishops were to 
 approach the King, and warn him to complete by acts " the peace " which he had promised in words to 
 Beoket. They were to suggest to the King that presently he should restore all ahlata, should compensate 
 all damages, and should put an end to all wicked and hateful " customs." If the King sliould delay for 30 
 days to consummate the enjoined " peace," the Archbishops were to lay his cis-marino dominions under an 
 interdict, sans appeal} 
 
 (Oct. 11). A letter of Alexander to the Archbishop of Boucn is dated at Tusoulanum on Oct. 11. It is 
 an answer to enquiries as to the right theory and course of procedure in cases of appeal to au archbishop 
 from the sentence of a suffragan bishop. It had no relevance to Becket's affairs, but shows the Pope's 
 movements.^ 
 
 1170. King Henry and Becket meet at Amboise, near Tours. Amboisc. 
 
 It was arranged that Becket should leave Sens on Nov. 1 
 and go to England, and that, on his arrival there, he should 
 receive the ' kiss of peace ' from young King Henry.' 
 
 King Henry occurs next at Chaumont ^ (in Touraine) . chaumont, near 
 Here the King and Becket have their last interview. It is 
 friendly. The King arranges to meet Becket at Rouen, 
 when the latter should be there on his forthcoming journey 
 to England.^ 
 
 Oct. 13. Pope Alexander, now at Segni, writes two letters. One to Archbishop Thomas congratulates 
 him on his great patience, but adds, that if King Henry, so often exhorted by the Pope to complete his 
 promises to Becket, should not have yet restored the possessions and honours of the church of Canterbury, 
 the Pope hereby gives to Becket full authority to exercise.his Legative powers both against individuals and 
 places, excepting the persons of the King, the Queen, and their children, and this without appeal, though 
 the Pope recommends that circumspection and caution which sacerdotal modesty demanded.* 
 
 The other Papal letter from Segni enjoins on all the Bishops of K. Henry's eis-marine dominions, that they 
 observe, and cause to be observed in their dioceses, the interdict which the Legate Archbishop of Sens and 
 the Archbishop of Eouen, or either of them, might happen to promulgate.' 
 
 c. Oct. 15. King Henry is next at Chinon. His writ to his son Henry, chmon in Tou- 
 there dated, is significant of all good faith in regard to 
 Becket. 
 
 Henricus Rex AngJice Regi filio siio salutem. Sciatis quod 
 Thomas Gantuariensis Archiepiscopus pacem inecum fecit ad 
 voluntatem meam. Et ideo praicipio quod ipse et omnes siii 
 pacem meam haheant ; et facialis habere ipsi et omnibus 
 suis qui pro eo exierunt ah Anglia res suas sicut habue- 
 runt tribus mensibus antequam Archiepiscopus exiret ab 
 Anglia ; et faciatis venire coram vobis de melioribus et an- 
 tiquiorihus militihus de Honore de Salticude et eorum- Sacra- 
 mento facias recognosci quid ibi habetur de feudo Archiepis- 
 
 1 S. T. C. iv. 72. Epist. cclxiij. = g t C. vii. 308 (Herb. Bosham). 
 
 '- S. T. C. vi. 78. Epist. ccchii. •* •= S. T. C. iv. 29 & 81. Epist. ccxxvii & cclxxi. 
 
CODRT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 147 
 
 1170.^ copatus Gontuariensis et quod recognitum fuerit de feudo esse cunou. 
 ipsi Archiepiscojio habere faoiutis. Teste Itotrodo Archiepis- 
 copo Rotomagenxi, apud Gldnum} 
 
 To the same occasion we may safely refer a Cliarter, dated 
 at Chinon, whereby K. Henry confirms to the Norman 
 Abbey of Lyra the grant of Hinckley (Leicestershire) made 
 by Robert (late) Earl of Leicester. 
 
 Witnesses — GeofiPrey Archdeacon of Canterbury; John 
 Dean of Sarum ; Reginald Archdeaoon of Sarum ; Earl 
 William de Mandeville ; R,eginald de Courtenay ; and Regi- 
 nald fitz Urse.^ 
 
 c. Oct. 24, 1170. We have now to review a letter of Becket to the Pope,^ as to the presumed date of 
 wliich we would observe that it was written after the arrangement with Henry that Becket should return 
 to England, leaving Sens on Nov. 1, and before that arrangement was altered ; — that it was written after 
 Becket had received from his agents in England unfavourable reports as to the practical fulfilment of the 
 King's promises in respect of the claims of restitution which those agents had set on foot in the first half of 
 October ; —lastly, that it was written some days after Becket had been in receipt of the Papal rescripts 
 dated at Veruli and Ferentino on the 10th and 16th of September. — 
 
 For Becket had consulted with King Louis on the matter of these rescripts, and it is clear that Becket 
 had decided not to use them, probably because the Pope, in issuing them, had gone on the false averment 
 that part of the Coronation-oath, administered to young Henry, had bound him to maintain the '" Consti- 
 tutions of Clarendon." 
 
 Becket then writes, distrustful of the King's promises, however fair, knowing of the failure of his agents, 
 and yet determined to risk no rupture with the King by any impatience of his own. Becket requests the 
 Pope to sentence York and the bishops, as before, for their share in the Coronation, but in so doing 
 to repress all mention of " K. Henry's excesses," of the " enormity of the oath " tendered to young 
 Henry, of the " perverse customs," and of the " caution " (in maintenance of the Church of Canterbury) 
 " non-exacted " at the said Coronation. 
 
 Becket asks the Pope to entrust to him the suspension or excommunication of the bishops, leaving it to 
 him to spare London and Salisbury, in case tlieir punishment should seem to threaten a renewal of the 
 present schism. Bartholomew of Exeter, Becket says, is wholely blameless as to the Coronation. Roger 
 of York, ' the head and inceutor of all the mischief,' he hopes the Pope will reserve to his own 
 judgment. 
 
 Becket, by K. Louis's advice, liaving suppressed the former letters, now asks by the same advice for 
 three further letters, one by which the Pope shall suspend York without offence (Icesione) to the King ; 
 another excommunicating London and Salisbury ; a third suspending the other bishops, — it being left to 
 Becket to use each according to circumstances. 
 
 Becket further requests that the Pope will instruct the Bishop of Meaux and B. Prior of St. Crispin of 
 Soissons, to approach K. Henry and threaten him and his land, unless he obey the Pope. And, if the 
 King refuse, then Becket demands for himself that, or a still stronger power of coercing the King than )iad 
 heretofore been given to Rouen and Nevers. He asks also that the Archbishop and Oliurch of Y'ork should 
 
 ' S. T. 0. vi. 300. Epist. ccecxovii. Diceto, p. the Court for England. John Dean of Salisbury left 
 
 553. the Court also, his destination being to meet Becket 
 
 2 Monasticon, vii. 1030. Num. ii. Some of those at Rouen. Witliin the next ten weeks Fitz- Urse also 
 
 attestations are remarkable. The Archdeacon of left the Court for England, with what purpose we 
 
 Canterbury having apparently been with the King shall see anon, 
 over s'ince the Peace of Freteval (July 22), soon lelt ^ S. T. C. iii. 77. Epist. xxvi. 
 
148 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY 11. 
 
 be made obedient to the Primacy of Canterbury, in conformity with ancient precedent, and for the avoid- 
 ance of future schisms. " Ciedimas," continues Becket, "iios in Angliam profeciuros, ad pacem, an ad 
 pcenam^ nohis incertum est. sed diflnilus ordinatum^ qii<c sors nos exceptura sit.'* 
 
 All the letters thus solicited by Becket were written by the Pope, and in the amended form suggested 
 by Becket. They are all extant. Such of them as are dated bear date at Tusculanum or (which is the 
 same thing) at Frascati, on Nov. 24, whicli satisfies us tliat Becket's application was (as we have dated it 
 above) about a month earlier .1 
 
 1170. King Henry was at Loches, on tlie borders of Touraine Loches. 
 
 ' and Berri, and about to march eastwards to Bourges, tlie 
 capital of Berri. 
 
 At Loches the King writes to Becket a letter excusing 
 himself for not having kept his appointment with Becket, 
 whom he was to have met at Rouen preparatory to Becket's 
 passage to England, which, however, the King wished to 
 accelerate. But the letter itself will best explain the 
 situation. — 
 
 " Thomoe Gaiituarienfti Archiepiticopo, Henricus Rex Anglice. 
 Sciatis quod obviam vohis Rothomagum venire non potui ad 
 terminum quern frolocuti fwimus inter nos, quia significa- 
 tum mihi fuit ah amicis meis FrancicB, Regem Francorum 
 2}rccparare se ad cundam in Alcerniam (Auvergne) super 
 homines meos, et ad male faciendum ipisis et terroe mece. Ipsi 
 aute-m horaines Alvernicu idem mihi significaverunt rogantes 
 id eis succurrerem. Quapropter ad terminum quern statuimus 
 inter nos, ad vos Rothomagum venire non potui (the engage- 
 ment was already broken then). Sed mitto vohis Johannem 
 Decanum, Saresheriensem, familiarem clericum meum, vohis- 
 cum in Angliam iturum, per quern slgnifico Henrico Regi 
 
 ' The Pope's amended letter to the Archbishop will continue till they have either been with the Pope 
 
 of York (S. T. C. iv. 102. Epist. cclxxxv.) reserves and satisfied him, or obtained a release of their 
 
 to the Pope himself the release of the sentence of penalties from Becket, whom the Pope appoints his 
 
 suspension, as suggested by Becket. — \''icar in the matter. 
 
 The Pope's amended letter to the Bishops of The Pope's letter to Stephen, Bishop of Meaui, 
 
 London and Salisbury (S. T. C. iv. 102. Epist. and to the ^i5oi of St. Crispin, at Soissons (S. T. C. 
 
 cclxxxv.) recites their standing suspension, and their iv. 102. Epist. cclxxxvi.) instructs those Commis- 
 
 obligation to appeal to the Pope in bar of the re- sioners to approach Henry, as Becket had suggested; 
 
 newal of their excommunication, unless Becket only, if mild exhortation failed, the Commissioners 
 
 should release them from such obligation. But if are told to use language bitter and severe according 
 
 the two should satisfy Becket and the Church of to their discretion, but not expressly to threaten 
 
 Canterbury that their Penalty should be released, Henry's territory. 
 
 the Pope wished to commit to Becket the Papal au- The date of these amended letters (viz. Nov. 24) 
 
 tliority requisite to that end. is of the more importance, because, as will be seen. 
 
 The Pope's amended letter to the Bisliops (S. T. C. Becket did not wait for them, but on Deo. 1st caused 
 
 iv. 85. Epist. cclxxiij.) is addressed to the Bishops to be served Papal rescripts of suspension on the 
 
 of Chester, Rochester, St. Asaph, Landaff, and Dur- Archbishop of York, and of re-excommuuioation on 
 
 liam ; but not to Exeter. It pronounces tlieir sus- the Bishops of London and Salisbury. It follows 
 
 pension on the ground of their share in the Corona- that the rescripts actually served by Becket were 
 
 tion bein" in wrong of Canterbury. Their suspension those which the Pope had issued in September. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 149 
 
 1170. Anqlorum filio vieo tit bene et in nace et honorifice haheatis Loches. 
 
 c. Nov. 1-10. J J ..... 
 
 omncs res vestras ; qui, ctiam emendari faciat, si quid minus 
 actum est quatn oportiterit de his qiice ad vos spedant. Et 
 qiioniam mihi et filio meo flura referimtur de mora, vestrd 
 quam facitis, quco forsitan vera non sunt, vohis ut credo ex- 
 'pi.'diret ne ire in Anijliam diutius differetis. Teste, Rege ipso 
 iqmd Lolichas." '^ 
 
 Not. 23. King Henry on St. Clement's day reaches Mount Luzzun MontLufon. 
 
 (Mont Lu9on in Berri, near the frontier of Auvergne) .- 
 
 King Henry arrives at Bourges (in Berri), and encounters Boarges. 
 
 <;. N0V.2B. the hostile array of Louis. The two Kings agree to a truce.^ 
 It does not appear that this affair developed into any 
 attack upon Auvergne proper. King Henry was claiming 
 Berri as an appendage of Guienne, and had sought to in- 
 crease his power there by a recent purchase of Montmirail 
 and the Castle of St. Agnan from Henry de Vienne. This 
 transaction involved questions of feudal title which were con- 
 tested both by Louis of France and by Theobald of Blois. 
 
 c. Ifor. 24, 1170. Becket proceeds to Witsand en route for England. 
 
 Dec. 1. Becket lands at Sandwich. 
 
 On the same day the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London and SaHsbury and the Archdeacons 
 of Canterbury and Poitiers are at Dover, waiting to go over to Normandy in compliance with the King's 
 injunctions that they should attend him relatirely to the filling up of the vacant Anglican Sees. At 
 Dover the Archbishop and two Bishops are served with notices of the suspension of York, and the ex- 
 communication of London and Salisbury, which notices had been despatched by Becket from Witsand ou 
 the previous day. 
 
 c. Dec. 2. The Bishop of Salisbury and Geoffrey Kidel, Archdeacon of Canterbury, go to the young 
 King's Court to tell of Becket's procedure. Becket refusing to release the suspension of the Bishops, 
 York, London, and Salisbury cross to Normandy for the purpose of complaining to the King. 
 
 Dec. 1-15. During the first half of December Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers, seems to have crossed 
 to France and, whether with or without an interview with K. Henry, to have proceeded to the Papal 
 Court, probably on the matter of his own excommunication. 
 
 It appears also that about Dec. 15, several persons left France for Italy to obtain from the Pope abso- 
 lution and release for the Prelates of York, Durham, London, and Salisbury. King Henry sent John 
 Cumin, who arrived at the Papal Court 15 days before Master David, the envoy of the Bishop of London, 
 and before the Clerks of the Archbishop of York, and the nuncio of the Bishop of Durham." 
 
 It further appears (though we have no Papal rescripts of this month extant) that the Pope, either know- 
 ing that Becket would be now in England or having some other ground of fear for Becket's personal safety 
 after be should have left the protection of Louis, wrote amended instructions as to a " cis-marine Interdict " 
 to the Archbishops of Sens and Eouen. They, or either of them, were to pubUsh and enforce such an Interdict, 
 in case of the arrest and imprisonment of the Archbishop of Canterbury {si Cantuariensis Atchiepiscopus 
 captus tenereter)? 
 
 ' S. T. C. vi. 300. Ep. ccccxcviii. gency of this mandate as regarded himself. Mutatus 
 
 2 • 3 Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 9 & 10. est casus, said he of Eouen at the Conclave of 
 
 ■• S. T. C. vi. 260. Epist. cccclxix. Sens. ' The case is altered ; the Papal Letter is in- 
 
 5 S. T. C. iv. 207. Epist. cccliv. On Jan. 25, operative ; the Archbishop of Canterbury has not 
 1171, the Archbishop of Eouen denied the cxi- been imprisoned ; he has bccu killed.* 
 
150 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AUD ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1170. King Henry had, ere this, returned from Berri into Nor- Bayeui. 
 
 mandy. On this day there is some probability that he was 
 at Bayeux. 
 
 Deo. 25. King Henry keeps the festival of Christmas at Bures or B„,.ie.noi 
 
 Bure (which we take to be Bur le Roi, near Bayeux, rather °'' ^'^^^• 
 than Bure a Castle in the Pays de Caux). 
 
 At this time Henry had appointed the Earl of Essex, 
 Saier de Quinci and Richard de Humez, commissioners for 
 the personal arrest of the Archbishop of Canterbury. De 
 Humez had sailed for England and, having landed, had 
 sent orders to William Pitz John and Hugh de Gundeville, 
 who were with the young King at Winchester, to bring a 
 party of knights who should proceed to Canterbury for the 
 purpose of effecting the said arrest. Humez himself pro- 
 posed to make surveillance of the English ports so as to 
 intercept Becket's escape, if attempted. William de Mande- 
 ville. Earl of Essex, and Saier de Quinci had it in charge 
 to watch Witsand and the Continental ports, in case the 
 Archbishop should reach any of them. 
 
 Dec. 26. Reginald Fitz Urse, William de Tracey, Hugh de Mor- 
 
 ville and Richard Bi-ito, four knights of Henry's Court, left 
 the said Court at Bur,^ and reached Saltwood Castle, near 
 
 Dec. 28. Canterbury, on the second day following. 
 
 Dec 29 Becket was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral by Fitz Urse and his 
 
 three associates. 
 
 Dec 31. King Henry was at Argentan ^ where news of Becket's Argentan. 
 
 murder had not yet reached him. The King is said to have 
 remained at Argentan 40 days.^ 
 
 ' The King's being previously at Bayeux, and sub- Court been at Bur le Roi. But take the alternative 
 
 sequently at Argentau, makes it more probable that account, which gives two days for the journey, and 
 
 the intervening Christmas was spent at Bur le Eoi, Bur le E.oi becomes aupposable, as the point of de- 
 
 tlian at Bures. The latter place would not have parture. 
 
 been in question, were it not that one account indi- ^ Professor Stubbs (quoting Benedict I. 11 and 
 
 cates that the four knights performed the journey E. de Monte 909) supposes tlie King to have been 
 
 from Henry's Court to Saltwood Castle in a single still at Bur on Doc. Sl, and after Jan. 1, 1171. 
 
 day. It could hardly have been done, had the ' S. T. C. vii . 203, viii. 34. 
 
court, householdj and itinerary op k. henry ii. 15] 
 
 Court op King Henry the Younger. 
 
 (Oct. Nov. and Dec, 1170.) 
 
 The Royal status of the younger Henry was at any time httle more than titular. The title of Viceroy 
 had better fitted the realities of his position. 
 
 At the cost of something of recapitulation and something more of digression, we here give a formal 
 account of a few months of his so-called reign. These months, following immediately on Michaelmas, 
 1170, happen to comprise what is known of Archbishop Becket's English diplomacy, consequent on the 
 Keconciliation of Freteval and the elder King's Writ of restitution, dated at Chinon. Tlie same few months 
 of young Henry's reign will comprise some farther notice of the events which befel Archbishop Becket on 
 his actual return to England. — 
 
 October 5, (Monday).' Becket's agents for recovery of his Church's possessions, having cited 
 William de Einsford, William fitz Nigel, Turstin, and Osbert (Defendants, it seems), and assisted only by 
 Kobert, Sacristan of Canterbury, — others (witnesses) declining to stand with them, — and having consulted 
 William Fitz Aldeline and Ralph Fitz Stephen (two English justiciars) appear witli the King's letters 
 before the ' Young King,' in his chamber at Westminster. The young King's assessors are Earl Reinald 
 (of Cornwall), the Archdeacons of Canterbury and Poitiers, WiUiam de St. John, and many others. The 
 Earl and some, but not all, present, express joy at the news of "peace." The agents read the King's letters. 
 The agents are desired to withdraw, while the Council consults with Walter de Insula (a Pro-Vice- 
 Chancellor, it seems). On the agents' return, Geoffry Ridel (Vice-Chancellor, we believe), tells tliem that 
 the young King decides to adjourn the Court till October 15th, to the end that it might have the evi- 
 dence of Randulf de Broc and other " Ministers " and " Farmers" (who had the Archbishop's possessions 
 in various quarters by the King's order) as to what stock pertained to each Archiepiscopal estate. 
 
 c. October 6. Tlie Young King goes from London to Windsor, and returns a gracious aeknowledgment 
 to some of Becket's agents who met him on the way and offered humble salutations. 
 
 Subsequently it transpires, or is strongly suspected by Becket's agents, that Walter de Insula is in 
 England, with Royal Letters to York, London, and Salisbury, instructing them to proceed with tlie 
 election of Bishops to all the vacant Sees, so that such Bishops-elect should be forthwith forwarded to the 
 Pope for consecration to the great discomfiture of Becket on his arrival. However, London was at the 
 moment on a (pretended) pilgrimage to St. John's of Beverley. 
 
 c. Oct. 10. Becket's agents write to him the above particulars. They add tlieir misgivings as to the 
 issue of Oct. 15th, and tlie bona fides of the King's party. The bearer of their letter will communicate 
 orally to Becket further ominous, yet true, particulars. Becket, they say, has not a friend in England 
 who is sanguine as to " peace ; " — nay, his once most trusted friends keep carefully aloof from his agents. 
 His agents twice exhort him to stay near the King, and not to hasten to England till he is sure of the 
 King's goodwill and more genuine favour.^ 
 
 December 1 (Tuesday). Whilst Becket's messengers, expedited from Witsandon Nov? 30, were serving 
 letters of suspension or excommunication at Dover, on the Prelates of York, London, and Salisbury, 
 Becket himself was landing at Sandwich. Gervase de Covnhill, Sheriff of Kent; Reginald de Warren ; 
 and Ranulf de Broc, awaited Becket on the shore and proposed to search hmi for concealed letters, also 
 to force an oath of fealty to K. Henry on Simon, Archdeacon of Sens, attendant upon Becket.' Both 
 propositions were discouraged and withdrawn by permission of John of Oxford, escorting Becket by the 
 King's permission. 
 
 1 S T C iv 307 Die Lunm proximd postfes- action was rather in consonance with the " pro- 
 
 i,mieaiii/ie><ae«s, that is Monday, Oct. 5,1170. visions" or "ordinances" of December, 1169, 
 
 Carte gives the date as Monday, Oct. 1. than with any Royal sanction of Becket s return. 
 
 '2 a T C iv 30G Epist. cccxciv. Itis well to quote what duties these" Ordinances" 
 
 3 It seems to affect the question of the elder imposed on the Officers of the Crown in the matter 
 
 Kinir's good faitli in getting Becket to England of searching suspected bearers of Letters.— 
 
 that°these local officers had not been advertised of We give the purport of these "Ordinances" 
 
 the " King's Peace " with the Archbishop. Their exactly as they were reported to Becket by an 
 
152 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 Dec. 2, 1170. (Wednesdaj) . Archbishop Bectet enters Canterbury. 
 
 c. Deo. 3-6. Becket, by letter, instructs "William, Bishop of Norwich, to absolve Earl Hugh. 
 
 c. Dec. 6-9. The Bishop of Norwich absolves Earl Hugli, and reports the fact to Beokct, congratula- 
 ting the Archbishop ' on the mercy shewn by Providence to the land' (in respect of Becket's return). 
 Earl Hugh also writes to Becket requesting consideration for his interdicted (suspended) Clerks. 
 
 c. Dec. 9. Becket writes to the Bishop of Norwich;— rejoices in Earl Hugh's restoration to "the flock ;" 
 — praises God for His mercy shewn to himself; hopes to see the Bishop before his, the Bishop's, transla- 
 tion to heaven, that so some portion of the Bishop's spiritual graces may be imparted to and may 
 strengthen his humble self; — cannot alter anything about Eai-l Hugh's Clerks till he shall have visited the 
 Bishop and consulted with him on that and other Church matters, but allows the bearer of the Bishop's 
 letter and of Becket's answer (evidently one of the Clerks in question), to preach, baptize, and administer 
 the viaticum in extremis} 
 
 Becket's Letter to Earl Hugh himself explains at greater length the cogent reasons of his refusal to 
 absolve the Clerks, but hopes soon to visit the Earl and fulfil his wishes. This Letter expresses the same 
 consideration for the bearer as that to the Bishop of Norwich, thus synchronizing the two. It has a 
 further chronological import, in that it shows that the Earl's repentance and altered treatment of the Canons 
 ofPentney had been consummated before Becket's arrival in England (utpote quiin nostra pacts initio 
 ante etiam quain terrain iiigrederemur, mandatum nostrum et consilium non minus magnifice qvum henigne 
 consummastiSy cceteris similiter faciemli vos ipsum prfebens exemplar).^ 
 
 c. Dec. 9. Becket refusing to relax the Papal sentences on York, London and Salisbury, those Prelates 
 cross to Normandy to complain to the King. (c. Dec. 10-12.) The Young King being at Woodstock. 
 Becket sets out from Canterbury and passing through Rochester is received joyfully in London. Becket 
 takes up his quarters in the Bishop of Winchester's Palace in Soutliwai-k. (c. Dec. 12-15.) Becket sends 
 Simon, Abbot of St. Albans, to Woodstock to solicit an interview with the young King. (Dec. 18, Friday.) 
 The young King is at Windsor. — Josceline de Louvain and Thomas de Tunbridge are sent thence to 
 prohibit Becket's further progress to the Court, and to order his return to Canterbury, (e. Dec. 21, Monday). 
 Becket goes to Harrow, but makes short stay there, (c. Dec. 23, Wednesday). Becket returns to Canter- 
 bury, where he finds that the Erocs have been committing violent trespass on his lands and effects. 
 (Dec. 25, Friday). Becket officiates on Christmas-day in Canterbury Cathedral. During service he 
 excommunicates Nigel de Sackville and Robert de Broc. The young King kept Christmas at Winchester. 
 (Dec. 28, Monday). Fitz Urse and his associates reach Saltwood, liaving left K. Henry's Court at Bur 
 on the previous Saturday. On the same day probably, the Emissaries of Richard de Humez arrive at 
 Winchester to take order and aid for tlie arrest of Arclibishop Becket at Canterbury. 
 
 Dec. 29 (Tuesday). Becket assasshiated in Canterbury Cathedral. The Assassins go to Hugh de 
 Morville's Castle of Kuaresborough. 
 
 English correspondent, at the time of their first careto-e no?«cWKi (should deline to officiate) josite'ia 
 
 transmission to England. — amittaiit ; omnesque rebelles sihi {Urgi) heiiefciis 
 
 Sciatis hunc esse t^norcm iKandatoriim qu<E privcntur (S. T. C. iv. 249. Ep. ccclxxii. 
 
 JTenricux Rex in Ai/gliam v isit ; — scilicet ut omnes ^ S. T. C. iv. 311. Ep. cxlij. 
 
 partus cautissime custndianlur ve literal inlerdic- ' s. T. C. iii. 398. Ep. cxcv. Another letter of 
 
 tionis uUat. mis illuo deferanlur. Ut si aliquis the Bishop of Norwich to Becket gives no internal 
 
 R^gularis illas atluleril,pedibus truncetur ; si Cleri- proof of its place in the above sequence. It may 
 
 cus, oculos et genitalia amittat ; si liiicus, suspenda- have preceded, it may have followed, the other letter 
 
 tur (the gallows is intended), si leprosus, coinhuraiur. of the same Bisliop. The Bishop says that, by 
 
 1st si aliquis Episcopus ejus {Henrici, scilicet), inter- Becket's order, he absolves those Clerks of Earl 
 
 dictum metuens, recedere voluerit (shall desire to quit Hugh, who had celebr.'ited in defiance of the Pope's 
 
 England) nihil secum deferat nin haculum. T^tilt veto : but they are pledged by oath to abide by 
 
 etiam {Sex) ut omnis Seholares (Students at For- Becket's judgment and their suspension is not 
 
 cign Universities) repatriare togantur aut henejlciis removed. Two of them, Gilbert and Baldwin. 
 
 iuis priveiitur ; et qui remanserint (staid abroad) Priists, bearers of this letter, are recommended 
 
 sine spe retneandi remanebunt. lit Prcsbytcri qui to Becket's mercy (S. T. C. vi. 227. Epist. cccclvi). 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENKY 11. 153 
 
 A.D. 1171. 
 
 (Friday King Henry is at Argentanj and hears of the murder of Argentan. 
 
 Archbishop Becket. 
 
 The King spends three days in solitude. He remained 
 at Argentan 40 daySj according to one authority. 
 
 0. Jan. 1-5. William, Archbishop of Sens, Legate of France, writes to the Pope an account of Beoket's 
 murder. He sends Masters Alexander and Gunter, friends of the " Martyr," with the letter.' 
 
 Louis of France and Theobald Comte of Blois also write to the Pope expressing tlieir horror at the 
 recent event." 
 
 c. Jan. 5. Kicliard de Ilchestcr, Archdeacon of Poictiere arrives at the Papal Court at Frascati. There 
 he remained more than three months. He had quitted England since Dec, 1. He had perhaps seen 
 the King on his way through France, but his business at the Papal Court was not as an envoy of the King.^ 
 
 c. Jan. 13. John Cumin, K. Henry's Envoy to procure the relaxation of the sentences served Deo. 1, 
 1170, on the bishops, arrives at the Papal Court. He is kept waiting 15 days. 
 
 c. Jan. 30. Master David, Envoy probably of the Bishop of London, arrives at Frascati, and with or 
 before him, clerks or agents of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham. 
 
 c. Jan. 31. John Cumin, giving or offering 500 merks, gains a hearing for himself and the other Appel- 
 lants in the Papal Court. They plead in excusation of the prelates ; and, in Eichard of Ilchester's opinion, 
 would have taken home the absolution of their principals, when — 
 
 u. Feb. 4.: A rumour of Archbishop Becket'a murder reached Frascati. All became dark, says 
 Ilchester. The Pope forbade any Englishman to approach him. For eight days (c. Feb. 5-12) he would 
 not converse even with his own people. All business was at an end.' 
 
 Meanwhile, that is between Jan. 10 and 20, a Papal Rescript had reached France, which, though only 
 its outline is preserved, shows that Alexander viewed with the greatest apprehension what must, at the 
 time when Becket wrote to him on the subject, have been only a prospect, viz., that Becket was going to 
 England. The Papal Rescript, sent forthwith to the Archbishops of Sens and Rouen, was that in case 
 Becket were arrested and imprisoned [si Cantuariensis Archiepiseopus captus teneretur), then Sens and 
 Rouen, one or both, were to lay an Interdict, sans appeal, on Henry's continental dominions. 
 
 V. Jan. 20. The Archbishop summoned his Suffragans to Sens, that they might hear and carry out the 
 intended sentence. 
 
 Jan. 25. (Monday). Synod of Sens ; — whereat the Archbishop William pronomiced the aforesaid 
 Interdict. The Archbishop of Rouen attended, but opposed the publication on two grounds, first that the 
 Papal commission was addressed to himself and Sens jointly ; secondly, that the Pope's order was only 
 exigent in case of Becket's imprisonment, not his murder. Sens replied that the Pope's commission was 
 addressed severally as well as jointly, and that its execution was a fortiori incumbent on the commis- 
 sioners, when the crime to be avenged was murder, added to sacrilege. — • 
 
 However, the Archbishop of Rouen, the Bishops of Worcester, Evreux and Liseux ; the clerks, Reginald, 
 Lumbard, Richard Barre, and Master Henry de Northampton, appealed against the Interdict, which then 
 and there became suspended till such time as the appellants had prosecuted their appeal at Frascati ; — 
 whither they all proceeded to set out.' 
 
 Jan. 28 (Thurs). King Louis of France set out for Mechisi (Metz ?) where it was proposed that he 
 and the Emperor should confer on Feb. 14, with a view to the restoration of the unity of the Church 
 and other peaceful propositions.'' 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv.-162. Epist. cooxxx. The Legate Joseph." 
 
 gives the names of the four assassins. He denounces ^ g x. 0. vi. p. 306. Epist. Bin. and iv. p. 
 
 as chief instigators of the Tyrant (Henry's) madness, 211. Epist. ccclvi. 
 
 " Roger, the Archdevil of York, and the Apos- ' S. T. C. vi. 260. Epist. cccclxix. 
 
 tates of London and Salisbury, the veritable, not " S. T. C. iv. 206. Epist. oeoliv. From William, 
 
 figurative, slayers of the Pope's son, their brother agent of the Bishop of Durham, to the said Bishop. 
 
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154 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 c. Jan. 28, 1171. The Archbishop of Sena writes to the Pope an account of the Synod, sentence, and ap- 
 peal of the 25th : — says that he was supported by all his Suffragans and by the Abbots of St. Denys, St. Ger- 
 man de Preaux, Pontigny and two others : — that Kouen's alleged object at the Synod was lest he should 
 increase the bitterness of K. Henry's exasperation [exacerhationem Regi se nolle infundere acerhioreni) : — 
 that Henry had acknowledged to a Carthusian monk sent to him by the Archbishop of Sens, that he, 
 Henry, had supplied the primary cause of the Archbishop's murder, in fact had slain him {signifieavit quod 
 cansam mortis ejus dederat, et quod eum occiderat). Sens exhorts Alexander to ratify his sentence ' (of 
 Interdict). 
 
 t.-. Jan. 31. The Appellants of Jan. 25 (except Amulf, Bishop of Liseux) may be supposed to have left 
 France for Italy. They were joined by K. Henry's special Envoys, whose names will appear in the sequel. 
 Eichard Earre outstripped the whole party and got first to Frascati. The Archbishop of Kouen, when 
 the rest were half way, turned homewards again. 
 
 c. Feb. 21. The main body got as far as Seiice (in Savoy ?) with much difficulty. There they were 
 detained some days ; "for Comte Machary was on all sides blockading the roads."^ 
 
 Feb. 1-10. King Henry's abode at Argentan is quite problematically Argenian. 
 marked by two Royal Charters, dated at that place. — 
 
 One is a Confirmation to the Abbey of St. Audre-en- 
 GoufFern of the donations of William de Ponthieu and 
 others. — Witnesses, Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, Froger, 
 Bishop of Seez.^ 
 
 The other Charter is in favour of Roger de Flamenville, 
 and is attested by Froger, Bishop of Seez, Hugh de Cressi, 
 and ' Goceline the Castellan, hrother of the Queen.'* 
 
 A Royal Charter dated at Falaise probably belongs to the ^aidse. 
 same month of February. It is in favour of the Priory 
 of Plessis Grimould, and is attested by Henry, Bishop of 
 Bayeux, Froger, Bishop of Seez, and Hugh de Cressi.^ 
 
 c Feb; 11- King Henry at Pont Orson, on the frontier of Normandy Pont-Orson. 
 
 ^^' and Bretagne. There he abode 15 days.^ 
 
 Feb. 20. Death of Conan IV (Le Petit), Duke of Bretagne, and Earl of Richmond. 
 
 Marcb. King Hcnry's movements for two months are unrecorded. (Bretagne). 
 
 April. It is probable that Duke Conan's death necessitated his 
 
 presence in Bretagne, a situation which is illustrated by the 
 further phenomenon that Prince Geofirey left his domicile 
 at Northampton about the beginning of March.'' 
 
 1 S. T. C. iv. 163. Epist. cccxxxj. Adeliza, Queen of Henry I., and afterwards Coun- 
 
 2 S. T. C. vi. 198. Epist. ccccxl. From the tess of Arundel, and was Ancestor of the House of 
 King's Envoys to K. Henry. Percy. Two months previous to the assumed date 
 
 ^ D'Anisy, Extrait des Charles, vol. i. p. 407. of this Charter, Joaceline de Louvain was attendant 
 
 John son of William, Comte of Ponthieu, had in on the young King at Windsor, (supra p. 151.) 
 
 the year 1168, confirmed his father's grants to the * D'Anisy, Extrait des Chartes, ii. 62. 
 
 same Abbey. ^ Professor Stubbs' Itinerary quoting K. de 
 
 ■* Cartje Antiquse, Y. — Josceline de Louvain, Monte (Ed. Struve, p. 900). 
 
 commonly called ' the Castellan,' was brother of ' See extracts from the Pipe-Eolls, infra p. 162, 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERiRY OP K. HENRY II. 155 
 
 c. March 1, 1171. Four of Henry's messengers to the Pope, seeing that there was no chance of the whole 
 party getting away from Sena?, abscond by night, and taliing their course tlirough a mountainous and 
 well-nigh patliless country, pass forward with great doubt and danger towards Prascati. The four were 
 R. Abbot of Valasse ; Reginald fitz JosceHne, Archdeacon of Salisbury ; R., Archdeacon of Liseux ; and 
 Master Henry Pinchun. A Knight Templar, who had set out with them, bei-o vanishes from their diary, 
 but nevertheless reached Frascati with them. The rest of the Embassy, viz., Roger, Bishop of "Worcester ; 
 Giles, Bishop of Evreux ; Sir Robert de iSfewburgli, Dean of Evreux ; and Master llenry de Northampton, 
 seem to have been left at Sena; till the roads should be open.' 
 
 e. March 3. Richard Barre reaches Frascati. The Pope would not hear him. Ho met with no encourage- 
 ment from others in his exertions on the King's behalf. 
 
 c. March 20 (Saturday). The Abbot of Valasse, the Archdeacons of Salisbury and Liseux, Muster 
 Henry Pinchun and the Templar reach Frascati. At first the Pope would not hear any of them ; but 
 at last the Abbot of Valasse and the Archdeacon of Liseux were, at the prayer of certain cardinals,^ ad- 
 mitted to an audience.' 
 
 In their pleadings on behalf of K. Henry they were opposed by Becket's old clerks, Alexander of Wales 
 and Gunter of Flanders. 
 
 c. March 22, 23. It was expected in Frascati that in a general Consistory, to be holden on Thursday, 
 Alexander would sentence both the King and Realm of England. 
 
 March 25 (Thursday). A general Consistory at Frascati. King Henry's five envoys, viz., the Abbot 
 of Valasse, the Archdeacons of Salisbury and Liseux, Richard Barre and Henry Phiehun swore that the 
 King would abide by the Pope's decision, and, if bidden by the Pope, would take his own personal oath to 
 the same effect.' 
 
 On this occasion (probably because the most influential of K. Henry's Nuncios had not yet arrived), 
 the Pope only excommunicated generally tlio assassins of Becket, and all who had afforded them counsel 
 or countenance {assensum) , .ind all who should hereafter receive or entertain them on their lands.' 
 
 On the same occasion the Nuncios of the Archbishop of York and of the Bishops of London and 
 Salisbury swore that their Principals should abide by the Pope's decision, and themselves take an oath so 
 to do. 
 
 March 28 (Easter Sunday). King Henry's five Envoys despatch a letter to the King with the above 
 particulars. They congratulate the King on the result of their mission. They add that they had heard 
 nothing of the King's messengers to the Emperor since (their outset). One of them adds: — " Dc vestro 
 quod miki per Reginaldum misistis secrefo, coram Wil/elmo filio Samonis at postmodum Abhate de 
 TValaoe spem bonam concepimus, quod fict;'" by which we infer that the King, in letters close, attested by 
 Fitz Hamon and the Abbot of Valasse, had charged either Richard Barre or Master Henry Pinchun 
 with some commission ; that the letters had been delivered to the Commissioner by the Archdeacon 
 Regmald, and that all had good hopes of accomplishing the King's object.' 
 
 March 29. K. Henry's five Envoys now probably left Frascati. 
 
 c. April 2. About this time the Princess Margaret of France sailed from Southampton, leaving her 
 ) affianced husband, the young King, in England. She had not been crowned, though that was the pre 
 (tended object of her coming. Of course she was still an infant. 
 
 'I 
 
 c. April 5. About this time, Roger, Bishop of Worcester ; Giles, Bishop of Evreux ; Robert de 
 Newburgh, Dean of Evreux ; and Master Henry dc Northampton seem to have readied Fi-ascati.— 
 
 They were more than fifteen days (c. April 6-21) before the Papal Curia. They agreed with the 
 previous advocates of King Henry both in their excusation and aceusaUon of the King, that is, that the 
 
 'ST C vi. 198. Epist. cccoxl. and vi. 260. ^ The Cardinals and Curiai friends of Henry were 
 
 Epist' ccecclxix Tlie secret commission probably Portuensis, Papiensis, Hyacinth, Tusculanus, and 
 
 related to some temporal scheme, such as the inva- Peter de Mirso. John, of Neapolis, was not at 
 
 sion of Ireland. Frascati. 
 
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 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 murder of the Archbishop had been committed without the King's order or wish ; but they did not deny 
 that the King had afforded a motive cause for the murder {dedissel causam moiiis), nor that he had made 
 use of words in which the assassins found an occasion for committing it [aliqtdd dixisset unde malefactores 
 illi occasionem inierficiendi sumpsermit} 
 
 Whether these Envoys were asked to take the same oath as had been propounded by the former Envoys, 
 Kichard, Archdeacon of Poictiers, who had now been more than three months at Frascati, did not know. 
 He only knew that they did not take any oath. A favourable decision was looked for from the Pope when 
 at length the Envoys were called upon to hear it.' 
 
 c. April 21. Instead thereof Alexander confirmed the interdict pronounced by the Archbishop of Sens 
 on Henry's continental dominions, and the sentences of excommunication and suspension which lay upon 
 the Anglican Prelates. Alexander spared Henry's person, except that the King was forbidden to enter 
 any Church ; " and," concluded the Pope, " I will send my Legates to the King that they may see and 
 know of his humility.'" 
 
 The Archdeacon of Poictiers says that afterwards (e. April 22-to 24), by much pressure on the part of 
 the Envoys, by much interposition of Cardinals, and, as was said, by a free flow of money, the Pope was 
 induced to instruct the Archbishop of Bourges that if, within a month after the return of Henry's Envoys 
 to Normandy, the said Archbishop had not learned that the Papal Legates had crossed the Alps (trans- 
 alpinasse), that then the Archbishop miglit absolve the Bishops of London and Salisbury from excommu- 
 nication, exacting an oath that " they and others remaining under suspension would abide by the Pope's 
 mandate." ' 
 
 We happen to be able to verify and supplement the Archdeacon of Poictiers' account by the actual 
 instructions which Alexander was writing at the moment. His letter, dated at Tusculanum (Frascati) on 
 April 24, commissions the Archbishop of Bourges, the Bishop of Nevers, and, failing the Archbishop's 
 ability to act, the Abbot of Pontigny. To them the Pope delegates the power of absolution of Jjondon 
 and Salisbury, because both those Prelates were so aged and infirm, and one of them so sick, that they 
 could not come to the Pope's presence. The absolution was to be given at tlie time and under the con- 
 ditions stated by the Archdeacon, except that the power was not to benefit other suspended Prelates. 
 The suspension of London and Salisbury was not to be removed, but to remain in full force on the 
 grounds which had originally provoked their excommunication. As to Salisbury, if he should be too ill 
 to attend the Commissioners, they might go to him at a place approved by tliemselves ; and, if unable 
 to do so, they might delegate their powers to proper emissaries, who should receive his oath publicly 
 in sight of the Church, and so absolve him.^ 
 
 u. April 26. The Archdeacon of Poictiers concludes his history of K. Henry's embassies to Frascati, 
 saying that the King's Nuncii had left, taking with them nothing more than he had stated. He did 
 not think that the Cardinals knew when the Legates were to set out, nor who they were to be. But his 
 corresp'ondents need not fear an interdict on England if the King would only obey the Legates. The 
 Pope had with great diillculty been persuaded to write to K. Henry, and was at that moment so writing 
 and inviting the King to humility.' 
 
 1171. King Henry, as Las been already suggested, spent the Bretagne. 
 
 March and jj^Qjj^jjg gf March and April in Bretagne. A Breton 
 Chronicle, detailing the events of the year 1171, is in accor- 
 dance with that idea, and is worth both quoting and ex- 
 plaining : — 
 
 " MCL XX I. Thomas Gantuariensis AroMepiscopus jussu 
 Eegis interfidtur." (This shows the general conception 
 
 > S. T. C. vi. 261, 262. Epist. cccclxix. 3 g. t. C. vi. 262. We cannot find the Pope's 
 
 * S. T. C. vi. 59. Epist. ceoxxxvi. Hoveden, p. 302. letter here spoken of. 
 
COUKTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAET OF K. HENEY II. 157 
 
 1171. about Becket's murder. The event took place Dec. 29, Bretagne. 
 April. 1170; but this Chronicler commenced his year with 
 
 Christmas) . 
 
 " Haimo Leonensis Episcopus a consanguineis occiditur." 
 (Hamo, Bishop of Leon, in Bretagne, is put to death by 
 his kindred.) 
 
 " Ohiit Conanus, junior, Dux BritannicB." (Conan le Petit 
 is meant. He died Feb. 21, 1171).i 
 
 "Hoc anno tota Britannia He7irico Regi Anglia; subjugata 
 est " (which we take to indicate Henry's assumption of the 
 Duchy on Duke Conan's death, and in behalf of his son 
 Geoffrey.)^ 
 
 " Castrum Jocelini incensum et Jiabitores exules fadi." 
 (Chateau Jacquelin burnt, probably by K. Henry, and its ciiitcau jaccjueiiu. 
 defenders exiled). 
 
 " Et Eudo, Dux Britannioi, a, Bucatu suMatus et penitvs 
 propulsus est in exilium, in Gallimn." (Budo, Vicomte of 
 Porhoet, pretending to the Duchy in right of his deceased 
 wife, Duke Conan's mother, was expelled by Henry, and 
 took refuge in France) .'^ 
 May 2-10. King Houry is again at Pont Orson,^ (on the frontier of Pont-Orson. 
 Normandy and Bretagne.) King Henry's movements during Normandy. 
 Juno & July, tlie next two months are only to be surmised from a sei-ies of 
 Charters, the earliest of which indicate the return of certain 
 of his Envoys who left Frascati in the end of April, while 
 the latest further indicate his own intention of soon visiting 
 Ireland. There is a Eoyal Charter in favour of the Abbey 
 of Bee Hellouin.^ It passed at Rouen. Roger, Bishop of uoueu. 
 Worcester, a witness, had been one of the Envoys in 
 question. The witnesses are Rotroc, Archbishop of Rouen ; 
 Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; Froger, Bishop of Seez ; Arnulf, 
 Bishop of Liseux ; Gilbert, Bishop of London ; Roger, 
 Bishop of Worcester ; Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; 
 John, Dean of Salisbury ; William, Earl Mandeville ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable (of Normandy) ; Eudo fitz 
 
 ' Eerum Grail. Script, xii. 560. Henry's original in Henry's seizure of the Ducliy on Duke Conan's 
 
 Treaty witli Bretagne entailed the .Duchy on his death ; but it is pi-obable that the Vicomte Eudo's 
 
 son GeoiFrey only after the deaths of Duke Conan right under the original treaty was held to have 
 
 and the Vicomte Eudo, whose life-claim thereto lapsed by his subsequent rebellion against Conan. 
 arose on his marriage with Berta, the heiress of the ^ Professor Stubbs, quoting K. de Monte (Ed. 
 
 Duchy and Duke Conan's mother. The Breton Struve, p. 909. 
 Clironicle points out the breach of treaty involved ^ Monasticon, vii. 1068. 
 
158 
 
 CODRTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1171. Ernise ; William de Courci (Seneschal of Normandy) ; Roaon. 
 J"'y- Saher de Quinci; Richard de Camvill and Walter de 
 
 Dunstan^nll. 
 
 A Roj^al Charter, dated at GhiviU9- (Chevaillec) is in favour cheTaiUec. 
 of Boxley Abbey (Kent), and purports to be attested by 
 H. (read B." i. c, Eotroc)^ Archbishop of Rouen ; Arnulf, 
 Bishop of Liseux ; Giles, Bishop of Evreux (he had been 
 at Frascati) ; Earl William, of Albemarle; Roger, Earl of 
 Clare ; Earl William de Mandevill ; Hugh de Beauchamp ; 
 Hugh de Cressi and Walter de Dunstanvill.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Ghuell (probably Chevaillec) is chevaiiiec. 
 to St. Paul's, Bedford, and is attested by Earl William de 
 Mandeville.* 
 
 King Henry contemporarily confirms a Charter, dated at 
 Chivilly, whereby Hugh, Earl of Chester, ensures to the cheTaiiiec. 
 Abbey of St. Stephen (Bayeux Dioc.) the gifts of his 
 ancestor, Ranulf, Vicomte of Bayeux (the Bessin). Both 
 Charter and Confirmation are attested by the same witnesses, 
 viz., Gilbert, Bishop of London; Richard, Archdeacon of 
 Poictiers (he had been at Frascati January-April) ; Waleran, 
 Archdeacon of Bayeux ; Master Ralph de Than (probably 
 Tamworth) ; William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex ; William, 
 Earl of Arundel; Hugh de Longchamp ; Reginald de 
 Curtenay ; John de Waureio ; Hoel de Ridefort ; Ranulf de 
 Glaudivalle ; Geoffrey de Constantino ; Roger de Livet' ; 
 Ranulf de Glainvill (Glanvill) ; Germanus, the King's Scribe 
 (Scriptor Regis) ; and William, the Earl of Chester's 
 Clerk.5 
 July. In this month K. Henry summoned a Council of Barons 
 
 to meet at Argentan.^ He also summoned the young King Argentau. 
 from England. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Falaise, is relative to the Faiaise. 
 Abbey of St. Mary, Dublin, and its subjection, as a cell, to 
 Buildwas Abbey, in Shropshire. It is attested by William 
 de Courci, Dapifer ; Roger de Newburgh ; William de St. 
 
 ' Chivilli, afterwards represented by Chevaillec, ' Carte Autiquse. C. 
 
 was a hamlet on the skirts of the Bois de GonueTille, "^ Monast. vi. 374, iii. 
 
 near Honfleur (Staploton's Eot. Norm. ii. slvi. ■' D'Anisy'a Normandy Transcripts, i. 177, 178. 
 
 xlvii). Another Confirmation by the King, gives somewhat 
 
 ° This emendation rests on the sure fact that different -witnesses, including John, Archdeacon of 
 
 Hugh, Archbishop of Bouen, was dead before Giles Bath and Kichard de Luei. 
 
 became Bishop of Evreux. ^ Stubbs, quoting R. de Monte (Struve), 910. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HBNBY II. 159 
 
 juiieMd John; Hugh de Cressi; William de Stuteville ; and William chevaiueo. 
 
 "^■^y- fitz Adeline.i 
 
 Prince Henry^ or rather the " young King Eenry " is 
 stated in one edition of Benedictus to have joined his 
 father in Normandy immediately before the latter crossed 
 the sea to England. If so, the meeting probably took place 
 at Bur lo Roy, near Bayeux. 
 
 We have a Charter of the young King, dated apml Bur lo Roy. 
 Burum, and which certainly passed before his father's court 
 had left the place. In this remarkable deed the young 
 King's style is " Henricus Rex Anglomm, Dux Normannorum 
 et Gomes Andegauice Regis Henrici filius." The deed is in 
 favour of the Monks of Montebourg, to whom the young- 
 King concedes all that Alicia de Redvers, mother of Earl 
 Baldwin gave them out of her marriage-portion, and William 
 de Vernon, Juvenis, conceded. The witnesses were, Geoffrey, 
 Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Richai'd, Archdeacon of Poitiers; 
 Reginald (Archdeacon) of Salisbury; John, Dean of (Salis- 
 bury), Richard de Camvill; Reginald de Curtenay ; Hugh de 
 Cressey, and William de St. John.^ 
 
 July. A Charter of the elder King dated ainid Burmoun, (Burum Bur-ie-Eoy. 
 
 probably), is in favour of Newstead Abbey, Lincolnshire, 
 and makes mention of Stephen fitz Chamberlain. Its 
 witnesses are Geoffrey, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Richard, 
 Archdeacon of Poitiers ; Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury ; 
 John, Dean of Salisbury; Richard de Humet, Constable; 
 William de St. John ; and William fitz Andeline.^ 
 
 Another Charter of the elder King is dated apud Burum Bur.ie-Eoy. 
 (Bur-le-Roy) and is in favour of Blanchelaunde Abbey, 
 in the Diocese of Coutances. It is attested by Henry, 
 Bishop of Bayeux ; Proger, Bishop of Seez ; Reginald, Arch- 
 deacon of Salisbury ; Richard de Camvill; and Hugh de 
 Cressy.* 
 
 c.juiy 30,31. King Plenry, approaching the coast, is now at Valognes. Vaiognes 
 We still trace his course by Charters rather than Chronicles. 
 By one Charter, dated at Valognes, the King gives to 
 Richard de Luci the Vill of Grinsted. Witnesses Geoffry, 
 
 ' Monasticon v. 363, ii. The years llTiand 1175 Curtenay and Hugh do Cressy, and perhaps Kichard 
 
 have been variously suggested as the date of this de CamTill, went with the King to Ireland in this 
 
 Charter. Perhaps 1175 is as likely as 1171. See same year. 
 Antiquities of Shropshire, vi. 327). ' Monasticon Angl. vii. 9G6. 
 
 ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 181. Eegiuald de ^ D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, i. 60. 
 
160 COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 <;. jily^so, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Eichard, Archdeacon of Poitiers ; vaiognes. 
 
 ^^- William Earl de Mandevillej William de St. Johnj 
 
 Richard de Camvill ; Reginald de Curtenay j William de 
 Lanval ; Hugh de Cressi ; William de Stutevill ; Reginald de 
 Pavellij and Thomas Bardulf.^ 
 
 Another Royal Rescript, dated at Vaiognes, is addressed to 
 the People of Ireland, to whom the King accredits William 
 fi.tz Adeline, his Dapifer, as Envoy to that Island, and 
 promises his own speedy attention to its weighty affairs. 
 This Deed is attested by the Archdeacons, Geoffrey of Can- 
 terbury and Richard of Poitiers j and by Richard the Con- 
 stable (De Humez).^ 
 
 Aug. 1. Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, attends the Papal Commissioners at Ohaumont, near Gisors, 
 within the French frontier. The Commissioners are the Bishop of Beauvais (apparently acting for the 
 Archbishop of Bourges), the Bishop of Nevers, and the Abbot of Pontigny. They release Foliot's exoom- 
 munication.3 His suspension remains.'' 
 
 Aug. 1. King Henry embarks for England, probably at Barfleur. Barfleur. 
 
 Aug. 3. King Henry lands at Portsmouth. Portsmouth. 
 
 Aug. 8. Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, dies. 
 
 C-. Sept.8 K- Henry is either at Monmonth, or Strigoil {i.e. Chep- (strigoii). 
 
 (Wed.) g^jow), or Cardiff, or, more probably than either, on his march 
 between some two of those places, when Res ap GrifEth, 
 Prince of South Wales, coming from his quarters at Llwyn- 
 Danet, meets the King and engages to find him 300 horses, 
 4000 oxen, and (as a security we suppose) 24 hostages.^ 
 
 K. Henry marches into Gwent and takes Caerleon-upon- caorieon. 
 Usk from Jerwerth ap Owen ap Caradoc ap Griffith.^ 
 
 Bep.31 (Tu.) K. Henry enters Pembrokeshire, and makes over to Pembrokeaiure. 
 Prince Res, Cardigan, Tstrad-Tywi, Arwistli, and Elvael. 
 
 Sep. 25, Prince Res, coming from Aberteivi, confers with K. PembrokeCastie. 
 
 (Saiurdny.)6 jjg^j,y ^^ Pembroko Castle. 
 
 Sept. 26. (Sun.) Prince Res returns to Aberteivi and selects 85 horses to be sent on the 27th to the 
 King, but the King had gone from Pembroke. 
 
 fM*'<ia' King Henry sets out for St. Davids,^ where he makes 
 
 ^ Cartoe Antiquae I.I.— ' These particulars are from Mr. Bridgemau's 
 
 Courtenay, Cressy and Pavilli all went to Ireland ' Princes of S. Wales,' pp. 51, 52, 53. 
 
 with the King. " Tliis date is given by the Brut-y-Tywysogion as 
 
 ^ Kymer's Foedera I. p. 36 Saturday XII. kal. Oct., an impossible date, but 
 
 ' Diceto C arte, 62. easily corrected by the context, which shows that 
 
 ■■ Foliot was reheved from suspension {restitutus Saturday VII. kal. Oct. (Sept. 25) was the original 
 
 officio) at Aumale on May 1, 1172 (Diceto, p. 560). reading. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. IGl 
 
 1171. votive offerings to the Church. Here the King was enter- st. David's, 
 tained by David fitz Gerald, Bishop of St. David's.^ 
 Sep29(Wcd) King Henry returned from St. Davids to Pembroke. Pembroke. 
 Hither Prince Res sent the horses he had selected, whereof 
 the King accepted 36, as a matter of courtesy to the Prince 
 rather than because he, the King, needed them. 
 
 The King, having Prince Res in his company, comes to Y-Ty-Ovvyn. 
 Y-Ty-Gwyn (The White House), where the King releases to 
 Res his son, Howel, of long time a hostage in Henry's hands. 
 The King also respites, till his retarn from Ireland, the other 
 hostages, and the tribute which Res had agreed to pay. 
 
 The King continues weather-bound in Pembrokeshire for 
 eighteen days.^ 
 
 The Pipb-Rolb of Michaelmas, 1171, gives abundant illnsti-ations of King Henry's proposed inva- 
 sion of Ireland. — 
 
 CiVITAS WiNTONIiE. Ht item in conduciu thesauri quivenitde Normannid, de Banloni'i, ad Gloecestriam 
 155. lEt in conductu amigdalarum et cereB Regis de IVinton* ad Bristou 7s. Id. Et in conducts vini 
 Regis quod Stephanus de Turonis- illimisit, de Ifintoa ad. Bristuu 10s. bd, per breve Regis. 
 
 Hantonta. Et Roger io filio Leonardi quinqne marcas ad diccenda victual ia Regis in Hgherniam per 
 breve Regis. 
 
 London kt Middelsexa. JSt pro 200 summis fr umenti miosis in exercilum Hyberniai £\h. XHs. Et 
 duobus servieniibus missis ad Regent cum predictd garnisione 8s. 
 
 Saiopesciea. Et pro 286 Baconibus £19. 4s. id. Et pro vecturd eorundem Baconum de Salop' ad 
 Olocestriam Vs. Sd.per l/reve Regis.^ 
 
 Some more general evidences about the King's affairs, as extracted from the same Pipe-Roll, here 
 follow : — 
 
 Hanton. Et in duobus aliis passagiis esneccre cum thesauro £15 per breve Regis. Et pro duabus 
 navibus ad equos Camerariorum 60s. per idem breve. Et pro onerando thesauro et in liberacione vigilum 
 et pro lumine 9s. 5rf. Et in liberacione duarum navium qum portaverunt Comili Flandrim Damas 110s. 
 per breve Regis. 
 
 NoiiHANTESCIRA. Et pro locandd caretd ad portandam Pavillonem Regis de Norhantoii' ad Lundon' 
 3s. (id. per hrere Regis,'^ 
 
 BociiiNOEnsciEA ET Bedbeorbscika. Eit in conductu hugice de thesauro per Odonem de Falesid 
 3s. id. 
 
 MlNARlA Caeleoli. Et in soUis per brevi Regis ^dioardo Blundo £30 ad Coronationem Regi,s 
 Jilii Regis.^ 
 
 OxiNEFOBDSClEA. Et pro locandd caretd ad papilioiiem Regis difcrendam de Oxeneford' ad Lun- 
 don^ 2 Id.'' 
 
 ' Bridgeman's Princes of S. Wales, pp. 52, 53. land. The Royal Tent had probably lain at North- 
 
 " Stephen de Tours, Seneschal of Anjou. ampton since tlie Council of October, 1164. It now 
 
 •' And from other counties large supplies of pro- went to London for repairs, preparatory to its 
 
 vision, &c. had been furnisliod in this year for the shipment to Ireland. Anotlier Tent-Royal, simi- 
 
 Armg of Ireland. larly stored at Oxford, Vi'as also sent to London. 
 
 ■' This does not imply any visit of the King to * Tliis account is retrospective. The item belongs 
 
 Northampton during his month's residence in Kng- to June, 1170. 
 
 21 
 
1 62 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 HoNOH BOLONI^. In camerd Curia £313. 7s. per breve Regis. 
 
 LuNDON ET MiDDELSEXi. Et pro oleo ad lampadem Reginee 30s. 5tZ.' Et in conductu thesauri et 
 hugiarum thesauri de LundorC ad WiulorC,^s. Zi. per Odonem de Falesid. Et pro reficiendis papilionibus 
 Regis £7. 13s. 2d. per breve Regis. 
 
 CrriTAS WlNToNia;. Et in conductu thesauri a Wintonid ad ffantoniam et Fortesmuam in septem 
 itineribus 45s. td. per Odonem de Falesid. 
 
 Tlie YoTTNGEE King Heney, as we have seen, joined his fatlier at Bur-le-Roi in the end of July, just 
 previous to the King's departure for England. 
 
 The younger King clearly remained in Normandy for a time. 
 
 An agreement, dated in 1171, passed probably at Caen. It was between the Abbey of St. Stephen in 
 that city and WiUiam de Aboville, whose eldest eon, Henry, was assenting. There were present in Court 
 tliese following: — 
 
 Henricus Rex junior, Arnoldus Episcopus Luxoviensis, Frogerus Episcopus Sirgiensis, et Joscelinus 
 Episcopus Saresburiensis. 
 
 Also the following, who are called King's justices, viz., WiUiam de St. John, William de Courey, and 
 Thomas Archdeacon of Bayeui, as representing Henry his Bishop.^ 
 
 Afterwards, and while liis father was in Ireland, the younger Henry and his wife clearly crossed from 
 Normandy to England, and, as will be seen, were resident in England till the King's retm-n from 
 Ireland. 
 
 The Pipe-Eoll of 1171 gives some evidence as to the household expenses of the Petncess Maegaeet 
 OE Feance, previous to her transfretatiou ; — and also a hint as to tlie time of that transfretation, viz. 
 April 2, 1171. 
 
 Wil/TSCIRA. Et in corredio filice Regis Francice et famiUce ejus £71 per breve Regis. 
 
 Hantesciea. Et Margaretce fiiice Regis Francice riginti marcas per breve Regis. Et in pannis 
 servientum JiUrB Regis Francice et pro duobus palefridis et lino siimmario et apparatu eorum ad opus ejus- 
 demjilia Regis £X5. 19s. id. per hreve Regis. Et in corredio ipsius apud Wintoniam et Portesmue in 
 passagio suo £10. I8s. Zd. per hreve Regis. 
 
 CmTAS WiNloNlA. Et in corredio JilicB Regis Francice afesto Sancti Michaelis preterito usque ad diem 
 Veneris in Septimand Paschce ■* £58. 3s. per hreve Regis. 
 
 Hantonia. Et in passagio esneccee cum Jilid Regis Francice £7. 10s. per breve Regis. Et pro una navi 
 ad equos ipsius 30s. per idem breve. 
 
 Prince Geoefet was probably domiciled at Northampton for about 22 weeks of the fiscal year, com- 
 mencing Michaelmas, 1170. The following extract from the Northamptonshire Pipe-Eoll of 1171, when 
 compared with the EoU of 1170,'' suggests as much. — 
 
 Et in corredio Q-alfri di Jilii Regis apttd Norhanton' £Z4: per breve Regis. 
 
 At that rate. Prince Geoffry will have quitted Northampton early in March, 1171. 
 
 Under the head of London and Middlesex, there are in the Pipe-Eoll of 1171 numerous charges for 
 apparel, &c. &c., ad opus Regis Jilii Regis, ad opus Ricardi et Qaifridi Jiliorum Regis, ad opus Regince, 
 and ad opus Jilice Regis Francice. 
 
 But these hardly amount to any presumption of the parties having been resident in London, within the 
 previous year, unless we had other indications of such facts. 
 
 ' This entry has nothing to do with Queen -the tomb of Matilda, Queen of K. Henry I. 
 Elianor or her movements. It was a fixed charge ^ D'Anisy, Extrait des Chartes, i. 278. 
 
 on the Eeveuues of the City of London, for the ' Sep. 29, 1170, to April 2, 1171. 
 
 purpose of maintaining the " undying lamp,' before ^ Vide supra, p. 145. 
 
CODETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 1C3 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1171, TO MICHAELMAS, 1172. 
 
 Sept'sa The King probably at Pembroke. Pembroke. 
 
 Oct. 10. The King, having been more than a month assembling 
 
 his soldiers and transports at Pembroke, embarks for Ireland 
 
 at Milford Haven. Miitord iiaven. 
 
 Got. 17, 18. The King lands at Croch, near Waterford, and proceeds crooh. 
 
 to Waterford, where he is joined by William fitz Adeline Waterford. 
 
 and Robert fitz Bernard, who had preceded him.^ 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of Micliaelmaa, 1173, is full of allusions to the Irish expedition and its cost. The 
 scutage of Ireland, was put in charge generally ; ^ — also provisions and stores from nearly every county 
 in England were sent pro exei-cilu HyhernicE, or in guarnisonem Hegis in Si/bernid. The following ex- 
 tracts will suffice to illustrate the point : — 
 
 Berkshiee. £1 pro duohus equis miisis liegi in Hglerniam £4 per breve Regis. 
 
 OxFOEDSHiEE. Et pro tJiesauro portando de Oxiiieford ad Glocestriam cum Ricardo de Luci Is. Eipro 
 locaiidis T. carretls de Oxineford ad Warewicam cnm pannis familia Regis^ de Ybernid 17s. 8d. per Irevs 
 Regis. 
 
 Carlisle. JEt in co>iductu et liberacione namum qute portaverunt viclualia Regis de Eoerwicscird et de 
 Worthumherland et de Cumberland in Hiberniam £27. Ws. Id. 
 
 Seb op Wikciiesteh. Pro 569 libris amigdaV missis Regi in Hiberniam 118s. 7d. El pro 12 pannis 
 sericis et 5 pellibus de Lutreis £13. 19*. 2d. per breve Regis Jilii Regis de computaiido sibi perfidein balli- 
 voritm suorum quicquid expenderat in rebus missis patri suo in Hibernid. 
 
 Staitoedshire. Et pro 1 equis missis in Yberniam ad opus Regis £i per breve Regis. Et pro locandis 5 
 caretis de Stafford ad Cestriam quee poriaoerunt pannos familice Regis^ ndssos in Yberniam 15*. lid. per 
 hreve Regis. Et Radulfo Archidiacono de Stafford £8. 6s. 8d. ad locandas naves ad portandam Guarni- 
 sonem Regis in Yberniam per breve Regis. Et Radulfo Archidiacono de Stafford £16. 13«. 7d. ad facien- 
 dam Uberacionem 9 navium apud Cestriam quie portaverunt warnisionem Regis in Yberniam per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 GrLOUCESTEESHiBE. Et pro locandis navibus ad portandum Regis thesaurum in Hiberniam et vinum 
 et pannos quos Stephanus de Turonis misit Regi. Et pro poi'tando harnesio Regis de Striguil in Glocees- 
 triam IQd. per breve Regis. 
 
 Sheopshieb. Et pro 400 Baconibus missis in Syberniam £31. 15*. 2d. 
 
 Oct. 23, 1171. Pope Alexander, at Tusculanum (Frascati), instructs the Archbishop of Rouen and 
 Bishop of Amiens as to the release from suspension of Roger, Archbishop of York, who had always stated 
 his readiness and wish to come to the Pope for absolution, but had been refused safe-conduct by the 
 Emperor Frederic. Alexander's trust in York, and wish to oblige K. Henry, induce him to dispense 
 with York's persona] attendance. Rouen and Amiens will convene York at some place in the Marches of 
 
 ' Benedictus, i. p. 25 (Stubbs's edition). The ^ The term, Familia Regis, usually indicates the 
 dates given by Gervase and Dioeto for the King's King's suit or staff; but any detachment of re- 
 landing in Ireland, are not quite so accurate. tainers or troops employed by the King's order on 
 
 Mr. Bridgeman has it (Princes of S. Wales, p. 53) special services would be called Familia Regis ir- 
 that the King embarked on Sunday, the Eve of St. respectively of the King's personal presence. Some- 
 Luke, that is Sunday, Oct. 17, iind landed at Water- times the King's personal staff and household is 
 ford on the 18tli. distinguished as Dominica familia Regis. (Confer 
 
 ^ Madox, Exchequer, p. 438. supra [page 81, note 1.]). 
 
164- COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 Normandy and France. He is to bring with him two dignitaries of his Church, or two canons, or priors, 
 or abbots of good repute, and before tliera to swear on the Gospels (1), that he never swore, or promised 
 to observe, or hereafter to observe, the "depraved customs ; " (2), that he never, by letter, word, or deed, 
 •ncited K. Henry to violence against Becket ; (3), that he never received the Archbishop of Rouen's letters 
 prohibiting him from the coronation of the young King, nor had knowledge of such letters ; nor had 
 hindered their presentation. 
 
 On his so swearing (which it seems he did), Rouen and Amiens were to restoi-e him to the full plenitude 
 of his oiEcc.' 
 
 Another, and probably contemporary, letter instructs the same Commissioners that York's repeated at- 
 enipts to avoid the necessity of crossing the Channel for his absolution were inadmissible. The ascertainment 
 of the truth, and the expedient publicity of the process, required that Pope Alexander's method be im- 
 plicitly followed.' 
 
 Oct. 18. K. Henry remains at Waterford fifteen days.^ Waterford. 
 
 Nov.' 6. K. Henry having sent Nicholas, his chaplain, and Ralph, 
 
 Archdeacon of Landaflf, to summon the Irish Bishops, the 
 latter meet the King at Cashel.^ Cashei. 
 
 At the Council of Cashei Canons were enacted remediative 
 of the evils existing in Ireland. 
 
 Nov. II. King Henry's Court is at Dublin,^ where it seems to have Dublin, 
 
 remained nearly three months. 
 
 While at Dublin the King expedited a Charter to his " men 
 of Bristol," whereby he gave his city of Dublin to the 
 said men, to inhabit and to hold as they held Bristol. Wit- 
 nesses — William de Braose ; Reginald de Curtenai ; Hugh 
 de Gundeville; William fitz Aldeline ; Ranulph (Qy.Richard ?) 
 de Camvill ; Hugh de Cressi; and Reginald de Pa villi. ^ 
 
 Dec. 1-31. The King was at Dublin and kept Christmas there. ^ cuMin. 
 
 Mon. Dec. 13. On Monday after Gandete Sunday, being the Feast of St. Lucia, Roger, Archbishop of 
 York, appeared before the Papal Commissioners at Aumale, and achieved compurgation by the process 
 prescribed in the Papal Rescript of October 23, 1171. The Commissioners who absolved him and removed 
 his suspension were Rotrou, Arclibishop of Rouen, and the vicars of the Bishop of Amiens. There were 
 witnesses of the ceremony, Giles, Bishop of Evreux, and abbots, priors, and other religious persons.'' 
 
 The Archbishop writes of tlie event to Hugh, Bishop of Durham, to R. the Dean, William Canterbury, 
 and the Chapter of York ; to the Canons of Southwell, Beverley, and Ripon, and to the abbots, priors, 
 clergy, and people of his Province of York.' 
 
 The Archbishop of York writes also to Pope Alexander, thanking him for his goodness, and beggin" that 
 be would similarly favour tlie pious and excellent Bishop of London, now broken down with age, who had 
 to often, in York's presence, tried to mollify K. Henry's wrath against Becket.* 
 
 In this month of December, the Pope seems to have despatched his Legates who were to asoertiin, verify, 
 and adjudicate onK. Henry's complicity in, and contrition for, the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 The Legates so sent were Albert, Cardinal of St. Laurence in Lucina, and Theodwine, Cardinal of St.Vitalis. 
 
 1 S. T. C. iv. 65, 67. Epist. cclix. cclx. York, is probably Robert Botivelein. He died in 
 
 ^ Lyttelton, vol. iv. Appendix (I). 1186. No extant list of the dignitaries of York 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs), i. pp. 25-29. includes the name of William Canterbury. 
 
 ^ • ' S. T. C. iv. 173. Epist. ccccxxv. R. Dean of ^ S. T. 0. iv. 171. Epist. ccccxxiv. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 165 
 
 A.D. 1172. 
 
 Jan. 1-31. Henry the whole month at Dublin.^ DubUn. 
 
 In January, probably, the Cardinal Legates reached Normandy, but the 
 Khig does not seem to have heard of their arrival there, before February. 
 
 Feb. 1-59 Henry is still in Dublin for the whole month.^ 
 
 Feb. -:8. Pope Alexander, at Frascati, writes to the Archbishop of Rouen and Bishop of Amiens. — The 
 Bishop of London's messengers have been with the Pope, viz. K. Archdeacon,^ and Masters Richard and 
 H ugh, clerks, tlieir object being to clear the Bishop, himself too infirm for the journey, of all complicity in 
 the murder of Becket. The Pope now directs that the said compurgation be taken by Rouen and Amiens 
 in the Marches between Normandy and France, after citing London with six others, abbots, priors, monks, 
 or regular canons of good repute, and not likely to perjure themselves. London is, in the presence of all, 
 to swear upon the Gospels that he had neither by letter, word, or deed incensed the King in any way 
 calculated to result in Becket's death or personal injury. The Commissioners, or one of them (the other 
 being unavoidably absent, is to be represented by religious and influential persons of his province), are 
 then to restore to London, on the Pope's authority, the full plenitude of his office.' 
 
 March 1. Pope Alexander, having been certified by letter of his Legates, Albert and Theodine, of tho 
 miracles (de miraiilibus) of Thomas, late Archbishop of Canterbury, canonizes the said saint as a martyr 
 in full Consistory of the Church.^ 
 
 March 10. Pope Alexander, at Segni, writes to certify his Legates, Albert and Theodine, of the said 
 canonization.^ 
 
 March 12. Pope Alexander, at Segni, writtes letters to the Chapter of Canterbury, and to the people of 
 England, certifying the said canonization.' 
 
 March 1. King Hcnry, probably having heard of the arrival of the weiford. 
 
 Papal Legates in Normandy, moves to Wexford, where he 
 
 March 1-31. remains, apparently weather-bound, the whole month.® 
 
 While at Wexford the King expedites a Charter, whereby 
 he gives to Hugh de Lacy the land of Meath (theretofore 
 held by Murchard Hu-Melachlin) for service of 50 knights. 
 The Charter also speaks of knights'-fees in the vicinity of 
 Dublin, and of the King's city of Dublin, and of Hugh de 
 Lacy as being, pro tempore, bailiff thereof. It is attested by 
 Earl Richard fitz Gilbert (of Strigoil and Pembroke) and by 
 William de Braose. 
 
 starch 26. The King, himself remaining at Wexford, sends his army Wexford. 
 
 to Waterford to cross the Channel, but it would seem that 
 the wind was contrary.^ 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs), i. pp. 25-29. 
 
 2 If the ' Archdeacon ' here spoken of was ' of 
 London,' he was no other than Ralph de Diceto, 
 the historian. He held the dignity in 1163 and 
 1168 ; but when, in 1181, he was promoted to the 
 Deanery of London (i.e. St. Paul's), he is styled 
 Archdeacon of Middlesex. Possibly he exchanged 
 the higher but poorer dignity of London for the richer 
 Archdeaconry of Middlesex ; but Mr. Hardy's view 
 
 (Fasti, ii. 307) seems to be that an Archdeacon, 
 though occasionally styled ' of London,' might the 
 while have been merely of Middlesex. 
 
 3 S. T. C. iv. 69. Epist. eclxi. 
 
 ^ S. T. C. vi. 58, 59. Epist. cccxxxt. 
 
 ' S.T. C. iv. 75, 39. Epist. cclxvi. ccxxxvii. 
 
 ^ Jien(id]ct\is(ut supra) . Carte talksof a Council at 
 Cashel on March 25. We cannot verify or suppose 
 such an incident. 
 
166 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 March 30. A letter of Pope Alexander to Jooeline, Bishop of Salisbury, bears date on this day at 
 Beneventum. If we date it correctly as to year, it shows that that prelate had not availed himself of the 
 aoilities of compurgation proposed in the Papal Rescript of April 24, 1171. Now, the Pope, considering 
 the Bishop's age and infirmities, will allow him to purge himself of all complicity in the death of 
 Becket by sending five, or at least four, religious persons of his diocese to the Pope's presence, who 
 shall so excuse and purge him of the matters for which he had been suspended and excommunicated. 
 The Pope had been moved to this concession by the frequent solicitations of Kobert, Dean of Evreux ; 
 of Reginald, Archdeacon of Salisbury ; of William, King of Sicily, and Queen Matilda his mother ; 
 and also by his, the Pope's, consideration and love for his dearest son in Christ, Henry, King of the English.' 
 
 1172. K. Henry at Wexford, still waiting apparently for a fair Weiford. 
 
 wind.^ 
 
 ^i'"! ■'1 The Kind's household embarks at Waterford, and lands at Milford Haven 
 
 (Easter Sun- ° ' 
 
 day). the same day. 
 
 ^ff^^F > The Kinof himself crosses the Channel^ and lands at Port- Poitflnnan. 
 
 (Monday). o 
 
 finnan, near St. David's. He leaves Hugh da Lacy as liia 
 Justiciar in Ireland, holding Meath and Dublin as a tenant- 
 in-capite of 100 knights' fees. He also entrusts the custody 
 of Waterford and Wexford to Robert fitz Bernard, and leaves 
 the Earl of Strigoil in possession of Leinster. 
 ,,-. April 19. From St. David's the King goes to Haverfordwest.^ Haverfordwest. 
 
 Young Kino Henet and his wife, now styled Queen, during some months of the elder King's resi- 
 dence in Ireland, seem to have been in England. Hence the following entries on the Pipe-Roll of 
 Michaelmas, 1172. — 
 
 Berkhampstbad. Pro x oUis Galearum ad opus Regis fllii Regis 30s. per breve Regis. 
 
 Bucks and Bedfoedshike. Et in corredio Regis Jilii Regis £20 per Irene Regis et per Rolertum 
 de A nsgervill. 
 
 Hide Abbey. In corredio Regis fllii Regis £25 per breve Regis. 
 
 Hampshiee. JSlt in expensd Regince, Jllite Regis Francice, &i<iper breve Regis Jilii Regis. Et in corredio 
 Regis Jilii Regis per Robertam de Aiisgervill £33. 6s. 8d. per breve Regit. Et item in corredio ipsius per 
 eundem Robertum £30 per breve Regis. Et Ailwardo Camerario 10 marcas ad negocia CamertB per breve 
 Regis. Et in corredio Regis Jilii Regis per Robertum de Ansgervill £28 per breve Regis. 
 
 Noethamptonshieh. Et pro robd Reginis jilicE Regis Francice ad equitandum £9. lis. lOd. per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 WiNOHESTEE. El Ailwardo Camerario £20 ad emendam Robam Regis Jilii Regis in Nundinis 
 WintonicB per breve Regis. Et pro uno Summario et Coffrls et uno Tapeto et pro 2 Urceolis et unapixide 
 
 ' S. T. C. iv. 104. Epist. cclxxxviij. There is own son (dilectus filias noster), was, in fact, Bishop 
 
 much that is mai-vellous about this Epistle, but Joceline's son after the flesli ; only there was a ques- 
 
 it is unquestionably genuine. "William, King of tion about his legitimacy 
 Sicily, was at this time under the tutelage of his " Benedictus (Stubbs), i. p. 29. 
 
 mother, usually called Margaret, a. Princess of the •• (Jiraldus Exp. Hib. i. pp. 37-39. Brut-y-Tywy- 
 
 House of Navarre. Robert de Newburgh, Dean of sogion, 219. 
 
 Evreux, whom tlie Pope calls Bisliop Joceline's Mr. Bridgeman (Princes of S. Wales, p. 53) 
 
 " beloved son," is known to have gone to visit his quotes another diary, which makes the King to reach 
 
 relations in Sicily after this embassy to Frascati Pembroke on Good Friday (April 14) , and so ren- 
 
 (accomplished April, 1171). Reginald, Archdeacon ders the preceding and succeeding dates » week 
 
 of Salisbury, whom the Pope dehcately styles his earlier than is stated in the text. 
 
CODETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 167 
 
 et dttoius candelabris et 2 pelvibus et iino thuribulo et uiio Texto, et his omnibus argenteis ad obsequium capellce 
 Uegina filiiE Uegis FrancicB. Et pro uno paUfrido ad opus Willielmi Clerici ejusdem Eegince £14. 173. 
 
 Aprim, The King reaches Pembroke. Pembroke. 
 
 Apra22. I'te King at Cardiff. Cardiff. 
 
 April 23. The King goes to Newport from Cardiff.^ Newport. 
 
 April 24. The King is met on his road to England by Prince Res Taiacharn. 
 
 at Talacharn. Soon afterwards the King appointed Res his 
 Justiciary for South Wales. 
 
 The King, after his return from Ireland and leaving 
 Wales, seems to have stayed about eighteen days in England. Eogiand. 
 Hence the following charges on the same Pipe-Roll. — 
 
 Winchester. Et in condudu thesauri per totum annum 
 et pro fhesauro onerando et exonerando et in aliis minutis 
 negociis thesauri per Odonem de Falesia et Waleranum de 
 Criclielada et alios servientes thesauri 48s. 6d. Et pro 2 
 equis ad opus Eegis £4 per breve Regis. 
 
 See op Winchester. Et pro xxv ulnis de ruhed 
 escarlet' ad opus Regis £6. 17s. 6d. Et piro uno opertorio ad (Winchester). 
 opus Regis 13s. Ad. Et pro 26 idnis viridis £3. 3s. 8d. Et 
 pro IQ paribus ocreorum l-5s. Et in speciebus et elecAuariis 
 pier Josephum medicum £10. 7s. Et Osberto derico de 
 Camera, et Camerariis Regis £200 ad portandum cum Rege 
 quando rediit ab Hibernia, per breve Regis. 
 c. May 13. The King, embarking from Portsmouth,- lands at Barfleur, Portsmouth 
 Prince Henry goes with him. The following charges on ^^''''^"'• 
 the Pipe-Roll are pertinent. — 
 
 Hampshire. Et item in corredio Regis . ... in traiisfre- 
 tatione sua, per Robertum de Angersvill £50 per breve Regis. 
 Et in liberacione xxv naviu,m in transitu sua £36. 14s. per 
 breve Regis. Et pro uno palefrido 'ad opus Reginai 40s. 
 Et pro vi carettariis ad opus Regis liberatis Roberto Malduit 
 et Hugoni de Keivilli £8 per breve Regis. Et in liberacione 
 navis Willielmi Tirevache in transitu Regis 40s. per breve 
 Regis. 
 May 16. The King is at Gorram ' (in Maine) . Gorram. 
 
 May 17. Henry meets the. Cardinal-Legates, Theodine and Albert 
 
 at Savigny, S.W. of Caen. They cannot agree. savigny. 
 
 ' Giraldus Exp. Hib. i. pp. 37-39. Gei'Tase say, circa ascens onem domini. That would 
 
 " Benedictus (the authority usually relied upon at be "about May 25 ;" but we know that the King 
 
 this period of our Itinerary) does not date this was in Normandy many days earlier. 
 
 transfretation precisely as to day. Both he and ■* Stubbs, quoting S. T. C. i. 372. 
 
168 CODKT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEARy OF K. HENRY U. 
 
 1172. K. Henry quitted the oonfereuce of Savigny, the Legates Cnen. 
 
 ^^ ■ thought with the intention of returning to England. Pro- 
 bably the King went to Caen. 
 
 May 19. The Legates being informed by the Bisliop of Liseux 
 
 and two Archdeacons sent by Henry that the King would 
 agree to their demands^ went to Avranches to meet the 
 King.i 
 
 May 21. Council of Avi'anches (on Vocem Jucunditatis Sunday)^ ^^^.^jj^j^^^ 
 
 wherein K. Henry was absolved from the murder of 
 Thomas a Becket, after he and his son had sworn to the 
 Cardinals that he would abolish all the unlawful customs 
 established during his reign, and after the King had made 
 other large promises and professions. 
 
 c. May 22. Froui Avranclios the King appears to have gone to caen. 
 
 Caen ; and from Caen into Bretagne. At Caen he publicly " "'"^^' 
 reiterated his professions made at Avranches.'^ 
 
 c. May 23. Great Council of Caen, held by the Cardinals, with the Norman Archbisliop and Bishops, at 
 which certain Decrees were made.' 
 
 c. Aug. 24. Prince Henry and his wife, Margaret, land at Southampton, being sent by the King for 
 the purpose of anotlier Coronation. Rotrode, Abp of Eouen, Giles, Bp of Evreux, and Eoger, Bp of 
 Worcester, accompany them. 
 
 Aug. 27. They are crowned at Wincliester, the said Prelates performing the ceremony. The following 
 notes from the Pipe-Boll of 1172 are pertinent. — 
 
 Hide Abbey. " In corredio Eegis filii Kegis et Eeginse in coronatione sua apud Wintoniara £30 per 
 breve Regis." 
 
 See of Winchestee. " Et in corredio Regis filii Regis de tribus diebus ante coronationem suam 
 £12. lis. 5d. per breve Regis. Et item in corredio ejus in ipsa coronatione £55. lis. 2d. per Robertum 
 de Ansgervill et Willielrauni Riiffum et Robertum Monachum. Et item ipsi Roberto et sociis ejus 
 £18. 10s. 9d. ad portandum cum Rege fiUo Regis per idem breve." 
 
 London" and Middlesex. " Et in soltis per breve Re;;is pro Roba Eegis filii Regis et Reginse 8ua3 in 
 coronacione eorum apud Wintoniam £88. 10s. 4d. per breve Regis et per testimonium Edwardi Blundi- 
 Et item pro roba Regis filii Regis ad equitandum et tribus pannis sericis £8. 8s. per breve Regis." 
 
 At this time K. Henry was in Bretagne, while the Bretagne. 
 Cardinal-Legates were visiting the Norman Abbeys. 
 
 Sept. 8. The Archbishop of Rouen and the Bishops of Evreux and Worcester return to Normandy 
 from England. 
 
 On this same day (Sept. 8) a return was made to the Curia Eegis at Caen, which, for Normandy, was 
 equivalent to the return of 1166 for England, now inown as the Liber Niger. On this day all the Barons 
 of Normandy met at Caen, by command of King Henry II., and each Baron acknowledged before the 
 King's Justiciars how many knights'-service he owed to the King, and how many he could command 
 for his private occasion. And each Baron returned two writs, one sealed, which expressed the amount 
 of his knights'-service to the Crown, the other, not sealed, which expressed the names of his kniglits, 
 
 ' S. T. 0. vi. p. 122. Epist. ccclxxxvii. and p. 125. Epist. ccclxxxviii. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 1G9 
 
 and the proportions {paries et divisiones) of their feudal tenures. And these writs were carried to, and 
 deposited in, the Treasury at Caen. An example of the return will show its nature, — " Robert, Abbot of 
 Mont St. Michel, acknowledged that he owed the service of seven knights to tlie Crown, viz., three in the 
 Avranohiu, three in tlie Cotentin, and one in the liessin (Abrincatino, Constantino, et Baiocasino). And of 
 those of the Avranchin, the Earl of Cliester was responsible for half a fee m BaciUeio ; and William de 
 St. John, for half a fee, for the fief of St. John," &c. &o.' Abstracts of these returns are preserved, but 
 none of them giving the names of the knight-tenants. 
 
 Pope Alexander'' s three letters to King Henry, to the Hierarchy, and to the 
 Kings and Princes of Ireland, sanctioning, rejoicing in, and stimulating Henry's 
 conquest of Ireland, bear date at Frascati, Sept. 20. We will say nothing of 
 their matter more than that they name Christian, Bishop of Lismore, as Legate 
 of the Holy See, a.nd the Archbishops Gel', of Armagh ; Donatus, of Cashel ; 
 Laurence, of Dublin ; and Catholicus, of Tuam ; and that they speak of reports 
 as to the barbarity and profligacy of the Irish people, furnished to the Pope after 
 personal inspection by E.., Archdeacon of Landaff.^ 
 
 Sept. 21. K. Henry was again in Normandy.^ Normandy. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1172, to MICHAELMAS, 1173. 
 
 October. The King is not recorded to have quitted Normandy Normandy. 
 
 November, during any part of these two months. 
 
 V. Nov. 1. The young King and Queen are sent for by Henry into Normandy.* The following entries 
 on the Pipe-Roll of 1173 are pertinent to the period of the young King's residence in England and his 
 trans fretatiou to Normandy. — 
 
 LoJTDON AND Middlesex. Et Edwardo Blundo £42. 12*. Gd. ad emmdam Eohham Regis filii Regis et 
 Rcgince Matrii ejus et RegincB uxoris ejus, per breve Regis. Et Edwardo Blundo £3. 6s. 8d. pro paimo 
 serico ad opus Regis Jilii Regis -per hreve Regis, 
 
 WiNCHESTEE. Et Walttro Vilulo £7 XOs. de liberacione esncccce de xv diehus uliimis qidlusfuit in 
 seriicio Regis guando Rex filins Regis novissime tranfretavit in Normanniam per breve Regis. 
 
 It is clear that Richard de Luei was now acting as Chief Justice of England. The following entry 
 on the same Pipe- Roll will illustrate that point. — 
 
 Southampton. Et in liberacione Esnecca quando transfrctaverunt cum thesauro quern Andreas clericus 
 thesauri duxit £7. lOs. per breve Ricardi de Luci. 
 
 c. Nov. 7. The young King and Queen visit her father, the King of France. The counsels of Louis 
 led to the subsequent rebellion. 
 
 c. Deo. The young King and Queen return into Normandy, to Normandy. 
 
 K. Henry's Court, by his desire. 
 Dec. King Henry, on quitting Normandy for the South, occurs Le Mans. 
 
 first at Le Mans. Here he decrees immunities for the Church 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 270. compurgation, and of the Council of Avranches. 
 
 - Hearne's Liber Niger, i. 42-48. It is probably a mere mistake as to date, though 
 
 ^ Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 31. The same authority Robert de Monte seems to have shared in it. 
 gives Sept. 27 and 28 as the dates of .K. Henry's •* Hoveden, p. 304. 
 
 22 
 
170 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 Dec^^'"" ^^ Beata Matia de Aquilone (Loc Marie, in Bretague) . Le Mans. 
 
 The Diploma is consistently dated. " Actum Genomannis, 
 
 Anno 1172. Concurrente VI. Epactd IF.^ 
 Dec. 25.- King Henry and Queen Elianor are at Chinon, in Anjou, chiton (in Anjou). 
 
 and the young King and Queen in Normandy.^ 
 
 In the abpve year the outlawry and forfeiture of Adam de Port took place.^ 
 
 A.D. 1173. 
 1173. The King sends for his son Henry to join him ; and chinon. 
 
 c Jan p t i AiTlyTiTrix Montferrand (in 
 
 Feb. 2. father and son go into Auvergne. At Mont i^erratz Auvergne). 
 (Montferrand le Fort, near Clermont) they negotiate with 
 Hubert, Comte of Maurianne.' He contracts to give his eldest 
 daughter Aalays in marriage to Prince John. The Com- 
 missioners, who swore to keep the convention on King 
 Henry's pari, were Earl William de Mandeville, William 
 Earl of Arundel, Ralph de Faia, William de Curci, William 
 de Humez, Fulco Painel, Eobert de Brivecurt, William 
 de Maugat, Theobald Chabot, William de Munlufzun, 
 Peter de Muncasson, and Geoffrey Forester. Reginald 
 (fitz Joceline) Archdeacon of Salisbury, was also named 
 among the referees in case of disputes.* 
 
 ..Feb. From Auvergne it seems probable that the King went 
 
 into Gascony. 
 
 At St. Machaire, on the Garonne, the King expedites a oascogne. 
 Charter, granting the Church of St. Clement Danes, ' '" *"*' 
 London, to the Order of the Temple. Witnesses, Earl 
 William de Mandeville; William de Curci, Dapifer ; and 
 Fulk Paenell.= 
 
 Feb 18. -A-s ebowing the reputed co-royalty of the younger Henry at this period, we 
 
 quote the date of a deed which passed on this day in the Archbishop of York's 
 Court at Bipon, Tiz., Data apud liipon in Curia Arehiepiscopi six", anno 
 lienrici nepotis Senrici Senions, el tertio anno regni Senricijilii ejusdem Regis 
 Dominica ante Cuthedram Beati Feiri Apostoli.^ 
 
 Feb. 21-28. 
 
 Council of Limoges, attended by the King, Queen, Limoges. 
 Prince Henry, Prince Richard, and many other magnates. 
 Thither came the Comte of Maurianne ; in negotiating 
 
 ' Gall. Script, xii. 560. (Stuhbs), i. 35. E. de Monte (StruTe) 911. 
 
 2 Benedictub (Stubbs), i. 35. ' Monasticon, vu. 818. Dated '' Apud Machanam 
 
 3 Maurianne was a district of Savoy. super Gei-undam m Gasconia. 
 < Hoveden, p. 301 b. Fccdera, i. 28. Beuedictus ^ Mouast. ti. 1191, Ixxxvm. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 171 
 
 1173, 
 Feb. 21-: 
 
 Feb. 26. 
 
 with whom K. Henry proposed to give up Chinon, Mirabeau, Limog<>a. 
 and Loudon, as a portion for Prince John, which thing gave 
 great offence to young Henry. ^ 
 
 Thither came Raymond, Comte of Toulouse and St. Giles, 
 and undertook to do homage to the elder and younger 
 Henry, and also to Prince Richard, as Comte of Poitou, for 
 Toulouse.^ 
 
 {" Invocavit me" Sunday). William le Templier, Abbot 
 of Reading, consecrated Archbishop of Bordeaux at Limoges, 
 the King being present.^ One authority names the same 
 day as that on which the Comte of St. Giles did the afore- 
 said acts of homage. 
 
 Coincidently the Comte of St. Giles revealed to King 
 Henry that the Queen and Princes were forming a plot 
 against him.'' 
 
 The King and the Comte of St. Giles, affecting to go out 
 hunting, devoted themselves to the fortification of the cities 
 and castles of the threatened district.^ 
 
 The Council of Limoges, having lasted seven days, was 
 quitted by the magnates (heroes) who were there assembled.^ 
 
 The King and the Comte of St. Giles leaving the neigh- vigeois 
 bourhood of Limoges pass through Vigeois [Vosias).^ 
 
 The King and his son are at Chinon, but the Prince leaves CMnoa. 
 before night, and the next day (March 6) arrives at 
 AJen9on.^ 
 
 The Prince reaches Argentan ; the King, following him, Aienfon. 
 sleeps at Alen9on. 
 
 The Prince absconds to the Court of Louis (then at 
 Chartres), the Comte of Perche allowing him to pass by 
 way of Mortagne (Mortagne en Perche). 
 
 K. Henry goes to Gisors, and strengthens that fortress. Oisors. 
 He then passes throughout Normandy, causing all Castles 
 to be put in a state of defence. 
 
 Tlie young King goes into Aquitaine. Queen Elianor sends his brothers, Geoffrey and Richard, 
 to join him. She herself, endeavouring to abscond in disguise, is arrested by K. Henry and com- 
 mitted to prison. 
 
 The partisans of the Prince, or those who shared his treason, were Arnulf Bishop of Liseux, Robert 
 de Ble, Saher Quinci the younger, and Ralph de Paye (uncle to Queen Elianor). 
 
 ' GaU. Script, xii. 443. Joseph, who succeeded 
 "William as Abbot of Reading died, in 1180. Arch- 
 bishop William was arrested within the year of his 
 consecration by the King's sons, then in rebellion. 
 He died 25 Feb. 1182. 
 
 C.Feb. 26, 
 MoDd. 
 
 Feb. 28, 
 Wed. 
 
 Marcli i 
 Mood.) 
 
 March 7. 
 
 March 8. 
 
 March. 
 
 Those whom ho 
 
 2 Rerum Gallicarum Scriptores (ibidem). 
 
 ^ Diceto gives March 23 as the day of the Prince's 
 elopement. — 
 
 We follow J. Bromton and Benedictus Abbas, 
 who are more circumstantial. 
 
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 COURT, HODSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 associated to his cause by promises or gifts were, Philip, Comte of Flanders j Matthew, his brother, Comte 
 of Boulogne ; Theobald, Comte of Blois ; William, King of Scots ; DaTid, his brother (whom the Prhice 
 affected to create Earl of Huntingdon) ; and Hugh Bigot, Earl of Norfolk.' 
 
 The following numbers of the Prince's household forsook tlieir offices and joined his father, viz., 
 Walter, the Chaplain j Ailward, the Chamberlain i WilUam Blund, his Usher (Hoatiarius) ; and Richard 
 Barre, keeper of his seal. 
 
 ApriVf' -^^°& Henry at St. Barbe in the Lieuvin." st. Barbe. 
 
 April 5, (Thurs.) Qiiintd ferid Majoris Hehdomadrs. Whilst Giles, Bishop of Evreux was consecrat- 
 ing the Holy Chrism in the Clmrch of the Blessed Mary at Eouen, a fire broke out which destroyed 
 thirteen churches and parishes of that Metropohs.3 
 
 Aprils. E. Henry held his Easter-Court at AIen9on.'* Aien^on. 
 
 April 16. This is the date given for the outbreak of Prince Henry's 
 
 matured rebellion. More of his English partisans are 
 named, viz., Hugh, Earl of Chester ; Robert, the young 
 Earl of Leicester y" Robert, Earl Ferrers ; Roger de Mow- 
 bray ; Thomas de Muscamp ; Robert de Lund ; Richard de 
 Morvill j and Gervase Paynel.^ 
 
 The most notable of the King's supporters, now and after- 
 wards, were Richard, Archbishop-elect of Canterbury; Roger, 
 Abp of York ; Rotrode, Abp of Rouen ; Geoffrey, Bishop- 
 elect of Lincoln (the King's natural son) ; the Earls of 
 Cornwall, Essex, Strigoil, Albemarle, Arundel, Warren, 
 Gloucester, and Salisbury; Richard and William de Albini, 
 Ranulf de Broc, Hugh de Beauchamp, Hugh de Lacy, 
 John, Constable of Chester ; Richard de Luci ; Richard de 
 Humez, Constable of Normandy, with his sons and brethren ; 
 Thomas Bardulf, Humphrey de Bohun, Walter de Dun- 
 stanvill, Bverard de Ros, Geoffrey Trussebut, Philip de 
 Chime ; William de Vesci, Odonell de Umfraville, Robert 
 de Stuteville, with his sons and brethren, Robert de Bras, 
 Adam Brus, Richard Luvetot, Bertram de Verdon, Wido 
 de Vere, and David and Bvayn (Owen) Kings of Wales. 
 
 ' The Pipe-Koll of Michaelmas, 1173, shows that « To these Benedictus (vol. i. p. 45), adds many 
 
 tlie Earl of Norfolk only received the Terf/Mm i)e//a- foreigners, viz., John. Comte of Ponthieu; the 
 
 i-ium of his county for half the year, viz., the half- Comtes of Ewe and Mellent ; the Chamberlain of 
 
 year ending at Easter. This suspension of income, Tankerville ; William Patric, senior ; Robert de 
 
 from Easter to Michaelmas 1173, was doubtless a Munford, Thomas de Caluncis, Amauri Turellus, 
 
 result of his rebellion. William deTibovill, Eurto iitz Ernise, Wilham fitz 
 
 ^ R.de Monte (Struve), 912. Ernise, Robert and Oliver fitz Ernise, Ralph de 
 
 ^ Chron. Rothom. (Gall. Script, xii. 786.) Haye, Hasoulf de St. Hilaire, Robert de Anger- 
 
 ■< J. Bromton, p. 1085. vill, Robert de Sablul, Robert de Tresgorce, 
 
 * The Dorset Pipe- Roll of Michaelmas, 1173, William Maresohall, William de Diva, Hugh de 
 
 showsthat the Earl of Leicester's manor of Kingston Diva, Geoflry and Guy de Lusignan, William 
 
 (now Kingston Lacy) had been confiscated four Talwazs, Ralph de Chainai, Gerald Talbot, William 
 
 months previously (Hutchins iii. 233). de Tintiniac, and more than thirty others. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 173 
 
 1I7S. Tbe Kino' made Rouen his head-quarters till near Eouen. 
 
 ApnUoJuly. ° ^ 
 
 August. 
 
 Diceto^ describes the King, during his residence at Rouen 
 in the summer of 1173, as maintaining an aspect of supreme 
 equanimity and devoting more time than usual to the 
 pleasures of the chase. The Southampton Pipe-Roll for 
 Michaelmas, 1173, has some entries which illustrate Diceto's 
 statement, — Et pro locandis 2 navihus ad portandas damas 
 Regis ultra mare et in apparaiu navium 59s. 2d. per hrove 
 Regis. Et in passagio Petri de Sandiacrd et aliorum Austru- 
 cariorum in liberacione 2 navium et pro hugiis ad aves 74:S. 
 per breve Regis. 
 
 It would further appear, from the same Pipe-Roll, that 
 the King was at one time intending to visit, or actually 
 visited, England ; and that a transport ship went from 
 Southampton to meet him.- — • 
 
 Et item in liberacione Esnaccce quando transfretavlt in (Southampton.) 
 Normanniam contra Ttegem £7. lO.s. per hreve Regis. Et 
 in liberacione xx hominum qui fuerunt missi de cremento 
 in Esnaccha. 40s. per hreve Regis. Et in liberacione, quatuor 
 navium qucB transfretaverunt cum Esnacchid £7. 10s. per 
 idem hreve. Et pro locandis carretis ad reportandum the- 
 sauruin de Hantonid ad Wintoniam duahus vicihus 9». 
 Et pro una, carretd locandd ad portandas Bulgas Regis ad 
 Winton' 9d. 
 
 The above charges, from their position on the Roll, would 
 seem to have been incurred after July 15, and, from other 
 evidence, before August. 
 
 It is very remarkable that an entry on the Northampton- (Northampton.) 
 shire Pipe-Roll of this very year speaks almost conclusively 
 of a short visit to England, paid by the King within the 
 year. — Et in eorredio Regis apud Norhanton -per quatuor dies 
 £32. 6s. hd. per breve Regis. And then follows, Et in conductu 
 thesauri missi in Hyherniam per Godefridum clericum. 
 And again the Sheriff of Northamptonshire (Robert fitz 
 Sewin), accounting for the ferm of the borough of North- 
 ampton, makes this charge against the Crown, viz., Et in 
 soltis, per hreve Regis, ipsi Vicecomiti £72. lis. 9d. pro robbd 
 quam invenit Regi. 
 
 ' Diceto, Ymag. Hist. p. 671. 
 
174 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 117S. This is the year in which the King is said to have made one Eouen. 
 
 ''■ Ralph de Venneville or Varneville, his Chancellor.^ It is 
 further stated that the said Ralph, not liking the routine 
 duties of the office, appointed a deputy, viz., Walter de 
 Constanciis, to perform the same. 
 
 It is probable that the two following Charters passed in miebono. 
 the summer of 1173. Both are dated at Lillebone (Julia 
 Bona) ; — a place which the King would easily be visiting 
 during a normal residence at Rouen. 
 
 ( 1 ) . To the Abbey of St. George at Bocherville. Witnesses 
 Radulph de Wadnevill, Chancellor ; Sehar de Quenci ; 
 Robert de Stutevill ; and Reiner de Pavilli.^ 
 
 (2). To the Abbey of St. Victor en Caux. Witnesses, 
 Radulph de Wannevill, Chancellor; Master Walter de 
 Constantiis ; Seiher de Quenci ; Hugh de Cressey and 
 Reginald de Pavilley.' 
 
 It is evident that Kichard de Luci was in the spring and summer of 1173 acting as Regent or Viceroy 
 of England. The Pipe-Roll (of Southampton) registers £7. 10s. as the livery of a ship which had 
 crossed the sea in Lent (after Feb. 21) with treasure, by writ q/" Richard de Luci. 
 
 On the outbreak of the rebellion in Normandy it would Eouen. 
 seem that the King summoned Hugh de Lacy from Ireland, 
 and Richard de Luci and other faithful persons from England. 
 It would also seem that the last summons was not fulfilled 
 to the letter. Such is the apparent meaning of an entry on 
 the Southampton Pipe-Roll, — Eiin libet-acione ixnavium quce 
 dehuerunt transfretare cum Ricardo de Luci, et Ricardo 
 Pictavice Archidiacono, et Gaufrido Gantuariensi Archidia- 
 cono et aliis Baroniius, precepto Regis £13. 16s. per breve 
 Ricardi de Luci.* 
 
 ' On Becket's resignation of the Chancellorship Royal Charters attested by Ridel singly in the inter- 
 in 1162, K. Henry, it seems, suspended the use of val between 1162 and 1173. It would seem how- 
 the official title. For eleven years then, we have no ever that as on one occasion (that of 1166) ; so on 
 authentic mention of a Chancellor, nor even of a many. Ridel, being absent from Court, was repre- 
 Vice-Chancellor. The question (hitherto untouched, sented by Deputy. On the said occasion Walter de 
 we believe) arises, as to who was Keeper of the Great Insula was his Deputy. 
 Seal during so many years. Possibly there was ' Monastioon, vii. 1067, III. 
 more than one, but the one of whom alone we have ' Monasticon, viii. 1106, I. 
 
 evidence , was Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Can- "i It is impossible to say in what particular the 
 
 terbury. Our own impression is that Ridel, as he King's precept was not carried out. The charge of 
 
 succeeded Becket in the Archdeaconry of Canter- £13 and the word KieracioHC indicate that the ships 
 
 bury, succeeded him also in his functions as made the voyage. The two Arolideacons would 
 
 Chancellor, and held the office continuously till the also go to Normandy in prospect of their elections 
 
 year 1173, when he being nominated to the See of to Bishopricks. Our idea is that tlie word debuerunt 
 
 Ely, the King appointed his successor, De Varne- means no more than that Richard de Luci did not 
 
 ville, with the full title of Chancellor. In one year cross the sea. Apprehending disturbances in Eng- 
 
 (1166) we have Ridel clearly designated as keeper land, he probably thought it wise to adhere to 
 
 of the Seal {supra, p. 100, n. 2), and we have several his post of Viceroy. 
 
CODET HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 175 
 
 On Mayl, 1173. Eicliard, Archdeacon of Poitiers, was elected Bishop of Winchester. 
 
 And about the same time, Geoffroy, Archdeacon of Canterbury, was elected Bp of Ely, and Geoffrey 
 Archdeacon of Lincoln, Reginald Archdeacon of Salisbury, Kobert Archdeacon of Oxford, and John 
 Dean of Chichester, were respectively elected to the Sees of Lincoln, Bath, Hereford, and Chichester.' 
 
 The two first-named Prelates were enthroned on May 17, tliough yet unconsecrated. 
 
 There are entries on the Southampton Pipe-Roll which specify this date (May 17), and point out the 
 extra precautions which were taken in transmitting money to Normandy, — Et in liberacione TSsnaccce, 
 quando transfretamt cum ihesauro ad Ascensionem quern Saldwinus Clcricus duxit, £7. 10s. per breve 
 liegis, Et in liberacione navis ad equos Camerariorum quce abiit ad Oistirham 40*. Et in liberacione xv 
 hominum armatorum de xv diebus qui fuerunt missi in navi Camerariorum de cremento ad custodiendam 
 Esnaccham 38s. 6rf. per breve Regis. 
 
 June 3. Richard, Prior of Dover, elected Archbishop of Canterbury.' 
 
 June 29. Philip, Comte of Flanders, breaks into Normandy and takes the castle and town of Albemarle. 
 Earl William of Albemarle becomes a prisoner, and surrenders his other castles. ^ 
 
 c. July 6. Prince Henry and his brothers, aided by the Comtes of Elanders and Boulogne, lay siege 
 to Driencourt. Its constables and defenders were Doulf Bardolf and his brother Thomas. It surrendered 
 before July 21 ,but the Comte of Boulogne died of a wound he received during the siege. 
 
 c. July 9. King Louis invests Verneuil, a town on the river Eure, S. W. of Evreui. Hugh de Lacy 
 and Hugh de Beauchamp defend it. 
 
 July 11. Death of Amalric, King of Jerusalem. 
 
 July 22. Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and Richard de Lucy, having summoned the army of England to 
 the siege of Leicester, take that city and reduce it to ashes. The Pipe-Rolls of this year are full of 
 charges for garrisoning and victualling castles throughout the kingdom. Mention also is frequently made 
 of the '* War in Leicestershire '' and the ** Army of Leicester ; " e.g. — 
 
 Shbopshiee. In liberacione 325 servientum d'j 8 diebus qui ituri erant in exercitu Legrecestrice £9. 
 13.«. Sd. per breve Regis. Et in liberacione eorundem et 100 prieter illas quorum quatuor fuerunt cum 
 loricis de ^v diebzcs £24. 10s. per idem breve. Et in liberacione \0 Arcuariorum de \h diebus £,\.Qs.\Od. 
 per idem breve. Et item in liberacione aliorum servientum per coinitatum de Salopscira dum Vicecomes 
 (Quido Extran-us) fuit in exercitu Legecestriae £40. 2^. 5rf. per idem breve. Et in liberacione 80 servi^ 
 entum peditum qui missi sunt ultra mare ad Regem £4 de 6 diebus per breve Ricardi de Luci? 
 
 London and Middlesex. Pro locandis carretis ad deferendum thesaurum ad Wintoniam et ad 
 Legi'cestriam et ad Colecestriam 39*. id. per Odonem de Faleisd.^ 
 
 The contemporary disbursements of the Fermor of Southampton relate rather to the rebellion in Nor- 
 mandy ; — Et in liberacione Esnacchee quando transfretavit cum thesauro adfestum Sti Suitthuni (July 15), 
 qucm Andreas clericus thesauri duxit, £7. Ws. per breve Regis. Et in liberacione xv nautarum qui fuerunt 
 missi de cremento in Esnacchid pro custodid thesauri £1. 17s. 6(f . per breve Ricardi de Luci. Et in liberacione 
 navis ad equos Camerariorutn 30s. Et in custamento thesauri i8d. Et in liberacione navis quce portavit 
 thesaurum cum Roberto Malduit ad Oistreham 40s. per breve Ricardi de Luci. Et in liberacione x 
 hominum qui fuerunt missi de cremento in eddem nave ad custodiendum thesaurum 18s. 9d. per idem breve. 
 Et item in liberacione Esnacchia quando transfretavit cum thesauro, quern Decanus Saresburim duxit, 
 £7. 10s. per breve Regis. Et in liberacione navis ad portandos equos suos ad Oistreham 40s. per 
 idem breve.^ 
 
 ' The dates of six of these seven elections are Arclibishoprick of Canterbury, nor of the vacant 
 
 indicated by the Pipe-Roll as having taken place Bishoprics of Lincoln, Winchester, Ely, Chichester, 
 
 after Easter (April 8), 1173. The same memo- and Hereford, de dimidio anno ante electionem, 
 
 randum shows that the revenues of a See accrued to that is for the half-year, ending at Easter, in which 
 
 the Bishop-Elect from the commencement of the the said revenues were due to the Crown. (See 
 
 half year during which he was elected. The memo- Madox's Exchequer, p. 211). 
 
 randum in question is to the effect that the officers ^ Tlie Earl of Albemarle's surrender is said by 
 
 of the Exchequer had not, up to Michaelmas, 1173, one authority to have been collusive, 
 
 received account of tl(e revenues of the vacant ' Rot, Pip. 19. Hen. II. passim. 
 
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 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 1173. The King of England advances to Conches, purposing to Conches. 
 
 "^' ^' relieve Verneuil.^ 
 
 Aug. 7. The King, at Conches, awaits further reinforcements. 
 
 Aug. 8. '^^^ King advances to Breteuil, offers Louis battle, but is nrcUcuii. 
 
 persuaded to an amnesty till the morrow, and retires 
 to Conches. coi.ohes. 
 
 Aug. 9. Verneuil surrendered to Louis, according to a previous 
 
 stipulation with the besieged. Louis fires the town and 
 retreats. K. Henry follows him with great slaughter ; but 
 returns to Verneuil before night, and gives orders for re- verneuii 
 fortifying the place. 
 
 Aug. 10. "^h® ^™E' leaving Verneuil, takes DamvilL the Castle of DamyiUe. 
 
 Gilbert de Tylers, and then passes to Rouen .^ The King's Eouen. 
 Generals in the above campaign were Earl William de Fougerea.a 
 Mandeville, William Earl of Arundel, Richard Earl of 
 Strigoil, John Comte of Vendome, Richard de Humez, Con- 
 stable (of Normandy), Richard fitz Count,' Richard de 
 Vernun, Jordan Teisun, and Henry de Newburgh. 
 
 Auk sn Henry's Brabantine mercenaries defeat the Earl of 
 
 Chester and Raoul de Fougeres, near Dol, in Bretagne. uouen. 
 The King hastens thither from Rouen, by way of Tenche- """^ ° "^' 
 
 Aug. 26. bray. Dol is surrendered to his arms, the Earl of Chester 
 and Raoul de Fougeres becoming prisoners. 
 
 Sent 8-15 The King was at Le Mans. 
 
 . Le ilsuns, 
 
 Se t 25 "6 ^^® Kings, Henry and Louis, come to a conference near oisora. 
 
 Gisors (between Gisors and Trie) . The King of England's 
 three elder sons, and Robert Earl of Leicester, were present 
 with Louis. The negotiation failed. 
 
 The Pipe-Koll of Michaelmas, 1173, exhibits the Justiciars, Law Officers, and Clerks of the Crown as 
 having been largely employed during (he previous year. 
 
 An assize had been charged on the King's demesnes by the following persons, acting in groups of two, three, 
 or four, viz.— (] ) Siffrid, Archdeacon of Chichester ; Wimer, Chajjlain ; Adam de Gernemue ; and Kobert 
 Mantel. (2) Nicholas de Sigillo, Archdeacon of Huntingdon ; Reginald de Warren, and Eichard, the 
 Treasurer. (3) Wido, Dean (of Waltham) ; Richard de Wilton ; Hugh de Bochland, and William Rufus. 
 (4) John Cumin, Walter Map, and Thurstin fitz Simon. (5) William Basset, John Mauduit, and John 
 Clerk. (6) John de Dover and his colleagues. 
 
 ' Benedictus is here the principal authority. the reign of Stephen. Richard fitz Count was 
 
 '■' According to Professor Stubbs (quoting B. de therefore brother to William, the existing Earl of 
 
 Monte, 918), the King's stay at Eouen was inter- Gloucester, and to Roger, Bishop of Worcester ; 
 
 rujjted by a visit to Fougeres. Richard fitz Count had several sons, viz., Robert, 
 
 ^ Richard fitz Count, noticed so seldom except apparently the eldest ; Eoger, called de Croilleio, a 
 
 at this period of History, was a son of Robert dc benefactor to the Norman Abbey of Longiies ; also 
 
 Caen, the great Earl of G-loucester, who had sup- Philip, Richard, and Henry (D'Anisy's Transcripts, 
 
 ported the cause of the Empress, his half-sister, in ii. 91). 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 177 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1173, TO MICHAELMAS, 1174. 
 
 Sep. 29, 11V3. Robert, Earl of Leicester, lands at Walton, in Suffolk, with a body of Flemings ; is re- 
 ceived by Hugh Bigot at his Castle of Framlinghara ; and (Oct. 13) besieges and takes the Castle of 
 Hagenet, defended by Randal de Broo on behalf of the Crown. 
 
 At this juncture, Richard de Luci, the Viceroy, and Humplirey de Boluin, the Constable, of England, 
 are operating against the King of Scots, and devastating the Lotliians. They hurry southwards and are 
 reinforced near Bury St. Edmunds by the Earls of Cornwall, Gloucester, and Arundel. 
 
 Oct. 17. The armies engage at Fornham St. Genevieve. The Earl and Countess of Leicester are taken 
 prisoners. The Earl is sent to Normandy and imprisoned at Falaise, 
 
 Hence the following, on the Southampton Pipe-Roll of the year. — El item in liheracinne EsiiecerB quando 
 transfreinmt cum Comite Legre'estrice et aliis prisoiiibus £7. lOs. per breve Ricardi de Luci. id in 
 tiberaciof/e navis Raduljl Vituh 50s. qu(2 transfretavit vum eo in eodem itinere per idem breve. JSt m 
 liberaclone navis San>^onis Wascel^ in eodem itinere Zbs. per idem breve. Et in llberacione navis Herbert 
 Jilii Geldeioini in eodem itinere 40.?. per idem breve. 
 
 1173. K. Henry marches into Anjou. The Ca.stles of Haia ahjoq. 
 
 (Haye), Pruilli (Prulli), and Campani (Campenni) are sur- Pmiii. 
 rendered to liim. 
 
 Nov. 30. K. Henry takes Vendome on tlie Loire- Vendome. 
 
 c. Dec. About this time, Richard, Bishop-elect of Wmchester, and John (of Oxford) Dean of Salisbury 
 seem to liave crossed to Normandy. Hence the following entries on the Southampton Pipe- Roll. — Et in 
 custamenio venacionis Regis missce in Olnam 85. C>d. Et pro duabiis navihus locandi'i ad opus Ricardi 
 Wintoniensis ehcti £4i per breve Ricar^fi de Luci. J^t pro duabus navibus locandis in duobus passagiis 
 Decani Sareshur^cB £4. 65. per breve Ricardi de Luci. 
 
 Dec 25. K. Heary kept his Christinas Court at Caen. To this 
 
 occasion may be referred a Royal Charter, dated at Caen, 
 whereby the King grants to Richard de Hommet, his 
 Constable, Stamford, and other lands in England and Nor- 
 mandy. Witnesses Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen ; Henry, 
 Bishop of Baieux; Arnulph, Bp of Lisieux ; ^ Proger, Bp. of 
 Seez; Richard, elect of Winchester; John, Dean of Salisbury 
 William do Curci, Dapifer; Jordan Tesson ; Fulk Paenel 
 John de Subligny ; Robert Bertram ; Hugh de Gornai 
 Richard fitz Count ■ Hugh de Cressy, and Robert de 
 Brucourt." 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Caen, is in favour of the Nuns 
 of St. Mary of Liseux, otherwise known as the Convent of 
 Notre Dame de St. Desir. It is attested by Arnulf, Bishop of 
 
 in Normandy. 
 
 ' The appearance of the Bishop of Liseux in ^ Stapleton's Rot. Norman, ii. p. clxxxiil. There 
 
 this testing clause may seem inconsistent with the is a versi"n, not a dupheate, of this Charter in 
 
 date which we assign to the Deed, as he was a D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts (vol. i. p. 6). 
 
 partisan of the Prince. We can only suggest tliat Hugh de Gundeville, is the witness instead of Hugh 
 
 at this period his treason had not become m£.ni- de Gornai, Rob. Brito instead of Robert de Bru- 
 
 fest. court, and Robert de Stutevill is added to the list. 
 
 23 
 
1 78 COURTj HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERA-RY OF K. HENRY 11. 
 
 1173. Liseux ; Giles, Bishop of Evreux; Stephen, Bishop of Eedon ; Caon. 
 Earl William de Mandeville; Richard de Humetis, Con- 
 stable ; William de Curci, Dapifer ; Alvered de St. Martin ; 
 and Hugh de Lacy^. 
 
 A writ, dated at Caen, in favour of Malmosbury Abbey is 
 attested singly by John de Solineio (Subligny).^. 
 
 Tn the above TBiB, — Prince Ricliard, now sixteen years of age, was knighted by Louis VII. of France, 
 as being his Suzerain in respect of Acquitaine and Poitou. 
 
 A.D. 1174. 
 
 I.. Jan. 1, 1174. Prince Henry, and the Comtes of Blois and of Perche, attack Seez, but to no 
 purpose. 
 
 c. Jan. 13. K. Henry agrees on a truce with Louis till the close of Normandy. 
 
 Easter, (March 31). 
 
 Hugh, Bishop of Durham agrees on a Hke truce with Wilham King of Scots. Roger de Mowbray fortifies 
 the Castle of Kinard- Ferry, in the Isle of Axholtn, against the King. The garrison of Leicester Castle 
 chooses David Earl of Huntingdon as its chief. 
 
 Jan. 20. William Bishop of Norwich died.' 
 
 April 2. Richard, Archbishop-elect of Canterbury, and Reginald, Bishop-elect of Bath, after waiting 
 long in Rome, prevail on the Pope to confirm the Archbishop's election.'' 
 
 April 8. Archbishop Richard consecrated at Rome, or at Anagni. 
 
 April 10. Archbishop Richard receives the Pallium; and soon afterwards the Primacy, and then, after 
 an interval, is appointed Legate in his own province. 
 
 K. April. William King of Scots besieges Carlisle, then in custody of Robert de Vaux. His army also 
 ravages Northumberland. 
 
 About the same time, David, brother of the King of Scots, takes the English King's Castles of Knares- 
 borough and Appleby, then in custody of Robert de Stuteville. 
 
 April 30. Guy, Comte of Nivernois, defeated and captured by Hugh, Duke of Burgundy. Tlie ques- 
 tion between them was of Guy's homage and the castles he had built* 
 
 April 30. K. Henry, accompanied by Alured de Vavaci and Geoffrey Le mans. 
 
 Esturmi, goes out of Normandy to Le Mans, 
 c. May 4. Thcnco the King goes into Anjou. "■'°"" 
 
 May 5. The men of Lincoln, commanded by Geoffrey the King's son, their Bishop-elect, destroy Kinard 
 Ferry Castle. 
 
 Reginald, Bishop-elect of Bath, writes from Rome to K. Henry, with an account of his and the 
 Archbishop's proceedings. They were purposing to leave Rome on their journey home forthwith. 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. 148. younger King objected, on the ground that his con- 
 
 ' Malmesbury Chartulary {Penes Remem. ReghtcB). sent was wanting. The younger King appealed to 
 
 ' Gorvase of Canterbury : — But the date of tfiis Rome ; and to the Curia Romana tlieve were sent 
 
 Ohit, given by Diceto, and adopted by Hardy in his Procurators of the elder King, virtually making tlie 
 
 Fasti (Vol. ii. p. 459), is January 16, 1175. Pope an Umpire in the case. Hence, and very 
 
 * Richard, Prior of Dover, had been elected SMgaciously, the Pope undertook, not merely to 
 
 Archbishop by the Monks of Christ Church, Can- decide the question, but to consecrate the new Arch- 
 
 terbury, on June 3rd, 1173. The Bishops, assem- bishop himself. 
 
 bling at Westminster, at about the same time. As to the revenues of the See of Canterbui-y, it is 
 
 either originated a similar election or confirmed worthwhile observing that they accrued to the 
 
 that of the Monks. K. Henry in due course, ap- Archbishop-elect from and after Easter, 1173. 
 
 proved the election, several or joint, but the ' Gall. Script, xii. 299. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 179 
 
 1171. K. Henry is at Poitiers. Thence he goes into Santouge, poiUers. 
 
 "^ ^^' and relieves Saintes, which was attacked by Prince B,ichard'a Samtes. 
 followers. 
 
 Ansketill Mallore, Constable of Leicester Castle, defeats the King's Burgesses of Northampton. 
 
 William, King of Scots, ravages Northumberland ; takes Warliwortli and four other castles ; lays siege 
 to Odonel d'Umfi-avill'a castle of Prudliou (which is relieved by the men of York) ; and lastly, forms the 
 siege of William de Vesci's castle of Alnwick.' 
 
 May 31. On this day we have incidental notice that Kichard de Humez, "Constable of the King of 
 England," was, with his three sons, William, Enguerran, and Jordan, at Beaumont {apud Bellatn ilontem) , 
 that is, at Beaumont in Maiue.^ 
 
 June 11. K. Henry takes Ancenis (on the Loire) ; lays waste the Ancenis 
 
 country about St. Florant (Saumur) ; builds a castle at 
 Ancenis, which he entrusts to Maurice de Creun. 
 
 June 14. Some chosen Fiandrian knights (318 in number), sent by Phihp, Comte of Flanders, land at 
 Airewell. They place themselves under Earl Hugh of Norfolk, and, on June 18, sack the city of 
 Norwich.^ 
 
 June 23. Reginald, Bishop-elect of Bath, is consecrated by Archbishop Richard on their return from 
 Rome, viz., at St. John's, a town of Maurienne in Savoy. 
 
 Richard de Luci (the Chief Justice), having been employed since May 8 in the siege of Huntingdon, 
 proposes to make over the town to Simon, Earl of Northampton, who is assisting at the siege. 
 
 c. June. The burghers of Limoges are busy building a town-wall. Et quia seditio erat inter Regem et 
 Jilios, opus accelerabant, ne quandoque, reddild pace. Lux fieri prohiheret ; quod ita postmodum contigit 
 evenire. Peter Abbot of St. Martial, was pressed to join in the work, and his inability to do so provoked 
 the burghers to cut off the water-supply from the castle. Abbot Peter was iU of dropsy, and died on Sept. 
 10 following. 
 
 June 24. Henry is holding a Council at Bonneville sur Touques, Bonneviiie sur 
 
 where Richard, Bishop-elect of Winchester, sent to summon Normandy). 
 him to England, finds the Court. 
 
 July 7. K. Henry first embarks a body of Brabantine mercenaries 
 
 at-Estreham (Ostrea), and then sails himself from Barfleur ; Baraeur. 
 taking with him his family, viz. Prince John and the Princess 
 Joan, and his prisoners, viz. Queen Elianor, the young Queen 
 Margaret, the Earl of Chestei', the Earl and Countess of 
 Leicester, and (as one author adds) the wives of the Princes 
 Richard and Geoffrey. 
 
 j„iy 8 K. Henry lands at Southampton, and consigns his pri- Southampton. 
 
 ' The state of things in tlie North during this yenr seems, in cases of emergency, was allowed to act on 
 
 is curiously illustrated by Robert de Stuteville's his own responsibility, and the brevia Regis, which 
 
 statement on the Pipe-Roll, excusing hhnself from should be produced at the Exchequer to justify any 
 
 accounting for the Shrievalty of Yorkshire. — outlay, might be obtained after such outlay had been 
 
 Robertusde Stutevill non reddidit hoc anno com- incurred. 
 
 potum. defirmd Comitates de Everwichsira n^ique de ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, iii. 21. 
 
 debitis Regis in eodem Comitatu quia nonduiii ' This is not what another Olironicle (G-all. Script. 
 
 habuerat warantvm Regis de expensd quam fecerat xii. 285) describes as ' Flanders threatening to iu- 
 
 tempore werrce in servitix) Regis. The Sheriff it vade England.' For that episode see July 13. 
 
180 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 ^vii. soners to safe custody. The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1174, Southampton, 
 has many good illustrations of these events, e.g. — 
 
 Southampton. Et in corrcdio Begis a2)iul Hantoniam 
 £4. 3s. 4c?. per hrevc Regis. 
 
 Winchester. Et pro equis locandis ad opus nautarum ad, 
 .teqvend^inn licgem iMudnniam 4s. 'i)er hreve Regis. London. 
 
 Wiltshire. Et Roberto Maldult £10 ad procurationem 
 Regiiice per hreoe Regis. — (So that Qaeen Elianor was impri- 
 soned in Wiltshire,' and Robert Malduit " was her gaoler.) 
 
 Glohcesteeshire. Et in procuratione Regince junioris ct 
 ohsidum apud Eivisas per Eustachium fliwiii, Stephani. (This 
 makes Qaeen Mai-garet, and the other State prisoners, to 
 have been sent to Devizes Castle.) 
 July 9, K. Henry sets out for Canterbury. 
 
 Juij- 13. 1'lie King does penance at Becket's tomb at Canterbui-y.' Canterbury. 
 
 July 13. The King, after concluding his penance, and hearing mass 
 
 at Canterbury, sets out for London. 
 
 The same day a party of Koyalists, after a forced march, captured William, Eing of Scots, employed iu 
 the protracted siege of Alnwick. The Royalists concerned were Robert de Stuteville, Slieriff of Yorkshire ; 
 Ranulf de Glanrill ; William de Veaci ; Bernard de Bailiol ; Ralph de Tilli ; and Odonell d'UmfraTill. 
 
 The same day saw the dispersion of Prince Henry's fleet olf the coast of Holland. He and Ralph 
 de la Haie had been waiting some time at Wliitsaud (or Gravelines), intending to cross the sea and in- 
 vade England. 
 
 ' Geoffrey of Vigeois indicates Salisbury as the est. Missd Jinitd, ab Hcclesid procidenti {Regi) oc- 
 
 place of Queen Elianor's confinement. {Sex) *' con- cun-ifni iiuntiij dicentes. — 
 
 jugem propriam^ matrem Jfliorum, apud Angliarn in " Jucundare^ Rex Anglice, nam de c<bIo tihi daiur 
 
 turre de Salisheri per pl'tres annos inclnsit.'^ This iriumpkus. Filius*^ {inqumnt) '^ tuus, Manzer, R^gem 
 
 writer, a native of Souterraine, and, at this time, a Scotortim hostem itium^ cum multis mitlibtts, hes- 
 
 monk of St. Martial's Abbey at Tjimoges, was likely ternd die capium, carceri mancipavit.^^ lExuUanii 
 
 to inquire, and to learn, what had befallen his former animo Hex adstantibus ait. — " Pacem mihi redditam 
 
 suzerains, tlie Duchess of Aquitaine. noveritis per meritum Archiepiscopi Thomce ctijus 
 
 ^ Robert Malduit was second sou of Williain Mau- sedulus atrxilium imploravi." 
 duit, noticed already (p. 107 »».) as Chamberlain of Vigeois did not know the distance between Aln- 
 
 the Treasury. wick and Canterbury, nor that the djy of penance 
 
 ' The story of K. Henry's penance at Canterbury at the later was the day of victory at the former, 
 
 is so quaintly exaggerated by Geoffrey of Vig< ois The news reached the King, not at Canterbury but 
 
 (G. S. xii. 443), that we cannot forbear giv-ng it. — at London, two, perhaps three or four, days after 
 
 J^atre acfilio per biennium in alterutrum soivienit- the battle. Who may have been in Vigeois's mind 
 
 hus^ adeo Rex, muUis thesatiris exhaustis, nauseatus when he makes the messengers attribute the success 
 
 est ut Brabantionihus qui ei parebant, pro mercede at Alnwick to the King's son " Manzer," is another 
 
 spatham Region coronfE in gaglum mitieret. Locutus question. The Editors of the Chronicle in question 
 
 denique cum qnodam Normannice Episcopo, a quo suggest " William Longespee " in the margin. 
 
 pro consueiudine pa^nitentlam accipere solet^ ab eo That, afterwards renowned, son of Henry was per- 
 
 tale responsum Rex accepit. — haps not as yet ten years of age. There is no men- 
 
 ** Si Jieres humilis peregrinus ThomtB Cantuarien- tion of him in any public capacity during K. Henry's 
 
 sis, credo tibi pacem a Domino dari. " lifetime. It was about this very time that the 
 
 Qui ait illi, " Si digneris venire mecum pergerem King began to live in open adultery with Rosamond 
 
 libenter." Respondet Episcopus — " Ibo gaudenter^ Clifford, Longespee's mother. (See Antiquities of 
 
 Maretransmeato condiclum expelit locum. Cumqtie Shropshire, v. 148-150, for errors as to the age of 
 
 devote vigilias celebraret jejunus, coram se signo iv William Longespee. See also the Preface to this 
 
 Sancio Martgre Arckiepiscopo patraio exhilaraius work for a partial correction thereof ) . 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAKY OF K. HENIIY IF. 181 
 
 nri. The King readies London, whei'e ho is confined till the Loudou. 
 
 17th by illness. News of the capture of the King of Scots 
 reaches hiui while sick. The following from the Pipe-Roll is 
 pertinent : — London and Middlesex. Et j)ro Imlgis et alio 
 liarnesio Summarionim- Regis et in aliis minntis negotiis 
 Gumeroi Curife 38s. 6cZ. per breve Regis. 
 
 It must have been while he thus lay sick that the King 
 expedited a Charter to Herbaldown Hospital, near Canter- 
 bur}'. The Charter is dated at Westminster, and is attested 
 by G. Bp of London ; R. Bp of Worcester ; R. elect of Win- Westminster. 
 Chester; R. elect of Hereford; Master William de Insula; 
 Earl William de Mandevile; William fitz Andrew (probably 
 Audelm should be read for Andrew) ; and Hugh de Cressi.^ 
 
 juiyis-21. The King goes to the siege of Huntingdon. Concerning 
 this fact the Pipe-Rolls bear their evidence. — 
 
 London and Middlesex. M jiro uno palefrido et uno Huntiuudoi. 
 Summavio ad opus Ricardi Garpentarii filii Wichiug' qui 
 missus fidt Regi ad Hantiiidonam, et pi''0 apparatu eqnorum 
 bos. 3d. per breve Regis. 
 
 Bucks and Bedfordshire. M Yvoni Ingeniatori unam 
 marcam ad Incandos Garpentarios axl fuciendas machiiias 
 qnando Rex venit ad Uuntindonain per breve Regis. 
 
 juij 31. Huntingdon surrenders to the King. The King marches 
 
 thence towards Hugh Bigot's castle of Pramlingham. 
 
 July 22. Louis of France, Prince Henry, and Pliilip, Comte of Flanders, invest Rouen. With tlio 
 besiegers were Hugh (III.), Duke of Burgundy ; Theobald, Comte of Blois; and Henry, the young 
 Comte (of Champagne). 
 
 July 21. K. Henry encamps for a night at a place called Sele- seieimm. 
 
 ham, near Pramlingham. Hence the Sheriff of Norfolk 
 and Sufiblk, in his next account, charges "£3. Qs. 8d. for 
 conducting 500 carpenters to the King at Sileliam." 
 
 Tuiy 25. Hugh Bigot comes to the King at Seleham and surrenders" 
 
 ' Monasticon, Tii. 654. of Norfolk and Suffolk, enter the following disburse- 
 
 ^ Hugh Bigot's surrender seems to have procured nicnt on their accounts. — 
 
 au immediate reversal of his attainder. There is a Et Comiti Hugoni £16. 13«. id. {sic). Ills. Id. 
 
 very remarkable entry on the Norfolk Pipe-Koll of {sio) de ix. septimakis post paceji pactam cum 
 
 Michaelmas, 1174 (20 Hen. II.), vrhich proves, not Keoe de teeoio denahio Comitai&s. 
 
 only tliat, as a general rule, the Pipe accounts were Now the tercium denarium of Norfolk was 
 
 balanced up to Michaelmas, but what was the prac- £33. 6s. %d. Tiie Sheriffs, it would seem, were 
 
 tice in the case of an Earlls attainder in regard to 'about to allow Earl Hugh £16. 13s. id. or exactly 
 
 his claim on the tertium denarium of his county. half a year's proportion of this item of revenue ; 
 
 In the present instance, Bartholomew de Glanvill, but the entry was corrected, and they only allowed 
 
 Wimar the chaplain, and William Bardulf, Sheriffs him £5. lis. \d. for the nine weeks, which they 
 
182 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1174. his castles of Bungay and Framlinffham. — His Flandrian Seioham. 
 
 July 25. . . . 
 
 soldiers are permitted to return home without any efifects. 
 The King met with an accident. — A horse belonging to 
 Testes de St. Omer, a Templar, kicked him on the thigh. 
 July 26. The King went from Seleham. Perhaps he visited Bramp- Brampton, 
 
 ton on his road westward ; for the Pipe-Roll of Cambridge 
 and Huntingdon charges, — In corredio Regis apud Branton' 
 £18. 4s. per breve Regis. 
 
 About this time Eese, Prince of South Wales, as an .illy of tlie English King, besieges Robert Earl 
 Ferrers' castle of Stutesberie (Tutbury) ; Geoffrey, Bishop-elect of Lincoln, takes Malesart (or Malesberde), 
 a castle of Roger de Mowbray, and entrusts it to Roger, Abp of York. Un the other hand, Robert, Earl 
 Ferrers, had sacked the castle and town of Nottinghaui, of which Reginald de Lucy was custos. 
 Geoffrey, elect of Lincoln, builds Topclyve Castle, and consigns it to the care of William de Stuteville. 
 
 July 31. K. Henry is at Northampton. There he receives the Northampton, 
 
 fealty of Hugh, Bishop of Durham, who, with intentions 
 not quite definite, had brought over his nephew, Hugh, 
 Comte of Bar, with 40 knights and 500 Flandi'ian soldiers. 
 The Bishop surrenders the castles of Durham, Norham, and 
 Alverton (Northallerton) to the King, and dismisses his 
 nephew. 
 
 Roger de Mowbray also appears at Northampton and 
 surrenders his castle of Tresk. The Earl Ferrers also 
 comes and surrenders Tutbury and Driffield. Anketill 
 Malore and William de Diva, constables of the Earl of 
 Leicester, surrender the castles of Leicester, Mount Sorrel, 
 and Groby. The King of Scots is also brought a prisoner , 
 
 to Northampton. William, Earl of Gloucester, and Richard, 
 Eaii of Clare, whose loyalty had been somewhat doubtful, 
 also come to the King at Northampton. 
 
 About this time King Henry gave his half-sister, Emma,'^ 
 in marriage to David ap Owen, Prince of North Wales. 
 Hence the following, on the Pipe-Roll of 1 1 74. — 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro pannis et apparatu 
 sororis Regis quam David filiiis Oeni duxit in nxorem ► 
 
 £28. 17s. per breve Regis et per visum Edwardi Blundi. 
 
 Dorset and Somerset. Et in procuratione sororis Regis 
 quam David filius Oini duxit uxorem £8. 7s. per breve Regis 
 et per Willielmum filium Johannis. 
 
 considered to have elapsed since the reversal of his was less than either, and was, in fact, the proportion 
 
 forfeiture. And it may be remarked further, that for two calendar months. 
 
 £5. lis. Id. was not the exact proportion for nine ' See page 85, note 5, for a previous allusion to 
 
 weeks, nor yet for the nine weeks and three days, the King's half-sister, Emma, now probably the 
 
 which elapsed between July 23 and Sept. 29. it widow of Guy de Val-Guyon... 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEllARr OP K. HENBY II. 
 
 183 
 
 1174. Stafpordshiee. Et in procumtione sororis Regis quatnDavid Northampton. 
 
 duxit uxor em £12. 9s. &d. per breve Regis. 
 
 The King's stay at Northampton and journey to the coast 
 are further illustrated by the following entries. — 
 
 NoETHAMPTONSHiEE. Ill roMs domini Regis quas Vicecomes 
 liberavit in camera curice per breve Regis £168. 7s. 7d. numero, 
 •pro £160. 7s. 3(i. blanc'. In robd Regis quam {Vicecomes) 
 liberavit per breve [Regis] £10. 5s. Sd. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro ducendo thesauro trihus „,. , 
 
 ^ Windsor. 
 
 vicibus seniel ad Windresor' , bis ad Winton' 16s. Qd. Winchester. 
 
 c. July. Wliile the King waa in England, Maurice de Creoun, to whom in June, he had entrusted the 
 castle of Ancenis, was acting strenuously in command of the Army of .injou. Under Maurice de Credonio 
 says our authority, that army destroyed Castellum Celsum, and Sabloil, and St. Lupus, and St. Briotius, 
 near Sabloil.' 
 
 Aug. 8. The King sails from Portsmouth, taking with him as pri- Portsmouth, 
 
 soners the King of Scots, the Earls of Chester and Leicester, 
 and (Gervase adds) the Earl Ferrers. Hoveden says that he 
 took back to Prance his Brabantine troops and a thousand 
 Welsh soldiers. The Pipe-Rolls add some particulars. — 
 
 Herepoedshiee. In corredio Reis et aliorum Walensinm 
 qui veyierunt ad Regem in expedicionem £4. 18s. lid. 
 
 Winchester. Et in custamento et condiictu thesauri in 
 midtis itineribus ad Ilantoniam et ad Portesmue et ad Por- 
 cestr' per totum annum 41s. 2d. per Andream clericum cameras, 
 et Johannem de Wicha et Williehnum Picot {ser)vientes de 
 thesauro. Et Comiti Willielmo {de Mandevill) £9. 10s. ad 
 properandam transfretacionem suam cum familid Regis, per 
 breve Regis. 
 
 Southampton. Et in passagio Gomitis Willielmi de Man- 
 devill et familice Regis ad festimi Sancti Laurentii (Aug. 1 0) 
 quando missus fuit ad Rothomagum £60. 9s. 6d. in liberacione 
 xxxvii navium per breve Regis. Et in liberacione xi navium 
 qua; transfretaverunt cum Brabantinis et Flandrensibus quos 
 Robertus Puherus et Petrus Picot custodiebant £20. 17s. per 
 breve Regis. Et pro duabus navibus locandis ad transfretand- 
 am Gomitissam Britanice " et prisones Regis qui erant apud 
 Porcestriam £4. 7s. per breve Regis etper Osbertum de Gamera 
 et Ricardum Gijfard. Et in passagio Episcopi Sagiensis et 
 Willielmi Ruffi pro una nave per breve Ricardi do Luci. 
 
 ' Chron. St. Albin. (Gall. Script, lii. 483. ^ Constance of Brctagno, Prince GcolTry'a wife. 
 
184 COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1174. The King lands at Barfleur, and proceeding coastwise to- i3„aeur. 
 
 wards Rouen, bestows his prisoners at Caen ; (they were 
 
 t. Aug. 9. afterwards removed to Falaise). On the coast, near Caen, the cacn. 
 King meets the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop 
 of Bath, on their journey homeward from Rome. He desires 
 them to pass on to England. 
 
 AuR. inor King Henry arrives before Rouen, then besieged by jjq„^„ 
 Louis. His Welsh troops meet with some success in cap- 
 turing a convoy of French provisions. 
 
 Aug. 15. At this date tlie Southampton Pipe-Boll speaks of treasure having crossed the Channel. 
 Et in Uberacione EsnecciB £7. Ws. quando Jladulfus clericus Camerce transfretavit cum tTietauro circa 
 Assumpiionem Stce MaritB per breve Regis. Hi inliberacione navis JRoberii de Baion4Qs. quae transfretavit 
 cum tJiesauro^ qtiam Walterus de Consfantiis et ffillielmus Picot et Hugo flius Hervei^ homines Qatnerce 
 duxerunt, 40.?. {sic.) per breve Regis. Et pro una nave ad opus Austurcarioruni et Falconariorum 305. 
 per idem breie. Et pro liugiis ad aves 8s. 6d. per idem breve. 
 
 Aug. 21. King Louis decamps from Rouen by night, under cover 
 
 of a truce, and retreats across the frontier. ^ 
 
 Sept, 8. K. Henry and Louis confer at Gisors. A truce agreed oisors. 
 
 upon, from which Prince Richard is excluded. 
 
 Sept. 21 or K. Henry forces Prince Richard to submission in Poitou. 
 
 They go to Poictiers together. Poictiers. 
 
 It is probable that the King now visited Beauvoir, a town 
 on the coast, N.W. of Poictiers. A Charter, dated Aj) iid -naa.aYoic snr Mer. 
 Beauvoir super Moiram, grants to Richard de Lucy (whose 
 services in the late rebellion had been so conspicuous), 
 the Hundred of Ongar in Essex. Witnesses, John, Dean of 
 Sarum ; John, Archdeacon of Bath; Earl William de 
 Mandevill; Reginald de Courtenayj William de Lanval ; 
 and Robert de Briwecourt.^ 
 
 The great feature in the Law and Finance of the fiscal year now ended was the Tax, levied on the 
 King's Demesnes and on the lands of the late rebels {Assiza super dominCca Regis et super terras eo rum 
 qui recesserunt). And it is to be noticed that, in each county, the person levying the said tax was usually 
 tlie Contemporary Sheriff, but that in very many instances the said Sheriff had one or more assessors. — 
 
 Thus, William fitz Ralph, Sheriflf of Notts and Derbyshire, had for his assessor, Reginald de Luci. 
 
 William de Braose, Sheriff of Herefordshire, had for his assessor, Milo de Mucegros. 
 
 Ralph fitz Stephen, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, had for his assessors, Philip fitz Ernise and Alexander 
 Pincerna. 
 
 Richard de Wilton, Sheriff of Wiltshire, was associated with Robert de Luei. 
 
 ' The Chronicon Rothomagense (Gall. Script, xii. Iloveden, and Benedictus) are not always in agree- 
 
 786) puts Louis's retreat from Rouen on the 'Vigil nieut with each other; their more circumstantial 
 
 of the Assumption of our Lady ;' that is, on account of Louis's retreat recommends the later 
 
 August 14 ; adding that it was effected with loss. date given in the text, viz. August 21. 
 
 Though our usual authorities as to date (Diceto, - Palgrave's Brit. Commonwealth. Appx. p. xii. n. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 185 
 
 Hugh de Boohland, Sheriff of Berkshire, was coupled with Leonard, a knight of Thomas Basset. 
 
 Alured de Lincoln, Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset, had for his assessor Walter de St. Quintin. 
 
 Hugh de Gundevill, Sheriff of Hampshire, had for his assessors, Hamo Morgan, Wm. Bastard, and 
 Matthew de Escuris. 
 
 Alard Banastre, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, had for his assessor the Constable of Oxford. 
 
 Robert Mantel, Sheriff of Essex and Herts, had for his assessor, Walter de Hadfeld. 
 
 William fitz Richard, Sheriff of Bucks and Bedfordshire, had for his assessor, Richard fitz Nigel. 
 
 Randulf de Lenchis, Sheriff of Worcestershire, had as assessors, Hugh Puher and Osbert de Abitot. 
 
 And again, Guj le Strange, Sheriff of Shropshire, having found apparently but one renegade in that 
 loyal county, taxed the said delinquent's (Robert fitz Walkeline's) lands in a sum of fifty-one shillings 
 and fourpence, and, so doing, acted without an assessor. 
 
 Again, Gervase de Cornhull and Reginald de Warren, neither of them being Sheriff of Surrey, mulcted 
 the lauds of the disaffected in that county ; as did William Basset and John Malduit the lands of the 
 Lincolnshire rebels. And lastly, Richard de Luoi himself, returning from Scotland {in redditu ejus a 
 Scotia), and being at York {in. civitate Eborum), set an Assize on that city ; and Reginald de Warren, 
 Sheriff of Sussex, took due cognizance of the disaffected in that county. 
 
 It was either in this or the previous year that William Rufus, Gilbert Pipard, and Gilbert de Columbarii 
 held Pleas in Wiltshire ; and that Bertram de Verdon, WiUiam fitz Ralph and William Basset, held Pleas 
 in Gloucestershire and Staffordshh-e. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1174, TO MICHAELMAS, 1175. 
 ii7<- K. Henry, Louis, and the Princes, Henry, Richard, and 
 
 S6pt. 30. -m «- . 
 
 Geoffrey, confer and come to terms at Mont Louis (Mons Mount Louis. 
 Laudatus), between Tours and Amboise.'' 
 
 By a Charter, dated Apud Sanctum Laudinum, the King (st. Laud ?). 
 grants freedom from toll and other customs, whether in 
 England, Normandy, Wales, or Ireland, to his Burgesses 
 of Dublin. Witnesses, Richard de Humets, Constable; 
 Reginald de Courteney ; Richard de Camvill ; and William 
 de Lanelleys (Lanvall, probably).^ 
 
 Oct. 6. The Bishops of Winchester, Ely, Chichester, and Hereford, were consecrated by Archbishop 
 Eichard at Canterbury. 
 
 Oct. 8. Geoffrey, Bishop elect of Lincoln, crosses to iNormandy by command of the King, who pur- 
 poses to send him on to Rome to have his election confirmed. 
 
 c. Oct. 10. The Royal Family seems to have been all assembled at Faidse. 
 Falaise, where the State-prisoners then were, and where the 
 recent agi-eement was embodied in a written manifesto. 
 This document was attested by R., Abp of Rouen j Henry, 
 Bp of Baieux ; Roger (Froger) Bishop of Seez ; R., Bishop 
 
 ' Diceto (p. 582) mentions this meeting between Prance and the Comte of Flanders. 
 
 Tours and Amboise, but places it on 5 id. Oct. (i.e., ^ Lyttelton, iv. Appendix (2).— The date of this 
 
 Oct. 11). Diceto has it that a peace between K. charter is quite problematical; both as to time and 
 
 Henry and his sons was negotiated by Louis of place. 
 
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186 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEABY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1174. of Nantes ; Stephen, Bp of Ehedon ; G., Elect of Lincoln j raUise. 
 John, Dean of Sarum; Richard de Humez, Constable; 
 Richard de Bellomonte, Sheriff;^ Reginald de Curtenay ; 
 Morice de Creon ; William Malvoisia ; W. de Humez ; 
 Geoffry de Perch ; William de Gurci ; Fulk Saenell (read 
 Paenell) ; John de Soliney {alias Subligny) ; Saher de 
 Quinci ; Richard de Canvill ; W. fitz AudelF, Seneschal ; 
 Alured de St. Martin, Dapifer; Goshert de Sisseney; 
 Robert fitz Ernise ; Budde fitz Em' ; Walter de Ypra ; 
 William Marescall ; Robert de Ble ; and Eimer fitz Budon.^ 
 
 Oct. 13. The Bishop of Ely enthroned at Ely. 
 
 Oct. 24. Archbishop Bichard visits St. Paul's as Legate. Thence he goes to Waltham, and finding Wide, 
 the Dean, absent, suspends him. He then yisits Gloucester and Winchester. 
 Nov. 24. The Archbishop is present at the enthronization of Reginald, Bishop of Bath. 
 
 c. Deo. 1. William, King of Scots, though imprisoned at Palaise, Faiaiae. 
 came to terms with K. Henry. The instrument of pacifica- 
 tion is dated at Palaise, and attested by Richard, Bp of 
 Avranches ; John, Dean of Salisbury ; Robert, Abbot of 
 Malmesbury ; Radulph, Abbot of Montisburgh ; Herbert, 
 Archdeacon of Northampton ; Walter de Constanciis ; Roger, 
 the King's Chaplain ; Osbert, Clerk of the Chamber j 
 Richard, son of the King and Comte of Poitou; Geoffrey, 
 son of the King and Comte of Bretagne j Earl William, of 
 Essex ; Hugh, Earl of Chester ; Richard de Humez, Constable ; 
 the Comte of Mellent ; Jordan Teison ; Humphrey de Bohun, 
 Constable; William de Curcy, Seneschal; Gilbert Malet 
 Seneschal.^ 
 
 The above agreement is embodied in another Charter at vaiognes. 
 Valoins, which has additional witnesses, viz., William fitz 
 Adelm, Seneschal; Alured de St. Martin, Seneschal; Reginald 
 de Curtenai ; Pulco Painell ; Geoffrey de Portico ; William 
 de Humez ; Jordan de Humez ; Engelram de Humez ; 
 Radulf Teisun ; Roger, his brother ; Robert Bertram ; 
 Richard de Vernun ; William Vavasur ; Robert de Mortimer ; 
 Robert fitz Bernard; Ranulph Puher ; Bertram de Verdun; 
 and Roger Baoun.* 
 
 Wnham, King of Scots, obtaining his release, sails to 
 England. 
 
 Deo. 8. 
 
 Dec. 11. 
 
 ' Vicomte of Beaumont le Roger. William fitz Adelm, seneschal, for Grilbert Malet, 
 
 ^ Poedera, i. p. 30. seneschal. Probably both were present. 
 
 2 Foedera, i. pp. 30-31. Brompton substitutes * Hearne's Liber Higer, i. 40. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 187 
 
 1174. About this time we may venture to date a Charter ofvaudreuu. 
 
 the King to the Abbey of Bee, given at Vaudreuil {Vallem 
 Ruelii), and. attested by R., Abp of Rouen j Richard, Bp of 
 Winchester ; John, Dean of Salisbury ; Hugh de Cressi ; 
 Secher de Canems {Qidnci ?) ; and Alured de St. Martin.' — 
 
 Also a Writ, dated at Vaudreuil {apud Vallem RodoUi), 
 addressed to Alan de Nevile and the King's Foresters, on 
 behalf of Hugh de Hameslape, and attested by John, Dean 
 of Sarum, and Robert Malduit.^ 
 
 Also a Charter, inexplicably dated, in favour of Winch- 
 combe Abbey (Gloucestershire), attested by Giles, Bishop of 
 Evreux ; John, Dean of Sarum ; and Alured de St. Martin.^ 
 
 Also a Charter, dated at Rouen, to the Abbey of Jumieges, Rouen, 
 belongs to this period. It is attested by Rotrold, Abp of 
 Rouen ; Henry, Bp of Baieux ; Bgidius, Bp of Evreux ; 
 Earl William de Mandeville ; Richard de Humet, Constable ; 
 Reginald de Conrtenay, Robert Marmion ; Richard de 
 Camvill ; Hugh de Cressi ; Seiher de Quinci ; Reginald de 
 Pavilli; William Malvoisin; Richard de Vernone ; Hugh de 
 Lacy ; Hugh de Longchamp ; Robert de Stuteville ; Alured 
 de St. Martin ; Gilbert Malet ; and Gerard de Camville.* 
 
 Again, a Charter dated at Ghivilli,^ in favour of William cheyauieo. 
 fitz Walkeline, may be noticed here. It is attested by Earl 
 William de (Mandeville probably) ; Richard de Humez, 
 Constable ; Unfrey de Bohun ; Reginald de Curtenay ; 
 Richard de Camvill ; Robert Marmium ; Hugh de Cressi • 
 Alvered de St. Martin ; Robert de Stutevill ; Bertram de 
 Verdon ; Gerard de Camvill ; Guide de . . . . ; Martin de 
 Hosa ; and Ailward, Chambei'lain.^ 
 Dec. 25. K. Henry spent Christmas at Argentan (in Normandy). Ajgentan. 
 
 At Argentan, about this time, the King confirms to the 
 Abbey of St. Andrew-en-GoufFern the grants of William, 
 Comte of Ponthieu, its founder. Witnesses, Henry, Bishop 
 of Bayeux ; Froger, Bishop of Seez ; William de Curci, 
 Geoffrey de Lucy, and John de Solinges.^ 
 The year 1174 is given aa that in which Eudo, Vicomte of Porhoet, called 'Duke of Bretagne,' re- 
 turned from exile into Bretagne and began to recover hia territory.' 
 
 ' Neustria Pia, p. 485. This deed most certainly Cliff, in Northamptonshire. At that rate the Charter 
 
 passed between Oct. 6, 1174, and May 9, 1175. It did not pass at this period. 
 
 would suggest that the Bishop of Winchester crossed ■* Monast. vii. 1088, i. 
 
 to Normandy soon after his consecration. " Clievaillec, a hamlet near (Jonville-sur-Honfleur 
 
 " Cartse Antiquse, N. (sec Stapleton's Rot. Norm. iL xlvi. n.) 
 
 3 Rot. Pat. 1 Hen. IV. p. 8, m. 18. Dated [ D'Auisy's Transcripts, ii. 30. 
 
 Apud Clum', which, if read Clivum, meant King's- ' Gall. Script. 560, 565. 
 
188 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 A.D. 1175. 
 
 V, Jan. 1. 
 Feb. Z. 
 
 The King goes into Anjou. ^„j„„ 
 
 The King was at Le Mans, with the Princes, Henry, Le Mans. 
 Eichard, and Geoffrey. The two latter renew their oaths of 
 fealty. 
 
 The Hampshire Pipe-Roll speaks of treasure being sent 
 to the King at this period, — Et in liberacione Esnacchce ad 
 transfretandum ihesaurum quern, Andreas Glericus duxit in 
 Purificacione £7. 10s. per hreve Ricardi de Luci. Et in cus- 
 tamento thesauri illo itinere et quodam alio 3s. 3d. 
 Feb. 24. The King and Prince Henry confer with Louis at Gisors. cHsors. 
 
 Feb. 2c. The King at Eouen. Eouen. 
 
 The King then goes into Anjou, Prince Henry to Anjou. 
 Eouen.i 
 Mar. 25. The King returns to Caen, and intending shortly to cross caen{inNor- 
 to England, summons Prince Henry to accompany him. ™*° ^ 
 
 The Prince refuses. 
 
 The following entries on the Southampton Pipe-Roll 
 relate to this period, — Et item in liberacione Esnacchce 
 quando tranfretavit in quadragesimd contra Regem £7. 10s. 
 per hreve Regis. Et in liberacione navis Willielmi de Baion, 
 quce portavit thesaitrum quern Walterus de Gonstantiis et 
 Henricus de Aven' duo:ernnt ultra mare 25s. per breve Ricardi 
 de Luci. Et eidem Henrico 20s. de liberacione sua per idem 
 breue. Et in custamento ducendi eundem thesauruni de 
 Windresor' ad Sudhanton' \Sd. per idem breve. Et pro 
 locandd una 8ornet' ad significandum Regi ruinores Anglice 
 unam marcam per breve Regis. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Caen, undoubtedly belongs to caen. 
 this period. It confirms to Montebourg Abbey the chapel 
 of St. Maglorius, in the Isle of Sai-k, as given by William 
 de Vernone. Witnesses, Geoffrey, Bishop of Ely (consecrated 
 Oct. 6, 1174); Master Walter de Constanciis, Archdeacon 
 of Oxford (mentioned above as crossing to Normandy) ; 
 Richard de Vernone ;^ Fulk Paienell ; Richard de Canvill 
 (ob. 1176); Reginald de Curtenay ; Hugh de Cressy; and 
 William de Vernone,^ junior.'* 
 
 ' Stubbs, quoting Bened. Peterb. i. 82. brother of Eicbard de Redyers, late Earl of Deyon, 
 
 ^ Son and heir of William de Vernon, senior, on failure of whose issue in 1193 this William became 
 
 whose grant is confirmed. Earl. 
 
 ' Nephew of Wm. de Vernon, senior, and younger ■* D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 182. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAET OF K. HENET II. 189 
 
 April 1. The King and Prince Henry meet at Bures} and are Bur-ie-Roi. 
 
 reconciled. Perhaps we may ascribe to this period two 
 Charters, dated apud Burum,^ and attested by Earl William 
 de Mandeville, William de St. John, Richard de Canvilb 
 Hugh de Creissi, and Philip de Kime. By one of these 
 Charters, the King confirms to Roger de Beningeurth the 
 land which the father and grandfather of William de Romare 
 had given him ; by the other, the King confirms an agree- 
 ment made at Bures between Wm. de Roumare and Robt. 
 de Calceis.^ 
 
 From other authority it appears that the following persons 
 were present at Bur on this occasion, viz., the Archbishop 
 of Rouen ; the Bishops of Baieux, Avranches, and Rhedon ; 
 and Earl William de Mandeville.'' 
 ... April 2. The King goes to Valoins ; the Prince pays a visit to Vaiognea. 
 the Court of Louis. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Valognes, passed either now 
 or in December previous. It is in favour of Blanchelande 
 Abbey, and is attested by William de Curci, Dapifer ; Gilbert 
 Malet, Dapifer; Robert Marmion; Maurice de Crona (Creon) ; 
 Hugh de Lacy, and Philip de Hastings.* 
 AprUia. The King is at Cherbourg, keeping the festival of Easter. Cherbourg; 
 
 Prince Henry has joined him. Hence, perhaps, at Michael- 
 mas following, the Sheriffs of London charge, — Pro locandis 
 carretis ad portandam carnem qiiater viginti Bamorum misso- 
 rum Regi ultra mare apud Hantoniam lbs. per breve Regis. 
 A Royal Charter, undated as to place, but which may 
 possibly belong to this period is in favour of Notre Dame de 
 Voeu, at Cherbourg. It is attested by Maurice de Creis 
 (probly Creon) ; Hugh de Lacy ; and Osbert de Hosa.^ 
 April 22. The King and Prince Henry are at Caen. They are Caen. 
 
 visited by Phihp, Comte of Flanders, who, on Good Friday 
 previous (April 11), had taken the Cross. 
 Prince Richard now goes into Poitou, and Prince Geoffrey into Bretagne, their object being to reduce the 
 castles of those provinceB to the same condition as before the civil war. The Southampton Pipe-EoU of 
 Michaelmas 1175, charges, — In liberacione navis quam Albas de Heddon' et uuncii Ricardi et Ganfridi filio- 
 rum Megis et Herveus Panetarius habuerunt 25s. per breve Regis. 
 
 ' The place thus variously written as Bures or Boyal Chapel there is known in its ruins as St. 
 
 Bura, or Burum, is more usuaUy Bur-le-Roi, in the Catherine's. 
 Bessin, than Bures in the Pays de Caux. Bur-le- = Carta) DucatAs Lancastnss. 
 
 Eoi was a favourite residence of Henry II. Mr. Benedictus (Stubbe), i. 82. 
 
 Stapleton describes it as in the parish of Noron, on ' 5!'^°^^,' transcripts, i. 69. 
 
 the confines of the Bois-du-Vernai, and says that the * D Anisj s Transcripts, i. 102. 
 
190 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1176. A Royal Charter, dated apud JBarheflioctum, confirms to BarOeur. 
 
 Hugh fitz Osbert the grant which Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, 
 made him. Witnesses, William de Curcy, Dapifer (ob. 
 1 1 76) ; William de Humet ; Gilbert Malet, Dapifer ; Roger 
 Bacon ; Benedict de Angervill ; and Hamo Pincerna.^ 
 May 8 or 9. The King and Prince Henry embark at Barfleur, and land Barfleur. 
 
 at Portsmouth. The young Queen came with them. The PortEmouth. 
 following entries on the Pipe-Roll are pertinent : — 
 
 London and Middlesex. Pro roha, ad opus Regince junioris 
 £26. 5s. 2d. per hreve Regis, per Ricardum Ruffum et per 
 visum Edwardi Blundi. 
 
 Hampshire. M Willielmo de Sando Mauro et Godman 
 Armigeris Regis i marcam ad procurandos equos Regis apud 
 Wintoniam quos Thesaurarius duxit secum de ultra mare per Winchester. 
 hreve Regis. Et Gem' filio Stigandi 3s. ad emundandas 
 domos Regis contra adventum Regis per breve Regis. 
 
 Southampton. Et in liheracione Esnaccha quando Rex 
 filius Regis transfretavit £7. 10s. per breve Regis. 
 May 18. The Couucil, or Synod, of Westminster, convened by the Westminster. 
 
 Archbishop of Canterbury, was attended by the King and 
 Prince. The Archbishop of York, without sending any 
 excuse, was absent from this Synod. According to Gervase 
 all the Suffragans of Canterbury were present, except the 
 Bishop of Worcester, whose excuse was infirmity; but 
 Benedictus says expressly that that Bishop was present, as 
 also the Bishop of St. David's, and the Abbots of St. Albans, 
 St. Edmundbury, Ramsey, and Boxley. At this Synod Geof- 
 frey, Bishop of St. Asaph, being enjoined to reside, relin- 
 quished his See. His successor (Adam) was nominated. 
 
 We have a Charter to Gloucester Abbey, dated at London, j^^^^^^ 
 and which certainly passed about this time. It is attested 
 by Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury; Richard, Bp of 
 Winchester ; R. Earl of Cornwall ; W. Earl of Gloucester ; 
 and Richard de Humez, Constable.^ 
 May 28. '^^^ King and Prince Henry paid a joint visit to the shrine Canterbury. 
 
 of Thomas k Becket. 
 
 It -would seem tliat the young Queen went, either with them or alone, for the Sheriff of Surrey charges,- 
 In procuratione Regince junioris de ii diehus £Z. hs. 2d. per breve Regis ; and the Sheriff of Kent charges,- 
 In procuracione Regince jimioHs de iiii diebus quando ivit Cantuariam causa orationis £9. Os. 8d. 
 
 ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, iii. 24. ^ Cartas Antiquse, Q. Q. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEBARY OF E. HENRY II. 191 
 
 1176. The King and Prince hold their Court, on Whitsunday, Reading. 
 
 at Reading. The King sends Roger de Hoveden,^ his clerk, 
 to Norwich, and to all vacant Abbeys, to summon the proper 
 persons to attend the Court at Oxford, on June 24 following, 
 for the purpose of the prospective elections. At this period 
 the King commenced that wide-spread system of prosecu- 
 tions, which appear on the Pipe-Rolls of the next year as 
 " Mis eric or diet Regis pro foresta ;" that is, he prosecuted 
 the abettors of the late rebellion, throughout England, for the 
 overt act of trespass on the Royal Forests. 
 
 c. June 16. In. this month the King was probably resident a good 
 
 deal at Woodstock. The Sheriffs of London charge, — Pro Woodstock. 
 XXX modiis vini missi Regi ad Wudestoch' , et in custamento 
 ducendi £16. 19s. 4d. per hreve Regis. Also a Charter 
 to Cerne Abbey must have passed in this month. It is 
 dated at Woodstock, and attested by Richard, Bp of Win- 
 chester ; William, Earl of Arundel ; and Reynald, Earl of 
 Cornwall.^ 
 
 June 24. The King, Prince Henry, and Archbishop Richard, were 
 
 at Oxford, touching the business of the elections. William, Oxford. 
 Earl of Gloucester, surrenders Bristol Castle to the custody 
 of the Crown. A Charter, in favour of the Canons of Malton, 
 is dated at Oxford, and attested by William fitz Adelm, 
 Dapifer; John Dean, of Sarum; Master Walter de Cus- 
 tanciis ; William de Mandevile ; and William Mareschal.^ 
 
 Jane 23. A Royal Charter, tested singly by Geoffry, Bishop of Ely, 
 
 at Oxford, defines the Forest-rights of the Shropshire Priory 
 of Bromfield.* 
 
 Tt appears, too, that during this year a Royal Exchequer 
 was established at Oxford, for the Sheriff of the county 
 charges, — Pro scannis scaccarii apud Oxinford 12d. 
 
 The King held a Council at Gloucester relative to the Gloucester, 
 affairs of Wales. Rese ap Griffin was there. William, Earl 
 of Gloucester, and William de Braose were enjoined to de- 
 fend the King's subjects against the Welsh. It was in this 
 year that WiUiam de Braose, junior, slaughtered a host of 
 unarmed Welshmen in Abergavenny Castle, in revenge for 
 the murder of his uncle, Henry de Hereford. 
 
 ' This was Eoger de Hoveden, the Historian, to ^ Oartse Antiquse, R. and Q. 
 
 ■whose anthorship, however, has been attributed ^ Great Couclier of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 much more than he ever wrote. " Monasticon, iv. 155. 
 
192 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF E. HENRY II. 
 
 1175. The King's visit to Gloucester is illustrated by the Pipe- oiouoeater. 
 
 Roll of 1175 : — Oxfordshire. M pro locandis equis ad 
 portandum thesaurum ad Glocestriam 16d. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro locando una summario 
 ad fortandum thesaicrum a London' ad Gloceestriam post 
 Regem 3s. Id. 
 
 Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, died at Chertsey on July 1st,' and was buried at Reading. Hence at Michael- 
 mas, 1175, the Sheriff of Shropshire accounts 47 shillings " defirma de Fordd postquam rediit in man'im 
 Megis post mortem Comitis Reginaldi." 
 
 July 1-8. The King and Prince Henry were now at Woodstock, Woodstock, 
 
 where a Council was held concerning ecclesiastical vacancies. 
 The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of Win- 
 chester, Bath, Salisbury, Worcester, Ely, Chichester, Ro- 
 chester, Exeter, and Durham were present. 
 
 The following Royal Charters, dated at Woodstock, may 
 be referred to this period. — 
 
 (1) Confirmation to Alexander de Barentin (the King's 
 serviens) and Margaret his wife, of the lands of William, son 
 of Durand le Naine, cousin of the said Margaret. Wit- 
 nesses, R. Abp of Canterbury; R. Bp of Winchester; G. 
 Bp of Ely ; Herbert, Archdeacon of Northampton ; Earl 
 William de Mandevill ; Richard de Luci ; Richard de Humet, 
 Constable; Seer de Quinci ; Reginald de Curtenai ; William 
 de Lanvaloi ; Thomas Basset ; Hugh de Greissi ; Robert de 
 Stutevill ; and Richard fitz Walkeline. — ^ 
 
 (2) Confirmation of Simon Earl of Huntingdon's Charter 
 to Roger fitz Reinfrid. Witnesses, Richard, Bp of Winchester; 
 Geofii'ey, Bp of Ely ; John Dean of Sarum ; Richard de Luci; 
 Maurice de Creon ; John de Suligny ; Reginald de Curtenai ; 
 Reginald de Pavilli ; Robert de Estutevill ; and Girard de 
 Canvill.3 
 
 (3) Charter to Newenham Priory (Bedfordshire). Wit- 
 nesses, Geoffrey and Nicholas, Chaplains of the King ; John 
 fitz Luce, Canon of Rouen ; Wm. fitz Audelm, Dapifer ; 
 Hugh de Oreissi ; Robert Marmion ; Randulf de Gla vile ; 
 Gerard de Canvill ; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain ; and 
 Eustace his brother.* 
 
 ' This ia Diceto's date. Benediotus says that the Dioeto and Benedictus, are often in like discrepancy. 
 
 Earl died " shortly before Christmas." The Pipe- ^ Eormulare Anglicanum, p. 295. 
 
 Roll decides the question m Diceto's favour ; and ' Foedera, toI. i. p. 46. 
 
 the point is worth noting, for the two authorities, ■* Monasticon, vi. p. 374. Num. iii. b. 
 
COtJETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 193 
 
 1175. Perhaps the King visited Shrewsbury about this time. Shrewsbury. 
 
 "'"''■ Being there, he expedited a Charter to Eoger Mussun (ser- 
 vienti suo) . It is attested by Osbert, Clerk of the Chamber ; 
 Richard de Humet, Constable ; William de Curci, Dapifer ; 
 Richard Giflfard ; Wido de St. Walery ; Randulf Poer ; Hugh 
 Pantulf ; Eustace fitz Stephen, Chamberlain ; Robert Mau- 
 duit. Chamberlain ; Thomas fitz Odo ; and Robert Monk, 
 son of Henry de Darafront.^ 
 
 July 9. The election of Geoffrey fitz Boy to the vacant See of Lincoln 
 is confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and by the Bishops of 
 London and Worcester, at Woodstock. ^ 
 
 Juijg. The King was now at Lichfield, en route for Nottingham. LichSeid. 
 
 Gilbert, a Royal forester, had been killed. 
 
 While the King was in Staffordshire, there were Pleas staffordsLiro. 
 held in that county, which are expressed to have been held 
 by William fitz Ralph, Bertram de Verdon, and William 
 Basset in curia Regis. These Pleas are merely fines, viz. one, 
 pro henevolentid Regis ; another, that a suitor non mittatur in 
 placitum de tenurd sua, nisi coram Rege. 
 
 July 18. Geoffrey, Bishop-elect of Lincoln, comes into England. 
 Aug. 1. He is received in procession at Lincoln ; but the King will 
 not have him consecrated, and eventually sends him to Tours to study. 
 
 Aug. 1. The King is at Nottingham, impleading persons for forest- Nottingham, 
 
 trespass. A Royal Charter to Welbeck Abbey, dated at 
 Nottingham, is very pertinent to this occasion. It is attested 
 by R. Abp of York ; H. Bp of Durham ; G. elect of Lincoln ; 
 William fitz Audelm, Dapifer; Reginald de Curtenai; Henry 
 de Laci ; William de Lanvalei ; Thomas Basset ; Hugh de 
 Cressi ; Randulf de Glanvill ; Walter de Dunstanvill ; William 
 Basset; and William fitz Radulf.^ 
 Aug 10 '^^^ King and Prince Henry are at York. Williain, King York. 
 
 of Scots, his brother David, and the Bishops, Abbots, and 
 Nobles of Scotland, attend the Court, and do homage to 
 both father and son. 
 
 Roger, Abp of York, and Hugh, Bp of Durham, are spe- 
 cially mentioned as attending the Court at York. 
 
 To this period may be assigned a Royal Charter in favour 
 of St. Clement's Nunnery at York. 
 
 The said Charter is dated at York, and is attested by 
 G. Bp of Ely ; H. Bp of Durham ; John, Dean of Sarum ; Earl 
 
 ' Antiquities of Shropshire, viii. 153-4. - Monasticon, vii. 875. Num. xiv. 
 
 25 
 
194 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY 03? K. HENRY II. 
 
 U75. William de Mandeville : Eicliard de Luci ; Eichard de Tort 
 
 Aug. 10, ^ / ' 
 
 Humetj Constable J William fitz (Adelm), Dapifer; Eanulpli 
 de Glanvill ; Eeginald de Curfcene ; William de Lanvall ; 
 Thomas Basset ; Hugh de Creissi ; and Thomas Bardulf.^ 
 
 While at York the King held Pleas of the Forest.^ 
 
 Perhaps also, while the King was in the North, he expe- 
 dited a Charter to St. Bartholomew's Nunnery at Newcastle- 
 upon-Tyne; attested by William de Mandevill (Earl of 
 Essex) ; Eeginald de Curtnay ; William de Stutevill ; Thomas 
 Bardulf; Eobert de Stutevill; and Eichard Gosfard (pro- 
 bably Giffard).^ 
 C.Aug. 12. In passing southwards from York, perhaps the King 
 
 halted at Stamford. There he ratified an agreement which Stamford. 
 the Monks of Eivaulx had made with the Monks of Malton. 
 Witnesses, William fitz Adelm, Dapifer; John, Dean of 
 Sarum ; and William de Ous.** 
 
 In his journey further south from York, the King was 
 probably at Northampton. There the three Justiciars who Northampton. 
 had attended him in his special curia in Staffordshire and at 
 York, negotiated a fine by Eobert de Nevill, viz. of £30, -pro 
 rehabendd saisind de Uppetona quce fuit Radulfi de Walter- 
 villa,.^ 
 
 Also a Eoyal Charter bears date at Northampton, and is 
 granted at request of Eichard Peche, and Matildis his wife. 
 Witnesses, Geoffry, the King's son ; Hugh de Lacy ; Hugh 
 de Cressi ; William de Lanvall ; Thomas Basset ; Eobert fitz 
 Bernard ; (Gerard ?) de Canvill.^ 
 
 From York the King and Prince went to London. London 
 
 About this time Prince Richard is engaged in the siege of Chatillon in Gruienne, which he takes after 
 a siege of nearly two months, commencing with Midsummer (June 24).? 
 
 ' Monasticon, iv. 325. Num. v. more than fines witli the Crown : one is to com- 
 2 Tlie Forest-Pleas held by the King at York are pound for a charge of false imprisonment • another 
 not entered on the Pipe-Koll of Michaelmas imme- is for a composition of £100 chargeable on the 
 diately following, but on that of Michaelmas, 1176. county of York, pro recordacione duelli ■ another is 
 But the Pipe- Roll of 1175, after duly recounting the an absolute penalty on the Canons of York guia non 
 results of tiie ordinary Assizes, held by William de venerunt ad summonicionem Segis ad Eboracum 
 LanTall and Thomas Basset (who appear to hare (because they had not attended to the Kings sum- 
 visited York while the King was there), contains the mons to York) ; and another is wliere a suitor pays 
 following (in regard to a different kind of judicature 5 merks to transfer his cause into the curia Regis 
 than that at whicli the two Justiciars presided), and (ut habeat placitum suum in curia Regis). 
 which probably took place in a Court of which the ^ Monasticon, ir. 488. Num. ii. 
 King in person was president. — ^ Great Coucher of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 Placita et convenciones per Willielmumfil. Radul- ' Hot. Pipe, 31 Hen. II. 
 
 phi, Bertram de Verdon, et WiUielmum Basset in ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. 106. 
 
 curia Regis, These Placita are apparently nothing ' Castelloneum supra Agiens (Bened. i. 101). 
 
CODET, HOUSE fTOLDj AND ITINERAKY OP K. HENKY II. 
 
 195 
 
 Within inE fiscal teae, ending Michaelmas, 11V5, there were two famous Itinera of Justices. 
 
 The /<er of William de Lauvall and Thomas Basset extended to Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Q-loucester- 
 shire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire ; and to other counties west and south- 
 west of the same. 
 
 The 2<er of Eanulph de Glanvill and Hugh de Cressi extended to Essex, Herefordshire, Bucks, Oxford- 
 shire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Notts, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Cumberland ; and to other 
 counties east and north-east of the same. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1175, TO MICHAELMAS, 1176. 
 U75. Envoys from the King of Connaught find the King at 
 
 c. Sept. 25. TIT-. T 
 
 W mdsor. Windsor 
 
 Oct. 6. On this day the King held a great Council at Windsor/ 
 
 and came to an agreement with the Envoys of Roderick, 
 King of Connaught. The agreement was attested by Richard, 
 Bp of Winchester ; Geoffrey, Bp of Ely ; Laurence, Arch- 
 bishop of Dublin ; Geoffrey, Nicholas, and Roger, King's 
 Chaplains ; William, Earl of Essex ; Richard de Lucy ; 
 Geoffrey de Perohe ; and Reginald de Curteney.^ 
 
 Augustine was appointed Bishop of Waterford, and sent 
 to Ireland.^ 
 
 With reference to the King's visit to Windsor is a charge 
 by the Sheriffs of London on the Pipe-Roll of 1175. — Pro 
 vi tonelUs inusti et iiii tonelUs ruhei vini missi Regi ad Win- 
 dresoras £10. 10s. per breve Regis. M item pro ducendd 
 vasselld et thesauro post Begem per Andream clericum 12s. 
 
 Perhaps the King went from Windsor to London.^ London. 
 
 Oct. 13. Adam, Bishop of St. Asaph, was consecrated at West- 
 minster by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 
 c. Oct. About this time the King visited Marlborough. Hence Maiiborousii. 
 
 on the Pipe-Roll of 11 75 the Sheriff of Hampshire charges 
 pro iiii doliis vini optimi missi Regi apud Merleherg' et pro 
 carriagio eorum lis. per breve Regis. Wine was also sent 
 from Southampton to Marlborough in the year ending- 
 Michaelmas, 1176. 
 
 We have also a Royal Charter, dated at Marlborough, to 
 the Monks of Christ Church, Canterbury. It is attested by 
 R. Bp of Winchester; G. Bp of Ely; J. Bp of Salisbury; 
 Henry, Bp of Baieux ; R. Bp of Bath ; A. Bp of St. Asaph ; 
 
 ' Benedictus, i. 101. Charter, dated at Westminster, and in favour, of 
 
 ' Poedera, vol. i. p. 31. Clerkenwell Nunnery, is attested by Eichard, Bp of 
 
 ' It would seem probable that after the appoint- Winchester ; Gr. Bishop of Ely ; A. Bishop of 
 
 ment of Augustine, and before tliat Prelate left for Waterford ; and Humphrey de Bohun, Constable 
 
 Ireland, the King paid a visit to London. A Eoyal (Monast. iv. 85). 
 
196 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AUD ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1175. Jolin, Dean of Sarum ; Richard de Luci ; Earl Eichard of Mariborongh. 
 Striguil ; William fitz Aldelm, Dapifer ; Gilbert Malefc, 
 Dapifer; Randulf de Glanvill ; and Philip de Hastings.^ 
 c. Oct. Also, about this time the King visited Ludger shall (in Ludgerahaii 
 
 Wiltshire) . A Charter, dated ' apud Lutegareshole,' is in 
 favour of the Norman Abbey of Mont St. Michel. It is at- 
 tested by Josceline, Bishop of Sarum; Henry, Bishop of 
 Baieux; Reginald, Bishop of Bath (enthroned Nov. 24, 
 1174); Earl Hugh Bigot; Earl William of Arundel (ob. 
 Oct. 12, 117G) ; Richard de Humet, Constable; William de 
 Humet, his son; William de Trussebot; William de Stuton 
 (read Stutevill) ; William fitz John; John de Malherbe ; and 
 Ralph fitz Stephen.^ 
 
 About this time too, if not in this very month of October, 
 the King visited Feckenham ^ in Worcestershire. The fol- I'eckeniiam. 
 lowing Charters are dated at that place : — 
 
 (1) Charter giving to Ranulph, Abbot of Buildwas, the 
 Cell of St. Mary's, Dublin, in subjection. Witnesses, 
 Richard de Luci; Earl Richard of Strigoil; William fitz 
 Audelm, Dapifer ; Hugh de Laci; Hughde Longchamp ; Wm. 
 de Stuteville ; Hugh de Creissi ; and William fitz Radulf.* 
 
 (2). Charter confirming William Earl of Gloucester's 
 grants to the Priory of St. James at Bristol. Witnesses, 
 Richard, Bishop of Winchester ; G. Bp of Ely ; Richard de 
 Lucy; Reginald de Courtenay; Hugh de Creissy ; William 
 de Lanvall ; Thomas Basset ; Geoffrey de Perche ; Robert 
 de Stuteville ; William de Stuteville ; Michael Belet ; 
 William fitz Radulph ; William Basset ; and Ralph fitz 
 Stephen, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 (3). Charter to Haughmond Abbey, attested by William 
 fitz Andelm, Dapifer ; Hugh de Laci ; Hugh de Long- 
 champ ; William fitz Radulph ; and William Basset." 
 
 Oct. 27. The Cardinal Huguzon lands in England as Legate. 
 Oct. 30. Archbisliop Richard deposes William de Waterville, Abbot 
 of Peterborough. 
 
 Oct. 31. The King and Prince Henry meet Huguzon at Win- wmctester. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 The King persuaded the Cardinal to allow the prosecution 
 
 1 Cartie AntiquEe, F. T. Pip. 22 Hen. II. Tit. Han ton). 
 
 ^ D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 282. ■* Monast. v. 363. ii. 
 
 ^ Some of tlie King's wine was sent from South- ' Monast. IV. 335. Num. I (corrected.) 
 
 ampton to Feckenham during the current year (Rot, ' Haughmond Cliartulary. Tit. Longmunde. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OP K. HENRY II. 197 
 
 1176. of clerksj accused of forest-trespass, in Courts temporal. Winchester. 
 ■ ■ He also endeavoured to obtain the Papal consent to his 
 divorce from Queen Elianor. 
 
 The said Queen Elianor was a prisoner at the time.— 
 
 In the Pipe- Roll of Michaelmas, 1175, the Sheriffof Wiltshire charges,— /« corredio Eeginoe £128. \ZsM. 
 per breve Regis per testimonium Roberii Malduit. 
 
 Again at Michaelmas, 1176, the same Sheriff charges,— /« corredio liegina: £77 per Ireve Regis et per 
 testimonium Roberti Malduit. Also the Gustos of Winchester charges,— .Ci! Roberto Malduit 56s. ad 
 acquietandum corredium Regince apud JFintoniam per breve Rpgis. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Winchester, is of safe conduct 
 for the Abbots and Monks of St. Michel de Monte, in Nor- 
 mandy. It is attested by Eichard, Bishop of Winchester ; 
 Henry, Bishop of Bay eux; Richard de Humet, Constable; 
 William fitz Andeline, Dapifer ; William de Lanvall.^ 
 
 While at Winchester, and possibly on this occasion, the 
 King expedited a Charter to Whitby Abbey. The witnesses 
 are Richard, Abp of Canterbury; Richard de Luci; Joceline de 
 Luvain ; and Hugh de Cressi.^ 
 c. Nov. From Winchester the King went to Windsor. Windsor. 
 
 Nov. 26. The King being at Eynsham appoints John of Oxford, Eynsham 
 
 Dean of Salisbury, to be Bishop of Norwich. 
 u. Nov. 30. The King was again at Winchester. He there rati- '^i'^'^'i^^'^'-- 
 fies a grant made to William Turpin, his Chamberlain, by 
 Roger, Abbot of Abingdon. Witnesses, G. (it should be J.), 
 Bishop elect of Norwich; Adam, Bishop of St. Asaph; 
 Richard de Luci ; William fitz Aldelm, Dapifer ; and 
 Radulph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 Dec. 14. John of Oxford consecrated Bp of Norwich by Abp Richard, 
 at Lambeth. 
 
 The King and his son Henry keep Christmas at Windsor. 
 Windsor. 
 
 Dec. 25. 
 
 Huguzon is now at York with Archbishop Roger. 
 Dec. 31. The King still probably at Windsor. 
 
 In the above teae died Roger Earl of Clare.'' 
 
 Also Henry, Archbishop of Rheims, brother of Louis VII. He was succeeded in the Primacy of France 
 by William, heretofore Archbishop of Sens, the friend and champion of Becket. 
 
 ' D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 283. seems to be given in some Norman MS., or else to 
 
 ' Cart. Antiq. DC be quoted from Robert de Monte by the Compilers 
 
 ' Historia do Abingdon, ii. 237. of Neustria Pia (p. 478). Usually the year 1173 
 
 ■* This date of the death of Roger, Earl of Clare, is given as that of the Earl's death. 
 
198 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 A.D. 1176. 
 
 Jan. 1. We suppose fclie King to have been still at Windsor, wiadsor. 
 
 „. Jan, About this time, probably, the King visited Shropshire and 
 
 Staffordshire, for the purpose of holding Forest-Pleas. 
 Being at Bridgnorth (Bruges), he confirms the Will of Bridgnorth. 
 Hugh de Periers, bequeathing the reversion of the Manor 
 ofDitton to Wenlock Priory, after the death of Aelicia de 
 Caineto, widow of the said Hugh. The King's Charter is 
 attested by Richard de Luci ; William fitz Andelm, Dapifer ; 
 Reginald de Curtenai ; William de Lanval' ; Robert Mar- 
 mion ; Seeker de Quinci ; Thomas Basset; Wido le Strange ; 
 William fitz Ralph; and Randal Broc.^ 
 
 At the same time the King visited Shrewsbury, and, being Shrewsbury. 
 there, expedited four several Charters to Haughmond Abbey. 
 These are, one or other, or all of them, attested by R. 
 Bishop of Chester ; A. Bishop of St. Asaph ; Richard de 
 Luci ; William fitz Adelm, Dapifer ; Hugh de Laci ; 
 Robert Marmion ; William Malvoisin ; Bertram de Verdon ; 
 Saher de Quinci ; Walter de Dunstanvill ; Gerard de 
 Camvill; William fitz Ralph; and Wido le Strange." 
 
 A Charter by which the King gives Weston to Guy le 
 Strange (he was now Sheriff of Shropshire), certainly passed 
 within a year after Michaelmas, 1175. It may well have 
 passed during his visit to Shropshire. It is attested by 
 Richard de Lucy, Bertram de Verdon, and William 
 fitz Alan ^ (who had livery of his inheritance in June, 
 1175). 
 Jan. 26. The King and Prince Henry held a great Council at Northampton. 
 
 Northampton, whereat several statutes were passed. 
 
 WiUiam, King of Scots, attended this Council, as did 
 several Scottish Bishops, and the Archbishops of Canter- 
 bury and York. A quarrel about the subjection of the 
 Scottish Bishops (whether to York or Canterbury) was the 
 result, and also an appeal to the Pope. 
 
 At this Council of Northampton, the King divided his 
 kingdom into six circuits, and appointed three Justiciars 
 to go on each circuit. 
 
 ' Monastioon, t. p. 73. Note 3. From the Ejton's Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. iii. 330). 
 Sliropshire Pipe- Roll of 1176, it would 'appear that ^ Haughmond Chartulary at Sundorne Castle. 
 
 Hugh do Pirariis died about Christmas, 1175. (See ^ Cartoe Antiquse, Roll E.E, Num. 13, 
 
COURT, HOUSEEOLD, AND ITINEEAET OP K. HENRY II. 199 
 
 jaV^"' '^^^ names and circuits of the Justices appointed at Northampton. 
 
 Northampton were as follows.^ 
 
 1. Hugh de Cressij Walter fltz Eobert, and Robert 
 Mantel, to Norf. Suff. Cambr. Huntingd. Bedf. Bucks. 
 Essex, and Herts. ^ 
 
 2. Hugh de Gundevill, William fitz Radulph, and William 
 Basset, to Line. Notts. Derb. Staff. Warw. Northants, and 
 Leicestershire, 
 
 3. Robert fitz Bernard, Richard Giifard, and Roger fitz 
 Reinfrid, to Kent, Surrey, Hants, Sussex, Oxon. and Berks. 
 
 4. William fitz Stephen, Bertram de Verdun, and Turstan 
 fitz Simon, to Heref. Glouc. Shropsh. and Worcestershire. 
 
 5. Ralph fitz Stephen, William Rufus, and Gilbert 
 Pipard, to Wilts. Dorsetsh. Somerset. Devon, and Cornwall. 
 
 6. Robert de Vaux, Ralph de Glanvile, and Robert Pike- 
 not, to Torksh. Lancash. Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 
 Northumberland.^ 
 
 ..-. Feb. It is probable that the King was about this time at Geddington. 
 
 Geddington (Northamptonshire), and at Woodstock. The Woodstock, 
 following entries on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1176, 
 show those and other places of his sojourn during the year. 
 Southampton. Pro 100 modiis vini quod Alexander de 
 Barentin elegit ad opus Regis £35 per hreve Regis. Et in 
 custamento et cariagio ducendi vinum guod Alexander de Bar- 
 entin ei {scil. Vicecomiti) , dixit ex parte Regis, quod missum (Feckenham) 
 fuit usque ad Feheam {Feclcenham), et ad Nottingham et (GeddTn^'ton/ 
 Gattintune et Wudestohe et Merleberge et Titegrave et Lute- ImtpaTC)"^''^ 
 gareshallet Clarendon £11. 16s. ^d. per breve Regis. [cLrlnion)^ 
 
 Northampton. Pro ducendo thesauro ad Wudestoc' et Gait- 
 enton et London' 7s. per Walerannum et Odonem de Falesia. 
 
 ' It is worth noting that of the Eighteen Justices above list and on the Pipe-Eoll. 
 of this list, exactly one half were Sheriifs of Coun- ' The Pipe-Eoll of 1176, fully bears out the accu- 
 
 ties, viz. — racy of this list. Before Michaelmeis in that year, 
 
 Robert Mantel of Essex and Herts ; Hugh de every county had been visited by the Justices re- 
 
 Gundevill of Northants and Southants ; William spectively nominated to that duty, 
 fitz Ralph of Notts and Derby ; Robert fitz Bernard But it is curious that Gilbert Pipard (who cer- 
 
 of Kent ; William fitz Stephen of Gloucestershire ; tainly went his appointed circuit in the West of 
 
 Bertram deVerdon of Warwicksh. and Leicestersh. ; England) is found on July 10th in the Curia 
 
 WiUiam Rufus of Devonshire ; Robert de Vaux of Megis at Lincoln, where a fine was levied before 
 
 Cumberland ; and Ranulf de Glanvill of Yorkshire Geoffrey Bp of Ely, Nicholas Archdeacon of 
 
 and Westmoreland. Coventry, Gilbert Pipard, then Justices of the 
 
 ^ The Justices of the Circuit (1) also visited Rut- King and other Barons and Lieges (Vespas E. xx. 
 
 land, according to the Pipe-Roll 22 Henry II. fo. 42). The solution is that the fine in question is 
 
 London and Middlesex are omitted both on the misdated. It probably passed in 1179. {Vide infra.) 
 
200 COURTj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF £. HENRt 11. 
 
 1176. Other evidence of the King's being at Geddington, about GedcUngtoa. 
 
 this timOj is a Charter to Tinmouth Priory (Northumber- 
 land), dated apud Gaititon, and attested by R. Bishop of 
 Winchester; Gr. Bp. of Ely; Richard de Luci^ William fitz 
 Adelm, Dapifer ; Alured de St. Martin ; Robert Marmion ; 
 Hugh de Cressy ; Radulph de Glanvill ; and Robert de 
 Stuteville.i 
 
 Another Charter, dated " apvd Gentinton," is to Pipewell 
 Abbey, and is attested by William fitz Aldelm, Dapifer ; 
 Hugh de Cressi ; Hugh de Gundeville ; William de Stute- 
 vill ; Robert de Stutevill ; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamber- 
 lain ; William Basset ; and William fitz Ralph. ^ 
 
 Feb. 24. Cardinal Huguzon, dissatisfied with his reception at West- 
 minster Abbey, suspends the Abbot Walter, from the use of the mitro. 
 
 March i4. A great Council, convened by Huguzon, assembles at 
 
 London. The Archbishops' quarrel about precedence ends Londoa. 
 in a riot ; Geoffry, Bishop of Ely, being accused of taking 
 a leading part therein, is for a season in disgrace with the 
 King. At this time Prince Henry appoints Geoffrey, 
 Provost of Beverley and Archdeacon of York, to be his 
 Chancellor. 
 
 A Royal Charter to Rivaulx Abbey, bears date at West- weatmiDster. 
 minster, and passed, perhaps, at this time. It is attested by 
 Roger, Archbishop of York ; Richard, Bp. of Winchester j 
 Roger, Bp of Worcester ; Hugh, Bp. of Durham ; Robert, 
 Earl of Leicester ; Hameline Earl Warren ; Earl Simon ; 
 Richard de Luci ; Reginald de Curtenai ; and Wm fitz 
 Aldelm, Dapifer.^ 
 
 Prince Henry and his wife now go to Portsmouth, and are waiting at Porchester for a fair wind to cross 
 the channel. The Pipe-Eolls make the following allusions to the young Queen's movements and Court 
 since Michaelmas, 1175. — 
 
 NoETHAMPTON. In corvedio Reginee Junioris 29s. 6d. per breve Megis. 
 
 WiNCHESTEE. 'Et pro iiij ulnis ei dimidid Escarlatm et pro una pend varid ei pelliced et una Sabe- 
 lind et xxxij ulnis linem telce ad opus filial Regis Franci<B contra Pasclia £4 5s. Gd. per breve Regis. jEt 
 pro iii ulnis de Biso ad opus cujusdam Pucri sui 3s. Gd. per idem breve. 
 
 c. Marcii 30. The King comes to Winchester and holds a Council there Winchester. 
 for the purpose of adjusting the Archbishops' quarrel. 
 
 ' Monasticon, iii. p. 314. Num. xi. GlariviU was Earl of Leicester's attestation would incline us to 
 
 Sheriff of Yorkshire at this period. date this deed as later than January, 1177, when he 
 
 ^ Cartse Antiquee, 00. The third, seventh, and was restored to his Honours, but there are other 
 
 eighth witnesses were the three justices appointed to and stronger objections to so late a date. If the 
 
 visit Northamptonshire in this year. Earl was at Court in March, 1176, it was probably 
 
 ^ Great Coucher of the Duchy of Lancaster. The as a prisoner rather than a peer. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBRAET OF K. HEJTEY II. 201 
 
 1176. Geoffreyj Bp of Ely, is present, and dispels the accusation Winchester. 
 ' which lay against him. The King sends for Prince Henry 
 to join him. The latter complies, leaving his wife at Por- 
 chester.i 
 
 April 2. The Princes Richard and Geoffrey land at Southampton. 
 April 3. They join their father at Winchester. 
 
 April 4. The King and his three sons keep Easter-day at Win- Winchester. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 It was perhaps on this occasion that a Royal Charter, dated 
 at Winchester, passed. Thereby the King confirms an agree- 
 ment made between William de Roumare and Burgeise, 
 and Emma, sisters of William Bruere. Witnesses, R. Bp 
 of Winchester ; G. Bp of Ely ; Earl William de Mandeville ; 
 Earl Alberic ; Roger de Stuteville ; and Hugh de Creissi.^ 
 Also a Charter, giving to the Bm-gesses of Preston (Lan- 
 cashire) the same franchises as were enjoyed by the men 
 of Newcastle-under-Lyme, is dated at Winchester, and 
 attested by Geoffrey Bishop of Ely, John Bp of Norwich, 
 Earl William de Mandevill, Ranulf de Glanvill ; Hugh de 
 Creissi ; Ralph fitz Stephen ; Bertram de Verdon ; and 
 Hugh de Laci.^ 
 
 Another Winchester Charter which we more confidently 
 assign to this occasion is a confirmation by K. Henry of a 
 grant made by Conan Comte of Bretagne to the Abbey of 
 Mont St. Michel. The witnesses are, Richard Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, Geoffry Bishop of Ely, John Bishop of Nor- 
 wich; Reginald Bishop of Bath; Bartholomew Bishop of 
 Exeter ; Geoffry fitz Roy, Comte of Bretagne ; Richard de 
 Luci ; Humphrey de Bohun, Constable ; William fitz Ade- 
 line, Dapifer; William de St. John; Ranulf de Glanvill; 
 and William fitz Radulf.* 
 
 The Hampshire Pipe-Roll of this year records a payment 
 of 100 merks to Ralph fitz Stephen in the Camera Regis, 
 and another payment of 40 merks, in camera Regis, per 
 hreve Regis. Also the Winchester Pipe-Roll charges, — In 
 corredio Regis ad Pasclia pro xii muUonihus 12s. per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 ^ So says Benediotus (i. 114). But itis probable opus filice Regis FraneirB eonira Fascliam. 
 
 that the young Queen joined the Court at Win- ^ Duchy of Lancaster muniments, 
 
 cheater before Easter-day. In the Pipe-Roll of the ^ G-reat Coucher of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 year the Gustos of Winchester charges for attire ai, *■ D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 286. 
 
 26 
 
202 
 
 COVlil, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OB K. HENKY II. 
 
 On April 4, 1176, Cardinal Huguzon is said to have been at Canterbury, (it was Easter Sunday). 
 
 April 5. Richard Earl of Strigoil, the conqueror of Ireland, died. The King appointed William 
 fitz Adelm to succeed the Earl officially. 
 
 April 19. Prince Henry joins his wife at Porchester, and embarks for Normandy. 
 
 April 20. They land at Barfleur and proceed to the Court of Louis. 
 
 At this time also, Prince Eichard crossed to Normandy. Hence the following entries on the Pipe- 
 EoU of the year. — 
 
 Southampton. Et in liberacione JSsneccee quando Rex Junior transfretavit ffl. 10s. pet- hreve Hegis. 
 Et m liberacione quatuor navium qua transfretaverunt cum eo scilicet navis Radulfi Vituli et navis 
 Hugonis Palmer et navis Samsonis WasceV et navis Berengerii de Banton £7. 15s. ^er breve Regis. 
 Et item in passagio EsnecccB quando Ricaidus fllius Regis transfretavit £.7. 10s. per breve Regis. Et in 
 liberacione quatuor naiium quce transfretarerunt cum eo £6 per breve Regis. Et item in liberacione unius 
 navis ad portandum thesaurum Regi juniori quod Adam de Tkebitef duxit 40s. per breve Regis. 
 
 May 8. David Fitz Gerald, Bishop of St. David's, died. 
 
 1176. About this time ambassadors from William^ King of (London.) 
 
 Sicily, came to England to ask the hand of the Princess 
 Joan for their Master.^ The Archbishop of Rouen came 
 with them out of Normandy. The Pipe-EoUs refer to this 
 event as follows. — 
 
 HiOHAM (NoETHANTs). M Magistro Waltero de Constantiis 
 Archidiacono de Oxineforde viii marcas ad procurandos 
 nuntios Regis Sicilice, per breve Regis. 
 
 CoENWALL. Et servientihus Bpiscopi Wintonice quater- 
 viginti marcas ad corredia nuntiorum Regis Sicilice, per 
 breve Regis. 
 
 WiNCHBSTEE. Et servieiitibus EpiscopiWintonioi £.Q.l s. \ld. 
 ad procurandos nuntios Regis Sicilice per breve Regis. 
 
 Et Magistro Waltero de Gonstanciis Archidiacono de 
 Oxenford ad procurandos nuntios Regis SicilicB, 8fc. 
 May 25. Tlio King holds a Council at Westminster, and gives a Westminster. 
 
 favourable answer to the Sicilian Ambassadors. Cardinal 
 Huguzon is present. The King appoints four Ambassadors 
 to Sicily, viz., John, Bishop of Norwich ; Paris, Archdeacon 
 of Rochester; Baldwin Buelot (or Beluot) ; and Richard de 
 Camvill. 
 
 Whilst thus at Westminster, the King expedites a Charter, 
 confirming to Alexander de Barentin, his butler, all the 
 property which Alexander had acquiredfrom various sources.^ 
 Witnesses, Richard, 6p of Winchester ; G-eofifrey, Bp of 
 Ely ; John, Bp of Norwich ; Herbert, Archdeacon of 
 
 ' The ambassadors were Elias, elect of Troja ; Camerota (Stubbs's note on Benedict, i. 115). 
 Arnulf, Bishop of Capaccio ; and Plorius de ^ Formulare Anglicanum, p. 47. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 203 
 
 1176. Canterbury : Earl William de Mandevill ; William fitz Westminster. 
 
 c. May. 
 
 Andelm, Dapifer; Gilbert Malet, Dapifer; Reginald de 
 Ciirtenai ; Ricbard de Canvill ; Robert Marmion ; William 
 de Lanvalei ; William Malvoisin ; Thomas Basset ; Geoffrey 
 de Perche ; Gerard de Canvill ; Radiilf fitz Stephen, 
 Chamberlain ; and Eustace, his brother. 
 
 A Charter to Ranulf de Glanvill, dated at Westminster, 
 may well have passed at the same time. It is attested 
 by Richard de Luci, Hugh de Cressi, Robert de Stutevill, 
 Roger de Stutevill, and William de Stutevill.^ 
 
 Again, a Royal Charter, dated at Westminster, confirms, 
 at request of Maurice, son of Geofi"ry de Tiretei, that which 
 the said Maurice had granted to the Church of St. John the 
 Baptist at Wodeham (Woodham-Ferrers, Essex). Witnesses, 
 Gilbert, Bp of London ; Richard, the Treasurer ; Richard 
 de Luci ; Reginald de Curtenai ; William de Lanval ; 
 Thomas Basset ; William de Humet ; Roger fitz Reinfrid ; 
 and Robert Mantel.^ 
 
 Another Charter, also dated at Westminster, is in favour 
 of Earl William de Mandeville, and is attested by Geoffrey, 
 Bishop of Ely ; Richard de Luci, and Ranulf de Glanvill.^ 
 Two Royal Charters to Clerkenwell Nunnery are undated as 
 to place, but probably passed at London, or Westminster, 
 and at this time- One is attested by R. Bp of Winton ; 
 G. Bp of Ely ; Richard de Luci ; Earl William de Mandevill ; 
 Gilbert Malet, Dapifer ; Hugh de Cressi ; William de Lanval] ; 
 and Hugh de Beauchamp.* The other confirms {inter alia) 
 grants of William, Earl Mandeville, and of his father, 
 Geofi'rey. It is attested by G. Bishop of London ; R. Bp 
 of Winchester ; G. Bp. of Ely ; William, Earl of Gloucester ; 
 Richard de Luci; Reginald de Curtenai and Alured.^ 
 
 Another Royal Charter, to the Knights Hospitallers of 
 Clerkenwell, is dated Apud Westminster ad Scaccarium, and 
 is attested by R. Bp of Winchester ; G. Bp of Ely ; and 
 Richard de Luci.'' 
 
 Two Charters, without date, may well have passed at 
 Westminster, and at this period. Both are in favour of 
 Whitby Abbey ( Yorkshire) . Both are attested by Walter 
 
 ' Monastioon, yii. 880. Num. iii. ■* Cartse Antiqua;, 00. 
 
 = Cart. Antiq. G Q. (See also Monast. v. 625, and •• • * Monastieon, iv. 84. Numm. xxii. xxiij. 
 
 vi, 446). ° Carta) Antiquaj, CC. 
 
204 
 
 COUllT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 c Ma'*' ^® Constantiis, Arclideacon of Oxford. The second witness (Westminster.) 
 of one is William, Earl de Mandeville ; of the other, 
 William de Humez.^ 
 
 c. May 31. After the Council of Westminster, but before his Ambas- 
 sadors left England, it is evident that the King visited 
 Winchester, where the Princess Joan was residing. He Winchester, 
 there expedited two Charters to the Abbey of St. Alban's, 
 which have the attestations of Rotroc, Archbishop of Rouen ; 
 Richard, Bp of Winchester ; Richard, Bp of Coventry' ; 
 Richard, Bp of Naumur (probably Nantes) ; Wm. fitz 
 Aldelm, Dapifer; Richard de Camvill; Gilbert Malet, 
 Dapifer ; Alured de St. Martin ; William de Albini ;" Richard 
 de Aufai ^ (elsewhere Alfai) ; and Girarde de Camvill.^ 
 
 The King's Ambassadors, of whom Richard de Camvill 
 and Baldwin Buelot never lived to return, now set out for 
 Sicily.* They reached Panormus about August 5. 
 
 About this time Prince Eioliard wins a battle at Buteville (Botcille 
 in Saintonge) and meets with other successes. 
 
 C.Juno. About this time the King paid a visit to Clarendon. The clarendon. 
 
 Pipe-Roll of the year has the following entries, probably 
 pertinent to the summer quarter. — 
 
 Devonshire. Et in camera Gurioi Radulfo filio Stephani, 
 XXX marcas 'per breve Begis. 
 
 Cornwall. M in camera Regis 154 marcas per breve Regis. 
 
 Hampshire. Et pro vino qiiod Stephanus de Turonis misit 
 Domino Regi ponendo in cellario apud Hantoniam et ducendo 
 apud Clarendon^ et Winton' et London' 67s. 2d. per 
 breve Regis et per visum Magistri Walteri de Insula et 
 Galfridi Monachi junioris. 
 
 ' Monast. i. 413, xiii. & 415, xx. It was now Stuteville as witness of a Koyal Charter to Kings- 
 
 (aocording to Benedictus, i. 116) that the King sent wood (Wiltshire). (Vide Monast. v. 427). 
 
 Bichard, Archbishop of Canterbury, and GeoiTry, * 'I'heir outset is thus marked on the Southampton 
 
 Bishop of Ely, as Ambassadors to Flanders about Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1176. In passagio ArcJde- 
 
 the crusade. But the Pipe-Rolls show that those piscopi BurdigalitB et Jipiscoporum Norwice^isis et 
 
 Ambassadors went many months later. Tlie embassy, Nannetensis et Capiiacensis et Paris (sic) Archidia- 
 
 which came and left in May, 1176, is described coni Itojfensis et Micardi de CanviU, et Baldwini 
 
 with greater probable accuracy in the text beneath jBuelot et Clericorum Domini Legati 105«. per breve 
 
 (see page 205, infra). Megis. Of these, the Bishop of Capuacia was the re- 
 
 ^ Probably the son and apparent heir of that turning ambassador of Sicily ; tlie Archbishop of 
 
 William de Albini, Earl of Arundel, who died in Bourdeaux and the Bishop of Nantes had probably 
 
 October, 1176 {Vide infra, page 208). been in England on some other Embassy ; the Lega- 
 
 ^ Monastieon, ii. 228, xiv. xv. Richard de Aufai tine Clerks, who contemporaneously left England, 
 
 or Alfai appears as Richard de " Ansei " in a nearly v. ere of course those of Cardnial Huguzon, who pro- 
 
 contempoi-ary, but undated deed, wherein he follows bably needed their attendance no longer, or sent 
 
 William fitz Adelim, and precedes William de them with despatches for Rome. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 205 
 
 1176. There was also in this year wine sent from Winchester clarendon. 
 
 June. '^ 
 
 to Clarendon. 
 
 Another proof of the King being at Clarendon about this 
 time is his Charter to Stamford Nunnery (Lincolnsh.) dated 
 at Clarendon, and attested by R. Archbishop of Rouen ; 
 Jordan, Dean of Sarum ; Roger, Chaplain ; Master Osbert 
 de Camera ; Roger le Bigod ; Hugh de Cressei ; Roger de 
 Stutevill ; and Roger (Qy. Reginald ?) de Pavilli.^ 
 
 c. May. Conjccturally at this time tlie arrival of ambassadors from the Court of Flanders and their 
 return home, accompanied by ambass.idors from K. Henry, are indicated by the following charge in the 
 Dover Pipe-EoU 2 of Michaelmas, 1176. — Et in passagio Adoocati de Settond^ et CastcUani de Ciirtrai'* 
 et Walteri de Constanciis Archidlaconi de Oxenford et Eanulfi de Q-lanvill £7. 10*. per breve Regis. 
 
 c: June 20. The feast of the Nativity of John Baptist (June 24.) being near, the Cardinal Huguzou 
 loaves England. 
 
 c. July 1. Prince Henry joins his brotlier Richard, campaigning in Poitou. At Poictiers Henry 
 punishes with ignominy his Vice-Chancellor, Adam de Chirohedune, who had betrayed his affairs to the 
 elder King. 
 
 c. July 15. About this time Earl William de Mandeville and other nobles went on some continental 
 embassy. At Michaelmas the Fermor of Dover charges, — In minutis passagiis Comitis Willielmi et aliorum 
 Baromtm qui transfretaverunt cum eo per preceptum Regis £6. \Qs. per breve Regis. 
 
 c. July 15. The Cardinal Vivian, appointed Legate to Scotland and Ireland, lands in England. 
 
 July 22. Vivian, reaching Northampton, is stopped by the Bishops of Winchester and Ely, the Eing 
 being enraged at his landing in England without license of the Crown. He agrees to certain stipulations 
 of the King, and then is allowed to pi'oceed north.wards. 
 
 Aug. 15. This is the date given for another Council at Winchester, Winchester, 
 
 whereat the subjects of discussion were the recent quarrel 
 of the Archbishops and the Princess Joan's marriage. 
 
 Probably it was now that Peter de Lee, Prior of Wenlock, 
 was elected Bishop of St. David's by the Canons of that 
 Church, and in the King's chamber at Winchester.^ 
 
 August 23. Tliis is the date of a letter written by the King of Sicily to K. Henry. It is probable 
 that the Bp of Norwich left Panorinus therewith and sailed to Saint Gilles (at the mouth of the Rhone), 
 there to await the arrival of the Princess Joan. 
 
 About this time Prince Richard is successful in subduing the rebels of Angouleme. 
 
 ' Monasticon, iv. 261. Num. v. — We know of no of some months; and perhaps on the same subject 
 
 other visit to England, made by Rotrou de New- (de quo vide infra, p. 210). Our idea is that Bene- 
 
 burgh, Abp of Rouen, except this in connection with dietus has transposed the two. 
 
 the Sicilian marriage. The Newburghs were akin ^ " Robert V. of Bethune, Advocate of Arras " 
 
 to the royal family of Sicily (supra, p. 106). (says Professor Stubbs). 
 
 Jordan, Dean of Sarum, succeeded John of Oxford ''"Roger, Castellan of Courtrai at this time" 
 
 in tliat preferment. (says the same authority) . 
 
 ^ The entry precedes that relating to tlie depar- * Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 117. 
 
 ture of Huguzon in June. It is very singular that Hence, on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1176, 
 
 Benedictus (i. 133, 136) says that embassies, con- the Warden of Dover charges, — Et in passagio 
 
 stituted precisely as the above, arrived at and left Hugonis Legaii, 70s. per brere Regis. 
 tlie Council of Northampton in January, 1177. We " The Cardinal left on July 3rd," says another 
 
 may conclude that there were two exchanges of nego- autliority. 
 tiation between England and Flanders at an interval " Anglia Sacra, ii. 536. 
 
206 
 
 CODRT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP IC. HENUY II. 
 
 A "^27 ^"^ *^^^ ^^y (according to Matthew Paris) the King (Noimandy?) 
 
 crossed to Normandy, but this is probably a mistake. 
 
 It was the same day on wliioh, according to Diceto, the Princess Joan left England for Sicily ; but that 
 IS also a mistake, for it is certain that the Bishop of Ely, who went with her, was in England two days later 
 August 29), and then came to an agreement with the Order of Templars.' 
 
 u. Sept. 8. This is the date given by Gervase and Bromton for the departure of the Princess, her outfit 
 and suite having been provided by the care of Richard, Bp of Winchester. Tlie Pipe-Eolls illustrate 
 the event as follows. — 
 
 WiNCHESTEB. Et pro xl ulnis de Canevaz tinguendis ad Cameram Regis et aliis minutis apparaUhus 
 quando filia Regis ivit in Siciliam iis. per hreve Regis. 
 
 SotTTHAMPTON. Item in liberacione esneccm quando fdia Regis transfretavit iiura in Siciliam £7 . lOs. 
 per breve Regis. lEt in liberacione vii navium quce cum ed transfretaverimt £10. 13«. per breve Regis. 
 
 The Princess Joan's escort consisted, in the first instance, of Richard, Abp of Canterbury; Kotroe, 
 Abp of Rouen ; Geoffrey, Bp of Ely ; Earl Hameline, of Warren (her uncle) ; Giles, Bp of Evreux ; 
 Henry, Bp of Baieux; Hugh de Beauohamp, Osbert de Camera, and Geoffrey de la, Charre. The Princes, 
 Henry and Richard, were enjoined to insure her safe conduct through Normandy and Poitou. 
 
 Sept. 21. rpj^g King, still at Winchester, grants a pardon to certain Winchester, 
 
 state-prisoners who had been sent over by his sons from 
 Angouleme. 
 
 Sept. 28. The King holds a Court at Windsor. William, Earl of ^'iadsor. 
 
 Gloucester, attends, and makes Prince John his heir. 
 
 At the same time, in consequence of the death of William 
 de Courci, SeneschaJ, or Chief -Justice of Normandy, the 
 King sends Richard, Bishop of Winchester, to discharge 
 that office. Hence, on the Pipe-Roll of 1176, we have the 
 Fermor of Southampton charging, — In passaffio^ Episcopi 
 Wintonice et Simonis de Turnehu et Adam de Yhehuef et 
 eorum qui cicm Episc.opo transfretaverimt £6. 18d. 
 
 At this time the King seizes upon Richard ^de Ijucy's 
 Castle of Angra (Ongar, Essex), and on other castles through- 
 out England, some of which are destroyed. 
 
 An entet on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1176, relates to Queen Elianok, and probably indicates, 
 her imprisonment at Winchester. — 
 
 The Fermor of that city charges, — Et Roberto Mauduit 56i. ad acquietanda corredia Reginm apud 
 Wintoniam. 
 
 ' New Monasticon, volume i. page 485. 
 
 2 A MATTER WORTH NOTING ill tlie rccords of the year now ended is the number of Ejijiassies or Missions 
 which (beside the important ones already mentioned and dated) tlie King sent over-sea. Tlie Fermor of 
 Southampton cliarges the Crowji at Michaclma!<, 1176, for the following vessels cliartered from that 
 Port. — A ship for the use of Hugli de Gressi, Peter fltz Wido, and Alured de St. Martin. Two ships for 
 the use of Geoffry Monk and Radulf de Hispania. One sliip for Jordan de Humez. One ship for Peter 
 de Lardario, Ralph Frasier, and other King's messengers. One ship for the wife of John de Solignei. 
 One ship for Richard de Humet (the Constable of Normandy) . One ship for Wido de Lanvall. One 
 for William de Solariis. One ship for Robert de Briucm-t. One ship for Robert Marmion. — Besides 
 what are termed minuta passagia, that is unimportant freights, and wliieh cost £4. 13s. in the whole. 
 
COURT, UOUSEHOLD, AND ITINKEAEY OP E. HENEY II. 207 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of the year, ending Michaelmas, 1176, is full of matter, Oueial, 
 Fiscal, and Judicial. 
 
 It was the year in which the King in person traversed the kingdom, holding 
 everywhere a Forest-Court, and amercing all those who in the recent disturb- 
 ances had trespassed on his forests. We may safely conclude that every county 
 under which the said Roll gives a list, entitled Misericordia Regis pro Foresta, 
 was so visited by the King within the previous fifteen, if not the previous twelve 
 months. 
 
 Of the said counties there are four (viz., Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, York- 
 shire, and Northamptonshire), which it is supposable that the King may have 
 visited in this relation previous to Michaelmas, 1175, though the penalties 
 inflicted at such visitation are not recorded till Michaelmas, 1176. 
 
 Again, in the year ending Michaelmas, 1 1 76, we can trace the King's course 
 through several counties on evidence parallel with that of the Pipe-Rolls. These 
 counties are Berkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, 
 and Shropshire. We may safely add to the list other counties, the King's 
 presence in which is only evidenced by his Misericordia pro Forestd recorded on 
 the Pipe-Roll. The latter counties are those of Essex, Herts, Bucks, Bedford, 
 Cambridge, Huntingdon, Rutland, Derby, Warwick, Leicester, Lincoln, Hereford, 
 Gloucester, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Surrey; while the amercements re- 
 corded under Kent and Sussex were not due to a visitation of the King, but had 
 been transferred from other counties. 
 
 Again, in this year (117G), under Wiltshire, there are entries entitled. Nova 
 Flacita et Novce Gonvenciones in Guria Regis. This indicates that, sometime 
 during the year, the King presided over a Curia in Wiltshire, distinct from any 
 Forest-Court, and distinct from any such Court as was held by Itinerant Justices. 
 
 And as to the CiBCnixs op the Justices, it appears that the Justices nominated at Northampton in 
 January, had discharged their respective Itinera nearly according to the programme ah-eady set fortli.' 
 The lists of their amercements, combined with those inflicted by the King for his forest, swell the Pipe- 
 KoU of 1176 to unusual dimensions. 
 
 Quitting now the subject of the administration of the law, by the King or his agents, we observe that 
 the Pipe-KoU of this year (1176) furnishes us with materials for estimating the extent of another source 
 of Koyal Eevenue, and with a list of persons, not necessarily SherifTs, who were entrusted with the ferm, 
 custody, or wardenry, of boroughs, or of vacant ecclesiastical fiefs, or of what were more generally termed, 
 The King's Demesnes and Escheats. In the said year the following ferms or escheats were ac- 
 counted of at the Exchequer, and by the following Trustees ; viz. — 
 
 Dover, by Robert fitz Bernard ; Mienes, by Eichard de Humez ; Boseham, by Geoffrey de Boseham; 
 Windsor, by Kichard de Luci ; Tiekhill, by Robert Pikenot ; Lincoln City, by Warner fitz Turstin ; 
 
 ' The exceptions are (1) that Kutlandshire was circuits respectively ; (3) that Lancashire, West- 
 visited as in the second, or Lincolnshire, Circuit ; moreland, and Cumberland do not appear to have 
 (2) that Surrey was not included in the third been visited at all ; and (4) that the visitation of 
 circuit, but was visited abnormally by Robert Essex and Hertfordshire seems to have taken place 
 Mantel and William fitz Eadulf, who belonged to, after Michaelmas, so as not to have been enrolled 
 and discharged their duties on, the first and second tiU the following year (or 23 Hen. II.). 
 
208 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITXNEEAEY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 Gloucester Borough, by Osmund ProTost ; Oxford, by Bartholomew de Glanvill ; Winchester City, by 
 Hugh de G-undevill : Southampton, by Robert de St. Laurence ; tlie Mines of Carlisle, by William fitz 
 Grenbald ; the Honor of Wilham de Curci, by Wm. Puher and Hugo Pincerna ; the lands of Earl 
 Richard, in Devonshire, by William fitz Stephen ; the ferm of Wicumb, in the Honor of Wallingford, by 
 Thomas Basset ; the Honor of William Peverel, by William fitz Ralph ; the Honor of Earl Conan, by 
 Ranulf de Glanvill ; the Honor of Eye, by Gcoffry, Bishop of Ely ; the Abbey of Thorney, by Rob de 
 Jakesley. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1176, TO MICHAELMAS, 1177. 
 
 Sop.\T* '^^® King may be supposed to have been still at Windsor. Windsor. 
 
 c. Oct. 9. The King visits Peckenham (Worcestershire). William, p^^j^gnham. 
 
 King of Scots, meets him there, bringing Gilbert fitz 
 Fergus, who had slain his brother Uctred, King William's 
 relation {cognatum). 
 
 Perhaps King Henry was also at Kinver (Staffordshire) Ki,„er. 
 about this time. A very late entry on the Winchester Pipe- 
 Roll of 1176 is a charge of 22s. in custamento ducendi 
 Willielmum de Berewich a Wintonid ad Kenefaram} 
 
 Oct. 12. Wilham de Albini, Earl of Arundel, dies at Waverley, 
 and is buried at Wymundham on the 19th. 
 
 Oct. 17. The Church at Cirencester is consecrated by Bartholomew, Cirencester. 
 
 Bishop of Exeter, the King attending. 
 
 Nov. 7. Peter, Bishop of St. David's, having made due profession to the Church of Canterbury, is con- 
 secrated there. Tlie Archbishop being absent, the Bishop of London (as Dean of Canterbury) ^ officiates 
 as his Vicar. Walter, Bp of Rochester, and Roger, Bishop of Worcester, attend. 
 
 Nov. 9. The Princess Joan leaves St. GUles for Sicily. The Abp of Canterbury, and the Bps of Ely 
 and Norwich, with some others of her suit, set out for England. The Bishops of Evreux and Baieux, 
 Hugh de Beauchamp, Osbert de Camera, and Geofirey de la Cliarre continue their attendance. 
 
 Not. 13. The King and his Court are at Westminster. Various Westmmater. 
 
 foreign Ambassadors are in attendance, viz. from Constanti- 
 nople, from Castile, Navarre, and Saxony, from the Emperor 
 of Germany, the Archbishop of Rheims, and the Comte of 
 Flanders. The Pipe-Roll of 1177 contains some illustration 
 of this : e.g. 
 
 BosEHAM. Pro una navi ad passagium nuntiorum Regis Navarrm 4Gs. per breve Regis. Et in passagio 
 nuntiorum Regis Castcllce 50«. per hrcve Regis. 
 
 ' The Bishop of London was ex-officio Dean of 2 If the King visited Kinver, as supposed, then 
 
 Canterbury, a matter not noticed by Hardy in his this is perhaps another instance of the Pipe-Roll 
 
 Fasti. It was this condition of things that brought of a given fiscal year containing a Post-Michaelmas 
 
 Archbishop Becket, when in exile, into such con- entry. (We have noticed this elsewhere in the 
 
 stant collision with his Dean, viz., Foliot, Bishop present work, and may refer also to Antiquities of 
 
 of London. Shropshire, ix. p. 42 ; xi. 160 n.). 
 
COaET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENBY II. 209 
 
 ScEEE?. Et Galfrido de Saia xi. marcas ad adquietanda vadia nuutiorum Imperatoris Constantino- 
 politani per hreve Regis. 
 
 DoTEE. Et in procuracione Nunciorum Imperatoris Constantinopolitani 5s. hd. per hreve Regis. 
 
 c. Nov. 25. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Ely reached England, before Advent (Nov. 
 28), says Benedictus.' 
 
 Dec. 24. The Cardinal Vivian, having discharged his legatine duties in Scotland, embarked at Witern 
 (in Galloway), for the Isle of Man. 
 
 Dec. 24. The King is at Nottingham. John, Bishop of Norwich, Nottingiiam. 
 
 reaches the Court on this day, returning from St. Gilles. 
 Deo. 25. The King and his two younger sons. Princes Geoffrey 
 
 and John, keep Christmas at Nottingham. 
 
 Young Henry and his Queen are at Argentan. 
 Prince Richard is at Bourdeaux. 
 
 A Royal Charter to Lenton Priory, in Nottinghamshire, 
 bears date at Nottingham, and has a testing- clause of very 
 remarkable relevance to this occasion. It is attested by 
 John Bishop of Norwich ; G. son of the King f Eandulf de 
 Glanvill; Hugh de Creissi; Geoffrey de Perche ; Robert de 
 Stuteville ; William fitz Ralph ; and Ralph fitz Stephen, 
 Chamberlain.^ 
 
 Some writers give the ahove year as that in which K. Henry 
 gave Ireland to his son John, and married his dauglder, 
 Elianor, to the King of Castile. 
 
 A.D. 1177. 
 1177. The King probably at Nottingham. Nottingham. 
 
 Jan. 1. 
 
 Jan. 6. The Cardinal Vivian leaves the Isle of Man for Ireland. After landing, he meets John de Courci 
 at the head of an army going to besiege Dun. WUham fitz Adelm (now in ofGce as Viceroy of Ireland) had 
 prohibited De Couroi's proceeding. 
 
 In this month an Assize, or Trial, wherein William, Dean of Bayeux, was a party, was taken at Caen 
 before Richard, Bisliop of Winchester, Simon de Turnebu, Robert Marmion, and Wdliam de Glanvill 
 (evidently acting as Justiciars of the King). Their assessors appear to have been Henry, Bp of Bayeux 
 Arnulf, Bp of Liseux ; Richard, Bp of Coutances ; Stephen, Abbot of St. Severe ; Richard de Humet, 
 Jordan Taisson, Fulk Paganell, Wm. de Ferrars, Wm. de Solers, Roger d'Arry, Hamo Piucerna, Ran. de 
 Grandwal, Jordan de Landa, Simon de Tenchebray, and Robert de Agnellis.'' 
 
 c. Jan. 15. The King holds a great Council at Northampton. Robert, Northampton. 
 Earl of Leicester, and Hugh, Earl of Chester, are restored 
 in blood and honours. William de Albini, son and heir of 
 
 'John Bromtou says that these Prelates came < D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. p. 50. The Assize is said 
 
 later, that is after December 2i, and the arrival of to have been taken in January, 1176 ; but the year 
 
 John, Bishop of Norwich. 11V7 must be understood, the new year in this in- 
 
 ^ Geoffrey, Bishop-Elect of Lincoln. stance having been taken to commence on March 25, 
 
 ' CartsB Antiquse, T. or else at Easter. 
 
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210 COUKT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENKT II. 
 
 1177. the late Earl of Arundel, is created Earl of Sussex.^ Guy, Northampton. 
 
 c. Jan. 15. . . . 
 
 Dean of the Church of Waltham, resigns that dignity, and 
 the King appoints Walter de Gaunt, first Abbot of the new 
 foundation of Waltham Abbey. The Comte of Flanders 
 sent an embassy to this Council, touching the marriage of 
 his iiieces, the daughters of Matthew, late Comte of Boulogne, 
 and touching a certain agreement with regard to the Crusade 
 which the Abp of Canterbury and Bp of Ely (who we know 
 had come home from Saint Gilles) had made with him.^ 
 
 In connection, perhaps with the King^s visit to North- 
 amptonshire, is the following charge by the Fermor of 
 Peterborough Abbey, on the Pipe-Eoll of 1111 ,—Et Badulfo 
 filio Stephani in camera Gurioi £40 per breve Regis. Et in cor- 
 redio Johannis filii Regis £4. 6s. 8d. per breve Regis. Etpro 
 ij palofridis ad opics ejusdem Johannis 52s. per breve Regis. 
 
 It was doubtless at this Council of Northampton that the 
 following Charters, there dated, passed. — 
 
 (!) Charter confirming to Thomas, son of Eobert fitz 
 Noel, the several grants of Richard, Bp of Coventry ; Lau- 
 rence, Prior of Coventry ; Anselm, Abbot of St. Edmund- 
 bury ; and Robert de Stafford. Witnesses, G. Bp of London 
 G. Bp of Ely; John, Bp. of Norwich; Hugh, Chaplain 
 Earl William de Mandevil ; Hugh, Earl of Chester ; Richard 
 Earl of Clare ; William de Aubini ; ^ Randulf de Glanvill 
 Bertram de Verdon ; Geoffrey de Feu (?) ; Wide le Strange 
 and William fitz Ralph. "* 
 
 (2) Charter to the Order of Lepers of St. Lazarus of Jeru- 
 salem. Witnesses, Geoffrey, the King's son ; William, Earl 
 of Albemai'le ; Walter fitz Robert, Hugh de Creissi, William 
 de Lanval, Thomas Basset, Roger de Stuteville, William de 
 Stutevillj and Gerard de Oamvill.' 
 
 ' The Honour, and, presumptively, the Earldom of Embassy were those whom Beuedictus has repre- 
 Arundel, were never allowed to this Earl in Henry sented as responding to the former one. The entry 
 II.'s lifetime. The Earl is usually entitled as 'of on the Pipe Eoll is as follows. DonEA. Ht in pas- 
 Sussex,' or as ' of Chichester.' sa^io Ricardi Archiepiscopi, et 0. Elyensis Episcopi 
 
 ^ The Earl of Elanders' Ambassadors were the et Comitis Willielmi de Mandevill ad Comitem 
 
 Advocate of Bethune and the Castellan of Courtrai. Flaiidrim £14. 4s. per hreve Begis. 
 
 So says Benedictus (Stubbs, i. 133). — And, vice vers/i, the Ambassadors described by 
 
 The King's answer to the Earl was despatched by Benedictus as coming and returning in January, 
 
 hand of Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, Keeper of 1177, came and returned in or about May, 1176 
 
 the Seal (SigiUiferi), and Ranulf de Glanvill. So (supra, p. 205). 
 
 says Benedictus (Stubbs, i. 136); but Benedictus ^ Probably the Earl of Sussex, but without hia dig- 
 has confused this embassy with that of May, 1176. nity yet recognised. 
 
 The Pipe-Boll of Michaelmas, 1177, clearly proves ■• Dodsworth's MSS. vol. 130, fo. 119 b. 
 
 that the persons who responded to this Flandriau * Cartas Antiquae, K K. (corrected) and C, 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAET OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 211 
 
 1177. 
 Jan. 20. 
 
 Feb. 2. 
 
 Feb. 22. 
 
 The King is at Windsor, and sends Richard, Abp of Can- Windsor. 
 terbury ; Geoffrey, Bp of Ely ; and Gilbert, Bp of London, 
 as Commissioners to Waltham Abbey. He also sends Bar- 
 tholomew, Bishop of Exeter, and Roger, Bp of Worcester, 
 to Amesbury, whence the Convent of Nuns was to be expelled. 
 
 The King is at Marlborough. There he issues a summons Marlborough, 
 to all the Prelates of the realm to meet him in Council at 
 London, on March 13 following. 
 
 Feb. 13. Tlie Princess Joan was married, and was crowned Queen of Sicily at Panormus. Giles, Bp of 
 Evreux ; Henry, Bp of Baieux,' Hugh de Beauchamp, Osbert de Camera, and G-eoffrey de la Charre 
 waited in Sicily to witness the ceremony. They then returned home, and reached England before Ascen- 
 sion-day (June 2). 
 
 The King is at Winchester. He issues a summons to the Winchester, 
 army of Normandy to muster on the octaves of the close of 
 Easter {i.e. May 8). 
 
 The King being at Windsor, and Hugh Bigot, Earl of Windsor. 
 Norfolk, having died in Palestine, Roger Bigot, his son, 
 comes to Court concerning some dispute which he had with 
 his step-mother, the late Earl's widow.^ 
 
 The King is at Windsor. The Ambassadors of Sanctius, 
 King of Navarre, and Alfonso, King of Castile, reach the 
 Court. 
 
 The King holds a great Council at London, and there London. 
 makes arbitration of the various matters which were in dis- 
 pute between the aforesaid Spanish potentates. The King's 
 award was dated at Westminster, and attested by Richard, Westminster. 
 Abp of Canterbury ; Hugh, Bp of Durham ; Geoffrey, Bp of 
 Ely ; Roger, Bp of Worcester ; Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; 
 Gilbert, Bp of London ; Walter, Bp of Rochester ; Reginald, 
 Bp of Bath ; John, Bp of Norwich ; John, Bp of Chichester ; 
 Robert, Bp of Hereford ; the Bp of St. David's (Peter) ; 
 Adam, Bp of St. Asaph ; the Bishop of Bangor ;^ Christian, 
 Bp of Whitherne {Gandidoi Gasm) ; Geoffrey fitz Roy, Comte 
 
 March 9, 
 
 March 13. 
 
 ' There must be a mistake about the Bishop of 
 Bayeux. Either he was not in the Curia at Bayeux 
 in January, 1177, or he was not in Sicily on Feb. 13, 
 1177. The first negative is the most supposable. 
 
 ^ Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 143, 144.— where it is 
 said that Earl Hugh Bigot died in 1177, ante caput 
 jgunii (before March 9). But the Earl died in 
 Palestine, according to other authority. If so, and 
 the news reached Windsor before March 9, the Earl 
 must have died in 1176. The allusion of Benedictus 
 
 to the dispute between Roger Bigot and his step- 
 mother is but a glance at a very extraordinary gene- 
 alogical problem, which, however, is beyond the 
 scope of our present undertaking. 
 
 ^ It should be the Sishop-elect of Bangor. His 
 name was Guy. 
 
 Eoger, Abp of York, excused his atienaance on 
 the plea of infirmity. The Bishops of Chester and 
 Salisbury were unable to attend. Richard, Bp of 
 Winchester was, we know, in Normandy. 
 
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 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1177. of Bretas'iie ; Wm. Barl of Albemarle; Robert, Earl of Westminster. 
 
 March 13. ^ . ° ' ' ' 
 
 Leicester; Wm. de Mandevill, Earl of Essex ; William, Earl 
 of Gloucester ; William de Arundel, Earl of Sussex ; the 
 Earls of Chester and Ferrers ; Richard de Luci ; William de 
 Vesci J Odonell d'Umfravill ; Robert de Vaux ; Roger de 
 Mowbray ; Robert de Stutevill ; Philip de Kime ; and Roger 
 Bigot.i 
 
 While the Court was in London, a brother of the Earl De 
 Ferrers was murdered in his lodgings by certain citizens. 
 
 It was now, probably, that the King, by a Charter dated 
 at Westminster, confirmed an agreement, between G. Bp of 
 Ely, and Richard de Hastings, Master of the English 
 Knights-Templars. Witnesses, G. Bp of London ; Richard, 
 the (King's) Treasurer; Geoffrey fitz Roy, Comte of Bre- 
 tagne ; Richard de Luci ; William de Vesci ; Hugh de 
 Gundevill ; Hugh de Cressi ; Bertram de Verdon ; and 
 Ralph fitz Stephen.^ 
 
 c. March20. The King was at Marlborough. Thence he sends Am- Marlborough, 
 bassadors to Spain, viz. John Comyn, Bertram de Verdon, 
 and Robert of Shrewsbury. On the Pipe-Roll of 1177, the 
 Sheriff of Wiltshire charges, — In camerd Gurice xl marcas per 
 breve Regis. It appears also that treasure was despatched (clarendon). 
 to Clarendon during the year. 
 
 A Charter to Kenilworth Priory, dated at Marlborough, Marlborough, 
 is attested by Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; Geoffry, the 
 King's son ; Geoffry de Perche ; Richard de Vernon ; and 
 Bertram de Verdon.' 
 
 April 17. The King keeps Palm Sunday at Reading. He hears that Reading, 
 
 the Comte of Flanders is at Witsand, intending to cross, and 
 visit the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury. 
 
 It was perhaps on this occasion that the King expedited 
 a Charter to the Abbey of Mellifont. It is dated at Reading, 
 and attested by Ralph, Treasurer of (the Church of) St. 
 Hilaire at Poitiers; Earl William de Mandevill; Earl Hameline 
 of Warren ; Gilbert Malet, Dapifer ; Hugh de Laci ; William 
 Malvoisin ; Reginald de Pavilli ; Gerard de Camvill ; Ralph 
 fitz Stephen, Chamberlain; and Eustace his brother.* 
 April 20. Philip, Comte of Flanders, lands at Dover, and proceeds to Canterbury. 
 
 ' The last eight witnesses are styled of baronial ^ Monasticon, i. 485. Num. xiv. 
 
 rank {de Baronibus AnglitB). It is singular that five ^ Cartse Antiquse, U. U. 
 
 of the eight should be North-country men. ■" Cartee Antiquse, P. 
 
COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKAEY OF K. HENRY II. 213 
 
 AprU^L The King, tlie Comte of Flanders, and William, Earl Canterbury. 
 
 Mandeville, are at Canterbury, the Comte and Earl with a 
 joint intention of going on a Crusade. The King offers a 
 ChaTter (dated at Marlborough)ion the tomb of Becket. 
 
 April 21, Thuraday. (In the evening of Ccena Domini.) Battle of Malamort, near a place called Baufort 
 between BriTCs and Malamort (in the Limousin), wherein Gerald, Bishop of Limoges ; Isembert, 
 Abbot of St. Martial (Limoges) ; Ademar V., Vicomte of Limoges ; Archambald, Vicomte of Comborn ; 
 Oliver de Turribus, and Eschivard de Chapanes, defeat and slay 2000 Brahansons^ (Brabantines, serving 
 probably against K. Henry's cause). 
 
 April 22. The King is at Dover keeping G ood-Friday. Dover. 
 
 April 23, ii. The King goes to Wick,^ and so passes Easter Day wiek fvvye ?) 
 
 (April 24) in the diocese of Canterbury. The Archbishop 
 
 attends the Court, and celebrates mass. 
 <,-. April 26. The King goes to London. London 
 
 May 1. The King is at St. Edmundbury on Sunday in the close of stEdmundbury 
 
 Easter. 
 May 3. The King is at Ely. Roger, Abp of York ; Reginald, Bp £iy- 
 
 of Bath; John, Bp of Norwich; and Adam, Bishop of St. 
 
 Asaph, meet him, and confer on the state of the realm. 
 
 The King, at Gayton, receives the homage of certain Gayton (i c 
 
 Welshmen. Qeddingto-). 
 
 , May 4. 
 
 About this time William de Mandevile, Earl of Essex, Henry de Lacy,"* 
 Eobert Pirdu (or Pirou), a Templar, and other English, join the Comte of 
 Flanders in a Crusade. 
 
 o. May 8. From Gayton the King, with the Abp of York, and 
 
 Bishops of Bath, St. Asaph, and Norwich, goes to Windsor, Windsor, 
 where he is met by the Barons {cum equis et armis), ready 
 to perform military service of what kind soever the King 
 might direct.* The King, on this occasion, redisposed of 
 many Castles throughout the kingdom. Allerton Castle 
 was destroyed, its builder, the Bishop of Durham, com- 
 pounding for his inactivity in the late civil-war by payment 
 of 1000 merks. The Earl of Chester has all his castles in 
 
 ' Whereas the King had been at Marlborough we think) in Surrey, 
 about a month before, one might be led to think that ■• Benedictus (according to one MS.) names Hvgli 
 
 the Charter had passed on that occasion. But the de Lacy as the Crusader. It is clearly incorrect, 
 
 internal evidence of the Deed itself proves it to have Henry de Lacy died, it was supposed, in Palestine, 
 
 passed about Oct. 1175 {vide supra, pp. 195-6). The day of his obit, was Sept. 25. The place of his 
 
 ^ G-all. Script, xii. sepulture unknown. The year (unrecorded) will 
 
 ^ Benedictus writes the place Wi, or Wie, in dif- have been 1177. 
 ferent MSS. We understand it to be Wye in Kent, ' The summonses for the army of Normandy 
 
 about 20 miles N. W. of Dover, and 10 mUes S.W. of were returnable on May 8. It would seem as if that 
 
 Canterbury. One authority places it (erroneously, muster had"been now postponed to June 2nd. 
 
214 
 
 CODETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY 11. 
 
 1177. Normandy and England restored, the King requiring him Windsor, 
 to go to Ireland for the conquest thereof, for the behoof of 
 Prince John. The King entrusts Roxburgh Castle to 
 William de Stutevill ; Edinburgh Castle {Castellum pttel- 
 larum) to Roger de Stuteville ; Norham Castle to William 
 de Neville ; Scarborough Castle to Roger, Abp of York ; 
 Berwick Castle to Geoffrey de Neville ; and Durham Castle 
 to Roger de Comers (Q^ Coniers) .^ 
 
 The King holds a great Council at Oxford, whereat, by Oxford, 
 the authority of Pope Alexander, he constitutes his son, 
 John, King of Ireland. Rese ap Griffin, Priuce of S. Wales ; 
 David ap Owen, Prince of N. Wales; Cadwallon, Prince of 
 Delvain (Dynmael, Denbighshire) ; Owen de Kevelioc, and 
 Griffin de Bromfield (Priaces of Powys) ; and Madoc ap 
 Gervetrog,^ attend at Oxford and do fealty to the King. 
 
 c. May. The King now gives Meath for 100 knights'-fees to Hugh 
 
 de Lacy ; Cork (except the town) to Robert fitz Stephen and 
 Milo de Cogham, for 60 fees ; ^ Limerick (except the town) 
 to Hei'bert fitz Herbert, to William,* brother of Earl Regi- 
 nald, and to Joel de Pomerai, their nephew, for 60 fees 
 Wexford city to William fitz Adeline, his Dapifer, as Gustos , 
 Waterford city to Robert le Poor, his Marshal, as Gustos 
 and Dublin to Hugh de Lacy, as Gustos. 
 
 It was doubtless on this occasion, that a Royal Charter, 
 dated at Oxford, was granted to the Priory of St. Thomas at 
 Dublin.^ It is attested by William fitz Adelm, Reginald de 
 Courtenay, Hugh de Lacy, Thomas Basset, and Robert le 
 Peer. 
 
 May 22. The King, accompanied by Richard, Abp of Canterbury ; AmesUury., 
 
 Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; John, Bp of Norwich ; Regi- 
 
 ' Horeden, 323-b. Benedictus is silent about Miles de Cogan the kingdom of Cork (except the city 
 
 Durham Castle. He names Koger de Cuneriis and the Hostman's Cantred, of which the grantees 
 
 (Conyers) as the displaced Castellan of Norham. are to have custody during the King's pleasure) ; to 
 
 ' Benedictus has this name as Madaciis (or Mad- hold under tlie King and his son John, and their 
 
 docus) films Oervet Chone. The individual was heirs, by service of 30 knights from each grantee, 
 
 doubtless Madoc, eldest son of Gervase Goch, third Witnesses, Bishops John of Norwich, Adam of St. 
 
 son of Meredyth ap Blethyn, Prince of Powis. Of Asaph, and Augustine of Waterford ; Richard de 
 
 him, and his descent, and how his family were the Luci ; William fitz Aldeline, Dapifer ; Hugh de 
 
 liereditary interpreters (Latimarii) between the Lacy ; Hugh de Barid (?) ; Eoger fitz Eeinfrid ; 
 
 Kings of England and Princes of Wales, more may Maurice de Prendergast; Robert Dene (?); Robert 
 
 be seen in the Antiquities of Shropshire (vol. ii. pp. fitz Eliodere; Q-eoffry Poer; and Hervey de Monte- 
 
 108-120), under Sutton Maddock, — a place whose marisco (Lyttelton, vol. iv. Appendix (3). 
 
 name is a still existing record of this its early pos- ■* As Willielmusjrater Comitis he appears in 1166, 
 
 sessor. and as holding 4 knights'-fees in the Barony of Earl 
 
 3 This Charter ia actually preserved. It is dated Reginald of Cornwall, 
 
 at Oxford. It gives to Robert fitz Stephen and * Monasticon, vii. p. 1141. 
 
COOETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENRY II. 215 
 
 Mayw.' iiald, Bp of Bath ; Adam^ Bp of St. Asaph ; and Guy, Bp- Amesbury. 
 elect of Bangor, is at Ambreshury, and there introduces a 
 fresh Convent of Nuns from Fontevrault.^ The Prioress of 
 Fontevrault seems to have come over in charge of the Nuns, 
 for at Michaelmas the Gustos of Southampton charges, — In 
 liberacione navis Rogeri de la Wiclia ad opus PriorissoB de 
 Fonte Ebroldi hOs. per hreve Regis. 
 
 On the same day Archbishop Richard consecrated Guy 
 Bishop of Bangor. 
 
 May 29. The King, now at Winchester, appoints Richard, Prior of wmcheater. 
 
 Kirkby, to be Abbot of Whitby ; and Benedict, Prior of the 
 Church of the Holy Trinity at Canterbury, to be Abbot of 
 Peterborough. The latter receives the benediction from 
 Archbishop Richard. 
 
 About this time the Cardinal Vivian returns from Ireland to England. The King allows him safe-con- 
 duct into Scotland. He holds, about August 1, a Council at Edinburgh {Castrum Puellarum), and suspends 
 the Bishop of Whitherne for not attending. 
 
 c. June 1. Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; Hugh de Beauchamp ; Osbert, Clerk of the King's Chamber ; and 
 GeoiFry de la Charite (? Cliarre), having been present at the Princess Joan's marriage at Panormus, on 
 February 13, return to England. 
 
 Jane 2. Mustor of the Barons, cum equis et armis, at Winchester, winciieater. 
 
 and of a fleet of transports at Portsmouth and Southampton. 
 The King orders their re-assemblage on July 1. 
 
 c. Jane 3. The King is still at Westminster, which Vivian now quits. 
 
 The King sends (appoints) GeofFry, Bp of Ely ; Henry, Bp 
 of Bayeux; and Walter de Constanciis, Archdeacon of Ox- 
 ford (his Vice-chancellor), ambassadors to Louis. The Abp 
 of Rouen and the Bishop of Winchester were to join them 
 in their passage through Normandy. Hence the following 
 charge on the Pipe-Roll of the year. — 
 
 Southampton. M in passagio unius navis ad opus Episcopi 
 Elyensis 60s. per hreve Regis. Et in liberacione navis Radulfi 
 Vituli junioris ad opus Walteri Archidiaconi Oxineford' 50s. 
 per breve Regis. 
 
 C.Jane 4. The King, at Winchester, appoints Roger, a Knight- 
 
 Templar, to be his Almoner. 
 
 0. Jan<i 6. The King goes to Marlborough, and there gives the king- Marlborough. 
 
 dom of Limerick to Philip de Braose ; the former grantees 
 having declined the same. 
 
 ' Benediotus (Stubbs),i.l65. BromtonputsitonSunday, July 1st, theinaccuracy 
 
 Dioeto puts this risit to Amesbury a week earlier, of whioli is self-evident, for, in 1177, July 1st fell on 
 ■viz., on May 15. Eriday. 
 
216 COURTj HOnSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1177. The King arrives in London, and gives the Abbacy of London. 
 
 Thorney to the Prior of Ely. 
 Jane 11. The King goes to Waltham Abbey, and with him the waitham. 
 
 Bishops of London, Norwich, Kochester, and Durham, the 
 
 Abp of Canterbury being unable to attend. The regular 
 
 Canons were inducted, and Ealph, a Canon of Cirencester, 
 
 was appointed Prior, and enthroned. 
 
 A grant by Geoflfry de Scalariis to Waltbam is without 
 
 date, but may well belong to this occasion. It is attested 
 
 by the King himself, John his son. Earl Alberic, and Alberic 
 
 his son, and Ralph de Heford.^ 
 June 12. The King keeps Pentecost in London. London, 
 
 Perhaps the Eling was in Hertfordshire about this time. (Hertfordshire.) 
 
 The Sheriff charges, — In camera Gurice £9 i^er breve Regis. 
 
 Et pro equis ad opus Regis 5 marcas per idem breve, 
 c. June 14- The King is at Woodstock, waiting the return of his mes- Woodstock. 
 
 sengers from Normandy. They come with unwelcome 
 
 messages from Prince Henry. 
 
 The Sheriff of Hampshire charges, — Pro vassella Begis 
 
 ducendd a Winton' ad Wudestoch' 18s. 2d. per breve Regis. 
 About this time the King sends Henry, Bishop of Baieux, 
 
 and Richard Griffard, as Ambassadors to Louis of France. 
 
 Hence the Southampton Pipe-Roll charges. In liberaeione 
 
 navis Sansonis Waszelini ad opus Henrici Episcopi Baiocensis 
 
 35s. per breve Begis. 
 
 About this time Margaret, the young Queen, was deHvered of a son at the Court of her father at Paris. 
 The infant survived its birth long enough to be named William. 
 
 July 1. The King holds a great Council at Winchester. The sum- Winchester, 
 
 mouses, which he had issued for the army of Normandy, 
 were returnable. William, King of Scots, came as the 
 King's liege ; but the King deferred the expedition, waiting 
 till his messengers to Louis should return. 
 
 July 9. The King is at Stokes, near Portsmouth, waiting a fair stokes. 
 
 wind to cross the Channel. The following charges on the 
 Pipe-Roll may have place here. — 
 
 Hampshiee. Et in camerd Guriai Bicardo By-itoni clerico 
 Regis 40 marcas per breve Regis. Et servientibus Regis ad 
 corredium ipsius 117s. Qd. per breve Regis. Et servientibus 
 Gaufridifilii Regis 40s. per idem breve. 
 
 ' Monast. vi. 66. Number x. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENKY II. 
 
 217 
 
 1177. WiNCHESTEE. Pro ducendo thesauro multis itineribus a (Porohcster ?) 
 
 c July. -J- T-n- 
 
 London' ad Winton' et a Winton' ad Clarendon et item a 
 Winton' ad Porcestre et item a Winton' ad London', Baldwino 
 et Ricardo et Andrece clericis 116s. 6d. 
 
 SooTHAMPTON. Et pro lumine ad custodiendum thesaurum 
 apud Portesmudam xl noctibus 20d. 
 
 July 10-17. The King at Stanstede, in Sussex (on the borders of stanatede. 
 Hampshire), waiting a fair wind. An old wound in the 
 thigh breaks out "afresh, and affects his health.^ A Charter, 
 whereby the King gives the Church of Wicumbe to Godstow 
 Nunnery, is dated Apud Stanedede, and attested by G. Bp, 
 of Ely; B. Bp of Exeter J John, Bp of Norwich; Richard 
 de Luci ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; Hugh de Gundeville ; Regi- 
 nald de Pavilli ; W. Basset ; William fitz Ralph ; and Ralph 
 fitz Stephen.^ 
 
 July 12. The King, at Stanstede^ restores to Bartholomew, Bishop 
 
 of Exeter, the Royal Chaplaincy of Boseham, surrendered 
 by Arnulf, Bishop of Liseux, the previous and wrongful In- 
 cumbent. Witnesses, Richard Abp of Canterbury, Geoffry 
 Bp of Ely, and John Bp of Chichester.^ 
 
 The King being at Stanstede, John de Rainewill, a Templar, 
 arrives there, bringing a message from Richard Giffard, 
 Robert Pikeuot, and Robert fitz Bernard, who were in 
 France. — Peter, the Cardinal Legate, had arrived in Prance, 
 and was threatening an interdict against Henry's dominions 
 unless he permitted the consummation of Prince Richard's 
 marriage with Alice, daughter of Louis of France, which 
 Princess was in Henry's custody.* The King consults the 
 Abp of Canterbury and the Bishops of Ely, Exeter, and 
 Chichester. They appeal to the Pope, thus forestalling the 
 Legate's supposed intention. The King directs the Abp of 
 York to appeal also. 
 
 The King's residence in Sussex is illustrated by the Pipe- 
 Roll of that county, — Et in camera, Gurice £17. 15s. Id. per 
 breve Regis. In camera Gurioi £9. 10s. per predictam breve. 
 Boseham. In camera Ouriai £13s. 8s. Zd. 
 
 ' Tiie result of a horse's kick received three years ■* Tlifi Legate'e threat, the perpetual diplomacy 
 
 before (vide supra, p. 182). The thigh-bone had with France on the subject of the Princess Alice, 
 
 probably been injured. A mere flesh-wound would and the persistent, nay aggravated, disaffection of 
 
 not be likely to re-open after such an interval. Prince Richard, support the suspicion and allega- 
 
 ^ Godstow Chartulary, fo. 152 b. tion that Henry had debauched the affianced bride 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs)i. 181, 182. of his son. 
 
 28 
 
218 
 
 CO0ET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1177 The King's illness obliges him to go to Winchester. Winchester. 
 
 July 25. Pope Alexander and the Kmperor Frederic are reconciled at 
 Venice. A Papal Rescript of August 6, announces the fact to Richard, 
 Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 
 Ang. 15. The King has been for about a month ill at Winchester. 
 
 It was at Winchester, and probably while thus lying ill, 
 that the King made a grant of lands to Richard Rufus, one 
 of his Chamberlains. It is attested by G. Bp of Ely; 
 B. Bp of Exeter ; J. Bp of Norwich ; Richard de Luci ; 
 Ranulf de Glanvill ; Hugh de Gundevill ; William Basset ; 
 William fitz Ralph; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain; 
 William Ruffus ; Eustace fitz Stephen ; Robert Malduit and 
 Ailward, Chamberlains.^ 
 
 Aug. 18. T^6 King embarks from Portsmouth for Normandy. Portsmouth 
 
 Hence the Southampton Pipe-Roll charges, — In liberacione 
 JEsiieccce quando Ilex transfretavit £7. 10s. per breve Regis. 
 M in liberacione navis Sansonis Wascelini ad ducendam 
 harnasiam Regis in Normanniam 35s. per breve Regis. 
 
 Aug. 19. '^^1^ King lands at Capewike (Gaplevic). He sends capieyic. 
 
 Prince Geoffrey into Bretagne to subdue his opponents. 
 
 ^. Sept. 1. Ivri is surrendered to King Henry's arms by Walleran de ivri. 
 Ivri. 
 
 Sept. 11. The King meets the Legate, Peter, at Rouen. The young Kouen. 
 
 King is present at the interview. The Legate postpones 
 the threatened interdict, till the King should have conferred 
 with Louis. 
 
 About this time a Royal Charter to St. George's Abbey 
 at Boscherville, bears date at Rouen, and is attested by 
 Henry Bp of Bayeux, Froger Bp of Seez, Reginald Bp of 
 Bath, Master Walter de Constauciis, and Richard 
 Guiffard.^ 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Rouen, is to Lincoln Cathe- 
 dral. It mentions Roger Archbishop of York as contempo- 
 rary, and is attested by J. Bishop of Chichester.^ 
 
 c. Sept. It was probably about this time that " the young King," as 
 
 Prince Henry was usually called, being at Argentan, expe- Aigentan. 
 dited a Charter to Waltham Abbey. In this remarkable 
 
 ' Foedera, I. 41. the Missionaries appointed to preach down the so- 
 
 2 Monasticou, Tii. 1066. Num. ii. The Bishop of called Arian heresy in Toulouse. 
 Bath was certainly in France about this time. The ^ Ibidem, viii. 12V6. Num. lix. John, Bishop 
 
 next year he and John, Bishop of Poitiers, wereamong of Chichester was consecrated Oct. 6, 1174. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY 11. 219 
 
 1177. document his style is " lienricus Dei gratia Rex AnglloB Dux Argentaa. 
 Normannice et Comes Andegavice, Regis Renrici filius." He 
 speaks of his living father "as inclytm recordacionis, recites 
 how he had changed the old Canons of Waltham into 
 Regulars. He commends the new body ; and for the health 
 of his father and himself concedes, and by his " regal autho- 
 rity " confirms the grants already made, and the franchises 
 which his father is thereafter about to give, to the said House. 
 The Deed is attested by Richard Bp of Winchester ; F. Bp 
 of Seez ; H. Bp of Baieux ; Master Walter de Oonstanciis ; 
 Master Osbert de Camera; Nicholas, a Chaplain; Ranulf de 
 Glanvill ; Geoffrey de Perche ; Hugh de Creissi ; Gerard de 
 CamviU ; William the Grantor's Chaplain ; William Mares- 
 call ; and William fitz Roger.^ 
 
 The testing-clause suggests that the elder King was at 
 Argentan at the time. 
 
 A Charter of K. Henry, dated at Driencurt,^ to St. Driencourt. 
 James's of Bristol, speaks of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the 
 King's uncle, as lying buried in that Church. It is attested 
 by R. Bp of Winchester ; Hugh de Creissi ; William fitz 
 Ralph ; Alured de St. Martin ; and William Rufus.^ 
 Sept 21. Henry meets Louis at, or near, Ivri. Nothing was ivrf 
 
 ... , (or perhaps) 
 
 settled as to the Princess Alice, but both monarchs swore Nonancourt 
 
 (or perhaps) 
 
 to take the cross, and made various mutual stipulations. Ga6 st. Eemy. 
 There were present the Cardinal Legate, Peter ; R. Bp of 
 Winchester; J. Bp of Chartres; H. Bp of Baieux; F. Bp. 
 of Seez ; Egidius Bp of Evreux ; the young King Henry ; 
 Theobald Comte of Blois ; Robert Comte of Meulan ; Simon 
 Comte of Evreux ; Peter de Courtenai ; and William de 
 Humez. 
 Sep. 25. -^ written agreement, between Henry and Louis, bears date 
 
 at Nonancurt, on this day (Sept. 25). Nonancourt. 
 
 King Henry the younger, now goes into Berri. 
 
 Sept. 27. Q-eoffrey, the younger Kmg's Chancellor, with three hundred 
 others, were drowned in crossing from England to Normandy. Geoffrey 
 ■was Provost of Beverley, and nephew of Roger, Abp of York. This catas- 
 trophe happened near St. Valery. 
 
 1 Carta3 Antique, M. was N.E. of Rouen. It is still called Neuf-Chatel. 
 
 2 Drincort, otherwise called Neuf-Cliatel-en-Brai, ' Carta; Antiquae, K. and 00. 
 
220 COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 In the Fiscal Ybab, ending Michaelmas, 1177, the Justices Itinekant, grouped as in the previous 
 year, repeated most of their circuits ; and Essex, Hertfordshire, and Surrey, were visited by their appro- 
 priate Justices.' 
 
 There was an Auxilium, or Tallage, set upon Boroughs in this year, the Assessors of which were 
 Justiciars grouped in another fashion. Thus Ralph fitz Stephen, Turstiu fitz Simon, and William Rufus 
 were the Assessors in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Berkshire, 
 Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Cornwall, and Devonshire ; William fitz Ralph, 
 William Basset, and Michel Belet were the Assessors in Stafibrdshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Notts, 
 Derbyshire, Northants, Lincolashire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland ; — Robert Mantel and 
 Ralph Brito in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Herts, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire ; and Roger fitz 
 Reiufrid, with Gervase de Cornhull, in Sussex, Kent, Bucks, and Bedfordshire. 
 
 In this year too, Richard de Luci, held Ne^B Pleas in Hampshire and Middlesex ; and Thomas fitz 
 Bernard held Forest-Pleas in some counties. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1177, TO MICHAELMAS, 1178. 
 
 1177. The King is at Verneuil. With him are Richard Bp of vememi. 
 
 Winchester J H. Bp of Baieux; Bgidius Bp of Evreuxj 
 Froger Bishop of Seez ; Simon Comte of Evreux ; and 
 Robert Earl of Leicester. 
 
 The King issues summonses for the army of Normandy to 
 muster at Argentan. He also passes an ordinance con- 
 cerning Debtors, at instigation of the " Good men of 
 Grandmonte." ^ 
 
 The King, at Alen9on, sends Prince Richard into Poitou. Aien9on. 
 
 The King holds a Council at Argentan, and then marches Argentan. 
 into Berri to assist his eldest son. Berri. 
 
 Oct. 9. The King besieges and takes Chateauroux (Castellum Ra- chateanroux. 
 
 dulfi), theretofore the possession of one Raoul de Deols. 
 
 The King proceeds to La Chatre [Gastre], the Lord ofLaChatre. 
 which town surrenders the daughter and heir of Raoul de 
 Deols, custody of whom was claimed by the King. (She 
 was afterwards given in marriage to Baldwin de Redvers). 
 
 ' The Justices who visitedDevonshire were perhaps levied during this same fiscal year, 
 the same as had visited the County in the previous ^ The Priory of Orandmonte or Bellaria was in the 
 
 year, though their causes in that County are in this Forest of Beaumont le Roger, N. of Verneuil and W. 
 
 year entitled Wova Placiia et Novce conveniiones of Evreux. It was probably an off-shoot of the 
 
 per jvsticiarios ad scacearium ; but the Justiciars greater House of Granimont in Limousin. There is 
 
 are not named. Tliey had, probably, rendered their a Charter of K. Henry II. to the first-named House 
 
 accounts at the Exchequer on coming off Circuit. (Monasticon, vii. 1089. Num. i.) It probably passed 
 
 And it should also be noted that, in this year, while he was thus at Verneuil, though the date is 
 
 Ralph fitz Stephen, Wilham Rufus, and Gilbert lost. It is addressed to the Abp of Rouen, and to 
 
 Pipard, the Justices proper to Wiltshire, Dorset- the King's sons, Henry, Richard, Geoffrey, and John, 
 
 shire, Somersetshire, Cornwall, and Devon, held no It is attested by Froger, Bishop of Seez ; Robert 
 
 neiv pleas in the four first-named counties. Perhaps (Comte) of Meulan ; Henry de Newburgh ; Fulk 
 
 this was because two of their number were actively de Duno ; Fulk Poumelli (probably Paganell) ; 
 
 engaged as assessors of the Atixilium Burgorum and Richard Guiffart. 
 
 c. Oct. 2. 
 
COURTj HODSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY IT. 221 
 
 1177. The King passes onwards into Limousin, and there prose- Limousin, 
 
 cutes the persons who had opposed him during the civil 
 war. 
 
 The King passes back into Berri. Berri 
 
 a. Nov. 15. Conference between Henry and Louis at Graszay (or Graszay. 
 Graserai), where they are met by the Proceres of Auvergne. 
 The point in dispute (viz. what seigneurial rights over 
 Auvergne pertained to the Duchy of Aquitaine) was referred 
 to arbitration. 
 
 King Henry visits Grandmont (in Limousin). There Grandmont. 
 Albert, Count of Marche, meets hiuij and sells the pi'ovince 
 of La Marche to the King for £] 5,000 (Angovin money), 
 20 mules and 20 palfreys. The Abp of Bordeaux, and John 
 Bp of Poitiers, attested the transaction. 
 
 Nov. 26. The Comte of Flanders and Earl of Essex fight a great battle 
 with the Saracens at Karnes, m Palestine. 
 
 Dec. 26. The King keeps Christmas at Angiers, with the Proceres Anglers. 
 
 of Anjou. 
 
 In the above teae Boland de Diiian is named as Justice of Bretagne. 
 
 In the above year died Nicholas de Estoteville (Stuteville).^ 
 
 In the above year John of Salisbury, the friend of Beoket, being appointed to the Bishoprick of Chartresi 
 excommunicated John, Comte of Vendome, apparently fcJi- his persecution of the Monks of Vendome, 
 who suffered fourteen months' exile in the Priory oi Aquarium (at Angiers). Comte John got absolution 
 from Peter, Cardinal of St. Chrysogon, the Papal Legate, but conditionally on the approval of the Bishop 
 of Chartres, which approval the Comte failed to obtain, and so remained excommunicate for three years.^ 
 
 A.D. 1178. 
 
 jj.g The King may be supposed to have been still at Angiers. Aagiera. 
 
 Jan. 1. Perhaps the King was in Normandy. — 
 
 p^,, A Royal Charter, dated apicd Bu7~um (Bur le Roy, near Bur le Eoy. 
 
 Bayeux) is in favour of the Abbey of Longues, or De Longis, 
 in the Diocese of Bayeux. It is attested by Richard, Bishop 
 of Winchester ; Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; Master Walter 
 de Constantiis ; Geoffry de Lucy ; Hamo Pincerna ; and 
 William fitz Radulf.^ 
 
 Feb. 10. Sebrand was elected Bishop of Limoges in succession to Q-erald. 
 The election was secret, because expected to be displeasing to King Henry.'' 
 
 On this day, being Midlent Sunday, the Church of Bee Bee HeUouin. 
 was dedicated. The King, the young King Henry ; Rotroc, 
 
 March 19. 
 
 • Chron. Sti. Taurini (Gall. Script, xii. 77V). ' D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 89. 
 
 = Gall. Script, xii. 488. '' Gall. Script, xii. 446 e. 
 
222 CODIJT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1178. Abp of Rouen ; Henry, Bp of Baieux ; Richard, Bp of Bee Heiiouin. 
 Avranclies ; and Giles, Bp of Evreux, were present.^ 
 
 On the same day, by Charter, dated apud Beccum, the 
 King presents the Abbey with an annuity of £100, charge- 
 able on the revenues of the Vicomte of Rouen. Witnesses, 
 R. Abp of Rouen; Henry, Bp of Baieux; Egidius, Bp of 
 Evreux ; Richard, Bp of Avranches ; Comte Robert of 
 Mellent; Comte Henry of Ewe {de Augo), and Henry de 
 Novo-burgo.^ 
 
 Moh. 21. Richard, Bishop of Winchester, having been in Normandy a year and half now returns into 
 England. He is succeeded as Dapifer or Grand Justiciary of Normandy by William fitz Ralph. The 
 Southampton Pipe-Roll of 1178 alludes to the Bishop's return, — Et in passagio Episcopi Wintouice et 
 Simonis de ISirn-ehu his. per breve Hegis. 
 
 About this time Geoffrey, Bishop Elect of Lincoln, and Prince John were sent from England into 
 Normandy by Richard de Luei, now acting as Viceroy of England. This and other entries, indicative of 
 the King's absence from England, may here be cited from the Pipe-Roll of 1178. — 
 
 SotTTHAKPTON. Et in possagio Esneccce in transitu Galfridi LincoV electi et Johannis fratris sui 
 £1. 10s. per breve Micardi de Luci. Et item in (liberacione) lEsneocie ad portandum thesaurum ultra 
 mare per Alexandrum de Sarentin et Eudonem PiV £1. 10s. per hreve Ricardi de Luci. Et pro onerando 
 thesauro et deonerando lid. JSt in passagio thesauri in navi Radulfi VituU propter absent iam Esneccce 
 50s. per breve Regis. 
 
 OXFOEDSHIEE. Et pro ducendd pa2}ilione Regis a Wudestocha ad Hantoniam 2s. 6d. per breve Regis. 
 
 London. Pro ducendo thesauro tribus vicibus a London' ad Winton, 77s. Gd.i)er Odonem de Falesia et 
 Sicardum de Windr' et Andream Clericum. 
 
 WiNCHESTEE. Et pro duobus magnis hugiis, et ostio thesauri Wintonice rejiciendo et pro ducendo 
 thesauro pluribus vicibus per Andream et Ricardum clericos et alios servienies thesauri 25s. 2d. 
 
 April 9. The King keeps Easter Day at Anglers. Angiers. 
 
 •;. April 15. The King goes into Normandy. One authority ^ places Normandy 
 him at Nonancourt on April 9th, but that seems im- 
 probable. 
 
 April 17. Bull of Pope Alexander III. ordering Roger, Bishop of Worcester, to give the benediction 
 to Roger, Abbot-elect of St. Augustine's, if the Archbishop refused to do so. 
 
 June 11. Richard de Luci lays the foundation-stone of the Abbey of Westwood, or Lesnes, in honour 
 of St. Thomas the Martyr. 
 
 June 18 (Sunday). Martin, Prior of Vigeois, died at Limoges. On the same day Geoffrey, a Monk Of 
 St. Martial (Limoges), succeeded to the Priorate of Vigeois.^ This was Geoffrey of Vigeois, the Historian. 
 
 jaiyis. The King having sailed from Normandy, lands at Dighes- Dighesmut. 
 
 mutJ' The Hampshire Pipe-Roll charges, — Et nautis Nor- 
 mannice qui detulerunt harnasium Regis a Normannid in 
 Angliam £6. 10s. per hreve Regis. 
 
 ' • 2 Neustria Pia, pp. 460, 485. Stapleton's Rot. Stubbs). Bromtou says, ' ad portum optaium. 
 
 ■,'^^' u ?'■ "■ Hoveden altogether omits the place of the King's 
 
 4 p°,, « ^°'^^^. (Struve), p. 922. landing. In default of all evidence as to where 
 
 Gall. Script, xii. 446. Bighes-mouth was, we presume it to have been in 
 
 ' Apud Dighesmutam (Benedict, i. 207. Ed. Hampshire, 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBEA.RY OP K. HENKY II, 223 
 
 Jui'^is ^^^ King visits Becket's shrine at Canterburj^. Canterbury. 
 
 The King goes to London. London. 
 
 July 27. William, Archbishop of Eheims, visita Becket's shrine. 
 
 c^ July 28- The King entertains the said Archbishop for three days 
 at London. 
 
 Perhaps it was now that the King visited Waltham in Waitham. 
 Essex. A. Charter there dated is in favour of the Canons 
 of St. Osyth, at Chich (Essex) . It is attested by G-. Bp 
 of London ; G., Bp of Ely ; Ralph, Prior of Waltham ; Earl 
 Alberic ; Hugh de Cressi ; WiUiam de Vere ; Richard, the 
 Treasurer ; and Roger Bigot. ^ 
 
 Aug. 6. The King is at Woodstock, and there knights Prince Woodstock. 
 
 Geoffrey. The latter goes forthwith into Normandy. In the 
 Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas following the Sheriff of Kent charges 
 104s. in procuratione Galfridi filii Eegis per hreve Regis. 
 
 About this time also the King probably visited Reading, ^^.^^^ , 
 for the Fermor of Hampshire charges 20s. ad deferendum 
 harnasiuTn Regis a Portesmudd usque Rading'. 
 
 4. Sept. He also, perhaps, visited Worcestershire; for the Sheriff Wo rcestersiure. 
 
 of that county charges, In camera Gurice 100 marcas per 
 hreve Regis. 
 
 About this time, too, the King sent Ambassadors to the 
 Pope ; — for the Sheriff of Hampshire charges, — M Goscelino 
 ArcTiidiacono GycestriCB et Osberto clerico de Canierd et Waltero 
 Map quos Rex misit ad Bominum Papam Ix marcas per 
 hreve Regis. 
 
 Sept. 1. Sebrand, Bishop-Elect of Limoges, and the Canons of Limoges, were exiled, by order of 
 K. Henry, on publication of the said election.^ 
 
 Sept. 13. Kecord of an Eclipse of the Sun, nearly total, at Saumur, and lasting from four to six 
 o'clock (ai intitio missco usque refectorimn), on the Vigil of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.^ 
 
 In the fiscal year, ending Michaelmas, 1178, we have — 
 
 Wm. Basset, Michael Belet, Kobert de Vaux, and Bertram de Verdon, or some three of them, making 
 Eyre in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and the North.'' We have also — 
 
 Roger fitz Keinfrid, Kalph fitz Stephen, William fitz Stephen, Robert Mantel, Robert fitz Bernard, and 
 Richard Giffard, or some three of them visiting, other parts of the kingdom ;■* and Thomas fitz Bernard 
 holding Forest-Pleas in diverse quarters. lu the same year we have an indication of Richard de Luci ; 
 Geoffrey, Bishop of Ely ; John, Bishop of Norwich ; and William Basset, sitting at the Exchequer.' 
 
 ' Cart* Antiqua;, E. No. 23. of 1179, under the head of Nova Placita. We 
 
 ^ Rerum Gall. Sciipt. xii. 447, c. conclude that they were in process when the Pipe- 
 
 ^ Ibidem xii. 285, 287, 491. The Records are Roll accounts of Michaelmas, 1178, were finally 
 
 verified by scientific calculation, say the Editors. made up. 
 
 ■* Both these Itinera are perpetuated in the Roll * Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 25. 
 
224 COnET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1178, TO MICHAELMAS, n79. 
 
 Oct. 8. William de Mandevill, Earl of Essex, returns from the Crusade. ^ 
 1178. About this time the King is said to have visited several Eagiand. 
 
 Deo. *"" parts of the kingdom. He is also said to have revoked his 
 plan of having six circuits and eighteen justiciars, and to 
 have appointed five justiciars only (two clerks and three 
 laymen) who were alvyays to attend the Oourt.^ 
 
 Albert de Suma, Cardinal Legate in Normandy and England, and Peter 
 de St. Agatha, Legate in Scotland and Ireland, are summoning all 
 Bishops, &c., to attend a General Council at Rome in the beginning of Lent. 
 
 Doc. 25. King Henry kept Christmas at Winchester. With him Winchester, 
 
 were the Princes Geoffrey (who had returned from Nor- 
 mandy) and John. The young King is in Normandy, and 
 Prince Richard in Poitou. 
 
 The King's great Charter to the Abbey of Waltham (in 
 Essex) passed on this occasion. It is attested by Richard, 
 Abp of Canterbury, and Legate of the Apostolic See ; Gil- 
 bert, Bp of London ; Josceline, Bp of Salisbury ; Walter, 
 Bp of Rochester ; Bartholomew, Bp of Exeter ; Roger, Bp 
 of Worcester ; Richard, Bp of Winchester ; Geoffrey, Bp of 
 Ely ; John, Bp of Chichester ; John, Bp of Norwich ; Regi- 
 nald, Bp of Bath ; Hugh, Bp of Durham ; Adam, Bp of 
 St. Asaph ; Geoffrey, Bishop-elect of Lincoln ; Geoffrey, the 
 King's son; William, Earl of Gloucester; Richard de Luci; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Constable ; Roger Bigod, Reginald de 
 Curtenai, William de Lanval, Thomas Baseth, William fitz 
 Ralph, William Baseth, Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain; 
 and Eustace his brother ; and Ailward, Chamberlain.^ 
 
 1 Diceto, Bromton. — But we do not find that the eight months absent from England; nor did he 
 Earl returned at once to England. return to England tiU March, 1178. Erom March, 
 
 2 Beuedictus, ii. 207. — It is remarkable that the 1178, to July 15, 1178, the King himself waa absent 
 Pipe-Boll of Michaelmas, 1179, records seyeral from England. Between July 15 and August 6, 
 Itinera of Justices within the year then ended. 1178, the King was not at Winchester at all, cer- 
 One was that of William Basset, Robert de Vaux, tainly not in Council, as at the time of this Charter. 
 Michael Belet, and Bertram de Verdon, in Lincoln- On August 6, 1178, GeofFry Fitz Roy (Comte of 
 shire. Now, since part of their Iter is recorded on Bretagne) went to Normandy, and did not return 
 the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1178, we may con- till Christmas, when he was at Winchester with his 
 elude that it was then in progress, and that it was father ; and when also the Charter passed. For 
 concluded before the King's ordinance of October Richard de Luci retired from public life at Easter, 
 came into operation. (To this subject we siiall 1179, and though the King and Prince Geofirey 
 recur in the sequel). were at Winchester in the interval, viz., on April 1, 
 
 3 Monasticon, vi. 63. Num. iv. The way in 1179, the Deed cannot have passed on the latter oc- 
 which the date of this important Charter may be casion, inasmuch as it is attested by three Prelates 
 proved is woith stating. It passed after May 21, (Norwich, Bath, and Durham), who, from March 15 
 1177, when the Regular Canons were inducted at to March 19, were in attendance at the Council of 
 Waltham, for it speaks of tliat event as past. At Lateran, and could not have returned to England 
 that time, Richard, Bishop of Winchester, had been so early as April 1. 
 
COURT, HOUSRHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 225 
 
 1178. 
 . Deo. 
 
 A Royal Charter in favour of Godstow Nunnery is without (Winchester). 
 date as to the place of its issue, but belongs to this period. 
 Its witnesses are — Geoffry, Bp of Ely ; Hugh, Bp of Durham ; 
 Geoffry, Elect of Lincoln ; Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, 
 and Eoger, King's Chaplains ; Richard de Luci ; and 
 Reginald de Curtenai.^ 
 
 1179. 
 Jan. 1. 
 
 c. Janaary. 
 
 Feb. 26. 
 
 , March. 
 
 A.D. 1179. 
 The King probably at Winchester. Winchester. 
 
 V. Jan. 1. Laurence Abp of Dublin, Catliolious Abp of Tuam, five or six 
 Trisli Bishops, several Scotch Bishops, and other Dignitaries from both 
 countries, pass through England en route to the Council of Lateran. 
 
 In the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1179, tlie Gustos of Dover charges, — Jil in 
 passagio Petri Legati HihernicB et Laureneii Arcldepiscopi DuvelirC et H. 
 Episcopi de Limerich ISs. per breve Megis. 
 
 About this time the King is said to have been at Windsor. 
 Windsor, and there to have received complaints from Ire- 
 land about the conduct of William fitz Adelm and Hugh 
 de Lacy. 
 
 Jan. 28. The Pope bestows the benediction on Roger, Abbot of St. Augus- 
 tine's, Canterbury. 
 
 Prince Henry, after three years' absence from Bugland, 
 embarks at Witsand, and visits his father's Court. ^ 
 
 March 5-14-19. These are the three days of the eleventh general Council 
 of Lateran. It was attended by four English Bishops, viz., Durham, Norwich, 
 Hereford, and Bath, to whom some add a fifth, viz., Worcester. The Abp 
 of Canterbury set out, but got no further than Paris. 
 
 About this time the King must have visited Gloucester. Gloucester. 
 The Pipe-Roll has the following entries. — 
 
 Gloucestershire. Et pro 200 summis hlacli et custamento 
 ducendi ad Bristowam quas Hex misit familice sum in 
 Hibernia per servientes Hugonis deLaci £19. 2s. Qd. per breve 
 Megis. Et pro ducendd venatione Regis a Eilienaur^ usque (Bioknore.) 
 ad Wintoniam 36s. Id. per breve Regis. 
 
 But a better proof of the King's visit to Gloucester at Gloucester, 
 this time is a Charter, there dated, whereby, at the petition 
 of Richard de Luci, the King confirms that Baron's founda- 
 tion of Westwood Abbey.* The Charter is attested by Earl 
 
 ' G-odstow Chartulary, fo. 14. 
 ^ Hoveden and Benedictus Abbas place this at, or 
 about, Midlent (March 11). 
 
 ' Bicknore, on the Wye, in Gloucestershire, where 
 the King had apparently been hunting. 
 ■* Monasticon, vi. 457. Num. ii. 
 
 29 
 
226 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAET OF K. HENRY IF. 
 
 1179. William de Mandeville ; William de Albini, Earl of Sussex ; Gloucester. 
 Eannulph de GlanviU ; William de Braose, junior ; Gilbert 
 de Monemue ; Geoffrey ; Thomas Bardulf ; Gerard de Can- 
 vill ; Eichard de Canvill his brother ; Eoger de Porte ; and 
 William fitz Stephen. 
 
 Young King Henry during his sliort stay in England would seem to have 
 visited Worcestershire. The Sheriff of that county charges, — Et Henrico Uegi 
 Jilio Regis 50 marcas per breve Regis ... D . . .ad quietanda vadia egis 
 Francice 20 marcas. 
 
 April 1. The King and Prince Henry keep Easter at Winchester. Winchester. 
 
 Richard de Luci retires from public life immediately after. 
 The King sends Prince Geoffrey, Gomte of Bretagne, to 
 Bretagne. Hence, on the Pipe-Roll of the year, the Gustos 
 of Dover charges, — Et in passagio Gaufridi filii Regis 114s. 
 fer hreve Regis. 
 
 The King's residence in Hampshire is further evidenced 
 by the following extracts. — 
 
 Hampshire. Et in camera, Gurim, Turpino 140 Tnarcas 
 per hreve Regis. Et Willielmo Franceis 20s. quos expendit in 
 equis domini sui Johannis filii Regis in Anglid et in Nor- 
 mannid per breve Regis. Et in camera Gurice 20 m,arcas 
 per breve Regis, Et in corredio Regis apud Titegrave 63s. 6d. Titgrave. 
 per breve Regis. Et in custamento dttcendi thesaurum a Win- 
 ton' usque ad London' Qs. Id. per breve Regis. 
 April 10. The King holds a great Council at Windsor, and divides Windsor. 
 
 the kingdom into four circuits, appointing justices to each 
 as follows. — 
 
 (1) Richard, Bp of Winchester; Richard, the King's 
 Treasurer ; Nicholas fitz Torold ; Thomas Basset, and 
 Robert de. Witefeld for Hants, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, 
 Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Berks, and Oxfordshire. 
 
 (2) Geoffrey, Bp of Ely ; Nicholas, the King's Chaplain ; i 
 Gilbert Pipard ; Reginald de Wisebec, a Clerk of the King ; 
 and Geoffrey Hosee ; — for Cambridge, Huntingdon, Northants, 
 
 ' In vronderful confirmation of the names given 10 and July 30, 1179. — 
 
 for the second Circuit, we discover a fine levied at We also infer that a fine in the Bardney Chartu- 
 
 Coventry (Warwickshire) on July 30, 1179 (25th lary, which purports to have been levied at Lincoln 
 
 Hen. II.), before Greoffry, Bp of Ely ; Nicholas on Saturday, July 10, 1176, was levied on Saturday' 
 
 Archdeacon of Coventry; Master R. de Weseby, June 30, 1179; for it was levied before "Geoffry, 
 
 Geoffrey Hose, and Gilbert Pypard, King's Justices Bishop of Ely ; Nicholas, Archdeacon of Coventry ;' 
 
 (Lilleshall Charts, fo. 85). ' and Gilbert Pipard, King's Justices and others.'" 
 
 So then we get the probable and proximate date Nowthesejustices were not jm .Eyre in the aUegedy ear 
 
 of the appointment of Nicholas, the King's Chaplain, (1176). {Vide supra, -p^., 199, 207, and Cotton 
 
 to the Archdeaconry of Coventry, viz., between April MSS. Vesp. E. xx. fo. 42). 
 
COOKTj HOITSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP 2. HENET II. 227 
 
 «. March 10. Leicestershire^ Warwickshire, Lincolnshire/ Worcestershire, Windsor. 
 Herefordshire, Staifordshirej and Shropshire. 
 
 (3) John, Bp of Norwich ; Hugh Murdac, a King's Clerk ; 
 Michael Belet, Richard del Pec, and Ralph Brito, for the 
 counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, Middlesex, 
 Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Buckingham, and Bedford. 
 
 (4) Godfrey de Luci, John Cumin, Hugh de Gaerst, Ranulf 
 de Glanvill, William de Bondings, and Alan de FurnelHs, 
 for the counties of Nottingham, Derby, York, Northum- 
 berland, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancaster.^ 
 
 April 20. The King and his son, Henry, keep Pentecost together ; 
 
 but where is not stated. 
 
 €,-. April 22. Prince Henry crosses to Witsand. 
 May 1. Prince Richard besieges the castle of TailehorcTi.^ 
 May 10. Taileborch Castle surrenders and is demolished. 
 
 t. June 1-10. Prince Richard returns to England.' He crossed to France again before Michaelmas ; for 
 then the Fermor of Southampton charges, — In passagio ISsnaccae quaiido Bicardus Comes Fictavice tram- 
 fretavit £7. 10s. per breve Regis. 
 
 juae and The Court socms to have been very stationary during this 
 
 summer. The only evidences of its movements ^ are sup- 
 plied by the Pipe-Roll ; and those are not very decided : e.g. 
 
 LiNCOLNSHiEE. Et AUwardo Gamerario Regis in camera 
 Curicc £13. Is. Id. per hreve Regis. 
 
 Essex and Heetpoed. M Turpino in camera Curiae £130 
 per hreve Regis. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et in custamento ducendi the- 
 saurum plurihus itinerihus et pro hugiis et saccis et aliis 
 minutis rebus 49s. \Qd. Et pro papilione Regis ducendd ad 
 Wudestoc' 18d. 
 
 Perhaps two Charters which the King granted to Nutley 
 (Bucks) passed about this time. One is dated at Wood- Woodstock, 
 stock, the other at Bruhull ; both are attested by Ralph de Briu. 
 Glanville, Hugh de Cressy, Gilbert Pipard, and William de 
 Jarponville.* 
 
 ' Hoveden p. (337) omits Lincolnshire. Bene- mission of the Comte Angouleme, statim post Pen- 
 
 dictus rightly includes it in the second Circuit. tecosten, which day in 1179 fell on May 20). " Et 
 
 ^ The six Justices of the fourth Circuit, besides postea" (says Benedict) " transfretavit (DuxAqui- 
 
 their Eyre, are said to be "constituted in the Curia, taniae) inAngliam ad pattern suum," 
 
 Regis to hear the plaints of the people." We may therefore confidently assume that 
 
 ^ Taillebourg in Saintonge. Benedictus (i. 213) Richard, Duke of Aquitaine's arrival in England 
 
 places the siege of Taillebourg in May, 1178. was early in June ; but we are not told where he 
 
 Benedictus, we should observe, after reciting found his father's Court. 
 
 Prince Richard's campaign, concludes with the sub- ■* Monasticon, vi. 278. Nums. ii. iii. 
 
228 COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HKNRY II. 
 
 In July 1179. Eichard de Lucy died in cloister, at Westwood-iu-Licsncs, 
 whither he had in retired in April preTious. 
 
 July 30. Geoffrey, Bp of Ely; Nicholas, Archdeacon of Coventry;' 
 Master R. de Weseby,^ Geoffrey Hose, and Gilbert Pypard, occur as Justices- 
 in-eyre at Coventry.^ 
 
 Aug. 9. Eoger, Bishop of Worcester died at Tours, and was buried there. 
 
 Aug. 20. William, Earl of Albemarle, died and was buried at Thornton 
 Abbey (Lincolnshii-e).'' 
 
 f'^n. Louis VII. ; Philip, Comie of Flanders: William, Earl 
 
 Mandeville ; Henry, Dake of Louvain ; and Baldwin, Comte 
 of Guisnes, land at Dover from Witsand, for the purpose of 
 visiting the shrine of Becket. King Henry meets them at 
 Aug. 2S. Dover, and accompanies them to Canterbury. In the Pipe- J"™""-. 
 Roll of Michaelmas, the Sheriff of Kent charges, — In corredio 
 Regis Francice £28. 2s. hd. per hreve Regis. 
 Aus. 2G. The King accompanies Louis and his companions to 
 
 Dover, where they re-embark. At Michaelmas the Custos rover, 
 of Dover charges, — In passagio Gomitis Plandrice et Gomitis 
 de Gisnis 68s. per breve Regis. 
 
 The King is at Westminster, where the Justices Itinerant, weatminator. 
 and the three president Bishops (called Arch- Justiciars), 
 give an account to him of their conduct. 
 
 Perhaps it was now that a Royal Charter to Furness 
 Abbey passed. It is dated at Westminster, and attested 
 by R. Bp of Winchester ; G. Bp. of Ely; J. Bp of Norwich; 
 Godfrey de Luci ; Rannulf de Glanvill ; Reginald de Curte- 
 nai ; William de Lanval ; T . Basset ; Robert fitz Bernard j 
 and William de Bending.^ 
 Sept. Perhaps the King was at Winchester in this month, wiachester. 
 
 The Sheriff of Hampshire paid 2s. p7-o locandd carettd ad re- 
 portandam Vaissellam Regis a Cantuarid ad Wintoniam. 
 
 Sept. 22. Cadwallon, a Prince of S. Wales, was killed while retui-ning home from the English Court 
 and under Heni-y's safe-conduct. Many persons were implicated ; among the rest, Koger de Mortimer of 
 Wigniore.' 
 
 The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1179, records a visit of Thomas fitz Bernard, as Justice of the Forest, to 
 several counties. The Itinera of other justices, recorded in the same EoU, probably took place either 
 before the Ordinance of October, 1178, came into operation, or else in lieu of the said Ordinance. 
 
 One of these Itinera has been already noticed,' as that of Wm. Basset, Michael Belet, Rob. de Vaux, and 
 Bertram de Verdon. It extended to Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutlandshire, Stafford- 
 shire, and Northamptonshire. 
 
 Again, as in the year ending Michaelmas, 1178, Ralph fitz Stephen, Roger fitz Reinfrid, Robert Mantel, 
 
 1 Evidently identical with Nicholas the King's Thornton (Monaat. vi. 326) says he died in 1180. 
 Chaplain in the foregoin;; list of Justices. ' Inter Cartas Ducatiis Lancastriao. 
 
 2 Called Reginald de Wisebcc (supra, p. 226). ^ Ejton's ' Antiquities of Shropshii-e,' vol. iv. pp. 
 
 3 Supra, p. 226, note 1. 205, 206. 
 
 * Benedictus, ii. 243. But the Chronicle of ' Supra, p. 223. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 229 
 
 and William fitz Stephen, or some of them, had visited the counties of Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Norfolk 
 Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Buctingham, and Bedford. 
 
 And lastly, Eiohard, the King's Treasurer, Nicholas fitz Turold, and Robert de Witefeld, had visited 
 Somersetshire and Dorsetshire ; but this was in pursuance of the Royal Ordinance of April, 1179,and shows, 
 what we have other reasons for concluding,' tliat the Justices, then appointed, went in eyre forthwith, though 
 the chief results of their Circuits are not registered till Michaelmas, 1180. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1179, TO MICHAELMAS, 1180. 
 1179. In this, or the previous month, the Kino^ visited Windsor Windsor 
 
 October. , -j^_ 
 
 and Worcester. It m this month, then an entry on the Worcester. 
 Pipe-Roll of 1179 is postscriptive to Michaelmas. The 
 Sheriff of Herefordshire charges the King 2\ merhs pro pri- 
 sonibus rettatis de inorte Caclewill (Cadwallon) ducendis ad 
 Curiam apud Windresor' et apud Wigomiam, -per breve 
 Regis. 
 
 Nov. 1. Prince Henry attends the coronation of Philip of France at Rheims^. Louis VII. was unable 
 to attend by reason of a paralytic attack. 
 
 O.Dec. 16. About this time the King was at Northampton, as indi- 
 cated by some entries on the Pipe-Roll of Sept. 1180. — 
 
 NoKTHANTS. HlOHAM. Pro Una, Jiiigid ad reponendum tliesaurum in 
 turri NorhantoniiB 6s. per breve Regis. JEt in careagio thesauri a Nor- 
 hani^ usque ad Notingeliam per WiUielmum Malduit Camerarium et 
 Johannem Cumin 5.9. per breve Regis. Et in carreagio thesauri a Norlianf 
 usque ad Notingek^ ^s. 6d. St item pro una lingid ad tliesaurum, portandum 
 et carragio ejusdem thesauri Gs. per idem breve. St Alardo filio Willielmi 
 20 marcas ad procuracionem Johannis filii Regis. 
 
 Dec. 25. The King kept Christmas at Nottingham, where William, Nottingham 
 
 King of Scots, met him. The Pipe-Rolls illustrate the 
 matter. — 
 
 Hampshike. Et in ducendd vasselld Regis a Wintonia 
 usque ad Notingeliam contra Natale 33s. 4d. per breve Regis. 
 London. Et in carreagio thesauri ad Wincestre et Nottinge- 
 ham et alibi per Angliam per totum terminum 39s. ?>d. 
 
 ^ The allusion is to the LilleshaU Chartulary Moreover, the Justices who were appointed in 
 
 (fo. 85), which preserves a fine, levied at Coventry, April, 1179, are expressly said to have accounted of 
 
 in Warwickshire, on July 30, 1179, before Geoffry, their duties at Westminster, on Aug. 27, 1179. The 
 
 Bishop of Ely ; Nicholas, Archdeacon of Coventry ; inference is thattliese itineraviere accomplished at the 
 
 Master Reginald de Weseby (Wisebec) ; Geoffrey latter date, but the whole of their written accounts 
 
 Hose ; and Gilbert Pypard, Justices of the King. were not admissible hito the next month's Pipe- 
 
 These, it will be observed, are the five Justices Roll. 
 
 nominated, in April previous, to hold pleas in War- ^ The original summons for Philip's coronation 
 
 wickshire. And yet the results of the Warwickshire stood for Aug. 15 (Benedictus, ii. 240); but the 
 
 Iter do not appear on the Pipe-Roll of 1179, but youth's sickness, and his father's visit to Canterbury, 
 
 among the Nova Placita of Michaelmas, 1180. had caused a postponement. 
 
230 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1179. A Royal Charter to Haughniond Abbey bears date at Nottmgimm. 
 
 Nottingham, and is attested by Geoffrey, Bishop-elect of 
 Lincoln; and Godfrey de Lucy.^ 
 In the above teae, as is recorded, Henry, Comte of Xroyes and Peter de Courtenay went to Jerusalem 
 and conducted to Constantinople K. Louis's daughter, to become the wife of the Emperor's son.^ 
 
 A.D. 1180. 
 
 iiso. From Nottingham the King, probably, went to Newark, Newark, 
 
 and from thence to Doncaster, and from thence to York, yorkr'^"^' 
 Hence the following charges on the Pipe-Roll. — 
 
 Notts and Deebtshiee. M pro ducendo thesauro a NiweTierch 
 (read Niwewerch) usque Donecastr' 5s. per Johannem Cumin et Willielmum 
 Malduit. Et item pro ducendo tliesauro a Notingeham usque Norhanton' (Northampton.) 
 per Ricardum et Andream clericos 4*.' 
 
 Doncaster. Et ad ducendum thesaurum S.egis a Danecastrd usque 
 Everwich' per Willm. Malduit Camerarium 5s. 
 
 YoEKSHlEE. Et pro thesauro diccendo a Notingeham ad Eve ich' et 
 serris et aliis minutis rebus ad custodiam ejusdem thesauri 8s. Gd. 
 
 After his northward journey, the King is at Woodstock. Woodstock. 
 
 The Sheriff of Northamptonshire charges, — 4s. lOd.pro thesauro portando 
 u Notingeham usque ad Wadesf. Also the Sheriff of Oxfordshire charges, 
 pro thesauro ducendo et reducendo multis itineribus per totum hoc annum, 
 2,1 s. 2d. Also the Sheriff of London charges, pro und hugid ducendd ad 
 Wudestoc* cum thesauro 3s. 
 
 Jan. 14. William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, married Hawyse, 
 eldest daughter and coheir of William, Earl of Albemarle, at Plashy 
 Castle (Essex). He thus became Earl of Albemarle as well as of Essex. 
 
 c. Jan. About this time the King, sitting in his Guria at Oxford, oiford. 
 
 decided on the issue of a new coinage.* He also confirmed 
 Fulk Paynel's giftof Renham to Gilbert de Vere.^ 
 
 To this matter of a new coinage the Pipe-Roll of the year has many references, e.g. — 
 Hampshire. Et pro loeandis caretis et emendis tonellis ad thesaurum quifuit missus Londoniam adfaci- 
 endam novam monetain 27s. per breve Hcgi^. Et item pro loeandis caretis ad portandum thesaurum ad 
 Oxincford' mittendum Monetariis de Everwich' 19s. Gd. per idem breve. Et in carreagio thesauri missi 
 Norhanton' ad monetam faciendam 14j. per idem hreve. 
 
 ' Haughmond Chartulary. His niece, named Agnes, was the destined bride of 
 
 2 Rerum Gall. Script, xii. 285. the above Record. Her destined husband was 
 
 This was Henri le Liberal, Comte Palatine of Alexius, son of the Emperor Emmanuel. 
 
 Champagne, Troyes, Meaux, etc., and elder brother ^ It is evident that part of the monies sent to 
 
 of Theobald, the contemporary Comte of Blois. He Nottingham was not to go further north, but was 
 
 had married Mary, one of the two daughters of sent back in charge of two ordinary Clerks of the 
 
 Louis VII. by Elianor of Aquitaine. He had been Treasury. 
 
 in the Crusade of 1146-7, and went again in 1179. * In assisd apud Oxoniam quando consideratwin, 
 
 He lived to return, but died 14 Feb. 1181. fuit ut secunda moneta cwrreret. 
 
 Peter de Courtenay was a brother of Louis VII. ' Abbreviatio Placitorum, p. 98. Essex. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 231 
 
 WiNCHESTEK. In custamenio ducendi arcliam Monetariorum cum cuneis, prima apud, Oxineford' et 
 postea NorhantorC et reducendi Wintoniam Is. \0d. 
 
 March 5. Richard, Bishop of Winchester, and Walter de Constanciis, keeper of the seal {sigillifer Regis) 
 go on an embassy to Louis VII. The Pipe-Roll alludes to the fact.— 
 
 DOTEE. Et in passagio Episcopi Wintonice et eorum qui cum eo transfretaverunt £4. 16s. per Ireve 
 Regis. And so does the Roll of the Norman Exchequer allude to the Bishop's return;' for the Fermor 
 of Barfleur charges, — In passagio Episcopi Wintoniceet Cambiatonim Regis, de Turonis et de Cenomannid 
 £10. 10s. per ireve Regis.^ 
 
 >, hlTk '^^^ King being at Beading, Prince Henry comes over to Beading. 
 
 England, swears to the observance of his father's will and 
 pleasure, and consults his father about the aggressions made 
 by the young King, Philip, in conjunction with the Comte 
 of Flanders, on the rights of Philip's mother, and other 
 French nobles. 
 
 c. AprUio. About this time the King was probably at Winchester. Winchester. 
 The Sheriff of Hampshire charges, — In Camera, Regis, 
 WiUielmo clerico et Turpino £7. ] 3s. A-d. 'per breve Regis. A 
 Royal Charter to the Canons of Legh (Devonshire) bears 
 date at Winchester, and is attested by Master Walter de 
 Constanciis, Godfrey de Lucy, and Ranulf de Glanvill.^ 
 
 <,-. April 15. The King embarks at Portsmouth, the Prince at Dover, portamonth. 
 both for Normandy. The Pipe-Roll has the following 
 charge : — 
 
 Southampton. Et in passagio Esneccoi quando Rex trans- 
 fretavit £7. 10s. per breve Regis. 
 
 Before he quitted England the King appointed Ranulf de Glanvill, High-Justiciar, or Viceroy, of 
 England. The King's absence and Glanvill's position are illustrated by a few entries on the Pipe- Roll of 
 Michaelmas, 1180. — 
 
 Hampshiee. In carriagio thesauri ultimo missi Londoniam et pro forellis et aliis necessariis thesauri 
 22s. Zd. per Ireve Rannulfi de Olanmll. 
 
 SoniHAMPTON. Et in liberatione navis Radulfi Vituli Junioris qui porfavit hamasiam Regis in 
 Normanniam 50s. per ireve Rannulfi de Glanvill. Et in liberatione iiavis quam Willielmus Jnglicus et 
 Willielmus de Bendinges habuerunt in transitu sua ad Regem in Normanniam 25s. per ireve Regis. 
 
 DoVEE. Et in passagio falconarionem et austrucariorum Regis per Willielmum de Gerponvill 
 £6. 15s. Zd. per breve Randulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 Queen Elianor, of whom a word should now be said, was probably a prisoner all this time at one of the 
 King's Wiltshire residences. The Wiltshire Pipe-RoU charges, — In procuratione Reginm £121. 15s. 8d. 
 per Ireve Regis. In corredio Regince £12 per idem breve. 
 
 ' The Bishop's return was not, perhaps, immediate Tours and Mans over to England, to assist in the 
 
 on the discharge of his embassy. He probably new coinage. Diccto tells a story about Philip 
 
 awaited the King's arrival in Normandy, and re- Aymari, a Mintman from Tours, who came over at 
 
 mained there with the King till July {infra, p. 233) . the King's order, " et iiumismatis innoBandi procn- 
 
 On Oct. 23 we have evidence of his being at rationem suscepit." Phihp was accused of fraudu- 
 
 Westminster (infra, p. 237). lent practices, and went home in disgrace. 
 
 2 So that the King had Money-changers from ' Monasticon, vi. 334. Num. i. 
 
232 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEARY OP E. HENRY II. 
 
 1180. On Henry's landing in Normandy, the Queen of France Normandy, 
 
 and Comte Theobald, of Blois, solicit his aid against 
 Philip, 
 p. April 17. The King at Alen90u.i Aien9on. 
 
 April 17. " III Ccend Domini." Oliver de Turribus dies at Jerusalem-^ 
 April 19. "In Sabbato Sancto.'' Burial of Oliver de Turribus at Jer- 
 usalem, attended by Audebert, Comte of La Marclie ; Ademar, Vicomte 
 of Limoges ; and Bernard de Turribus (a relation of the deceased).' 
 
 Apruao. The King keeps Easter at Le Mans. Hence perhaps, LeMans. 
 
 on the Norman Exchequer-Roll of this year, the Fermors of 
 Alen9on charge, — Fro thesauro Regis portando de Alencon ad 
 Genomanniam. 16s. per hreve Regis. 
 
 c. April so. It is probable that about this time the King visited Anglers. 
 Anglers, and Ohinon (in Touraine). Hence, in the Norman OMnon, 
 Exchequer-Roll of 1180, the Fermor of Falaise charges, — 
 In robd Regis portandd de Falasid ad Andegavicm 19s. per 
 breve Regis.^ Also, Roger fitz Tiold, Provost and Fermor 
 of Caen, charges, — -Pro thesauris portandis de Cadomo in 
 Andegav' et in plura loca per Nonnanniam £6. 13s. Qd.per 
 breve Regis.^ Also, Herbert fitz Bernard, Fermor of the 
 Forest of Goufern, charges, — Pro portando hei-nesio Regis ad 
 
 Ghinon.'^ Chinon. 
 
 May 29. Margaret, Queen of the younger King, Philip,'' is crowned at St. 
 Denis by the Archbishop of Sens. 
 
 Juno 28. Conference between K. Henry and Philip of France at a 
 
 place between G-isors and Trie.^ The Comte of Flanders is Giaors. 
 present, and makes an agreement with Henry. Henry and 
 Philip renew the treaty of Ivri, and appoint referees in case 
 of future disputes, viz., on Philip's part, the Bishops of 
 of Clermont, Nevers and Troyes, Comte Theobald, Comte 
 Robert (of Dreux, probably), and Peter de Cortenai; on 
 
 ' Stubbs, quoting Eot. Nermann, p. 81, where lion. Which of Queen Adela's brothers, beside 
 there is a charge for conveying royal treasure, de Comte Theobald, is here meant, seems problematical. 
 Alen/:eon ad Cenom' (from Alen9on to Le Mans), as She had four living, viz., Henry, Comte of Cham- 
 in the text. ^ pagne and Troyes (who was now in the East), 
 2 G-all. Script, xii. 447. Theobald, Comte of Blois ; Stephen, Comte of 
 ' Hot. Normannije pp. 50, 56. 17. Sancerre ; and William, Archbishop of Rheims, 
 * Margaret, sometimes called Isabella, sometimes whose non-appearance in the matter of the Corona- 
 Elizabeth, was daughter of Baldwin, Comte of tion seems indeed abnormal. 
 
 Hamault, by a sister of Philip, Comte of Flanders. * On the Norman Exchequer-Roll of 1180 (Rot. 
 
 This marriage of the young King Philip Was dis- Norm, i, 77) the Fermor of the Roumois charges 
 
 pleasing to his mother. Queen Adela, of the House 3s. pro Vasselld Megis portandd ad Cfisorfium. It 
 
 of Blois, and had thrown her and ' her brothers ' is impossible to say whether this refers to the 
 
 (says the Record Gull. Script, xii. 298) into rebel- meeting of June or to that of September, 
 
COVUT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 233 
 
 June 28 Henry's part, William, Bp of Le Mansj Peter, Bp ofoisors. 
 Perigueux {Petragoritensis) ; Robert, Bp of Nantes ; Maurice 
 de Creoun, William Maingot, and Peter de Mont Rabel.^ 
 
 It would seem that the Duke of Burgundy and the Comte 
 of Bar were entertained by Henry in the Castle of Gisors 
 on this occasion. In the Exchequer-Roll the Fermor of 
 Rouen charges, — In corredio Duds Burgondia et Comitis de (Eonen).? 
 Bar apud Gisortium £14. Is. per breve Regis. Pro xxx 
 marcatis vassallce quam Bex dedit Duci Burgondice et Gomiti 
 de Bar £79. 7s. per breve Regis. 
 
 June 30 Death of Hugh, surnamed De Kevelioc, Earl of Chester.^ 
 
 c. July. About this time Richard de Hommet (or Humez), High Con- 
 stable of Normandy, resigned ofSc«, and became a Monk in the Abbey of 
 Aunay. 
 
 The King forthwith (as we must needs suppose), in a Caen.= 
 Charter dated at Caen, " gives to William de Humez the 
 oflSce (Gonstabulariam) which his father, Richard de 
 Humez, used to hold (habebat) of the King. Witnesses,* 
 R. Bp of Winchester; H. Bp of Baieux ; Nicholas, Chaplain ; 
 Walter fitz Robert ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; Hugh de Creissi ; 
 Fulk Painell ; Bertram de Verdon ; Richard Giffard, Robert 
 de Stutevill and Gilbert Pipard.* 
 
 July 20. Sebrand, Bishop of Limoges, was received in that City, but 
 soon retired for fear of K. Henry .^ 
 
 T,,i_ .„. In the Norman Exchequer-Roll of 1180, there is a charge VaioKnes. 
 
 7t Aug. ..,,p ^ j_TTi T Cherbourg. 
 
 for conveying the King s wine irom Oaen to Valognes and 
 to Cherbourg, and again for conveying Royal treasure from 
 Valognes to Cherbourg.''' 
 
 A Writ of safe-conduct for the Monks of Mont St. Michel 
 is dated apud Valonias, and attested singly by Brother 
 Roger, the Almoner^ (appointed June, 1177).^ 
 
 1 Fcfidera, vol. i. p. 36. Mabile and Fermor of the Royal demesnes in the 
 
 ^ Stubbs (quoting Rot. Nermann, i. 77) puts the Avranchin ; Ricliard Griffard was BaililT of the 
 
 King as going from Rouen to Caen, after June 28. Oximin, and Gustos of the Castle of Falaise ; Robert 
 
 The passage is merely a charge, pro ducendo liernesio de Stoteville was Fermor of Lillebono, and Gustos 
 
 Regis a Eothomago ad Cadomum. of the Castles of Lions la Foret and Arques ; and 
 
 ^ Monasticon iii. p. 218. But Benediotus would Gilbert Pipard was Gustos of the Castle, and 
 
 seem to date the Earl's death c. April, 1181. Fermor of the Vicomte of Ermes. 
 
 ^ Some of these witnesses were holding important ^ Carta3 Antiquaj DD. Grlanvill's presence in 
 
 ofljces in Normandy at this very time, as we learn Normandy on this occasion is not accounted for. 
 
 from the Exchequer-Roll of the year, e.^. — Hugh de Nevertheless, he was doubtless there. 
 
 Cressy was Gustos of the Tower of Rouen, with a " Gall. Script, xii. 489. 
 
 salary of £200 per annum ; Fulk Paynell was ' Rot. Normanu. i. 31. 
 
 Gustos of the Castles of Alen^on and Roche- ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 289. See p. 215 supra. 
 
 30 
 
234 COUKT, IIODSEHOLD;, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 U80. A Royal Charter, dated at Eouen, is probably of this pe- Roaen. 
 
 riod. It confirms to Roger Barr that which Richard de Humez, 
 the Constable, had given him. It is attested by William fitz 
 Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy, and Bertram de Verdon.^ 
 
 The accounts of the Fermors of Boueu contain several entries, which in- 
 dicate the King's occasional presence at the capital during this summer, e.g. — 
 
 Pro venatione Regis portandd de Piotliomago ad Paihias £10 ^jer lireve 
 Megw. Pro bolgis et bahiirdis ct sella summarii et frenis et capistris ad 
 Capellam Regis 70s. 2d. Pro lolgis et lahurdis ct scllis et aliis necessariis ad 
 summarios de Camera Regis et quadrigis £14: 3s. Pro summario et hcrnesio 
 ejusdem ad portandam vaissellam Regis £11. Pro presentis Regis porlandis 
 de Rotliomago ad Parisias ad Regem Francice £4. Picardo Crasso pro robd 
 ad opus Regis £17. 14*. Bd. 
 
 Also the Fermor of the Eoumois charges, — Pro faillatd Regis faciendu ante 
 turrim Rotkomagi 58s. 2rf. per I. 'eve Regis. Et Falconariis Regis qui reman- 
 serunt post cum 20s. per idem ireiie. 
 July, Aug. The Norman Exchequer-EoU gives evidence, more or leas complete, of the 
 King having visited a numher of other places during the course of this summer 
 and autumn.^ We quote the Boll veithout an attempt at placing the entries in 
 any chronological sequence. — 
 
 The Fermors of Alengon charge, — Pro rinis Regis adducendii- de Andegavi 
 ad Argenf, et pro duohus tonellis ejusdem rini porlandis de Argent' ad Areentan. 
 Valonias £1V. 2s. per hreve Regis. Valognea. 
 
 The Fermors of Argentan charge, — Pro ducendis xxxiiij tonellis rini de 
 Andegavi ad Argenten' et inde ad Burum et Cadomum et Valonias et Cesaris- caen. 
 burgum^ et TenercAebraium, et Danfront et Moritonium et Gorran et Falesiam Cherbourg. 
 £55. 4s. Pro port ando tJiesauro Megis de Falesid ad Argtnf 10s. Damfront. 
 
 The Fermor of Caen charges, — Pro pastu gantarum quce renerunt de Anglid Gorron.' 
 et pro Ix de illi<! ducendis ad Argentom' et Ix ad Bitrum £6. 3s. 9^^. Palaiae. 
 
 The Fermors of Eouen charge. Pro tribus tonellis vini missis in Leans ad Liona la Foret. 
 opus Regis £19. Pro duobus tonellis vini portandis a Rotliomago ad Bonam- Bonneville sur 
 villam 32s. Touque. 
 
 The Fermor of the Eoumois charges, — Pro hernesio Regis ducendo a Rotlio- 
 mago ad Cadomum 40s. Et pro thesauro Regis ducendo ad Drincort 6s. 6c7. Drincort. 
 per breve Regis. 
 
 The Fermor of Ste Mere Eglise charges, — Pro robd Regis portandd de Quillebosuf. 
 Kileboto ad Bonamvillam 3s. 2d.^ 
 
 Some Charters, which perhaps passed between June and 
 September of this year, will coincide therefore with the pro- 
 bability of the King having visited one or other of the above 
 localities. — 
 
 ' Cartae Antiquse, OO. (quoting Eot. Nermann, i. 39) ; also at G-orram 
 
 2 As Mr. Stapleton well remarks, we have here (quoting Eot. Nermann, i. 39) ; also at Falaise 
 ten chief places of the King's abode, all in Lower (quoting Eot. Nermann, i. 50, 5(3) ; also at Angers 
 Normandy, and west of the Eiver Dive. (quoting Eot. Nermann, i. 50, 56) ; also at several 
 
 3 Professor Stubbs (quoting Eot. Nermann, i. other places indicated in tlie text, but with the 
 68) supposes the King to have been at Dieppe suggestion of somewhat different limits of chrono- 
 betweeu June and October ; also at Bur, in October logy. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 235 
 
 Jun^se t ^■'"^ One, dated at Argentan^ confirms to the Abbey of Argentan. 
 Montmoi-el, in tbe Diocese of Avranclies, the grants 
 of John de Subleigney, his wife AlicOj and his son, Hasculf. 
 Witnesses, Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; Proger, Bishop of 
 Seez ■ WilUam de Humet, Constable ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; 
 Hugh de Cressi ; Geoffrey P . . . ; Gerard de Camvill ; 
 Robert de St. John ; and WiUiam fitz Ralph.i 
 
 (2) Another, dated at Valognes, is in favour of the Abbey Vaiognes. 
 of St. Mary de Longues (near Bayeux), and is attested by 
 Richard, Bishop of Winchester ; Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; 
 Master Walter de Coutances ; Godfrey de Luci ; William 
 
 litz Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy ; Alvered de St. Martin ; 
 Osbern de Hosa ; and Hamo Pincerna.^ 
 
 (3) A third, dated at Bur [apud Burum] is in favour of the Bm-ie-Eoy. 
 same Abbey, and is attested by Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; 
 Roger de Array ; Robert de Sacy ; William de Curtguidone 
 (Courvaudon), and Hamo Pincerna.^ 
 
 (4) A fourth, dated at Bur, confirms an agreement made 
 in the presence of Henry, Bishop of Bayeux, and is attested 
 by M.Abbot, of Curzai; P. Abbot, of Caen j Master Walter de 
 Coutances ; Master J. (Josceline) Archdeacon of Chichester ; 
 Master Peter de Blois ; William fitz Ralph, Seneschal of 
 Normandy ; Fulk Painel ; Richard d'Aufay ; Rob. de 
 Brucourt ; and Hamo Pincerna.* 
 
 (5) A fifth, dated at Gorron [apud Gorhani), is to the Oorroa. 
 Abbey of Savigny, in the Diocese of Coutances, and is 
 granted at request of Isabella, daughter of Walleran, Earl 
 
 of Mellent. Its witnesses are. Master Walter de Constanciis ; 
 William, Archdeacon of Avranches ; Maurice de Creon ; 
 Stephen de Turonis, Seneschal of Anjou ; William de Humet, 
 Constable ; and Fulco Paganell.^ 
 
 (6) A sixth, dated at Caen, is in favour of the Abbey of caen. 
 the Holy Trinity at Caen, and is attested by Henry, Bishop 
 
 of Bayeux; William de Humet, Constable; William fitz 
 Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy ; Hugh de Cressy ; Alvered 
 de St. Martin ; Robert de Brucourt {Bruecuria) ; Richard de 
 Canvill ; and Gilbert fitz Reinfrid.^ 
 
 1.4.5 p'A.ni3y's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 107 ; it may be stated that Richard, Bishop of Wiuohes- 
 
 iii. 77 ; iii. 195. ter, crossed from Barflcur to England before Mich- 
 
 2-3.6 D'Auisy's Extraitdes Chartcs ii. 41 ; ii. 438. aelraas, accompanied by the King's money-changers 
 
 With reference to the first witness at Yalognes, of Tours and Le Mans. (Rot. Nor. i. 38.) 
 
236 COURT, HODSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 Aug. 10, 1180. Baldwin, Abbot of Ford, was consecrated Bishop of 
 Worcester by Archbishop Bichard at Lambeth. 
 
 Aug. 29. Audebert IV. Comte of La Marche died at Constantinople.^ 
 Sept. 18. Louis VII. King of Prance, died.^ 
 
 1180. King Henry and Philip Augustus meet near Gisors, and cisora. 
 
 ' "^ ' • renew tlie treaty of June 28. 
 
 Hence, perhaps, on the Norman Exchequer- Roll of 1180, (Rouen), 
 the Fermor of the Roumois charges, — 3s. pro vaiselld Regis 
 portandd ad Gisortium? 
 
 Sept. 29. Presuming that the Roll of the Norman Exchequer ia mainly an account of the fiscal year 
 ending Michaelmas, 1180, it contains a few entries which are of some chronological importance. For 
 instance — 
 
 William de Humez is in full office as Constable, though his father is alive : — Willielmus de Mom' Con- 
 stabularius debet compotum pro pafre suo de vinagio Ahrineassini et BallivcB de Vira, And again. In 
 liberatione Willielmi de Sommet Consiabularii £100 pro castodid Castri de Vira. And again. In lihera- 
 aeione Willielmi de Sommet Consiabularii £100 pro cttstodid Castri de Ponte Ursonis. And again, Wills de 
 Hornet Constabularius reddit compotum dejirma terrce Feurel. 
 
 Balph de Varneville, whom we have seen made Chancellor in 1173, still held that office, though Walter 
 de Constanciis, the acting Chancellor, usually appears as Keeper of the Seal. The E.0II mentions the 
 Chancellor repeatedly, e.g., Radulftts Cancellarius r. c. de £2i9 de reguardo forestcB de Bort. Madulfua 
 Cancellarius habet 'Fallem Rod-olii et debet inde compotum de septem annis. 
 
 Touching the Law-Peoceedings in England during the fiscal year now ended : — 
 
 The Pjpe-Koll of Michaelmas, 1180, gives the main results of the Itinera of the four Committees of 
 Justiciars who had been appointed in April, 1179. It seems that nearly every county had been visited by 
 a quorum of these justices, but the two Bishops are in no case recorded to have been w eyre, and the 
 fourth Committee of six persons had divided itself into two committees of three persons each, and also 
 re-arranged the counties it was to visit. 
 
 It would further seem that these Itinera had been accomphshed early in the fiscal year now ended ; and 
 that some of the justices had changed either their colleagues or their counties, or both. Thus we have 
 notice of the exceptional Iter of Alan de Furnellis and Robert de Witefield in Berkshire, while that of 
 Gilbert Pipard, and Geofirey Hosee in Lincolnshire, &c., and that of Ranulf de GlanviU, Godfrey de Luci, 
 and Hugh de Gahurst in Yorkshire, were according to the programme of April, 1179.'' 
 
 In 1180, as has been already said, Ranulf de Glanville was appointed Chief Justiciar in or about the month 
 of April.* It would seem too that his provincial Iter was ere then ended, and that the newer 
 appointment did not prevent his accompanying or following the King to Normandy. 
 
 1 GaU. Script, xii. 448. but John Cumin, William de Bendinges, and 
 
 ' The Annals of Waverley (p. 161), placing Alan de Eurnelhs (the other three members of 
 
 Louis VII's. death on April 29, must not be re- the fourth Committee) visited Gloucestershire, a 
 
 garded. Hoveden, Benedictus, and the Editors of county which belonged primarily to the members 
 
 Gall. Script, (xii. 448 «), all agree on Sept. 18. of the first committee. In short the justiciars 
 
 The Chron. St. Maxent (Ibm. p. 4-18), gives Sept. 20 were the same, but their circuits had been re- 
 
 and the 24th day alter the death of Comte Aude- arranged. 
 
 bert, as the date of Louis's death ; but the two * Hoveden, p. 600, Madox's Exchequer, p. 24. 
 
 items of date are inconsistent with each other. The appointment, we think, made him Viceroy, and 
 
 ^ Rot. Normann. i. 77. did not work any material alteration in the admin- 
 
 ■* In another instance, Ranulf de GlanvUl, istration of law in the provinces, though the Itinera 
 
 Godfrey de Luci, and Hugh de Gaherst, three certainly became less frequent, and the Justices who 
 
 members of the fourth Committee, visited York- were subsequently employed were oftener Sherifis 
 
 shire, which was one of their proper counties ; than before. However, this remark demands its 
 
1180. 
 •.. Oct. I. 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 237 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1180, TO MICHAELMAS, 1181. 
 
 Henry, Duke of Saxonj'', being dethroned by the Emperor Normandy. 
 Frederick, takes refuge at the Court of his Father-in-law, 
 Henry, King of England. 
 
 Oct. 23. The Justiciars sitting at tbe Exchequer at Westminster, on this day, were Eicliard, Bp of 
 Winchester, Geoifrey, Bp of Ely, John, Bp of Norwich, Eanuif de Glanvill, Richard the Treasurer, 
 William Basset, Alan de Furnellis, and Eobert Mantel.i 
 
 They made Kecord of the purchase by William Briwere of half a knight's- fee in Ilesham (Devon) from 
 his own tenants thereof, yij., Hawyse de Ilesham, Kalph, her husband, Roger, her son and heir, and 
 Anger his brother. 
 
 Nov. 4. The new coinage issued in England (according to Gervase). The Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1181, 
 illuatrates the matter. — 
 
 Notts and Deebyshiee. 2<!t in custamento ducendi thesaurum a Notingeham usque Norhanton^ etpro 
 forulis et aliis minutis negotiis Camhii 21s. 2d. per hreiie Regis. 
 
 WoRCESTEESHlEE. JEt in catvagio thesauri a London usque Wirecestr'' ad cambium faciendum et item 
 a Wirecestr' usque London ; et pro forulis et tonellis ad cundem thesaurum deferendum £8. 8s. Wd. per 
 breve Regis. 
 
 XoBKSHlEE. Ht in custamento ducendi thesaurum ah Everwich' usque Niwcwcrch (Newark) ef pro domo 
 cambii rejiciendu ct in minutis 7iece^sariis Cambii 71s. 3ff. per breve Regis. 
 
 LiNCOLNSHlEE. JSt in custamento deferendi thesaurum Regis a LincoV usque Notingeham ad faciendum 
 ibi cambium. Et item a LincoV usque London^ ad rcponendum ibi in thesauro 20s. fer breve Regis. 
 
 NoEFOLK AND SuEEOLK. Et in carragio thesauri per ballivam {Vicecomitis) ad faciendum cambium et 
 item thesauri missi London^ multis vicibus 395. 5^. 
 
 London. Etpro conducendo thesauro a London' usque Sereford' per Brunhurdin et socios ejus 2ld. 
 per breve Regis. Ei item pro conducendo thesauro misso a London' usque Norhanton' et Notingeham ad 
 faciendum cambium \Qs. per breve Regis. 
 
 Nov. 16. Seffrid (II.) consecrated Bishop of Chichester at Canterbury. 
 
 Deo. 25. The King keeps Christmas at Le Mans. The Archbishop Le Mans. 
 
 of Bordeaux, with many Bishops, Earls, and Barons, are 
 present. 
 
 The King enacts a statute of arms for his transmarine 
 dominions. 
 
 Dec. 25. Audomar (V) Comte of Limoges, returning from the 
 Crusade, is received at Limoges.^ 
 
 c.-. Dec. 31. The King is at Angers. Angers. 
 
 qualification, for among the Sheriffs of 1180, we Belet (of Worcestershire), Ranulf de Glanville (of 
 
 count no less than thirteen who were or had been Yorkshire), Alan de Furneaux (of Cornwall), and 
 
 ju8tices-in-eyre. These were William fitz Ralph Robert fitz Bernard (of Kent). 
 
 (Sheriff of Notts and Derbyshire), Robert Mantel i Madox, Exchequer, p. 146. Dugd. Baronage, 
 
 (of Essex and Herts), William Rufus (of Bucks and p. 700. It need occasion no doubt as to GlanviU's 
 
 Bedfordshire), Gervase de CornhuU (of Surrey), being Chief Justice at the time, that even in the 
 
 WilUam fits Stephen (of Gloucestersliire), William Court of Exchequer he is made to succeed tlu-ee 
 
 Basset (of Lincolnshire), Roger fitz Reinfrid (of Bishops. The latter often took precedence of even 
 
 Sussex), Thomas fitz Bernard (of Northants) , Ber- Princes of the blood. 
 
 tramdeVerdon (of Warwicksh. and Leic), Michael - Gall. Script, xii. 448. 
 
238 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 In the year 1180 died Giles, Bishop of Evreux;' Richard, Bishop of Coutances; K. Bishop of St. 
 Andrews ; John, Bishop of Chichester ; and Joseph, Abbot of Reading f also in Lent (March 5- April 16) 
 Garin, Archbishop of Bourges. 
 
 Also, in the same year, Philip, Comte of Flanders, gave in marriage his two nieces (daughters of Matthew 
 Earl of Boulogne) viz., Ida, the eldest, to (Gerard), Comte of Gerres (Gelders); and (Matilda) the youngest, 
 to (Henry the Warrior), the son of the Duke of Louvaiu (and afterwards Duke of Lorrain).^ 
 
 Abo in the same year, John of Salisbury, Bishop of Cbartres, at the prayer of K. Henry II, released 
 John, Comte of Vendome, from his sentence of Excommunication. The Bishop, formerly a staunch servant 
 and friend of Becket, begins and ends his diploma of absolution as follows ; — "Johannes divind dignatione 
 et meritis Sancti Martyris ThomcB, Carnotensis EcclesitB Minister humilis," S(c. Actum public anno 
 Ghratim IISO." 
 
 A.D. 1181. 
 
 1181. The King is in Normandy. Laurence, Archbishop of Dublin, Normaudj. 
 
 comes to him bringing a hostage, a son of the King of 
 Connaught. 
 
 The said Archbishop dies at Ewe. Geoffrey de Haye, a 
 Clerk of the King, accompanied by a Clerk of the Legate 
 Alexius, is sent to Ireland to seize the vacant see in manu 
 Regis. Also John, Constable of Chester, and Richard Peche, 
 are sent to hold Dublin, in Hugh de Lacy's place, the latter 
 haV'ing married a daughter of the King of Connaught with- 
 out Eling Henry's licence.^ 
 
 Feb. 14. Henry, Comte of Troyes and Champagne, died in France, or his return from the Crusade. 
 
 V. March. Geoffrey, Bishop Eleotof Lincoln, being already Chancellor, renounces his election to 
 Lincoln. This was evidently in Normandy. Geoffrey consulted the King (his fatlier), his three half- 
 brothers, Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey, and the Bishops, Reginald of Bath, Frogor of Seez, Henry of Baieux , 
 and Seffrid of Chichester, before he wrote to Archbishop Richard to announce his resolution.^ 
 
 About this time the King being at Ivry, we have the ivry. 
 first appearance of William, son and heir of Patric, Earl of ■ 
 Salisbury. The evidence is a Charter to Wenlock Priory,'' 
 dated at Ivri, whereby the King ratifies an agreement made 
 in 1180, between Geoffrey de Say and his wife Adeliza 
 (widow of Hugh de Periers), and the said Priory. The wit- 
 nesses of the King's confirmation are William, Earl 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs) i. 269. Hoveden puts the ^ Benedictus (apud Stubbs) i. 269. 
 
 death of Bishop Giles in 1181. John fitz Luke, ■• Gall. Script, xii. 489. 
 
 his successor, was appointed according to Bene- * Tliis is from Hoveden. The Staffordshire Pipe 
 
 dictus (vol. i. 278), in July, 1181 ; but in other Roll of the year is in wonderful consonance. — 
 
 passages (pp. 278, 390, 291), Benedictus places the JEt in acquietando passagio Johannis Constabularii 
 
 death of Bishop Giles, and the appointment of Ctstria, Ricardi de Tech, Oalfridi de Haia, et 
 
 Bishop John, in 1181, and in 1182. Widonis Clerici Legati in Siberniam, per breve 
 
 ^ Joseph was succeeded in the Abbacy of Read- Harmlfi de Glanvill, S[c. ^c. 
 ing by Hugh II., who in 1199, became Abbot of * Rymer's Foedera, i. p. 37. Benedictus i. 271. 
 
 Clugni. ' Monasticon, v. 73. Not*. 
 
CODET HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINBKARY OP K. HENRY II. 239 
 
 1181. Mandeville ; William, Earl of Salisbury : Richard Dufay i ivry. 
 
 c. March. -n-lTTx o -i ' ■• 
 
 liicnard de Lucy,- Hugh de Cressi, Reginald de Luci, 
 Robert de Stuteville, Gilbert Pipard and Girard de 
 Canville.^ 
 
 March 5. The King at Valasse.^ vaiasso. 
 
 c. March. The King at Grandmont,^ At prayer of the Monks, he orammont. 
 
 allows to Saibrand, Bishop of Limoges, the fief which he 
 held of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Saibrand had already been 
 a second time to Limoges by grace of both King and 
 Duke. 
 
 April 6. The King keeps Easter at Chinon. Chinon. 
 
 At Chinon is dated a Royal Charter to the Abbey of St. 
 Martin at Marmontier, near Tours. It is attested by Mas- 
 ter Walter de Constanciis, Archdeacon of Oxford; William 
 Paynel ; Gervase Paynel ; Ambrio, Archdeacon ; Stephen 
 de Turri (Qy. Turonis), Seneschal of Anjou ; Hugh Bar- 
 dulf, Dapifer ; Geoffrey fitz Piers ; Ernise de Nevill.^ 
 
 A Charter to Walter, Usher (Ostiario) of the King's 
 chamber, is also dated at Chinon, and attested by " Geoffrey 
 my son and my Chancellor," Richard de Humez,'^ Maurice 
 de Creon, William Marescall, Gilbei-t Pipard, Gilbert fitz 
 Reinfrid, and William Dean of Moriton.^ 
 
 c-.Apni 10. The King goes into Normandy. Normandy. 
 
 April 27. Henry confers with Philip at the Ford of St. Re- Gu^ st. Eemy 
 
 migy, near Nonancourt. The Templars and Hospitallers Nonaucourt). 
 present letters of Pope Alexander, dated on January 16th 
 previous, urging the Crusade. The two Kings promise to 
 assist the enterprise. 
 
 April 28. K. Henry moves towards the coast. Hugh, Comte of Bar, 
 
 meets him and asks leave to attack the Saracens in 
 Spain. 
 
 ' Read De Alfai. Kicliard De Alfai occurs in 4), restored tlie previously forfeited temporalities 
 
 the Norman Roll of 1180 (p. 67), as holding land {feumim quod mifercbat) of Saibrand, Bishop of 
 
 of tlie King's gift at Prenaie-sous-Bcllencombre. Limoges, as he already held them by favour of the 
 
 ^ Not the great Justiciar, who was dead ; but one Duke (Richard). See Gall. Script, xii. 418. 
 who appears in the above Roll as tenant of cer- <> Monasticon, vii. p. 1097. 
 
 tain land at Gorron (i]i Maine) (Ibm. p. 23). ' Not the constable of Normandy, who died in 
 
 'In 1180 the King excused Gerard de Camvill this year, and who if living at the date of the above 
 
 £800 of his father's debts in Normandy (Ibidem, was a monk of Aunay. His grandson, the above 
 
 p. 63). witness, was eldest son of Wm. de Humez, tlie ex- 
 
 ■• R. de Monte, p. 926. isting Constable ; but he appears early in life at 
 
 Stubbs (quoting Geoff. Vigeois, 326). Another Court, in consequence of his marriage with a great 
 
 way of stating the same thing is that the King heiress, 
 being at Grammont Abbey, in Lent, (Feb. 18-April ^ Cartas Antiquce, DD. 
 
240 CODET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITfNEEARY OF K. HENET II. 
 
 1181. William, King of Scots, lands at Barfleur, to consult Barfleur 
 
 ^" ' Henry about Matthew and John, Bishops of Aberdeen and 
 St. Andrews, whom he had banished. King Henry is on 
 the point of embarking for England when he hears that the 
 Comte of Flanders had invaded Philip's territory. 
 
 This derangement of the King's plans is perhaps con- 
 nected with the following charge on the Southampton Pipe- 
 Roll, — M in Uberacione Usneccce quce missa, fuit contra 
 Rcgem^ £7. 10s. per breve Bandidfi de GlanviU. 
 
 In or about this month of April, Hugh, Earl of Chester, is said to have died.^ 
 
 ۥ-. June. John fitz Luce, a clerk of Master Walter de Constautiis, becomes Bishop Elect of 
 Evreux.^ 
 
 Arniilf, Bishop of Liseux, resigns his see, having never been reconciled to the King since the rebellion 
 of 1174. He is succeeded by Ealph de Warneville (or Varneville), lately Chancellor to the King, 
 Treasurer and Archdeacon of Kouen, and Treasurer of York. 
 
 June 24. The walls of Limoges levelled by order of Duke Bichard.'' 
 
 c. Jaiy. K. Henry at Gisors, reconciles the King of France and Oisors. 
 
 the Comte of Flanders. William King of Scots and the 
 young King Henry were present. 
 
 Quite hypothetically the following charters of the King 
 are noticed in this order of time. — 
 
 (1) Charter dated at Caen, to Monteburg Abbey. Wit- cacn 
 ness, Geoffrey Bp of Bly.^ 
 
 (2) Charter dated at Cherbourg in favour of St. Mary Cherbourg, 
 de Vote at Cherbourg, attested by Geoffry, Bp of Ely; E. 
 (Richard) Bishop of Avranches ; and Stephen de Turri (read 
 Turonis), Seneschal of Anjou.^ 
 
 (3) Charter dated at Cherbourg, confirming to L'Essay 
 Abbey (Coutances Dioc.) the grants of Richard de Haia. 
 Witnesses, Henry, Bishop of Baieux; John, Bishop of 
 Bvreux ; William fitz Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy j Saer 
 de Quinci ; and Hugh de Cressi.'^ 
 
 July 20. The King, with William of Scotland, embarks at Cher- ci^^^^^^^ 
 
 bourg, and lands at Portsmouth. Soon afterwards the ^°''ts"">"i''- 
 King sent some hawks to his son Henry, and other presents 
 to his daughter, the Queen of CastUe. Certain charges 
 on the Pipe-Roll show these facts, as also that Queen Elianor 
 had remained in England while Henry was abroad. — 
 
 ' Contra Eeffem means " to meet the King ;" — (compare Hoveden, p. 350, and Benedictus Abbas 
 
 " against the King's coming," as we say colloquially. (Hearne) pp. 364, 380.) 
 
 ^Benedictus. But see June 30, 1180, for a ^ ' ^ Gall. Script, xii. 448. Monasticon vii. 1097. 
 
 various date. '' Neustria Pia, p. 852. 
 
 ^ The year 1182 is also given as the date of this ' D'Anisy's Normandy Transcripts, ii. 63. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND I'l'INEEAEY OF K. HENBY II. 
 
 241 
 
 HoNOTJB OP AettN-DEL. Et Sicardo de JFada et sociis suis unam marcam ad portandos nisos tillra 
 mare Itegi Hegis filio per breve Regis. 
 
 London. ISt FierebracMo 39^. 6i. ad faciendas malas et alia minula vasa ad portandam vassellam et 
 pannos quos Rex: misitfiUcE suce in IL/spaniu per brere Regis et per iiixum Edwardi Bltiiidi. 
 
 DoESEi AND SoilEBSET. Ht Radulfo filio Stephaiii £32. 6s. Sd. ad acquietandum corredium EegincB 
 per breve Ranulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 Hampshiee. Et Radulfo filio Stephani ad procuracionem Regime £60 per breve Randulfi de GlanriU- 
 Et item (idem Radulfo ad procuracionem Uegiiim HIS per breve Randulfi de Olanvill. 
 
 IISI. 
 c. August. 
 
 c. August. 
 
 First, after his landing in England, King Henry occurs Canterbury, 
 as at Canterbury.^ 
 
 On leaving Canterbury it is evident that the King took 
 a journey northwards in company with the King of 
 Scots. 
 
 The following entry by tlie Fermor of Higliam (Xoi-thaats) may pos- 
 sibly relate entirely to tiie circulation of the new coinage ; but it may 
 also be possibly connected with the movements of the Court. — Et pro 
 deferendo tliesanro a ^orhantoii^ usque LhicoV per Rrimburd et Maiise 
 Camhitores Regis ; et item a Norjiantoti^ usque London* et ileni a Norhan- 
 ton* usque Notingeham, et item a Norhanton usque WintorC per Johannem 
 Cumin et Willielmum Malduit Camerarium 35.y. per breve Regis. 
 
 We are expressly told of the King being at Nottingham." Nottingham. 
 With him were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, 
 the King of Scots, and the Bishops of Durham, Ely, 
 Norwich, and Chichester. The Abp of Canterbury pro- 
 ceeded from Nottingham to Lincoln ; the King probably 
 kept on to the North. Another evidence of the King's 
 visit to Nottingham is that Michael Belet (Sheriff of 
 Worcestershire) sent wine thither from Peckenham, 
 
 A Charter to the order of Lazarites, bearing date at 
 Clipston, very possibly belongs to this period. It is at- ciipsion. 
 tested hy Geoffrey the King's son, Fulk Painel, Reginald 
 de Curteneye, Robert de Stuteville, Ralph fitz Stephen, 
 Bertram de Verdon, Michael Belet, and William de Ben- 
 dinges.^ 
 
 A Charter, dated at Pontefract, is some evidence of the Pontef.-aot. 
 King's northward journey. It is a confirmation to one 
 Reiner de Wextonesham, at the prayer of Ranulf de Glan- 
 vill. It is attested by Hugh Murdach, John Cutniu, 
 Bertram de Verdun, Michael Belet, William de Bendinges, 
 Hugh de Cressi, and Robert fitz Bernard.* 
 
 ' Diceto, 612. 
 
 2 Benedictus Abbas (Stubbs), i. 280. 
 
 ' Cartas Antiquse, KK. 
 ■* Cartje Antiquse, P. 
 
 ol 
 
242 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1181. From a Charterj too, dated at York, we infer the King's York. 
 
 onward progress. It is a grant to Kirkeliam Abbey, and 
 is attested by R., Abp of York ; Hugh, Bp of Durham, 
 Hugh MurdaCj Ranulf de Glanvill, Reginald de Curtenai, 
 William de Lanval, Thomas Basset, Michael Belet, and 
 William de Bending.^ 
 
 A Charter dated at Knaresborough is to Finchale Knaresborough. 
 Chapel (Durham), and is attested by Hugh, Bp of Dur- 
 ham, John Cumin, Hugh Murdac, Ranulf de Glanvill, 
 Michael Belet, and William de Bending.^ 
 
 And a Grant to Marrick Priory (Yorkshire), dated at Eiohmond. 
 Richmond, is the furthest point to which we can trace 
 this northern journey, (unnoticed by any of the Chroniclers). 
 It is attested by Hugh Murdach, Ranulf de Glanvill, 
 Michael Belet, and William de Bendinges.^ 
 
 C-. August 15. Prince Richard leads an army into Gasoogne. He occu- 
 pies Lectoure (Lactoram). Yivian, Vicomte of La Lomaque, surrenders to 
 him, and receivea the belt (of knighthood) at St. Sever (Stm. Severum).'' 
 
 August 30. Pope .Mexander III. died. 
 
 September 1. Lucius III. elected Pope ; crowned September 6. 
 
 I. Sept. 1. The King appears next at Lichfield, and granting to Lichfield. 
 Wombridge Priory (Shropshire). The Deed is attested 
 by Godfrey de Lucy ; Master Joceline, Archdeacon of 
 Chichester ; Humphrey de Bohun, Constable ; Roger Bigod ; 
 Robert fitz Bernard ; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain, 
 and Michael Belet. ^ 
 
 Another Charter to the same house, and attested by the 
 same witnesses, is dated at Feckenham (Worcestershire), Fectenham. 
 and shows the course of the Royal progress.^ Moreover 
 the Pipe-Roll shows Michael Belet, Sheriff of Worcester- 
 shire, sending venison of the King's to Marlborough. 
 Sept. fi. The King is at Evesham. It is Sunday. He approves Evesham, 
 
 the nomination of John Cumin to the Archbishoprick of 
 Dublin, the electors being the Prelates and clergy of 
 England, and certain clerks of Dublin Province. 
 
 Probably the King's journey southward lay through Marlborough. 
 Marlborough. 
 
 1 Cartse Antiquae, V. ^ Monasticon, iv. 245. 
 
 2 Collectanea Topographica et Qenealogica, vol. "■ Gall. Script, xii. 449. 
 
 iv. p. 80. * Wombridge Chartulary, Nos. 491, 506, 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENET II. 243 
 
 .Sejft!'i2. ^^6 King is at Winchester. William, Archbishop of Winchester. 
 Rheims, who had visited Becket's shrine early in the month, 
 finds the King at Winchester, and, leaving him there, 
 returns to France by way of Dover.^ 
 
 Sept. 20. Robert, Comte of Mellent, died. 
 
 An Interdict was laid about this time on the realm of Scotland. It was pro- 
 nounced by Eoger, Abp of York, as Legate, and Hugh, Bp of Durham. 
 
 While at Winchester, and probably on this occasion, the 
 King made a grant to Elycia, daughter of Arnald the Gold- 
 smith. Witnesses, R. Bishop of Avranches ; Godfrey de 
 Luci ; John Cumin ; Earl William de Mandeville ; ^ Ranulf 
 de Glanvill; Stephen de Turris (Qy. Turonis), Seneschal 
 of Anjou ; Peter fitz Gwido ; Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamber- 
 lain ; and William de Bending.^ 
 
 c. Julj-Sept. The autumn of this year was marked by a Crusade agaiust the Albigenaes, led by 
 Henry, Bishop of Albano.'' 
 
 Sept. 29. Fob the HSCAL teae, now ended, the Pipe-EoU of 27 Hen. II. gives us scant record of 
 the Itinera of Justices. Eanulf de Glanvill had lield Nova PlacUa and Novas Comentiones in 
 Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Under the title Nova Placita et Novas Coiweiitiones : — De 
 Placitis Curiee ; there had been an Assize in Kent, but the president justices are not named. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1181, TO MICHAELMAS, 1182. 
 
 c. Oct. About this time the King was much in Wiltshire, and 
 
 probably at Salisbury. One proof of this is that, at SaUsbury. 
 Michaelmas, 1182, the Sheriff of Wiltshire charges o4s. hd. 
 for taking treasure many times from Sarum to Winchester, 
 and from Winchester to Sarum ; also the Sheriff of Hamp- 
 shire (as we shall see below) charges for taking treasure 
 to Salisbury. 
 
 ' The Dover Pipe-EoU of 1181, gives us no ac- Michaelmas, 1181. — (Douea. — JSt in passagio 
 
 count of the return to France of the Archbishop ; Comitis Willielmi tie Mandeville 100.?. per breve 
 
 probably because his passage was not at K. Henry's Regis). We presume that the Earl's embassy was 
 
 charges. But nearly at the same time an embassy that recited by Beuedictus (i. 287), as indefinitely 
 
 from Louis returned by way of Dover, and for previous to certain other events of March, 1182. 
 
 its passage K. Henry was at charges with the Benedictus's story is that the Earl (here styled 
 
 "Warden of Dover. The entry on the accounts of D'Aumale) was ambassador to the Emperor 
 
 the latter runs thus, — In passagiis Comitis de Dam- Frederick to obtain a remission of the "sentence of 
 
 martin et nuntiorum Regis Francice 20s. per dreve seven years exile pronounced on the Duke of 
 
 Saxony. The Earl and other envoys from Prance and 
 
 ^ It seems that about this time, Earl William de Flanders got six of the seven years to be taken off. 
 
 Mandeville either went on, or had returned from, The Duke hereupon went into exile for a year. He 
 
 some continental embassy. His going is distinctly reached Normandy in May, 1182. 
 
 marked on the Dover Pipe-Eoll as previous to ^ ■ ■* Carta; Antiquae, C. 23. Gall. Script. lii. 448. 
 
244 COUltT, HOUSliliOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY IJ. 
 
 118). A number of Royal Charters belong probably to the Winchester. 
 
 Oct — I)cc 
 
 last three months of 1181. These we arrange without any 
 assumption as to their proper sequence. — 
 
 (1.) Charter to St. Giles's Hospital at Wilton, dated at ^jj^^.^^^^^^ 
 Clarendon, and attested by Master John Cumin, Hugh 
 Murdach, Brother Roger the Almoner, Ralph fitz Stephen, 
 Chamberlain ; Michael Relet, and William de Bending.^ Shaftesbury. 
 
 (2.) Charter to Shaftesbury Nunnery, dated at St. 
 Edward {i.e., at Shaftesbury), mentioning Mary, the King's 
 sister as Abbess there, and attested by Master Laurence 
 Ai'chdeacon of Bedford; Master Joceline, Archdeacon of 
 Chichester ; Roger, the King's Chaplain ; Ralph fitz 
 Stephen, Chamberlain ; Thomas fitz Bernard ; and Eustace 
 
 fitz Stephen.^ Woodstock. 
 
 (3.) Charter to Derley Abbey (Derbyshire), dated at 
 Woodstock, attested by Geoffrey the King's son ; William 
 de Humez, Constable ; Reginald de Courtenay ; Richard 
 de Aufre (probably Aufai), Wydo de St. Wallery ; and 
 William de Curtmorlimer.* 
 
 (5). Charter to the Canons of Waltham (Essex), dated Westminster. 
 at Westminster, and attested by Bishops, Richard of 
 Winchester, Geoffrey of Ely, and John of Norwich ; also 
 by Geoffrey, the King's son and Chancellor ; by Master 
 Walter de Constantiis ; Master Laurence, Archdeacon of 
 Bedford ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; Reginald de Curtenay ; 
 William de Humez, Constable ; and Walter fitz Robert. ^ 
 
 jSTov. 22. Roger, Archbishop of York, dies at York. Hugh, Bishop of Durham, buries him. William, 
 King of Scotland, still under au Interdict, sends Josceline, Bp of Glasgow, and Arnulf, Abbot of Melrose, 
 to Pope Lucius. 
 
 V. Not. 29. The Comte of FlanJcrs attacks the French territory. King Philip's uncles, viz., William, 
 Archbishop of Kheims, and Comtes Theobald and Stephen, are with Flanders. Philip is assisted by young 
 King Henry. 
 
 [Dec. 1. The following justiciars were sittnig in the Curia Regis at Westminster, viz., E. Bishop of 
 Winton ; G-. Bp of Ely ; and Ranulf de Glanvill, " Justices of the King ; " Richard the Treasurer ; God- 
 frey de Luci ; Roger fitz Reinfrid ; Micliael Bolet ; Gilbert de Coleyill; Ranulf de Gedding ; Gervase de 
 Cornhill ; and Osbert fitz Hervey.'^] 
 
 Deo. 25. " The King keeps Christmas at Winchester ; and after- Winchester. 
 
 ' Journal of the ArchiEol. Institute (1861), p. " Fines (printed), vol. i. p. xxii. This Fine is 
 
 312. entered on the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1182, 
 
 - Monasticon, ii. 484, Num. xx. but it is dated as on December 1, 28 Henry II. 
 
 •* Cotton MS. Yespas, E. xxii. fo. 3. (1182). We rather incline to adhere to the date 
 
 ■* Monasticon, vi. p. 359. given on the Fine, and consequently repeat the 
 
 * Cartae Antiqua?, M. quotation a year later {Infra, p. 249). 
 
Dec. 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 245 
 
 wards remains about tlie southern coast waiting a fair wimchestcr. 
 wind to sail to Normaady." This statement of Benedictus 
 is well supplemented by a charge on the Hampshire Pipe- 
 EolL— 
 
 Ut pro locandis caretis qum detulerunt thesawum a Lon- 
 don' usque Winton' et ■partem ejusdem thesauri ad Sales- 
 huriam et item Porcestriam et pro midtis negotiis thesauri 
 dum Rex moratus fuit in tnaritimis £6. Et in liberacione 
 Glerici Thesaurarii et Gamerariorum dum moram fecerunt 
 apud Portesmue ante transfretationem Regis £7. 10s. j5e?' 
 hreve Regis. 
 
 While at Winchester and surely on this occasion, the 
 King expedited a Charter to Godstow Nunnery. 
 
 (1.) It is attested by Kichard, Bp of Winchester; 
 Geoffrey, Bp of Ely; B. Bishop of Worcester; Geoffrey 
 the King's son and Chancellor ; Master Laurence, Ai'ch- 
 deacon of Bedford ; Master Walter de Constanciis ; Roger, 
 the King's Chaplain ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; Reginald de 
 Curtenai ; William de Humez, Constable ; Roger le 
 Bigoth ; Gilbert Pipard ; Bertram de Verdon; Ralph fitz 
 Stephen, Chamberlain ; William fitz Adelm, Dapifer ; 
 Alan de Furnellis ; Hugh de Morewyk ; Robert de Wite- 
 feld ; William de Bending ; William Rufus ; Richard, 
 Rufus ; and Durandus de Ostill.^ 
 
 (2.) Another Charter, dated at Winchester, is to Hugh 
 Bsturmi ; and is attested by Ric. Bp of Winton ; Geoffrey 
 Ridel, Bp of Ely ; Reginald de Curtenai ; and Hugh de 
 Moi'ewic.^ 
 
 (3.) Another, also dated at Winchester, is to Stratford 
 Abbey (Essex) ; and is attested by Rich. Bp of Winton ; 
 G. Bp of Ely; B. Bp of Worcester; S. Bishop of 
 Chichester ; Geoffrey the King's son and Chancellor ; 
 Master Laurence, Archdeacon of Bedford ; Master Walter 
 de Constanciis ; Godfrey de Luci ; Richard the Treasurer ; 
 Rannulf de Glanvill ; Roger Bigot ; Reginald de Curtenai ; 
 Walter fitz Robert ; Hugh de Cressi ; Hugh de Beau- 
 champ ; and Reginald de Paveilli.^ 
 
 (4.) Another, dated at Winchester, is to Dureford 
 Abbey* (Sussex) ; and is attested by R. Bishop of 
 
 ' Godstow Chartu]ary, fo. 165. ^ Cartse Antiqua;, X. 
 
 ^ CartsB DucatAs Lancastria;. '' Monastioon, vii. 938. Num. ii. 
 
Jan. 6. 
 
 246 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENKT II. 
 
 1181. Winchester: P. Bishop of St. Davids: Geofifrey the Winchester. 
 
 c. Dec. ^.^ *■ *^ 
 
 Chancellor, the King's son; Master Walter de Constanciis; 
 Eanulf de Glanvill ; Gilbert Pipert; Bertram de Verdon ; 
 Robert do Wytefeld, and Michael Belet. 
 
 (5.) Another, also dated at Winchester, is to Stratfleur 
 Abbey (Cardiganshire) ; and is attested by Eichard, 
 Bishop of Winchester ; Geoffrey, Bishop of Ely ; Seffrid, 
 Bp of Chichester; Peter, Bp of St. Davids; and Geoffrey 
 the Chancellor, the King's son.^ 
 
 A.D. 1182. 
 
 Jan."?^" ^^® ^™S probably at Winchester. Winchester. 
 
 The King is at Marlborough. Geoffrey the Chancellor, Marlborough 
 in presence of the King, the Archbishop, and many 
 Bishops, renounces his election to the See of Lincoln.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter to Dureford Abbey (Sussex), bears 
 date at Marlborough, and is attested by WilUam de 
 Humet, Constable ; Roger Bigot, and William fitz Aldelm.^ 
 
 c. Feb. While the King was waiting on the Coast, he probably 
 
 visited Arundel. A Charter to the Burgesses of Beverley ^randei 
 (Yorkshire), bears date at Arundel, and is quite in 
 keeping with the fact that the See of York was vacant 
 at the assumed time of its passing. It is attested by R. 
 Bp of Winchester; G. Bp of Ely; J. Bp of Norwich; 
 Geoffrey the King's son and Chancellor ; John the King's 
 son ; Master Walter de Custanciis ; G. de Lucy ; R. de 
 Glanvill ; Reginald de Courtenay ; R. Bigot ; Hugh de 
 Cressi ; Hugh de Morewic ; Alan de Furnellis ; Robert de 
 Witefeld ; Mchael Belet ; and William Rufus, Dapifer. * 
 
 Feb. 21. The Prior of St. Edmundsbury, finds the King at 
 
 Bishops Waltham (Hampshire.) " Bishops Waitham. 
 
 Feb. 33. The King holds a Council at Bishops Waltham and 
 
 makes his Will. He addresses the four Princes, his sons, 
 and appoints trustees for various bequests, viz., the Abps 
 of Canterbury and Rouen, and the Bps of Winchester, 
 Worcester, Ely, Norwich, Baieux, Avranches, Seez, 
 
 ' Monasticon, v. 633. Num. ii. ^ Cotton MS. Vespas. E. xxii. fo. 3. 
 
 2 Diceto. Tmag. Hi^t. p. 613. This we take to ^ Foedera, vol. i. p. 40. 
 
 liave been a second, and more formal renunciation. * Chronicle of Joaoeline de Brakelond (Camden 
 
 {Vide supra, p. 238). Soc), pp. 15, 47. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 247 
 
 1183.^ Evreux, Le Mans, and Angiers, and also Eanulf de Bistopa wai- 
 Glanvill, " Justiciar of England.'^ The witnesses of tlie 
 Deed are E. Bp of Winchester ; John, Bp of Norwich ; 
 G. the Chancellor, " my son " ; Master Walter de 
 Gonstanciis, Archdeacon of Oxford; Godfrey de Lucy, 
 Archdeacon of Derby j Ranulf de Glanvill; Roger fitz 
 Eeinfrid ; Hugh de Morewic ; Radulf fitz Stephen, 
 Chamberlain ; and William Rufus.^ 
 c. M arch The King embarks at Portsmouth," and lands at Barfleur. Portsmouth. 
 
 It is evident that while the King was absent in 
 Normandy, the Queen remained in England, and that 
 Ranulf de Glanvill was left as Viceroy. The following sartieur. 
 from the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1182, will suffice on 
 both points. — 
 
 Dorset and Somerset. Bt Eadulfo filio Stephani £20 
 ad corredium Eegince per breve lianulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 Bucks and Bedfordshire. M Willielmo de Gerpunvilla 
 ad liberaciones vi austrucariorum qui transfretaveruvt 
 ad Regem £4 per breve Ranulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 Marcli 11. Pope Lucius, at Velletre, releases William of Scotland 
 from the Interdict. 
 
 March 13. John Cumin, already a Cardinal, is ordained Priest by 
 Pope Lucius at Velletre. 
 
 March 21. John Cumin is consecrated Archbishop of Dublin by the Pope. 
 
 K. Henry has a conference at Senlis with Philip ofg,,„|j3 
 France, and Philip Comte of Flanders. Henry the young 
 King ; Henry Bishop of Albano, Pope's-Legate ; and 
 William, Archbishop of Rheims, were present. 
 
 April 29. The following persons were sitting in tlie Curia Regis at Westminster, viz., 2J. Bp of Win- 
 chester ; John, lip of Norwich; and Rannulf de GrlauTill, "Justiciars of the King;" Richard, the 
 Treasurer ; Roger fitz Eeinfrid : William Rufus ; Thomas filz Bernard ; William Basseth ; Michael 
 Belet; William Torel ; Osbert de Glanvill ; William deAlbervill; Rannulf de Gedding ; awi Qervase de 
 ComhilT? 
 
 May 1. The first, second, seventh, tenth, twelfth, and fourteenth of the above-named, together with 
 Walter fitz Robert, were sitting in like manner, in the Curia Regis at Westminster.'' 
 
 About this time the King was in Poitou.^ Poitou. 
 
 ,,-. May 20. The King is at Grandmont," in La Marche. Griindmont. 
 
 Then at St. Yriez, in Limousin.'' st. Triez. 
 
 • Rymer's Poedera I. 47. Diceto, p. 613. fell on March 7th. 
 
 - Diceto (p. 613), puts the King at Portsmouth ^ • '' Printed Fines, vol. 1. pp. xxi. and 60. 
 
 on March 3, and at Barfleur on March 4. But '■ Benedictus (Stubbs), i. p. 288. It is evident 
 
 Benedictus (i. 285) says, that the King was that, from May to August, Benedictus knew notliir.g 
 
 delayed some time on the Knglish coast, and that wliatever of the King's movements, 
 
 liis traijsfretation was not till iirter Midlent, which " Geoffrey of Vigeois (Gall Script, xii, 330). 
 
248 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AMD ITINEEAET OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 c. M^y.' After St Yriez, the King appears at Pierre Buffiere.^ piene Buffieie. 
 
 June 24. The King is at Grandmont.^ Graiuimout. 
 
 July 1. Then at Perig-ueux.^ f ei- 
 
 ^b 
 
 i^ueui. 
 
 c. July 1-8. A.nd then at Limoges.^ Limoges. 
 
 In the Bummer of 1182, Radulph Puher (called erroneously Siieriff of Gloucestershire) was, with many 
 others, while employed in building a border castle, slain by the Welsh. Eanulf de Glanvill attacks the Welsh, 
 but suffers some loss while rebuilding the said castle.' 
 
 c. July. Hugh, Bishop of Durham, offends K. Henry by refusing to gire up a legacy which had been 
 left to liim by Eoger, late Archbishop of York. 
 
 Holland, Archbishop- elect of Dol, and Sclvan, Abbot of Bivaulx, are Legates from Pope Lucius to 
 negotiate between William, King of Scots, and John and Hugh, rival Bishops of St. Andrews. 
 
 July 26. Walter, Bishop of Rochester, died. 
 
 <;. Aug. When the King returned into Normandy,'' he found the NormamJy. 
 
 Duke and Duchess of Saxony taking shelter during their 
 banishment. The Duchess remains with her father, and 
 soon afterwards gives birth to a son at Argentan. The Argentan. 
 Duke, meantim.e, had gone on a pilgrimage to Compostella. 
 
 c. Sept. The King was wishing to return to England, but the dis- 
 
 content and waywardness of his son Henry, who had gone 
 iuto the Freach territory, detained him. 
 
 In the fiscal XEAit now ended, we notice the Tier of Godfrey de Luci, Alaii de FumcUis, Hugh de 
 Morewic, Robert de Witcfeld, and Michael Belet, who, some or all of them, visited Yorkshire, Staf- 
 fordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Glouoesteraliire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshii'e, and 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 Also the County of Oxfordshire had been visited by Robert de Witefeld, but, in this instance, his 
 associates in eyre were Roger fitz Reinfrid, William Basset, and Michael Belet. Also the County of 
 Southampton had been visited by Ranulf de Glanvill and his associates, who are unnamed. 
 
 The Dovee Pipe-Roll of the above year gives a curious list of persons who crossed the Straits at 
 the King's cost, and in pursuance of the King's Writs. In passagio Willi de Yerpunvill et Austru- 
 caiiorum Megis £4. 17*. per ireve Regis. In passagio JoTiannis eleeti Ebroicensis et Bertrami de Verdon 
 4Ss. per Ireve Regis. In passagio Bpiscopi de Sto. David ct Ahbatis de Hereford et Wigani clerici Regis 
 filii Regis 4:*ls. per breve Regis. In passagio Episcopi Norivieensis 46s. per breve Regis. In passagio 
 Advoeati de Rettun 46s. per breve Regis. In soltis per breve Regis Absolon de Doura 205. pro passagio 
 Sugonis de Morewich. 
 
 ' Geoff. Vigeois (Gall. Script, xii, 330.) Gloucestershire. He accounted for the ferm of the 
 
 ^ Geoff. Vigeois (Ibidem p. 331.) former county up to Easter, 1182, charging among his 
 
 ^ Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 288-9. The Welsh ver- expenses for custody of the well-known Welsh castle 
 
 sion of this story is that " Randulf De Poer, and of Camer/Mn, and for works at the castle of C/">AiefoB 
 
 many knights with him, were killed by the youths (Knighton). At Michaelmas, 1182, two Custodes 
 
 of Winchester (Caer Wynt). (See Brut y Tywyso- (Milo de Mucegros and Roger fitz Maurice) account 
 
 gion, pp. 230-1). This extraordinary statement for the ferm of Herefordshire for the last half of the 
 
 probably arises in some transcriber choosing to fiscal year then ended. Of course this arrangement 
 
 write ' Caer Wynt, ' where he found ' Caer Went.' was owing to the death of the Sheriff. 
 
 The Pipe-Roll somewhat elucidates the matter. ■• Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 288. See p. 247, note 
 
 Randulf Puher was Sheriff of Herefordshire, not 5, as to the previous hiatus in Benedict's Chronicle, 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENEY II. , 249 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1182, TO MICHAELMAS, 1183. 
 
 Oct. 6. Ricbard Peohe, Bishop of Coventry, died at St. Thomas's Priory (Stafford), whither he had 
 retired.' 
 
 Oct. 9. Waleran, Archdeacon of Baieux, a Clerk of Archbishop Eichard, elected Bishop of Rochester in 
 tlie Chapter of Rochester, before the said Arclibisliop and the Justiciar. 
 
 Not. 13. The Abp of Canterbury crosses from Dover to Normandy. 
 
 Dec. 1. On this day a fine was levied in the Onria Regis at Westminster, before R. Bishop of Win- 
 cliester ; Geoffry, Bishop of Ely ; and Ranulf de Glanvill, ' Justiciars of the Lord King ; ' Eicliard the 
 Treasurer, Gr. de Luci, Roger fltz Reinfnd, Michael Belet, G. de Coleville, R. de Geddings, Gervase de 
 Cornhull, Osbert fitz Hervey, and others.^ 
 
 Dec. 4. The Archbishop of Canterbury ordains Walleran, Bisliop-elect of Rochester, a Priest. 
 
 Dec. 5. The Archbishop consecrates the said Bishop at Liseux. 
 
 vm. 26. The King kept Christmas at Caen. With him were the caen. 
 
 Princes Henry, Richai'd, and Geoffrey ; also Henry, Dake 
 of Saxony ; Richard, Abp of Canterbury ; and John, Abp 
 of Dublin. 
 
 DUEINO THE YEAE NOW ENDED, Ranulf de Glanvill is said to have founded the Abbey of Leystone, in 
 Su6folk. It is also said that the King, on quitting England in March, left Prince John under the 
 tutelage of Ranulf de Glanvill, an arrangement which will have endured till August, 1183, when both 
 GlanviUe and the Prince followed the King into Normandy. Ranulf de Glanvill's Eoundation-charter 
 of Leystone — may well have passed m 1182, and is an illustration of his alleged tutorship of Prince 
 John. It is attested by " John, son of the Lord the King " ; William de Aubervill ; Ralph de Ardern ; 
 Roger de Glanvill ; Osbert de Glanvill ; William de Valoines ; Ralph Murdac ; Ralph de Gedinge ; Alard 
 fitz William ; Theobald Walter ; Thomas de Ardene, and many others.^ 
 
 A.D. 1183. 
 
 1183. Prince Henry takes a solemn oath of allegiance to his Le niaas. 
 
 father. 
 Jan. The King, being at Le Mans, desires the Princes 
 
 Richard and Geoffrey, to do homage to their elder brother. 
 Richard refuses, retires into Poitou, and fortifies tbe Castle 
 of Clairvaux. Geoffrey does homage to his elder brother .at 
 
 Anglers. Angiers. 
 
 1 Chesterfield says that this Bishop died Oct. 7, to the above fine, paid half a merk to have it en- 
 
 1181. The Annals of St. Werburgh put his death rolled on the Pipe-Roll. If correctly dated, the 
 
 on "Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1182;" the Annals of entry was quite supplementary, inasmuch as the 
 
 Waverley say he died in 1182 ; Hoveden and Bene- accounts of the said Roll would ordinarily close at 
 
 dictus in 1183. The Pipe-Roll of 29 Henry II. Michaelmas previous. (See p. 244, note 6.). 
 
 proves that he received no revenues from liis See ' Monasticon, vii. 881. The Manor of Leystone, 
 
 after Michaelmas, 1182 ; that, between liis resigna- wliich Glanvill here gives for the foundation of a 
 
 tion and his death, he had a daily procuration Proemonstratensian Abbey, he had previously given 
 
 assigned him by the King, and that the amount to the Canons of Butley. His Charter recites how 
 
 of such procurations only reached £2. The best tlie said Canons had resigned the same in presence 
 
 inference, on the whole, is that he retired about of John, Bishop of Norwich, of Glanvill himself, of 
 
 Michaelmas, 1182, and died on Oct. 6, 1182. Archdeacon Walkeline, of Hubert Walter, Geoffry 
 
 ' Rot. Pipe 28 Hen. II. Oger fitz Oger, a party fitz Piers, and Alan de Valoins. 
 
 32 
 
250 
 
 CODRTj HOUSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 In tlie beginning of the year 1183, Prince Henry took part with the Poitevin Barons against their 
 Duke, Richard, whose occupation of Clairvaux Castle was an enci-oachment on the fief of Anjou, and so 
 on the elder brother's heritage. Prince Geoffrey joined his brother Henry in opposing Richard. Richard 
 placed Clairvaux Castle at his father's disposal. 
 
 1183. King Henry is at Limoges.^ Limoges. 
 
 Then at Aixe.i ^i^e. 
 
 March 1. Then again at Limoges.i Limoges. 
 
 March 8. The King is at Poictiers. Richard, Abp of Canterbury^ poicUera. 
 
 and Roger, Abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, come to 
 an agreement in his presence. The Bisliops of Baieux and 
 Rochester were at Court. 
 
 About this time money was sent from England to the King. The Sheriff of Southampton charges,— ^/h 
 Uberacione Esneccai quando iransfretavit cum tJiesawo in Qiiadragesimd £7. IO5. per breve Regis. Et in 
 liberacione navis qucc iransfretavit (item) cum esneccd 40*. per idem breve. Mt pro locaiidis xx servienti- 
 bus ad custodiam ejusdem thesauri in ipsd tranfretacione WOs. per idem breve. Et pro eodem thesauro 
 onerando et deoiierando et pro aliis necessariis 9s. 5d. 
 
 The three Princes meet their father at Angiers. They Angiers. 
 make peaceable arrangements among themselves, and swear 
 allegiance to him. 
 
 A conference was held at Mirabel between the King and Mirabel. 
 his sons to settle further particulars. Prince Geoffrey 
 being sent to summon the Barons of Aquitaine to the con- 
 ference, encourages them in their disaffection. 
 
 Prince Henry for a time joins his father in attempts to re- 
 concile Prince Richard with the nobles of Aquitaine. 
 
 Prince Henry, after sending his wife to the Court of her brother Philip, 
 goes to Limoges, ostensibly with the purpose of reclaiming his brother, 
 Geoffrey, and the nobles of Aquitaine ; but eventually he joins their rebellion. 
 
 April 17. The Kiug at Easter is before Limoges.^ He is treason- Limoges, 
 
 ably attacked by the garrison of the castle. He retires 
 thence accompanied by Prince Richard. 
 
 The King, proposing to confer with his two rebellious 
 sons, is again attacked by the Castellans of Limoges. 
 
 Prince Heniy twice counterfeits attempts to bring the 
 Aquitaine Barons to their allegiance ; and twice pretends to 
 be reconciled with his father. 
 
 While Maurice de Creoun, and other envoys of the King, 
 are conferring with Prince Henry concerning a truce, their 
 followers are attacked and slain. 
 
 ' • ' Geoff. Vigeois, pp. 332-334, 336, as quoted by Professor Stubbs (Itinerary, p. cxlv). 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 251 
 
 1183. A few days later, and Oliver fitz Ernise and Gerom de Limoges 
 
 •!. April 10. -'•. ' uimo^ea. 
 
 Musterol, going with a flag uf truce from the King to Prince 
 Geoffrey, were assaulted. 
 
 V. April. About this time the Earls of Gloucester and Leicester were 
 arrested and imprisoned in England. 
 
 Mays. The King having having sent to Lincoln an Order for 
 
 the election of a Bishop, the Chapter on this day elected 
 Walter de Constanciis. Their choice displeased the King. 
 
 May 9. A fine was levied in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster, befor; R. Bp of Winchester ; 
 Or. Bp of Ely : J. Bp of Norwich ; and Eannulf de Glanvile, Justiciars ; — Roger fitz Heinfrid, Wm. Basset, 
 Alan de FurneDis, Robert de Witefeld, Gervase de Cornhull, Rannulf de Gedding, Gilbert de Colerill, and 
 other Barons.' 
 
 May 26. Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury ; Henry, Bishop of Baieux ; John, Bishop of Evreux ; 
 Ralph, Bishop of Liseux ; Roger (Froger), Bishojo of 8eez ; and Walleran, liiahop of Rochester, meet in 
 the Church of St. Stephens at Caen, and (excepting Prince Henry) they excommunicate all who foster the 
 existing dissensions between the King and his sons. 
 
 u. June 1. Prince Henry commits a sacrilegious attack on the Church of St. Mary de Roquemadour 
 (De Eupe Adamatoris), in the Queroy. 
 
 June 5. Nicholas, Bishop of LandafT, died. 
 
 June 5. More treasure was sent from England to the King. The Sheriff of Southampton charges, — 
 Zn liberacione esneecce quando transfretavit cum tltesauro infesto Pentecostes £7. 10^. per hyeve liet/is. Bt 
 item in liberacione esnecccE de viii diehus 75.?. dum moram fecit a^pud Portesmutha]ii per idem breve. ISi 
 Clerico thesaurarii et dicobus Jiominibtts camerarife Ads. de liberacione sua per breve lianulfi de Glanvill. 
 JEt in liberacione unius naris in qua equi Episcopi Wigorniensis^ et servientum de thesanro transfretaverunt 
 Z5s. per breve Regis predictum. 
 
 June 11. The younger King Henry, having been attacked with dysentery, dies at Martel.^ William 
 Marescall, being in attendance on him, was entrusted with his cross to be borne to Jerusalem. His 
 remains, being intended to be carried for burial at Rouen, are stopped at Le Mans, and buried there.^ 
 
 On this same day, being Saturday in Whitsun-week, John, Bishop of Evreux, ordained Walter de Con- 
 stanciis (Bishop-elect of Lincoln, and Archdeacon of Oxford) a Priest, by order of Richard, Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, then in France.* 
 
 June 21.. The King at length reduces Limoges. Limoges. 
 
 The King, accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
 goes to Le Mans, orders the disinterment of his son's LeSian?. 
 corpse, and attends it to Rouen, where it is buried. 
 
 ' Harl. MS. 2110, fo. 108. '" Tlie ordination of Walter de Coutnnces took 
 
 2 Baldwin was the existent Bishop of Worcester. place, according to Benediotus, at Evreux. But 
 
 ^ Martel, tlie scene of Prince Henry's death, is the date and place of this Prelate's consecration are 
 
 variously described by the Chroniclers as in Turenne, uncertain. Diceto says that it was soon after his 
 
 as in Gascony, and as near Limoges. It is a village ordination [postmodum), and in the Cliureh of St. 
 
 lying a little to the east of the road, which leads Laud, at Angicrs, the Abp of Canterbury conseerat- 
 
 from Brives to Cahors. mg. Benedictus agrees as to the place. Other 
 
 ■* The body was afterwards removed to Rouen, statements name Caen, and one (that of Florence's 
 
 and buried on the north side of the High Altar of Coiitinuator) names Rouen as the place of the cere- 
 
 the Cathedral. The translation was effected by mony. A day also is named, viz., June 25, but not 
 
 Robert de Newburgh, then Dean of Rouen, wlio with probability, as it fell on Saturday. The conse- 
 
 proved that the young King had during life selected oration of Jolm, Bishop of St. Asaph, is put by tlie 
 
 his own place of sepulture (Gall. Script, xii. 539). Annals of Waverley on June 25, at Caen. 
 
252 COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINKEARY OF K. HENRY U. 
 
 1183. The King holds a conference with Philip of France^ pro- (Gisors). 
 
 bably at Gisors. They agree as to the dower of Prince 
 Henry's widoWj Margaret. 
 July 3. The King and Prince Richard go to AngierSj where they i_ngieTs. 
 
 come to terms with Prince Geoffrey. '^ 
 
 Aug. 11. The Archbishop of Canterbury returns to England, having, whilst in Trance, consecrated 
 three Bishops, yiz., Rochester, Lincoln, and (the third) John, Bishop of St. Asaph. 
 
 Aug. 19. A Chapter is held at Canterbury, whereat Waleran, Bp of Koohester, does fealty to the 
 Prior and (-onvent of Christ Clmrch. There were present the Archbishop Richard; Gerard, Bishop- 
 elect of Chester ; Benedict, Abbot of Peterborough ; Moses, Prior of Coventry ; Alan, Prior of Canter- 
 bury ; Peter, Archdeacon of Bath; and William, Archdeacon of Gloucester. 
 
 Aug. In this and the following month the Southampton Pipe-Roll indicates the transmission of money 
 to Normandy : — Et item in lihcracione navis Samsonis WasceV quando transfretavit cum thesauro mense 
 Augusti 50s. per Ireve Regis. St in necessariis illius thesauri 3«. Gd. Et fro Jocdndis una Guheruatore 
 et nautis ad transfretandum cum illo thesauro 1 marcam per predictum breve Regis. JSt item pro navi 
 Suiifridi Sai ad transj'retandu.m thesaurum. circa festum Sancti Egidii (September 1) 30s. ;;er idem breve. 
 Et pro locandis decern nautis ad custodiam thesauri illius in iransfretatione 50s. per idem breve. Ht pro 
 onerando et deonerando eodem thesauro 2s. 
 
 About this time the King sends to England for Prince John and for Ranulf de Glanvill, wlio was acting 
 as his Guardian {magiitercjus). They sail from Dover to Witsand. This statement is curiously confirmed 
 by the Dover Pipe-Roll. — Et in passagio Johannis filii Regis et RanniUfi de Glanvill et sociorum suorum 
 £15. 4«. per breve Regis. Et in passagio Episcopi de Acra 15s. psr breve Regis. 
 
 The King requires Prince Richard, to yield up Aquitaine to Prince John. About this time also the 
 King sent for the Queen, who was in prison. She had apparently been domiciled in Berkshire under the 
 custody of Ralph fitz Stephen. Hence the Sheriff of that County charges, — Et Radulfo filio Stephani £20 
 ad corredium Regince per breve Rannulji de Olanvill, 
 
 Prince John, while in Normandy, seems to have been chiefly at Rouen. Hence tlie Norman-Roll of 
 Michaelmas, 1184, charges, — In corredio Johannis filii Regis apud Rothomagum £2'!> per breve Regis? 
 
 Sept. 19. Gilbert Assaili, Master of the Knights Hospitallers, was drowned, with many others, passing 
 from Dieppe to England. 
 
 Sept. 21. Gerard la Puoelle, Bishop-elect of Chester, was ordained a Priest. 
 
 Sept. 25. The said Bishop was consecrated at Canterbury by the Archbishop, assisted by the Bishops 
 of Bath, Worcester, St. David's, and Rochester. 
 
 To this period we may assign a Royal Charter, con- 
 firming to Henry de Marisco, the grant of Gerard, the Prior 
 of Norwich, made by consent of John, Bishop of Norwich. 
 
 The Charter is dated at Gorham (Gorron in Maine), and Gorron. 
 is attested by R. A.rchbishop-elect of Dol ; Hugh Murdach ; 
 John de Consbanciis, Treasurer of Liseux ; Ranulf de Glan- 
 vill ; Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer ; Adelm de Fontibus ; Ralph 
 de Ardern ; Geoffrey fitz Peter, and Gilbert fitz Reinfrid.® 
 
 1 R. de Monte (Struve), 933. But the Roll quoted is that of 1184, not of 1183 ; 
 
 After Anglers, Stubbs (quoting Rot. Nermann, i. and we have preferred to consider its evidence of 
 
 121) puts the King at Evreux : then (quoting Rot. the Royal visits in question to indicate a later 
 
 Normann. i 116) at Gisors: then (quoting Rot. date than Michaelmas, 1183. (See pp. 253, 255.) 
 Normann. i. 116) at Rouen, conferring with Philip ^ ^^^ Normann. (Stapleton) i. 120. 
 
 of Flanders. ^ Cartas Antiquie, S. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRZ II. 253 
 
 In the tear ekding Michaelmas, 1183, we maj note the Iter of Thomas fitz Bernard, Alan de Furnellis, 
 and Eobert de Witefeld, in Herefordshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire. 
 
 c. Oct. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1183, TO MICHAELMAS, 1184. 
 
 About tiis time we may date a Royal Charter, which Lyons-ia-ForiSt. 
 passed at Leon (Lyons-la-Foret). It was in favour of 
 Croxden Abbey (Staffordshire), and was attested by Walter, 
 Bp of Lincoln; Ranulf de Glanvill; William fitz Ralph, 
 Seneschall of Normandy ; Hugh de Morewich, Dapifer ; 
 Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer; Radulf de Arderne ; Geoffry fitz 
 Peter and Gilbert fitz Reinfrid.i 
 
 A Writ Royal, dated apud Bonam Villavi, is addressed to BonneviUesur 
 the Constable of Cherbourg, on behalf of the Canons of '^°''"''- 
 Notre Dame de Voeic, and is attested by Hugh Bardulf, 
 Dapifer.^ 
 
 Oct. 30. Richard, Bp of Winchester ; aeoffrey, Bp of Ely ; John, Bp of 
 Norwich ; Godfrey de Luci ; Eichard, the Treasurer ; Roger fitz Keiuirid ; 
 William Basset ; Eanulf de Gedding ; Eobert de Wytefeld ; and Michael 
 Belet, were the Justiciars sitting at the Exchequer at Westminster.' 
 
 =. Nov. About this time the King appears to have been at Rouen. Rouen. 
 
 A Royal Charter to the Abbey of Barbery, is dated at Rouen, 
 and attested by Seffrid, Bishop of Chichester ; Ralph, Bp 
 of Liseux ; Richard Brito, Clerk ; William, Clerk of the 
 Chamber ; Earl William de Manneville ; Robert, Comte de 
 Meulan ; Rannulph de Glanville ; Wm. fitz Ralph, Seneschal 
 of Normandy ; Hugh de Creissi ; Walcheline de Ferrieres ; 
 Hugh de Gurnai ; Roger de Mortimer ; William de la Mare ; 
 Richard Selvein.* 
 
 Nov. 23. William, Earl of Glouce.'ster, died. 
 Nov. 25. Botrou, Archbishop of Eouen, died. 
 
 )oc. 6. K. Henry holds a Conference with Philip at the usual oisors. 
 
 place, between Gisors and Trie. Henry does homage for 
 his continental dominions. This event is illustrated by 
 the following from the Norman -Roll of 1184. — Alvered de 
 St. Martin, Fermor of the Prepositure of Drincourt, had 
 paid to Hugh de Morwic and Hugh Bardulf " for corrody 
 of the King at Gisors £100, by order of the King." ^ 
 
 • Monasticon v. 662. Num. iii. is remarkable. He was doubtless still with the King 
 
 2 D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. 102. in Normandy. 
 
 ' Madox's Exchequer, p. 144. GlanviDe's absence '' • ° Rot. Normann. ii. ci. and i. p. 116. 
 
254 
 
 COOUT, HOOSKHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENKY II. 
 
 Dec. 11, 1183. Walter, Bishop of Lincoln, having come into England, was enthroned at Lincoln by 
 Herbert, Archdeacon of Canterbury. Baldwin, Bishop of Worcester, was also at Lincoln. 
 
 About this time John, Comte of Mortain, by Writ, dated apud Verundiun,^ petitions his father to grant 
 a right of Fair and Market to Abbot Peter, of Blanohelaunde. Witnesses, Walter do Ver, Eoger de 
 Amondevill, and Henry de Clare. — 
 
 1183. The King's reply is, perhaps, a mere renewal of a Charter (Vaiognea). 
 
 Dec. 
 
 which he had granted twenty-six years before. But the 
 renewal is dated as passing in his twenty-ninth year, and ap- 
 parently passed at Valognes.^ VaiogDes. 
 
 Perhaps at this time passed a Eoyal Charter to St. Lo, 
 an Augustine Abbey in the Diocese of Coutances. It is 
 dated cqnid Valonias, and attested by William de Humet, 
 Constable ; William de Aubigney, Bai'l of Sussex ; 
 William de St. John ; Bertram de Yerdon ; William do 
 Moyun ; Richard de Canvill, and Stephen de Turno 
 (Turonis).^ 
 
 About this time Walter de Constanciis, Bp of Lincoln, 
 was elected to succeed Eotrou, Abp of Rouen. 
 Dee. 25. King Henry kept Christmas at Le Mans. Prince John Le jians. 
 
 was with him. 
 
 A.D. 1184. 
 1184. King Henry probably at Le Mans. Leiians. 
 
 Jan. 1. 
 
 Jan. 13. Gerard la Pucelle, Bishop of Chester, died. The Pipe-Eoll of Michaelmas, 1184, notices 
 his death ; Master Thomas de Husseburn and Thomas Noel account therein for the form of the 
 Episcopal Manoi-3 from Easter (April 1) to Michaelmas, 1184. 
 
 About tliis time died Thomas fitz Bernard, who had succeeded Alan de Nevill as Chief Justice of the 
 Forests. The Pipe-Eoll shows that Thomas fitz Bernard's fermorship of Kinver Forest ended prefious to 
 Easter (April 1), 1184. At Thomas fitz Bernard's death the King divided the Forests into several districts, 
 appointing four justices (two clerks and two kniglits) to preside over each district, 
 
 Feb. 17. Eichard, Archbishop of Canterbury, died.'' 
 
 1184. The movements of the King's Court during the first four 
 
 liar. Apr. mouths of this year are quite uncertain. He seems to have 
 
 been at Limoges ; for, at Michaelmas, the Permor of the Limoges, 
 escheated lands of Henry de Essex charges, — Pro penis 
 et pelliciis missis Domino Regi apud Lemovicum xvi marcas 
 per hreve Regis} 
 
 ' Probably the original had Vernolmm, i.e., Ver- ■• Gervase says that the Archbishop died xiv Jcal. 
 
 neuil ; or perhaps Valonias, i.e., Talognes. Martii,ferid sextd, i.e. on Friday, Feb. 16. But 
 
 ^ D'Anisy's Transcripts, i. pp. 64,65. {Vide supra, Feb. 16 fell on a Thursday in 1184. So we have 
 
 p. 23, note 7.) adopted the date given by Benedictus. 
 
 3 D'Anisy's Transcripts, ii. 82. 5 koj, pjpe^ 30 jjen. IL 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 255 
 
 Jan^Fei, OtT^er extracts, from the Norman Exchequer-Eoll, show Evreux. 
 
 Mar. Apr. that the King visited Evreux ; for instance, the Fermor of 
 Liseux charges, — In corredio hominum et equorum Regis 
 apud Ebroicas £6. 10s. per breve Regis} And another 
 Accountant charges, — In minuto hernesio ad opus duoriim 
 milihim, Ducis Sauxoniae qui perhendinant in Ahbatid de 
 Be7-ncdo £4 per breve Regis. In corredio hominum et 
 equorum Regis apud Ebroicas c solidos pier idem breve} 
 
 That the Duke of Saxony, after sojourning with his father-in-law, paid a visit to his dominions about 
 this time, is proved by a charge of Alvered de St. Martin, JPermor and Castellan of Drinourt -.—In 
 corredio Ducis Saxonia apud Drincort quando ivit in Saxoniam £21. lis. \ld. per hreae Regh.^ 
 
 <■■ May. Ill tliis month the King was probably at Rouen, and was Rouen, 
 
 visited by the Comtes of Flanders and Hainault. 
 
 At Michaelmas the Fermor of Drincurt charges as 
 follows : — 
 
 In corredio Gomitis Flandrice apud Drincort in veniendo 
 Rothomagum adRegem et redeundo £132. 7s. per breve Regis. 
 In corredio Gomitis de Hanoil ibidem in veniendo ad Regem 
 et redeundo £51 per breve Regis.^ 
 
 These visits to the Court of Rouen were probably connected with otljer events. The Comte of 
 Flanders had been at issue with the King of France concerning the inheritance of the Corate's deceased and 
 childless wife, which Phihp claimed, as Suzerain. King Henry had supported the Comte, and, not 
 only that, but had negotiated a second marriage for him with a daughter of Alpliouso, King of 
 Portugal. The said Princess landing at La Kochelle had had safe conduct through the King of 
 England's French territories till she reached the frontier of Flanders, and was married to the Comte. K. 
 Henry's interest in the affair is manifested by a number of entries on the English Pipe-KoU, viz. — 
 
 Hampshibe. In emendac tone jEsnecca Regis et pro funilus at aliis necessariis quando tratisfretavit in 
 Myspaniam pro Comitissd Flandria, £IG9. 15s. 9d. per breve Ramdfide Glanvill. 
 
 Southampton. JSt Alano Trenchem' ad procuracionem nautanim qui veneriint ad Sudhaiitoii' ad 
 transjretandum in Jlyspaniam in servicio Regis 40«. per breve Rannulfii de Olanvill. Et pro ii anchoris 
 ad navem Willielmi de Braiose quando transfretavit in Hgspaniam £4 per predictum Ireve Regis. Et 
 Alano TrenchenC et sociis suis ad procuracionem suam dum feeerimt moram apud Sudhanton' et ad war- 
 nisturam emendam ad portandam secum in Esneccd et aliis ii navibus quas Rex misit in Jlyspaniam pro 
 Comitissd Flandrice peticione Comitis £78. is. 2d. per breve Rannulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 Sussex. Et pro conducendis nautis ad transfretandum in Hyspaniam in servicio Uegis per breve 
 Ranulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 ^. June 6. The King is noticed as holding a conference at Choisi, choisi. 
 
 and arbitrating between the King of France and the Comte 
 
 ' Kot. Normann. vol. i. pp. 118, 121. without further comment. — 
 
 ' Hot. Hermann, vol. i. p. 116. It isinfavour of Baldwin de Betun. 
 
 ' Ibidem, p. 116. It is attested by Earl William Harundell ; William 
 
 There is a fragment of a Koyal Charter (Carta? * * * *^ William Marcscall, Philip de Colum- 
 
 Antiquae, EE.) which passed perhaps in 1181, but bariis, GreoiTry Ostorio, Geoffry de la Cele {? ), and 
 
 more probably in 1184. We quote thus much of it Hugh Bardulf. 
 
256 COUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1184. of Flanders as to Verniandois, which the Comte had condition- choisi. 
 
 c. Jane 5, ^., . , . , , 
 
 ally promised to Philip.^ Henry s arbitration procures a peace 
 
 between the disputants from June 24 to the end of the year. 
 
 June 10. King Henry, having negotiated the said truce, passes 
 
 through the territory of the Comte of Flanders, embarks at ^^ji^^^^ 
 Witsand, and lands at Dover. ^°^"- 
 
 June 12. The Duchess of Saxony follows the King and lands at Dover. Hence an itceouutant on 
 the Norman Exchequer Boll of this year charges, — Pro equis ad opus Dacissm Sau^-onice qicando trans- 
 fretavit £35. 10. per breve Regis.'' Also the Ferraor of Dover, on tlie English Pipe-EoU, charges— /» 
 coireclio Diicissce Jilice Regis £6. Is. isd. jjer breve Regis. 
 
 The Duchess remained in England, and shortly gave birth to a son, at Winchester. Her stay is indicated 
 by the following entry on the Pipe-Roll. — 
 
 London. In corredio Duciss(S Saxonice £8. 12«. \Qd. per breve Regis. 
 
 1-. Jane 13. The King visits the shrine of Becket, and then proceeds CMterbury. 
 
 to London. But the King's alleged visit to Waltham, and 
 
 appointment of Walter de Gant to be Abbot there, seem 
 
 doubtful at this date.^ (Waitham?). 
 
 Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, dies about this time. 
 The King sends an expedition into Wales. 
 
 July 22. The King is at Worcester. Sir Gilbert de Plumpton, Worcester, 
 
 condemned to death at the instigation of Ranulf de Glan- 
 ville, is rescued by the interference of Baldwin, Bishop of 
 Worcester, (because the day was Sunday), and finally re- 
 prieved by the King. 
 
 Rese ap Griffin, Prince of S.Wales, comes to Worcester 
 and arranges a treaty of pacification with the King. Prom 
 Worcester the King probably went to Gloucester. Rese ap Gloucester. 
 Griffin comes thither, but neglects his undertaking to bring 
 his son as a hostage. 
 July 25. The Duke of Saxony lands at Dover and proceeds to Winchester. 
 Winchester, where the King meets him. About this time 
 the King sends a commissiojj to the Monks of Christ 
 Church, Canterbury, desiring them to elect an Archbishop. 
 They name the Abbot of Battle and four others. The 
 Royal Commissioners were Ranulf de Glanvill, John Bp of 
 Norwich, Waleran Bp of Rochester, Herbert Archdeacon of 
 Canterbury, (Godfrey) Archdeacon of Derby, and Hubert 
 Walter. 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs). i. 312. Professor Stubbs here spoken of, was in Pieardy, and would lie in 
 
 places the Conference of Choisi, in May, but the K. Henry's route from Eoiien to Witsand. 
 King's immediate transfretation, spoken of by Bene- ^ Rot. Normannise, vol. i. p. 122 
 
 dictus, suggests the beginning of June. Choisi, ^ Vide supra pp. 210, 216, 223. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENET H. 257 
 
 Aums'tB '^^^ King holds a Council at Reading about the See of Eeadinj;. 
 
 Canterbury. John Archbishop of Dublin, and the Duke of 
 
 Saxony, were present. The King discountenances the 
 
 Nominees of the Prior and Convent of Canterbury. 
 Ausustie. The King convenes the Bishops to a Council at Wood- Woodstock. 
 
 stock, about the Metropolitan See. An appeal to the Pope 
 
 resolved upon. 
 
 August 18. Clement, Abbot of 3t. Mary's, York, died. 
 
 >.-. Augustsi. The King goes to Dover to meet the Comte of Flanders, Dover, 
 and the Archbishop of Cologne, who came to visit Becket's 
 shrine at Canterbury. The King goes with them to Can- canterbury. 
 terbury and thence to London, but endeavours in vain to ^o"^""- 
 reconcile the said Archbishop to the Duke of Saxony. It 
 was perhaps at this time, or soon after, that the King sent 
 Hugh de Novant, Archdeacon of Liseux, as Ambassador to 
 Pope Lucius, to induce his Holiness to effect a reconciliation 
 between the said Duke and the Emperor. 
 
 Aug. 29. Waleran, Bisbop of Rochester, dies there while preparing to go 
 as the King's Ambassador to the Pope about the Primacy. 
 
 The P0L10WIN& Extkacts from the Pipe-KoU of the fiscal year now ended, will show sumotliing 
 about sereral members of the Royal family and their recent movements. 
 
 OxFOEDSUIRE. Et Radulfo filio Slephatii ad coiredium Hegince a Faschd (AprU 1), usque ad feslum 
 Sancti Joliannis Baptlstce (June 24), £32. Us. per IreveRanulfi de Glanville. 
 
 Berohajisted. Et in procuracione UegincB et Duels et Ducisscb Saxoniai £104 per breve 
 Megis} 
 
 DoTEE. JEt in liheraclone navium (luce veue?'unt cumfdio Ducis Saxonim et in corredio ejus apzid Douram 
 4:7s. 2d. per breve Regis. 
 
 Kent. ISt in corredio Jilii Ducis SaxonicB 14«. per breve Regis. 
 
 Detonshiee. Et Ricardo de Rupe et aliis hominibus Johaniiis jilii Regis iOs. ad transfretaiidum cum 
 canihus predicti Johaniiis per breve Ranulfi de Qlanvill? 
 
 Southampton". Fro una navi quce transfretavit in Noiinamiiam cum jllid Hmifridi de Sohun^ 30i. per 
 breve Regis. Et in pa^sagio nuntiorum Oalfridi Comitis Brittanice et Stephani de Turonis tt Prcepositi de 
 ■ Luchis* et sociorum suorum et decern avium Regis 15s. per prcdictum breve Regis. 
 
 ' The date of this will have been after July 25th, about 18. Their daughter, Eleanor, was born c. 1185> 
 
 when the Duke landed at Dover. and their son Arthur born March 29, 1187. It is 
 
 ^Prince John's hounds were probably shipped probable that in this year (1184) Constance joined 
 
 for Normandy before June, when the King came to lier affianced husband, and that she is the person 
 
 England, because it was done by order of the Vice- called " Humphrey de Bohun's daughter." 
 roy, Glanvill. And it is certain that the said Humphrey had by 
 
 ' The transfretation of Humphrey de Boliun's the Duchess Margaret of Bretagne no daughter, but 
 
 daughter is not easily accounted for. He himself only a sou, and that that son was only eight years 
 
 died about Hiis time. The Duchess Constance of of age in 1184. (Vide Rot. de Dominabus, 
 
 Bretagne was his Slepdauglder. She was born and pp. 33, 44.) 
 betrothed to Prince GeoiFrey in 1166, and was now ^ Luchee must be Loohes in Touraine. 
 
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258 CODET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 DunOTG THE TEAE, ENDENO MiCHAELMAS, 1184, we liave little record of the persons employed in 
 administration of the Law. The Pipe- Roll of 1185, speaks of Pleaa held in Worcestershire, by Geoffry 
 de Luci, Hugh Bardulf and William Rufus ; and, as these arc not termed Nova Placita, we conclude 
 them to have belonged to a previous year; — probably, 1181. It was certainly in the year 1184, and 
 probably while the Kmg was in England, that we find the following persons sitting at the Exchequer 
 in England. — 
 
 Eanulf de O-lauTill, Justiciar of the Lord King ; Geoffiy of Ely, John of Norwich, Bishops ; Richard 
 Dean of Lincoln, King's Treasurer ; William English (Anglicus) brother of the Treasurer ; Hubert 
 Walter, Clerk ; Hugh Murdac, Clerk j Ralph Murdac ; Ralph de Worcester ; Hugh de Morewic ; and 
 William Malduit, Chamberlain.' 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1184, to MICHAELMAS, 1185. 
 
 iisk The King holds a Council at Windsor about the Primacy. Windsor. 
 
 Reginald Bp of Bath, Gilbert Bp of London, Alau Prior of 
 Canterbury, and Ranulf de Glanvill, were present. 
 
 Nov. 18. Josceline de Bohun, Bishop of Salisbury, died, having pre- 
 viously assumed the Cistercian habit. 
 
 c. Nov. 26. Philip, Comte of Flanders, and the Princes Geoffrey and 
 John, having leagued themselves against Prince Richard in 
 Normandy, the three Princes are recalled by the King to 
 England. They come,^ and with Queen Elianor, the Duke 
 and Duchess of Saxony, Walter Bishop of Lincoln, Richard 
 Bishop of Winchester, and Alan Prior of Canterbury, meet 
 the King at London, whither a Council was convened con- London, 
 cerning the Primacy. Hugh Bishop of Durham, and the 
 Canons of York, were also summoned thither to elect an 
 Archbishop of York. 
 
 Nov. 30. The Council of London assembles. 
 
 j3^„ 3 The Bnghsh Bishops elect Baldwin, Bishop of Worcester, 
 
 to the Primacy. 
 
 The Monks of Canterbury return home, denying the 
 validity of such a nomination. 
 
 Dec. 6. The King sends messengers to Canterbury to negotiate 
 
 with the Monks. 
 
 Dee. 10. The Prior of Canterbury returns to the Court at London, 
 
 and makes proposals as to the election. 
 
 • Madox' Exchequer, p. 146 (d). twain landed at Dover. 
 
 ' It would appear from the Pipe-Roll of Michael- The extract runs thus. — 
 
 mas, 1185, that Prince John came to England DouEA. Ht in passagio Comitis FlandricB et 
 
 accompanied by the Comte of Flanders, and that the Johannisfilli E':gis £7 per breve Regis. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 259 
 
 1184. The King again sends messengers to Canterbury, viz., Westminster, 
 
 the Princes GeofFry and John, and the Abbot of 
 Peterborough. 
 Deo. 14. The King himself visits Canterbur^^ canterbury. 
 
 Deo. 15. The King returns to London. London. 
 
 Bartholomew, BiBbop of Exeter, dies on this day. 
 Deo. 16. The Monks of Canterbury elect Baldwin, Bishop of Westminster. 
 
 Worcester, to the primacy, in the Chapter-House at West- 
 minster, the King being present. 
 
 It was probably while the King was in London on the above business, but certainly before Dee. 18, 
 and in the year 1184, that Matthew, son and heir apparent of Robert Mantel, made a certain recognition 
 at the Exchequer, in favour of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, represented by two Canons, viz., 
 Master Richard de Storteford, Master of the Schools of London, and Osbert de Camera. The persons 
 presiding in the Court of the Exchequer, were Ranulf de Glanvill the King's Justiciar ; G-eoffrey Bp 
 of Ely; John Bp of Norwich; Richard, Dean of Lincoln, the Kitjg'a Treasurer; William Anglicus, the 
 Treasurer's brother ; Hubert Walter, Clerk ; Hugh Murdac, Clerk ; Ralph Murdac ; Ralph de Worcester ; 
 Hugh de Morewic : William Mauduit, Chamberlain ; and Roger de G-lanvill.' 
 
 C.Deo. A Boyal Charter, to St. Giles' Hospital, without London, Westminster, 
 
 bears date at Westminster, and probably belongs to the 
 year 1184. It is attested by Richard Bishop (of Win- 
 chester), G. Bp of Ely, John Bp of Norwich, Earl William 
 de Mandeville and Ranulf de Glanvill. - 
 
 Another Charter to Plympton Priory (Devonshire) is also 
 dated at Westminster. It passed at request of Robert de 
 Ponte-Arch, and is attested by the same three Bishops, and 
 by Richard, the Treasurer.^ 
 
 In this year, and probably at the same time, in the 
 Chapel at Westminster, and in the King's presence, William 
 de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, made a grant to the Knights 
 Hospitallers.* At the close of the year the said William de 
 Mandeville went into Flanders to assist his Suzerain, the 
 Comte of Flanders, against the Comte of Hainault. 
 
 About this time the King dispatched Prince GeofFry in- 
 to Normandy, in the capacity of Custos of that Dominion. 
 The Princes, Richard and John, were detained in England." 
 
 Deo 25. The King kept Christmas at Windsor. Queen Elianor, Windsor, 
 
 the Princes Richard and John, the Duke and Duchess 
 of Saxony, with their sons and daughters ; Hugh, Bishop 
 of Durham ; Walter, Bishop of Lincoln, and David, 
 brother of the King of Scots, were at Court.*' 
 
 ' Madox' Exchequer, p. 744. ' ' ■* Monasticon, vi. p. 54, iv. and vii. p. 833 a. 
 
 - Monasticon, vii. p. 636, ii. ° ' " lienedictus Abbas, pp. 415, 431. 
 
260 COURT^ HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 1184. The King goes to Geldeford. Prince Richard sails from Guildford. 
 
 Dover to Witsand.^ 
 
 In the above yeae died Froger, Bishop of Secz (whose successor was Lisiard), aud William de 
 Newburgh, Earl of Warwick. Two writers (Benedictus and Hoveden) say tliat William, Prior of Bristol, 
 was appointed to the See of Bangor in the above year, but this is doubtful. 
 
 A.D. 1185. 
 
 On January 1st died Gilbert fitz Fergus of G-alloway. Custody of liis 
 son and lu-ir, Duncan, is given by K. Henry to Hugh de Morowic. 
 
 Jai^^le '^^^ King is at Winchester. Hugh de Novant^ Arch- Winchester, 
 
 deacon of Liseux, returns from Rome with tidings of a 
 reconciliation having been effected between the Emperoi 
 Frederick and Henry, Duke of Saxony. King Henry, much 
 delighted, sends for Queen Elianor, aiid for the Duke and 
 Duchess of Saxony, who were still at Windsor.^ 
 
 It was now probably that Hugh de Novaut was elected to, or rather 
 forced upon, the See of Chester.^ 
 
 The King sends Messengers to mediate between Philip, 
 K. of France, and Philip of Flanders. The messengers 
 are Walter, Bishop of Lincoln ; John, Bishop of Norwich, 
 and Godfrey de Lnci, Archdeacon of Richmond. The Bp 
 of Lincoln, being now Archbishop-Elect of Rouen, is not to 
 return to England, but to remain at his Archiepiscopal See.^ 
 
 Leaving Winchester, the Court was little stationary from 
 January to March, as indicated by the following charge 
 on the London Pipe-Roll of 1185. — Etpro ducendo Thesauro 
 Regis a London' ad curiam et usque Winton' etper diver sa loca 
 Anglia'. 77s. 2d. And under Surrey, there is a charge of 6s. 
 pro conduccndo thesauro a London usque Winton'. 
 Jan. 25. Tho King was at Melkesham. A fine was levied in Meikesham. 
 
 his Court which divided the inheritance of the two 
 daughters of William de Say, viz., Beatrice, wife of 
 (xeoffry fitz Piers, and Matilda, wife of Hugh de Boch- 
 land. The Justices present were Ranulf de Glanvill, 
 
 1 • 2 Benedictus (Stubbs) i. 333-4. 1475). Novant seems to have had the revenues of 
 
 3 Eleetus est hoc anno, iinmo intrusus, ad reqimen the Sec from Christmas, 1184. (Hot. Pipe, 31 
 Cestrensis ccclesicB Hugo de Nunaiif. (Gervase, p. Hen. IL). 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEKARY OP K. HBNEY II. 261 
 
 1185. Robert Marmion, Ralph fitz Stephen, Chamberlain ; Hugh de Meikesham. 
 Morevvic, Dapifer ; Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer ; Robert de Wite- 
 feld ; Ranulf de Geddinges ; and Gilbert fitz Reinfrid.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Melkesham, and expressing 
 that the above settlement was made in the King's pre- 
 sence, and with his assent, is attested by the fi.rst three 
 of the above Justiciars, and also by Wm. de Gerpunvill, 
 Amaur' Dispenser ; Durandus de Ostilli, Chamberlain ; 
 and Walter, son of Turstin fitz Simon. ^ 
 
 Ileraclius, Patriarcli of Jerusalem, arrives on January 29, at Canter- 
 bury, as Gei'vase says, * orandi gratia,^ With him was the Grand 
 Master of the Hospitallers, — Roger de Moulin. 
 
 ^. Feb. About this time the King appears to have been at 
 
 Clipston. Of two Charters there expedited, one is to ciipston. 
 Thurgarton Abbey (Notts), the other to Barling's Abbey 
 (Lincolnshire). The testing clause of the latter, when 
 corrected by the former, gives witnesses common to both, 
 viz., Hugh, Bishop of Durham ; William, Earl of Arundel ; 
 Ranulph de Glanvillj Bernard de Sc. Wallery; Roger de 
 Stutevill ; William de Stutevill ; Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer ; 
 and Ranulf de Guddinges.* 
 
 Feb. The King is at Nottingham, and intending to proceed Nottingiiam. 
 
 to York, but hearing of Heraclius's arrival, turns south- 
 wards. 
 
 March 17. The King meets Heraclius at Reading. Reading. 
 
 March 13. The King will have been in London. Condon. 
 
 The King presides over a great Council held at Clerken- cierkenweii. 
 well (London), whereat it was decided that the King could 
 not expediently go on the Crusade.^ 
 
 William, King of Scots ; David, his brother ; Ranulf de 
 Glanvill ; Baldwin, Abp (elect) of Canterbury ; Walter, Abp 
 of Rouen ; and Hugh, Bp of Durham, attended the Council. 
 
 ' • 2 Madox's Form. Angl. No. ccclvii. Madox's and technical concordance as to when his reign 
 
 Exchequer, p. 744. Printed Fines, vol. i. p. Ix. commenced. It is curious, if not relevant, that, 
 
 The Fine is dated a? of January 25, 1184, (viz., on in one instance, we know of the above Fine taking 
 
 the Conversion of St. Paul, 30 Hen. II.). but effect on Oct. 13, 1185 (Rotulus de Dominabus et 
 
 that is impossible. Neither in January, 1184, nor Pueris et Puelhs, p. 26). 
 
 January, 1183, was the King in England. We ^ Gervase, p. 1474. 
 
 unhesitatingly adopt the equivalent day of 1185, '^ Monastioon, vi. 192, and vii. 916. 
 
 as the date of the Fine. The law-clerk who dated * Hoveden (359 a.) gives March 10th as the date 
 
 it as of the 30th year of K. Henry, merely forgot of this Council. Benedictus and Diceto say March 
 
 that the King's thirtietli year had expired about a 18 ; and this is most compatible with the pvoba- 
 
 month previous (viz. on Deo. 18, 1184). And bility arising from Ranulf de Glanvill's being at 
 
 indeed there never wns much account taken of Woodstock on the 12th {ride infra, p. 265). M. 
 
 regnal years in Henry II.'s reigu ; uor any absolute Paris's date (March 23) needs no consideration. 
 
262 
 
 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1185. 
 March. 
 
 March 31 . 
 
 The King restored to William of Scotland the Earldom London, 
 of Huntingdon. Also Heraclius consecrated the Conventual 
 Church of the Hospitallers at Clerkenwell. 
 
 A Royal Charter, in favour of the Canons of Butley, 
 bears date at Westminster, and doubtless belongs to this Weatminster. 
 occasion. 1 It is attested by B. Gantuar' eledo, Wigorii' 
 Episcoj^o ; ^ J. Nonvic', G. Elyens', H. Dunelm,', B. Bathon' 
 and 8. Cycesti-' Episcofin; Herberto, Cantuar^ Archidiacono ; 
 Godefrido de Luci, Richemond' Archidiacono ; Huberto 
 Walteri; (Hamelino) Comite de Warren; Willelmo Comite 
 Sussex ; Comite Albrico ; Ricardo, Comite de Clare ; 
 Bernardo de St. Walerico ; et Waltero fil. Roberti.^ 
 
 About tliis time the Archbi.'hop of Auxerre seems to have visited Eng- 
 land. At Michaelmas, 1115, the Fermor of Dorer charges, — In passagio 
 Bpiscopi (sic) Altisiodorensis et suorum 2is.pej' breve Megis. 
 
 On Micilent Sunday, the King being at Windsor, knights Windsor. 
 Prince John (aged 18 years and 3 months) preparatory to the 
 Prince's going, as King, to Ireland.* The London Pipe- Roll 
 charges 3,s. li^. pro cluabus hugiis et duohus toneUis ad the- 
 saurum qui portatus fait a London usque Windresor' . 
 
 c. April 1. Queen Elianor released, after nearly 12 years' imprisonment, 
 " by advice of Archbishop Baldwin."" 
 
 It would seem that, if the King did not accompany 
 Prince John as far as Gloucester, on the Prince's journey 
 to Ireland, the King was at least at Chipping Campden, 
 about this time. The following entry on the Pipe-Roll of 
 1185 would suggest as much. — 
 
 Tebea Comitis GloecestrijE. — Et pro duohus tonellis vini cupping 
 missis Regi apud Gampeden 7s. 8d. pier hreve Regis. 
 
 Campden. 
 
 ' Cartse Antiqua?, W. 
 
 2 That is, Baldwin, Bishop of Worcester (and 
 Archbishop) elect of Canterbury. 
 
 ' There is another Eoyal Charter, dated at West- 
 minster, and in favour of G-lastonbury Abbey, 
 which, having been burnt, while in manu Regis 
 the King proposes to rebuild with much splen- 
 dour ^ Tnagniflcentius reparare decrevi^). This 
 Charter is unquestionably a forgery. It is spe- 
 cially attested by HeracUus, the Patriarch of Jeru- 
 salem, which would fii its date as between January 
 29, 1185, and April 16, 1185. The attestations of 
 Bichard Bishop of Winchester, Reginald Bishop 
 of Bath, Williaui Earl MandeviUe, and Eanulf de 
 Glanvill are equally plausible. But then we have 
 the attestations of Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury (he was only Archbishop elect at the time). 
 
 of William, Archbishop of Rlieims (whose implied 
 visit to England is improbable and nowhere else re- 
 corded),and lastly by Bartholoraew,Bishop of Exeter, 
 who died Dec. 15, 1184 (as proved not only by the 
 Chroniclers, but by the Pipe-Roll, which at Michael- 
 mas, 1185, shows his See to have been vacant nearly 
 a year). 
 
 This charter should be studied, if only to 
 note its strange form and abnormal provisions as 
 evidences of monkish fabrication. It is printed 
 Monasticon, i. 63, cxxxvii. 
 
 ■* Hoveden, Benedictus Abbas, and the Annals 
 of Waverley say that Prince John was knighted at 
 Windsor ; the Annals of Margan say at Gloucester. 
 
 ^ At that rate we must interpret certain previous 
 notices of the Queen's movements as consisting with 
 a state of surveillance. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY TI. 263 
 
 1185. The King, accompanied by the Patriarch Heraclius is at Dover. 
 
 Dover intending to confrout Prince Richard, who had 
 attacked his brother Geotfry's territories in Bretagne. 
 With the King, at Dover, are also, — Richard, Bp of Win- 
 chester; John, Bp of Norwich; Herbert, Archdeacon of 
 Canterbury ; Hubert Walter ; John, Prior of Winchester ; 
 Roger de Molins, Master of the Hospitallers of Jerusalem ; 
 Gamier de Neapolis, Prior of the same house in England ; 
 Ranulph de Glanvill ; Herbert, brother of the Temple ; 
 Master Stephen of Rheims ; Master Hamon, Physician ; 
 Master Richard, Physician ; Master Robert de Buketorp ; 
 Master Thomas Griffin ; Jordan de Turri ; Thomas de 
 Gaiherst ; Hugh de Gaiherst ; Thomas de Tornaco ; Joce- 
 line de Risendon ; GeofFry de Niuport; Robert de Cices- 
 ter; and Ranulf de Gedding.^ 
 
 April 15. The Annals of Waverley, and other authorities, note a terrible 
 earthquake on this day. 
 
 On the day following. — • 
 Apraic. The King, accompanied by the Patriarch Heraclius, and 
 
 by Hugh, Bishop of Durham, sails from Dover to Witsand. Witsand. 
 The Pipe-Roll of the year illustrates this transfretation of 
 the King. — 
 
 London and Middlesex. M pro vasselld Regis deferenda 
 a London' usque ad Schorham 5s. per brove Regis. 
 
 Sussex, Boseham. JUt pro locandd nave ad transfretan- 
 dum thesaurum Regis 35s. per breve Regis. St pro onerando 
 eodem thesauro 12d. 
 
 Kent. Et Willielmo filio Helt £11. lis. 6d. quos posuit 
 in locandis navibus et aliis necessariis in transfretatione 
 Regis, ultra quod acceperat de firma de Bourd, per breve 
 Ranulfi de Olanvill. 
 
 Aechiepiscopatus Eboeacensis. JSt pro avibus missis Regi 
 ultra mare. 
 April 21. The King, according to Diceto, kept Easter at Rouen. ^ Rouen, 
 
 April. Prince John tarried some days at Grloucester, on his way to 
 Ireland. 
 
 AprU 24. Prince John sailed from Milford Haven. 
 April 25. Prince John lauded at Waterford. 
 
 ■ Collectanea Topogr. et Geneal. toI. iii. 176. — Charter, dated u^Kd ilfareafoa'm, (Ibm. p. 177.) The 
 The transaction which shows the King tlius at- said charter clearly passed long afterwards and 
 tended at Dover was supplemented by a Koyal will be noticed in due course. 
 
264 COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF E. HENRY II. 
 
 Peince John's mission to Ieelanb is well illustrated by the contemporary Pipe-Koll of K Henry II.' 
 
 CiiESHiRB. Et in passagio hominuin Johannis filii Regis in Syherniam jE30. 6s. 8rf. per breve Regis. 
 Et pro quinque navibus conducendis qute portaieruiit harnasiam sociorum Johannis Jilii Regis, qui reman- 
 serunt post ipsum pro defectu navitim £12. Qs. Sd. per hreve Regis. 
 
 W.iEWiCKSHlEE AND Leioesteeshiee. Et in passagio militum et servientum Johannis filii Regis in 
 Stjlerniam £3i per breve Regis. 
 
 Gloucesteeshibe. JEt ad perficiendas predictas MDC (1600) . . . suras quas Rex dedit Johanni flio 
 suo ad ducendas secum in Bgierniam £9. 12d. per breve Rannulji de Glanvill. Et in corre/Ho predicii 
 filii Regis etfamilice ejus dum moram fecit apud Otoecestriam, £40. 14*. 14d. per breve Regis. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro ducendo thesauro quern Rex misit Johanni filio suo a London' usque 
 Bristol' 8s. \d. per breve Regis. 
 
 ul^\ The King and Philip of France confer with Heraclins at Vaudreua. 
 
 Vaudreuil. They both decline to join the crusade in person^ 
 but promise large subsidies of men and money. Heraclius 
 reached Jerusalem before the 1st of August. 
 c. May. The King now sends to England for Queen Elianor, in 
 
 order that she may assume the sovereignty of Guienne in 
 place of her son, Richard, who is recalled to the King's 
 Court. The Queen goes, accompanied by her daughter, the 
 Duchess of Saxony, and (according to other accounts) by 
 the Duke. 
 
 The Pipe-Eoll notices the Queen's transfretation and other incidents of the 
 Eing's being over sea. 
 
 SoUTHAirPTONSHiEE. Et Rodulfo filio Stephani £13 ad procurationem 
 Regime et Duds Saxonice apud Porcestriam et Portesmuam per breve Regis, 
 Et in custamenfo ducendi thesaurum multis vicibus, et pro doliis, et locandis 
 caretis 79s. Sd. 
 
 Southampton (Hantonia). Et in liheracione Esnecccc quando Dux Saxonice 
 et Regina transfretaverunt £7. 10s. per Ranulfum de Glanvill. Et in liber- 
 acione septem navium qucB transfretaverunt cum hernesio predictorum £12. 10s. 
 per breve Regis et per visum Radulfi filii Stephani. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et pro ducendo thesauro Regis a London' usque 
 Banton' (Southampton) 20s. Gd. 
 
 May 19. Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury collated, or enthroned. 
 
 Nothing seems to be known of the King's movements in 
 .. June. Normandy during this summer. It is evident from certain Normandy. 
 
 charges on the Southampton Pipe-Roll that at one time he 
 
 contemplated a return to England. — 
 
 'A Charter, expedited by Prince John, is also Terdon, Seneschal (ofthe same), and Gilbert Vipard. 
 
 noteworthy. — (Monast. vii. 1136). We assume of course that 
 
 It is to an Irish Monastery styled Sancta the deed passed while the Prince was in Ireland 
 
 Maria de Valle Salutis. The Prince's title is (Apl. 25-Dec. 81, 1185). And the third witness's 
 
 " Johannes filius Domini Begis Anghae et Dominus name may perhaps be corrected Pipard, though 
 
 Hibemifie." The witnesses are Hugh de Lacy, Gilbert Pipard was, during part of the year, 
 
 Constable (of Ireland, we presume), Bertram de employed as a Justice in England. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP E. HENEY II. 2G5 
 
 1186. Et item in liheracione Esneccm qxiaiido transfretavit in Normandy. 
 
 Auga'st. ' (Estate contra Begem £7. ] Os. per breve Eanulfi de Olanvill. 
 
 Then follow two entries furtlier suggestive of the King's 
 remaining in Normandy. 
 
 Et inpassagio Mauricii de Creon et luel' de Ma' en ^ et uxoris 
 ejus, neptis Regis, 70s. per breve Regis. 
 
 Et pro locandis strenuis nautis ad transfretandum cum 
 thesauro 26s. 8d. per breve Regis, 
 
 And the Fermor of Dover charges, — £10. l.s-.Gd. in passagio 
 IVillelmi de Yerinmvill et avium Regis (the King^s hawks.) 
 
 At Michaelmas, which closes the fiscal year, the King is 
 
 Sep. 29. still over sea. Normaudy. 
 
 On Sep. 29 Gilbert de GlanTill was consecrated Bishop of Rochester at Canterbury, the Bishops of 
 Bath, St. David's, and Chichester, assisting the Archbishop.^ 
 
 Some evidences as to the persons presiding over the Law-Courts during the fiscal year now ended are 
 here subjoined. — 
 
 March 12. On this day sat judicially at Woodstock these persons, viz. : — Kanulf de Glanvill ; Hubert 
 Walter ; James,^ Archdeacon of Chichester ; Master Eobert de Inglesham ; GQbert Pipard ; Hugh de 
 Morewic, Seneschal ; Wm. Vavasour ; Kannulf de Geddinges ; and Ernise de Nevill.^ 
 
 May 31. On this day a fine was levied in the Curia Regis at Westminster before John, Bp of Norwich, 
 and Rannulf de Glanvill, Justiciars of the King ; Kiehard the Treasurer ; Godfrey de Luci ; Hubert 
 Walter ; Wm. Basset, and Nigel fitz Alexander. — 
 
 Walter, Abbot of Westminster, was concerned in the business which occupied the Court.* 
 
 In the course of the year the following Justices in Eyre, viz. : — 
 
 Josceline, Aj-chdeacon (of Chichester), William de Vere, Roger fitz Reinfrid, William Rufus, Otho 
 fitz William, and Richard Peche, or some of them, visited, and held pleas in, the following counties, viz., 
 Essex, Herts, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, 
 Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. 
 
 Also Gilbert Pipard, Wm. fitz Stephen, Michael Belet, Roger (Clerk of Hereford), and Walter Map, or 
 some of them, visited Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Staffordshire. 
 
 Also Godfrey de Luci, Hugh de Morewich, Robert de Vaux (Sheriff of Cumberland), and Hugh 
 Murdach, or some three of them, visited Northumberland, Cumberland, and Yorkshire. 
 
 Also Richard, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, Gosceliue Archdeacon, Hugh Bardulf, Ralph fitz Stephen, and 
 Geoffry fitz Azo, visitfed Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Devonshire. 
 
 Also Geoffrey fitz Piers held pleas at Northampton ; and Ranulf de Glanvill at Oxford. 
 
 Also Robert de Haselee, Nicholas le Bret, Robert del Broc, Roger Musson, and WiUiam de Stanton, or 
 some of them held Forest-Pleas in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Gloucestershire. 
 
 Also Geoffrey fitz Piers, held Forest-Pleas in Sussex, Surrey, Berks, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Hamp- 
 shire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamsliire, Derbyshu-e, and part of 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 Similar Pleas were held by Peter de Lincoln, Ralph de Hanton, Ralph de Hospital, and Ralph Hose, 
 
 1 Joel de Meduana (Mayenne), is meant. the Christian name of the Archdeacon of Cliichester 
 ^ Gervase, 1477. Diceto, No. 629. was Josceline, rather than James. 
 
 2 Haughmond Register (British Museum). But ■* Madox's Form. Angl. coclviii. 
 
 34 
 
266 COURT, HOUSEHOLD. AND ITINERARY OF E. HENRY II. 
 
 in Devonshire; by Eobert Bclet and Ralph de Hospital, in Somerset and Dorset; by Robert fitz 
 Thomas, Robert Lelet, and Peter do Lincoln in Cornwall ; by Arnisius de Nevill and Nigel fitz 
 Alexander, in Northumberland ; and by Roger de Hoveden, Greoffry de Haia, Richard do Hug'ford and 
 Henry Norreis in Yorkshire. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1185, TO MICHAELMAS, 1186. 
 Sop. 30. The Kiug is still beyond sea. probably in Normandy. Normandy. 
 
 Oct. 6. John, Precentor of Exeter and S ubdean of Salisbury, is consecrated 
 Bishop of Exeter, by Archbishop Baldwin. 
 
 Oct. 22. The Bisliops Geoffrey of Ely and John of Norwich, with Eanulf 
 de Glanville, are noticed as Justiciars, sitting in the Curia Regis at West- 
 minster.' 
 
 Not. 1. At this time the King must have entertained and aban- (Bariieur). 
 
 doned a design of returning to England. A ship left 
 Southampton to meet him, probably at Barfleur. The 
 extract from the Pipe-Roll of Michaelmas, 1186, is as follows : 
 Hanton. Et in liberacione Esneccce quando transfretavit 
 contra Eegem in termino Omnium Sanctorum, £7. 10s per 
 brave Ranulfi de Glanville. 
 
 Nov. 7. The King at Albemarle. Aumaieaiias 
 
 A conference between France and Flanders attended by 
 K. Henry, and by the Archbishops of Rheims and Cologne, 
 leads to a peace between the two first potentates." 
 
 Nov. 9. The King, lying ill at Belvoir, is visited by Philip ofBeWoir. 
 
 France.^ 
 
 Nov. 23 or 24. Pope Lucius III. died and was buried on the 25th. 
 
 Nov. 25. Urban III. elected Pope, and was crowned Dec. 1st. 
 
 c. Nov. 30, Granville's Viceroyalty in England and the transmission of 
 treasure to Normandy are evidenced by the Southampton Pipe-Roll : JEt pro 
 locandd navi Serberto Geldioin qua portavit ihesanrum Regis circa fvstum 
 Sii Andrea 40s per breve Ranulfi de Glanville. Et pro onerando thesauro et 
 deonerando Wd. 
 
 c. Dec. Prince Jolm leaves Ireland, and is replaced in the government 
 thereof by John de Courcy. 
 
 Dec. 25. Kiiig Henry keeps Christmas at Danfront.* 
 
 Dec. 31. King Henry, at the end of the year, was probably still on 
 
 the frontier of Normandy. 
 
 The teae now endins was productive in Bretagne of the enactment called the Assize op Rennes 
 which regulated the descent of Fiefs according to the Norman custom of primogeniture * ' 
 
 It was issued by Prince Geoffrey, whose style is— Oalfridtis film Henrici Regis, Dux Britannice et 
 Comes Riclemundice. His wife Constance joins in the manifesto. It specially provides for the case of 
 Roland de Dinan's Fief. Its witnesses are Radulfus de Fulgeriis ; Comes Eudo ; Alanus de Rohan ■ 
 Alauusfilius Comiiis ; et Senricus filius alterius (Comitis?). ' 
 
 " Salop Chartulary, 281. i Benedictus (Stubbs) i 343 
 
 2 • 3 Diceto, 629. s q^U. Scriptores, xii. 567 n. 
 
. March 25 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 267 
 
 A.D. 1186. 
 
 1186. Before Lent (Feb. 26) the King confers at Gisors witli aimn. 
 
 Philip of France, and agrees that Prince Richard shall 
 marry Philip's sister, here called ' Adelais.-" ^ 
 
 1-. Feb. 2G. The London Pipe-Roll supplies evidence of the trans- 
 mission of money to Normandy. Et in liberaeione Glerici Normandy. 
 Thesauri et liominum Camerariorum qiumdo transfretaverunt 
 cum thesauro in capite jejunii £4 2Jer hreve Regis. Et pro 
 locancUs carretis ad eundem thesaurum portandum 8s. 
 
 March 10. Tjje King confers again at Gisors with Philip of France, Oisors. 
 touching the dower of Margaret the young Queen. ^ 
 
 The King, still in Normandy, despatches Hugh Bishop of Normandy. 
 Durham into England. There were eight episcopal Sees now 
 vacant. These seem to have been York, Lincoln, Chester, 
 Salisbui-y, Hereford, Worcester, Exeter, and Carlisle.^ 
 
 Bishop Hugh reaches Durham before the 6th of April.'' 
 
 Perhaps it was now that certain persons crossed from 
 Dover to Normandy by the King's order. " The Dover Pipe- 
 Roll says thus : — Et in passagio Gilhcrti Episcopi Roffensis 
 et RamiJfi de GlanviUe et Bernardi de Sto Walerico et 
 aliorum qwicxim eis transfretaverunt precepto Regis £4. 16s. 
 lOd. per breve Regis. 
 
 March 17, William Ktz Adeline, styled Dapifer Regis, ia in London, 
 and makes a grant to the Hospitallers.^ 
 
 f. April 13. The King is still in Normandy. Money forwarded to 
 him both before and after Easter (April 13) is indicated 
 by consecutive entries on the Southampton Pipe-Roll. — 
 
 Hanton. Et fro locandd navi Sansonis Wascelini ad 
 transfretandmn cum thesauro 50s. per breve Rannulfi de 
 Glanvill. Et pro onerando et deonerando thesauro \Qd. 
 Et item pro locanda una navi ad transfretandum thesaurum 
 post Pascham 50s. per breve Regis. Et pro onerando 
 thesauro et deonerando Ibd. 
 
 April 28. The King probably at Barfleur. Barflour. 
 
 AprU 27. The King and Queen pass the sea, and land at South- Southampton. 
 
 ampton. They bring with them their granddaughter^ 
 Matilda, the daughter of Henry Duke of Saxony.^ 
 
 • BenedictuB, p. 444. Hoveden, 360. nuntiorum Regis Hungriai 13s. 5r?. per Irevc Regis. 
 
 2 Benedictus. Diceto, 630. Queen Margaret => ■ •• Benedict. (Stubbs) vol. i. pp. 344, 345. 
 
 soon afterwards married Bela, King of Hungary. ^ Monasticon, vU. 808, 833. 
 
 The negotiations for the marriage are alluded to on "^ Benedictus (Stubbs), ii. 345. Diceto, 630. The 
 
 the Pipe-Koll of Winchester thus, — M in corredio latter calls Southampton Ilamonis Purlum. 
 
268 CODET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1186. The King at Merewell/ visiting tlie Bishop of Win- Meroweii. 
 
 I,-. April 28. , 
 
 Chester. 
 ■..April 30. The King goes to Winchester^ where he rests a night. Winchester. 
 May 25. The King is at Bynsham, and forthwith presides over a 
 
 great Council at Oxford. At this Council, WilHam King Eynsham. 
 of Scots is present ; and it is arranged that he shall marry Oxford. 
 Brmengarde, daughter of Richard, Vicomte of Beaumont le 
 Roger.^ K. William, for his part, undertakes to reduce 
 Roland son of Uctred son of Fergus, which Roland, on the 
 death (Jan. 1, 1185) of his uncle, Gilbert son of Fergus, 
 had seized upon Galloway to the disinheritance of Duncan, 
 son and heir of Gilbert, which Duncan was in ward to the 
 King of England. 
 
 At the same Council of Oxford William de Vere was 
 elected Bishop of Hereford, and Hugh is said to have been 
 elected Bishop of Lincoln.* Baldwin, Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury was in attendance. 
 
 The Oxfordshire Pipe-Roll of the current year has two 
 entries, probably connected with the King's presence in the 
 County. — Ht pro denariis ducendis a London usque Glocees- 
 triam ad negocia Regis facienda 18d. per hreve Regis. Et 
 pro ducendis £200 ah Oxineford usque London \2d. p. h. R. 
 
 The Bang at Woodstock. ^ Woodstock. 
 
 It is conjectured that during this month the King was in Kent. 
 Kent ; it is plausibly certain that during the course of the 
 summer he passed by sea from Gravesend up the river to 
 London. The Sheriff of Kent makes the following charge 
 on the year's Pipe-Roll ; — JSt navMs de Gravesent qui dux- 
 erimt Regom per Tamisiam usque London' unani marcam London. 
 per hreve Regis.^ 
 
 ' ■ 2 Diceto, 630. Benedictus (Stubbs), II. 2S5. vacant See of Lincolu, viz., — 
 
 ^ The King of Soots was to have married K. (1) Richard, the Treasurer Eojal, and Dean of 
 
 Henry's grandaughter, Matilda of Saxony, but their Lincoln. 
 
 consanguinity was alleged as a bar. The Chroniclers (2) Godfrey de Lucy, Clerk of the King, Canon 
 make a meaning allusion to the supposedly equal of Lincolu; and Archdeacon of Derby, 
 consanguinity of Ermengarde and William ; for her (3) Herbert, Clerk of the King, Canon of Lin- 
 father, Kichard, was son of Eoscelin, Vicomte of coin, and Archdeacon of Canterbury (Diceto, p. 631. 
 Beaumont le Roger, by Constance, a natural Benedictus, i. 446). Diceto puts the election of 
 daughter of K. Henry I. But here the Chroni- Bishop Hugh on May 25, at Eynsham. 
 clers were too critical. The Vicomte Richard was ' Stubbs, quoting Vita Sancti Hiigor,is, 102. 
 descended from Henry I, but not from Malcolm ^ It is a further and still more hazardous cou- 
 III. K. William was descended from Malcolm III, jecture that this almost unrecorded journey of the 
 but not fi'om Henry I. King was for the purpose of doing penance at the 
 < There bad been three other nominees to the tomb of Becket, at Canterbury. 
 
 June 1. 
 
COUBTj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEARY OF K. HENRY il. 269 
 
 Ju] 'Y^" '^^® King was at Northampton. Godfrey de Luoi was Northampton, 
 
 elected Bishop of Exeter in the presence of the King and of 
 Archbishop Baldwin. Godfrey renounced the election. 
 John, Subdean of Salisbury, was eventually substituted.^ 
 
 The King's being at Northampton was relevant to his 
 journey further north, and to the military preparations 
 against Galloway. The Pipe-Rolls, besides their frequent 
 reference to the " Scutage of Galwey," put in charge this 
 summer, give the following hints as to the King's presence 
 and business at Northampton. 
 
 CiviTAS WiNTONiA. Et pro ducsndis armis Regis a Winton' 
 usque Norhanton 2s. per hreve Regis. Et pro ducendis papill- 
 onibus Regis a Winton' usque Norhanton' bs. lOcZ. per idem 
 breve. 
 
 NoEHANTESCiRA. Hecham. Et pro ducendo thesauro a 
 Norhanton' usque Merlebergwm et item de Norhanton' usque 
 Notingeham 10s. 
 
 The King is presumed to have passed northwards by way 
 
 of Nottingham. Nottingham. 
 
 The King occurs next at Carlisle, whence he sends Carlisle. 
 William of Scotland and his brother, David, to summon 
 Roland fitz Uctred to Court. Hugh, Bishop of Durham, 
 and Ranulf de Glanvill, despatched on the same mission, 
 bring the said Roland to the King at Carlisle. Roland 
 gives satisfactory promises of submission to the King's 
 judgment, the King and nobles of Scotland, and Joceline, 
 Bishop of Glasgow, undertaking to compel him to perform- 
 ance. 
 
 It was now that Paulinus de Ledis, master of St. Leonard's 
 Hospital at York, being elected to the See of Carlisle, re- 
 nounces such election. Again, while the King was at 
 Carlisle, Robert de Boutevelin, Dean of York, died; — to 
 whose Deanery succeeded Hubert Walter, heretofore men- 
 tioned as a Justiciar, and who was in fact nephew of Ranulf 
 de Glanvill's wife. A Charter Royal to the Cumberland 
 Abbey of Holm-Cultram seems to belong to this period. It 
 is tested by two Royal Chaplains, — Nicholas and Roger.^ 
 
 It is possible that the King in his journey southward from 
 Carlisle, halted at his Staffordshire hunting-lodge at Kinver, Kinvor. 
 
 " Monasticon, ii. 515, note o. '' Monasticoii, v. 594. 
 
270 
 
 CODRTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ri'INKliAKY OP K. HENKY II. 
 
 1186. and there grave orders for its repair. The Sheriff of Stafford- Kinverin 
 
 ,.-. June 13. ^ T T^ ^ ■' -r, • 1 1^ /■ Staffordshire. 
 
 shire charges, — Et m claudenda Chiria liegis de Kenefara 
 July 15. circa domos Regis 42s. per hreve Regis. 
 
 On Tuesday, before the feast of Margaret the Virgin in Feokenham iu 
 
 •^ *-• _ ^ *-* _ Worcestershire. 
 
 the 32nd year of K. Henry, a fine was levied in the King^s 
 presence at Fcl-eham between the Prior of Dunstable on the 
 one part, and Amalric, the King's Dispensator ; and Amabilia 
 his wife, on the other part.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter in favour of Haughmond Abbey (Shrop- 
 shire), is dated at Feckenham,^ and attested by Banulf de 
 Glanville, Brother Roger the Almoner, and Hugh Pantulf.^ 
 c.Jniy. About this time the King seems to have sent money in 
 
 aid of Prince Richard, and of his contest with the Comte of 
 St. Giles.* The entries on the Pipe-Roll are, — 
 
 WiLTSHiBB. Et pro ducendo thesaiiro a Sarum usque 
 Sudhanton 2s. Id. 
 
 WiNCHBSTEE. Et pro oueraiido thesauro qui missus fidt 
 Normanniam et in liberacione vigilum et pro lumine 2s. 4d. 
 
 Hanton. Etpro locanda nwvi Sansonis WasecUni ad por- 
 tandum thesaurum missum Ricardo Comiti Pidav' 50s. per 
 hreve Regis. Et pro onerando thesauro et deonerando Sd. 
 Etpro uno cado ad reponendimi thesaurum Qd. 
 
 On July 25th, in this year Hugh de Lacy was assassinated at Dui-row 
 in Ireland.^ The King hears of it in August, and is glad.^ 
 
 e. Aug, 1. The King, on hearing of this event, despatches Prince 
 
 John to Ireland for the purpose of seizing De Lacy's Irish 
 fief into the King's hand. 
 
 The Pipe-EoUs indicate the aid tendered to Prince John in relation to this business. 
 
 Stappoedshire. Et pro ducendo thesauro a Barton usque Ceitriam 6s. lid. 
 
 HONOE Cestuia. Ht inpassagio ll'illmi Cumin et iominum suonim in servicio Uegis et Johannes fllii 
 sui in Hyherniam Qs. jye'- hreve Regis. 
 
 It will be seen presently that the Prince himself did not cross the Channel. 
 
 Aug. 10th is the day given for the consecration of WilUam de Tere to the See of Hereford, also of Reiner 
 to the See of St. Asaph, and (by some authorities) for the election of Hugh, Prior of the Carthusians to the 
 See of Lincoln. 
 
 Aug. 19th. Prince Geoffrey, aged 28 years, was killed in a tournament at Paris, where he was plotting 
 with Philip of France agains*^^ his father and his brother, Richard. He left an only child, and at the moment 
 presumptive heir, Elianor. He was buried in the Church of Notre Dame. His posthumous son Arthur 
 was born on March 29, 1187. 
 
 1 Harl. MSS. 1885 fo. 22. event erroneously in 1185. The Herefordshire Pipe- 
 
 2 Haughmond Chartulary, fo. 16. Rolls give the exactest evidence that custody of the 
 
 3 Hugh Pantulf was Slieriff of Shropshire m 1186. Honor and Castles of Hugh de Lacy accrued to the 
 •< Benedictus (Stubbs) i. 317. Croivn on and about August 1st, 1186. 
 
 = Stapleton (Rot. Normann. i. Ixxi), places this " Benedictus (Stubbs) i. 351. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP E. HENBY II. 271 
 
 118C. K. HenrV) hearing of Prince Geoffrey's death, recalls Woodstock. 
 
 Prince John from the coast, where he was waiting to embark 
 for Ireland. 
 Sept. 5. ^ great Council held by the King at Woodstock. Thereat 
 
 Richard, Yicomte of Beaumont le Roger gives his daughter 
 Ermengarde in marria.ge to William King of Scots. 
 
 There were present at this Council — David, Earl of 
 Huntingdon ; Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury ; and the 
 Bishops, Joceline of Glasgow, John of Norwich, Geoffrey of 
 Ely, and Reginald of Bath. 
 Sept. 9. The King goes to Marlborough, accompanied by William, Marlborough. 
 
 King of Scots. 
 Sept. 14 The King holds a great Council at Marlborough, at which 
 
 are present, — Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury ; the 
 Bishops, John of Norwich, Geoffry of Ely, Henry of Baieux,i 
 Hugh of Durham^ William of Worcester/ and Hugh, Bishop- 
 elect of Lincoln. — 
 
 The business in hand was the elections to the vacant Sees 
 of York, Salisbury, and Exeter. — 
 
 The Canons of York presented five nominees, all of whom 
 were rejected by the King. They were Hubert Walter, 
 Dean of York ; Hamund, Prtecentor of York ; Master Lau- 
 rence, Archdeacon of Bedford;^ Bernard, Prior of New- 
 burgh ; and Master Roger Harundel.^ 
 
 To the election of Herbert^ Archdeacon of Canterbury, to 
 the See of Exeter, the King assented; but an appeal was 
 lodged against the nomination, on account of Herbert^'s ille- 
 gitimacy. 
 
 John, Subdean of Salisbury, was appointed to the See of 
 Exeter. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Marlborough, is in favour of 
 the Carthusian Priory of Witham (Somersetshii-e) . It was 
 undoubtedly solicited by Hugh, the first Prior of that house, 
 now in process of elevation to the See of Lincoln.* The 
 Charter is attested by the Bishops Hugh of Durham, 
 Geofirey of Ely, John of Norwich, and Reginald of Bath j by 
 
 ' The Southampton Pipe-Roll supplies a curious sauro unam marcam per Ireve Regis. 
 
 coiToboration of the Bishop of IJaieux having been = Benedictus (Stubbs), i. 352. But it should be 
 
 in England, and returning to Normandy before William, Elect of Worcester. 
 
 Michaelmas. Et item pro locandd navi Sansonis ^ These two were, at the time, among tlie Fermors 
 
 Waseelini ad transfretandum Eenricum JEpiscopum of the vacant See of York (Madox, Exch. 211). 
 
 Baiocensum 50«. per breve Regis. Et pro locandis * The Deed promises that the Monks of Witham 
 
 duobus nautis armatis ad transfretandum cum tlie- shall always elect their own Prior. 
 
272 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBEARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1186. Prince John, Earl William of Sussex, Ranulf de Glanvill, Marlborough 
 Walter fitz Robert, Reginald de Curtenay, Hugh Bardulf, 
 Hugh de Morewic, Seneschal; Ralph fitz Stephen, Cham- 
 berlain ; Gilbert fitz Reinfrid, GeoSry fitz Piers, Robert de 
 Wbitefeld, and Michael Belet.i 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Marlborough, is in favour of 
 Osbert, Prior of Dodford (Worcestershire). It is attested 
 by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury ; Herbert, Arch- 
 deacon of Canterbury; Ralph, Archdeacon of Hereford; 
 William, Earl Mandeville, Ralph fitz Stephen, Thomas fitz 
 Bernard, and Master Silvester.^ 
 
 On Sept. 21, Hugh (late Prior of the Carthusians), and WiUiam de 
 Northale (late Archdeacon of Gloucester), were consecrated to the Sees of 
 Lincoln and Worcester by Archbishop Baldwin at Westminster. 
 
 On Sept. 29, Bishop Hugh arrived at Lincoln, and was inducted by 
 Gilbert, Bishop of Bochester, and Herbert, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 
 
 Sept. 29. The King was probably at Woodstock. Woodstock. 
 
 We find no exact date of an embassy which the King will 
 have received from Flanders between May and September. 
 All that we can say on the subject is that, within those 
 limits, the authorities at Dover provided, at the King's 
 charges, a ship for " Arnald, Chamberlain of the Comte of 
 Flanders, and his fellows." 
 
 SoMETHruG SHOULD be said of the Itinera of the King's Justices during the fiscal year ending 
 Michaelmas, 1186. 
 
 Hugh de Morewich, Ralph Murdach, William Vavasour, and Master Thomas de Hussebum, or some of 
 them, had visited the several counties of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridge- 
 shire, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland.^ 
 
 William de Vere, Ralph fitz Stephen, Robert de Ynglesham, and Milo de Musgroz, or some of them, 
 had visited Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.^ 
 
 Robert fitz Bernard, Richard Giffard, and Roger fitz Reinfrid had visited Berkshire.* 
 
 Josceline, Archdeacon of Chichester, WiUiam Rufus, Henry de Cornhill, and Oto fitz William had 
 visited Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Hants, and Wiltshire. 
 
 Richard, Archdeacon of Coventry, and Hugh Bardulf had visited Northumberland. 
 
 1 Monastioon, vi. 2. will have been Robert fitz Bernard. 
 
 ^ Monasticon, vii. 944. Thomas fitz Bernard, ^ The Record entitled " Rotulus de Domindbus et 
 
 Justiciar of the Forest, died in 1184 (Benedictus, Fueris et Puellis " was a result of enquiries made in 
 
 i. 323), that is, at least a year before Baldwin became this Iter. 
 
 Archbishop of Canterbury. — * This Iter evidently took place before May, 1186, 
 
 Whereas Thomas fitz Bernard left no son old when Wm. de Vere was elected to the See of 
 
 enough to attest any deed of Henry II., we must Hereford. 
 
 presume the above testing-clause to be inaccurate, or * This Iter was abnormal, probably the result of 
 
 else the whole Charter a forgery. — Berkshire not having been visited in the previous 
 
 If the former be the case, then the real witness year. 
 
COtTRT, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAET OF K. HENRY II. 273 
 
 Eanulf de Glanvill ; Joseeline, A.rohdeacon ; and Godfrey de Luoi had held pleas in Hampshire, South- 
 ampton, Winchester, and Berkshire. 
 
 Geoffry fitz Piers had held Forest-pleas in Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, "Warwiekshire, Leicestershire, 
 and Hampshire. 
 
 TowAEDS THE CLOSE OP the above and the beginning of the next, fiscal year, we observe a quorum of 
 SherifTs acting as Justiciars in several counties ; for instance, Robert Marmiou, Ralph de Ardern, Hugh 
 Pantulf, William fitz Stephen, and Thomas Noel,' seem to have commenced a Circuit in Staffordshire, and 
 to have sat at Litclifield, on August 13, 1186 ; but the rest of their Iter extenrling into Stallbrdshire, 
 Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire is not recorded on the Pipe-Eoll till Michaelmas, 1187. 
 
 Heee is added a list of persons who, in the above or some recent year, appear to have been grantees of 
 the Crown in respect of marriages, wardships, ferms, or other trusteeships, such as implied the favour of 
 the King, or the deserts of the recipient. — 
 
 Eanulf de Glanvill, Thomas Basset (deceased), Gilbert Basset, Nigel fitz Alexander, Robert de Stutevill 
 (deceased), Robert de Burun, Hugh de Morewiob, Hugh Bardulf, Hugh de Cressi, Joceline de Evermue, 
 Wido de Croun, Ralph Murdac ; Laurence, Archdeacon of Bedford; Master Roger Arundel, William le 
 Vavassour, Robert de Saucei, Ralph de Wirecestre, William de Diva, Thomas fitz Bernard (deceased), 
 Geoifry fitz Piers, Reginald de Curtenai, Henry de Pinkeni, William de Jarponville, Richard Rufus, Ralph 
 de Hanville ; Eugenia, late wife of Thomas fitz Bernard, Robert de Lucy, Eustace fitz Stephen, Gilbert de 
 Vere, Osbert de Glanvill; GeoiFry, Bisliop of Ely; Gilbert de Coleville (deceased), Ralph de Dena, Picot 
 de Tani, Robert le Poher, Godfry de Lucy, Stephen de GlanviU, Henry de Cornhill, Durand de Ostilli.^ 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1186, TO MICHAELMAS, 1187. 
 
 1186. At this time we take the King to have been at Wood- Woodstock. 
 
 ^^ ' ' stock, but to have gone to Winchester early in the month of 
 October. — 
 
 Certain Charters, dated at Woodstock, belong proxi- 
 mately to this period. One in favour of Stanley Abbey 
 (Wiltshire) is attested by- — Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln ; Eoger, 
 Richard, and Nicholas, Chaplains ; Hugh de Morwich, 
 Dapifer ; Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer ; Ealph fitz Stephen, 
 Chamberlain ; Robert de Witefeld, and Michael Belet.^ 
 
 Another Chartei-, in favour of St. Mary's, York, and its 
 Abbot, Robert, is attested by Geoffry, Bp of Ely ; Hugh, Bp 
 of Durham ; William, Earl Mandeville, and Hugh Bardulf.* 
 o. Oct. 2. In this month we suppose the King to have visited Win- 
 
 chester, where it will presently appear that Queen Eleanor 
 was residing. 
 
 A Charter, there dated, is in favour of the Church of St. 
 Peter at York, and is attested by Ranulf de Glanvill; 
 Hubert (Dean of) York ; Hugh de Morewio, Dapifer ; Hugh 
 Bardulf, Dapifer, and Will. Vavasore.^ 
 
 ' Sherifis of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shrop- ^ Monasticon, v. 564. 
 
 shire, Gloucestershire, and Stafibrdshire respectively. '' Monasticon, iii. 552. 
 
 2 Rotulus de Pueris et Dominabus, passim. ' Cartas Antiquse, P. 
 
274. 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 118G. 
 Oct. 2. 
 
 Another Royal Charter to the Church of York is dated at Winchester. 
 Winchester, and attested by Bishops Hugh of Durham, 
 John of Norwich, and William of Worcester ; Hubert, 
 Dean of York ; Ranulf de Glanvill ; Hugh de Morewich 
 and Hugh Bardulf, Bapiferi ; Robert de Whitefeld; and 
 Michael Relet. ^ 
 
 A third Charter, dated at Winchester, is to St. Leonard's 
 Hospital, York, and is attested precisely as the last.^ 
 
 0. Oct. 5. About this time King Henry accredits three ambassadors 
 
 to Prance, viz., Ranulf de Glanvill ; William de Mandevill, 
 Earl of Essex and Albemarle ; and Walter, Archbishop of 
 Rouen. They were to pacify K. Philip, who was demand- 
 ing the wardship of Blianor, the presumed heiress of 
 Bretagne. 
 Oct. 9. Henry's ambassadors procure a truce with Philip until 
 
 the feast of S. Hilary (January 13, 1187), and landing in 
 England on the eighteenth of October/ find King Henry 
 at Reading. E^^^ing. 
 
 1. Oct. 20. ^^^ King consults with Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter- 
 
 bury, and then orders the Ambassadors to return forthwith 
 to Philip, substituting Robert, Archdeacon of Nottingham, 
 for Ranulf de Glanvill. They are to procure a prolongation 
 of the truce till Easter (March 29, 1187). 
 
 The issue of this embassy was not immediately pacifica- 
 tory. Philip of France was highly exasperated because 
 Henry de Veir, Constable of Gisors, and kinsman of the 
 Earl of Albemarle *, had recently slain Ralf, son of Richard 
 de Vaus, a French Knight.^ 
 
 Not. 30. K. Henry goes from Reading to Amesbury (in Wiltshire), Amesbmy 
 
 and there introduces a number of Nuns, brought from the 
 Abbey of Fontevrault, to the new buildings which he had 
 caused to be erected. 
 
 C-. Dec. 10. The King sends Glanville to negotiate with Rese ap 
 Griffin, and to pacify the Welsh Border ; also to secure 
 Welsh soldiers for the troubles anticipated with France. 
 
 Benedictus notea certain King's clerks as returning from Eome about 
 this time, having lodged a complaint against Savaric, Archdeacon of 
 
 1-2 Carte Antiquj, D D. Monasticon tiL 612. a daughter of Aubrey de Vere (Stubbs, quoting 
 
 3 We follow the chrouology mdioated by Diceto, Monast. Angl. iv. 102). 'is 
 
 who (p. 631), says that the Archbishop of Eouen, * Son of Hugh de Vaus, says Diceto (p 632) 
 
 had an interview with Plulip, on Oct. 9, and landed Diceto dates the catastrophe as on Nov. 28r'which 
 
 at Dover on Oct. 18. would make the second embassy to have been in 
 
 ■• The mother of Earl V\ ilham de Mandeville was France near a month. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 275 
 
 Nottingham (it should be Northampton) . It would seem tliat the Arch- 
 deacon's revenues, being forfeit to the Crown, had been previously 
 assigned by the Pope to the payment of the Archdeacon's private debts. 
 The Pope now allows that the Sequestrator (the Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury) shall collect and retain in his custody the said revenues. The 
 Pope also entreats the King's clemency towards the Archdeacon. 
 
 Before Christmas, Octavian, the Papal Legate, and Hugh de Novant, 
 Bishop-elect of Chester, reached England, and were at Canterbury. Tlie 
 latter was returning from a mission to Borae, but is said to have been 
 associated in Ootavian's legation, the objects of which were to determine 
 all Papal appeals in England, and to visit Ireland. This legation was 
 opposed by Arclibishop Baldwin and his Suffragans, he himself being 
 Legate in his pi-ovince. 
 
 Dec. 25. The King kept Christmas at ' Gildeford.' ' With him Guildford. 
 
 were Prince John, John Archbishop of Dublin, Geoffry 
 Bishop of Ely, and David Earl of Huntingdon ; also the 
 Earl of Leicester,^ the Earl of Arundel,' and Roger Bigod,* 
 each of whom performed his respective household service 
 at the Royal Table. 
 
 We should here quote several consecutive entries from the 
 Southamptonshire Pipe-Roll, which will serve to illustrate 
 what has gone before. — 
 
 Et in negociis RegincB in recessu suo a Wintonid 40s. per 
 hreve Regis. Et ad faciendam soUam Regime apud Win- 
 toniam £38. 7s. Y^d. pej^ hreve Regis. Et in custamento nn- 
 merandi et ponderandi thesaurum apud Wintoniam post 
 Natale, et proforulis novis ad reponendnm eundem thesaurum 
 et pro aliis minutis negociis ad predict um opus per Archidia- 
 conum Gantuano}^ et Hugonem Bardulf et Radulf am filium 
 Stephani, £6. 19s. 7d. Et pro carriando thesauro a Win- 
 tonid ad Saresbtiriam et ad Oxinford' et ad Geldeford' et ad 
 plura locaper Angliam £4. 8s. 3d. 
 
 The King, still at Guildford, hears of the arrival of Octa- 
 vian in England, and sends Prince John ^ and Ralph Arch- 
 deacon of Hereford to meet him. 
 
 c. Dec. 28. The Legate Octavian, either at Canterbury or Westminster, 
 is met by the King's messengers. 
 
 1 Benedictus (as printed by Hearne) says ' Bed- hereditary Chief-Butler in the Royal Household. 
 ford,' but it is an error, corrected in Stubbs' edition. •• Eoger Bigod was another of tlie Dapifcri Regis, 
 
 2 'The Earl of Leicester's household office was that — an office derived to him from his father and 
 of a Dapifer. He inherited it from his ancestor, grandfather (Vide supra, p. 3 for tlie descent). 
 Earl William fitz Osborne, Dapifer to King Wil- ^ Viz. Herbert (Vide supra, pp. 202-3, 256). 
 liam the Conqueror. " Benedictus puts John, Archbisliop of Dublin, 
 
 ' The Earl of Arundel (or rather Sussex) was instead of Prince John, on this mission. 
 
 Deo. 26. 
 
276 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAKY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 A.D. 1187. 
 
 Jan. 1. King Henry receives the Legate Octavian, and Hugh de Westminster. 
 
 Novantj Bishop-elect of Chester, at Westminster Abbey .^ 
 
 Feb. 9. Octavian, now again at Canterbury, is visited by John Bisliop 
 of Norwich, William, Bishop of Worcester, and Hugh, Bishop-elect of 
 Chester.^ 
 
 Feb. 10. The King is at Chilham, where the above three Prelates, Chiiham, 
 
 leaving Canterbury, find him.^ 
 
 A Royal Charter, bearing date at GJiileham, and addressed 
 to the Justices, Sheriflfs, &c., of Norfolk and Suffolk, is 
 attested singly by Hugh de Morewic. Thereby, the King, 
 at request of Ranulf de Glanvill, and for the service of 
 Ranulf de Geddinges, quit-claims and releases one Roger, 
 son of William Curtpeil (to whom the King has given 
 Geddinges' daughter to wife) from all Jew-debts which 
 V7ere owing by William (Roger's father), on the day of his 
 (William's) death.^ 
 
 Feb. 11. The King is at Canterbury on Ash-Wednesday {quartd CmterhuTy. 
 
 feria cinerum or Zcioid.Feh. as two several authorities state 
 
 the same date).* With the King are Baldwin, Abp of 
 
 Canterbury, the Bishops of Lincoln, Norwich, Durham, and 
 
 Worcester, and three Abbots. 
 
 On February 18th died Gilbert Foliol, Bishop of London. 
 
 The King and Prince John are stated noiv to have visited clarendon. 
 Clarendon, in Wiltshire.^ That they were there together, 
 and about this time, is quite clear. — 
 
 A fine levied in the Curia Regis at Clarendon, is dated 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs) ii. 4. Diceto, 634. at nightfall of the 14th. 
 
 ^ G-ervase, 1489. (4) Ihat the King remained three days at Dover, 
 
 3 Carta; Antique, K. and re-embarked on the 17th. 
 
 ■* Viz. Brakelond (p. 37) and Gervase (p. 1489). ' Brakelond (pp. 47, 134) clearly intends to place 
 
 There can be no doubt about the fact or the date. the visit to Clarendon alter that to Canterbury. 
 
 Benedictus says nothing about this visit to Canter- Tliat the two visits followed one another closely 
 
 bury, which is prima facie evidence against his there can be no doubt, but there is a doubt as to 
 
 accuracy. th^ priority. It arises in this way. — There was 
 
 Benedictus' account would indicate — hardly time between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17 for the 
 
 (1) That the King sent Prince John to Normandy King to get from Canterbury to Clarendon and back 
 soon alter his (the King's) meeting (Jan. 1), with to Dover ; and there is a question whether Prince 
 Octavian. John had not been sent to Normandy before the 
 
 (2) That the King reached Dover about Feb. 9 11th of February. On the other hand there is a 
 or 10), and, halting there a few days post paucos question whether the King's transfretation was not 
 dies embarked on Feb. 14. on the 27th rather than the 17th of February, and 
 
 (3) That the King's ship sighted W itsand, but whether Prince John did not sail with him rather 
 was obliged to put back to Dover, which it reached than precede him. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 277 
 
 1187. as of the 33rd year of the King, and expressed to be Co- clarendon. 
 rarn ipso Domino Rege et Johanne filio ejus. It was a fine 
 between Robert Abbot of Ramsey, and Geoffry Peche. The 
 Court was attended by Kanulf de Glanvill, Roger fitz 
 Reinfrid, Michael Belet ; Robert de Inglesham, Archdeacon 
 of Gloucester ; Ralph, Archdeacon of Hereford ; Hubert, 
 Dean of York ; Robert de Witefeld ; -Josceline, Archdeacon 
 of Chichester ; and Master Thomas de Husseburn.^ 
 
 Again, a Royal Charter, dated at Clarendon is in favour 
 of Ranulf de Glanvill, and is attested by Hubert, Dean of 
 York ; Hugh de Morewic, and Hugh Bardulf, Bapiferi ; 
 Michael Belet, and Stephen de Thurnham.^ 
 
 Another Royal Charter, dated at Clarendon, is in favour of 
 Wombridge Priory (Shropshire), and is attested by Hugh 
 Bishop of Durham j Peter, Bishop of St. David's; Hubert, 
 Dean of York , Ranulf de Glanvill ; Brother Roger, the 
 Almoner; and by Hugh de Morewich and Hugh Bardulf, 
 Dapiferi? 
 Feb. 27. The King, accompanied by Octavian, and Hugh de 
 
 Novant, embarks from Dover, and lands at Witsand.* Dover. 
 
 As to this transfretation, and as to whether Prince John 
 preceded or accompanied the King, the Pipe-Rolls speak 
 equivocal language. They contain the following charges. — 
 
 London et Middelsexa. Et JohanniJUio Regis quinqua- 
 ginta marcas ad ferficiendas centum viarcas, qiias Rex dedit 
 ipsi Johanni in transfr eta done siod per Ireve Ranulfi de 
 Glanvill. 
 
 SuDHANTESCiEA. In Uhevacione navium et Esnecccc Regis 
 cum, thesauro et harnasio Regis quando ipse transfrctavit 
 apud Douram £19 7s. pier hreve Regis. 
 
 Hantona. Et pro onerando et deonerando thesanro et pro 
 lumine dum thesaurus moram fecit apud Hantonam ante 
 transfreiacionem Regis Is. Et pro locandis trihus navibus 
 ad passagium Ilugonis Episcopi Lincoln' et Willi de Stce 
 May-ice Ecclesid et Willi Turpin cum harnasio et equis Regis 
 £6 per hreve Ranulfi de Glanvill. 
 
 ' Spelman, Archaeol. sub loce Finis, p. 228. See Mart, or Feb. 15 ; — which day was Sunday, 
 also Hunter's Fines, vol. i. pp. Ix. Ixi. We have prefei-red Biakelond's authority because 
 2 Cartae Antiquse, N. 36. his date is part of a consistent and circumstantial 
 2 Wombridge Chartulary, No. 423. narrative of events whicli came under his own ob- 
 ■• The date (Feb. 27) is Brakelond's. Benedictus servation. And yet it must be owned that Beue- 
 sajs Die Martis post caput jejunii ; and Diceto says dictus, stating that the embarcation of the 17th was 
 13 ial. Mart, which are consistent, and mean Tues- a second attempt, seems to have had some know- 
 day, Feb. 17. Q-ervase of Canterbury says 15 kal. ledge of contemporary circumstances. 
 
278 COURTj HODSEHOLDj AND ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 Feb '27' Ghent. Et in passagio Regis et Johannis filii sui et Dover. 
 
 Ranulfi de Glanvill £49. Os. I2d. per breve Regis. M pro 
 
 batellis ad portandos regem et socios suos ad magnas naves 
 
 in ipscl transfretacione 8s. per idem breve.^ 
 c. Feb. 28. The King, landing at Witsand, is met by the Oomtes of witsand. 
 
 Flanders, Blois and Guisnes, and convoyed by them, via Driencourt. 
 c. March 1. Hesdin and Drincourt to Aumale in Normandy," where the 
 
 King is met by his sons Richard and John, by Walter, 
 
 Archbishop of Rouen, and William de Mandeviile, Earl 
 
 of Essex and Aumale. 
 
 Mai-ch 29. On Easter-day the Duchess Constance, of Bretagne, gives 
 birth to a posthumous son, Arthur, at Nantes. 
 
 In the same year Constance remarries with Eanulf (styled junior), Earl 
 of Chester. 
 
 AprU 5. K. Henry and Philip of France confer at Gue St. Remi Gud s. Remy. 
 
 {ad vadum Sandi Remigii). They do not accord, and both 
 sides prepare for war. 
 
 It was ere tliis, we are told, that Eanulf de Glanvill, hired Welsh mercenaries, anticipatory of a war 
 with France. The statement is well supported by the Pipe-UnUs, which also give evidence of the constant 
 transmission of money in this year, from England to Normandy. 
 
 Shropshire, ^t in Uberacione 250 servientum peditiim qui abierunf precepto Regis ultra mare 
 £16. I.S.S. 4id. per breve Hegis. Et in Uberacione 38 servientum equitum qui similiter abierunt ultra mare 
 £7. 12s. deeodem termino. jEt tribus magUfris predictorum servientum 20s. de eodem termino per idem, breve. 
 
 HEKEFORBSHrEE. Et item, in Uberacione 250 servientum pedifum et 4 servientum equitum de octo diebus 
 qui missi fuerunt ultra mare ad Regem £17. 6s. ad. Et item in Uberacione servientum retentorum post 
 Pascliam (March 29) in servitio Regis in eadem provincid 4.7s. 9d, 
 
 OxpOEDsniEE. JEt pro ducendo f/iesauro de Oxineford' ^ ad London^ ad faciendas liberaciones 
 Walensibus transfretaturis in Normanniam ad Regem 2s. Wd. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et quatuordecim serrientibus de MarcMs Walice qui transfretaverunt 
 ad Regem tresdecim marcas de prcestito super liberacionem suam a sccundd dominicd mensis Junii 
 (June 14), per breve Ranidjl de Glanvill. 
 
 Southampton. Et item in Uberacione Esneccce quando transfretavit post Pascliam (March 29) cum 
 thesauro £7. \0s. per breve Ranulfi de Glanvill. Et pro locandd navi Sansonis Wascelini ad ducendum 
 harnasium Clcricorum Thesaurarii el Camerariorum qui transfretaverunt cum thesauro 50s. per idem breve. Et 
 itemin laberacione Esneccce quando transfretavit cum thesauro circa festum Sti Johannis* £7.10s.perbrere 
 
 ' The Pipe-Eoll says nothing about the great catas- ties is adopted in the text as exceedingly probable, 
 
 trophe which befell the King's household in his The errors, if any, are of date; an error in the 
 
 transfretation. The majority of the staff (magna second and third instances resulting naturally from 
 
 pars de familid Regis) toot the route between the supposed en-or in the first. 
 
 Shoreham and Dieppe, can-ying with them the bulk ^ A brancli of the Treasury was at Oxford, 
 
 of the confiscated wealth of Aaron, a Lincoln Jew, Hence the London EoU of this very year charges 
 
 deceased. Both men and treasure were lost at sea pro condmcndd hugid t/iesauri cum Roiulis et Taleis 
 
 (Benedictus, apud Stubbs, vol. ii. p. 5). a London' usque Oxineford 2s. 
 
 2 Diceto's narrative (p. 634) implies the King's ■• Tlie sequence of entries would indicate St. 
 
 arrival at Witsand on Feb. 17, and indicates his John Port-Latin (or May 6). Otherwise, when the 
 
 arrival at Hesdin on the night of the 18th, and at day is thus baldly meutioned, the Nativity of 
 
 Driencourt on the 19th. This sequence of loeali- John Baptist (or June 24) is usually meant. 
 
COURT, HODSKHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 279 
 
 Ranulfi de GlanviU. Et pro locandd und nam Vitalis ad dtferendum liarnasium Willi de Qlanvill ' et 
 clericorum ThesaiKrarii et Camerariorum qui transfretavertint cum eodem thesauro hOs. per idem hreve. Mt 
 pro locandd navi Serherti Geldewin ad dsferendum thesaurmn in Norinanniam 40s. per hrevi Regis. Et 
 item pro locandd navi Hugonis de Banton ad deferendum thesaurum in Normanniam 50s. per breve Ranulfi 
 de GlanviU. Et item pro locandd nae Godefridi Mansell ad deferendum iliesaurtim in Normanniam 50s. 
 per hreve Regis. Et item in liberacione Esiieccm quce transfretacit cum thesauro post festum Sti BamahcB 
 (June 11) £V. 10s. per hreve Ranulfi de GlanviU. 
 
 1187. King Henry divides his army, appointing his sons Eichard 
 
 and John to command in two quarters, the Earl of 
 Albemarle in another, and Geoffrey, his natural son and his 
 Chancellor, in a fourth.^ 
 
 On May 1st (as was afterwards reported) the Master of the Hospitallers 
 and sixty knights Templar were slain near Jerusalem. 
 
 King Henry^s frontier fortresses of Tssoudun and 
 Pretteval are betrayed to Philip, by Urso de Fretteval and 
 the Comte de Nevers, to the latter of whom Henry had 
 recently given custody of Yssoudun, together with the 
 relict of Eudo de Yssoudun, in marriage,^ and the wardship 
 of Eudo's heir. 
 
 c. May 20. Philip invades Berri and hesieges Chateauroux {Castriim 
 Radulphi), which was defended by the Princes, Richard and John. 
 
 juuo 23. K. Henry, having marched to the relief of Chateauroux, chateauroui. 
 
 confronts the army of Philip on Midsummer eve. An 
 engagement is prevented by mediation of the Legate 
 Octavian and of the prelates and peers on either side. A 
 truce of two years, being agreed upon, leaves Yssoudun and 
 Fretteval, for that term, in the hands of Philip.* 
 
 Prince Richard, already suspected of treachery by his father, becomes Philip's guest at Paris. 
 
 On July 3rd Saladin took Tabaria (Tiberias) . 
 
 On July 4th Terrencius, praeceptor of the Templars in Palestine, writes to other praeceptors in Europe 
 relative to the straits of the Christians. 
 
 On July 6th Guy de Lusignan, Roger de Moubray, and William de Marchis are taken captive by the 
 infidels, and Hugh de Beauchamp is slain. 
 
 This wiU be the place to notice certain transactions in England which show, not only the Justiciar 
 GlanviU, in discharge of his high function as Viceroy, but also indicate the King's attitude in respect of 
 Papal ascendancy. Archbishop Baldwin, having a dispute with the Monks of Christ Church, (Canterbury), 
 
 ' William de GlanvUl occurs on more than one Her previous husbands were, first, Eudes de 
 
 occasion as a messenger between the King and the Tssoudun, secondly Guy Corate de Nevers, thirdly 
 
 Viceroy. Peter of Flanders. (Stubbs.) 
 
 ^ Benedictus (Stubbs) ii. 6. ■* J^t" qtiod Rex Francice haberet Ysoudun et 
 
 ' Maud, Comtesse of Nevers, had had three Ursvm de Freteval, ^c. (Benedictus ii. 7), meaning 
 
 husbands previous to the one mentioned in the the homage of Ursus de Ereteval, which of course 
 
 text, who was Robert II. Comte also of Dreux, impUed the command of his castle, Freteval in 
 
 and cousin of King Philip. Beauce. 
 
280 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AUD ITINEEARY OP K. HENEY II. 
 
 had suspended the saidMonts for appealing (in defiance of the law) to Pope Urban III. That Pontiff in 
 turn required the Archbishop to restore the Monks, and in case the Archbishop refused, a commissioii of 
 three Abbots (of Battle, Feversham, and St. Augustine's) was appointed by the Pope, not only to relax the 
 Monks' suspension, but to cite the Archbishop to Rome. 
 
 Archbishop Baldwin thereupon communicated with the King, then over sea. The King issued a 
 precept to Banulf de Grranvill, which was attested by, and carried by, WilUam de Grlanvill to the Justiciar. 
 The Justiciar's consequent Writ is preserved. It cites the King's autliority ' de ultra mare,' and prohibits 
 the Abbot of Battle, on his allegiance, to proceed in the premises without first conferring with the 
 Justiciar. It cites the Abbot to appear before the Justiciar in London on Saturday after the feast of 
 St. Margaret the Virgin (Sat. July 25), so to confer.' The Viceroy addresses a similar writ and citation 
 to the Monks of Christ Church.^ 
 
 1187. K. Henry confers with Philip at Alenoon. Aienfon. 
 
 Aug. 28. 
 
 On Sept. 3rd Prince Louis of Prance was born. 
 
 About the same time Prince Richard having been vainly invited to his father's 
 Court, seizes the King's treasure at Chinon ' from the custody of Stephen de 
 Turonis, and proceeds to fortify his Castles in Poitou and Cruienne. 
 
 c. Sept. K. Henry recalls Prince Richard, and, being reconciled to 
 
 him, receives his homage at Angers. "^^"^ 
 
 K. Henry now goes into Bretagne, while Prince Richard sretagne. 
 receives the cross at the hands of the Archbishop of 
 Tours. 
 
 The King takes the castle called Mons Relaxus, captured, Montreieia. 
 since the death of Prince Geoffry, by Hei'vey de Leans. 
 
 Of Queen Eleanob, during the whole of the fiscal year now ended, we have no mention, save in 
 the Pipe-Rolls, and those indicate her residence in England. Besides the entry already quoted from the 
 Southaniptonshire Pipe-Roll,'' and which speaks of her residence at, and departure from, Winchester, we have 
 these further notices of the Queen. — 
 
 DoESET AND SoMEESET. £!( Eusfachio fiUo StepJiani £24. 12^. 2d. ad faciendam soltam Regincs a die 
 Mercurii proximd ante festum Sti. Georyii usque ad diem Veneris proximam ante fesium Stce. Trinitatls ' 
 per breve Manuljl de Glanvill. 
 
 London and Middlesex. Et in soltis per breve Segis Jordano Clerico Megince £84 ad faciendam 
 soltam ejusdem Meginat. 
 
 Moreover, the Sherifi's of London had supplied various articles of attire, or use, to the Queen and the 
 Duke of Saxony's daughter, preparatory to Easter {contra Pascham), and to the Queen and her damsels 
 {puellis), against the feast of St. Michael. Other persons similarly clothed at the King's charges, and 
 under writs of Ranulf de Glanvill, were William, son of tbe Duke of Saxony, the son of the Earl of 
 Gloucester, and the daughter of the King of France (probably the Princess Alice, the destined wife of 
 Prince Richard). 
 
 Lastly, the Southampton Pipe-Roll intimates that the Princess of Saxony left England during the year. 
 It charges, under a Writ-Royal, fifty shilhngs, for the ship hired ' ad passagium Reginaldi de Luci cum 
 Jilid Duds Saxonia:.' 
 
 ' Mccum inde locuturus ; a phrase wliich Dean that of Normandy was at Caen, and as that of 
 
 Hook (Lives of the Archbishops) has rendered England was at Winchester. 
 
 somewhat too magisterial by translating it ' to ■* Supra, p. 275. The said entry probably refers 
 
 make answer in the premises.' to a period previous to Christmas, 1186. 
 
 2 Epist. Cantuar. hx. Ix. (pp. 46, 47). * From Wednesday, April 22, to Friday, May 22, 
 
 ^ The Treasury of Touraine was at Chinon, as 1187. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAET OP K. HENET II. 
 
 281 
 
 The fiscal Xeae ending at Michaelmas, 1187, was one in which the reaources of Royal Revenue were 
 worked with much activity. Taking, as a sample, the exactions levied in a particular district, we observe 
 how closely the administration of provincial law was associated with the assessment of provincial taxes. — 
 
 The Justices-in-eyre, who held Pleas and Ooiwentions in the several counties of Worcestershire, Here- 
 fordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Gloucestershire, were in each case a quorum of the Sheriffs of 
 those counties, the said Sheriffs being Robert Marmiou, Ralph de Ardern, Hugli Pantulf, Thomas Noel, 
 and William fitz Stephen. 
 
 In t)ie same year, and in the same counties, those same five officers constituted a committee which 
 assessed a Tallage on the King's Vermsn^s and Escheats. 
 
 There were also Pleas of the Forest held in the same counties ; the Justices presiding over which were 
 Kobert de Broc, William de Stanton, and Robert de Heselege. 
 
 In the same year we may note that the Assessors of Tallage in Cornwall, Devonshire, Wiltshire, Berk- 
 ■shire, Surrey, and other counties, were Hugh Bardulf, Dapifer ; Master Thomas de Husseburn, and William 
 Briwere ; in Sussex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and other counties, were Ralph, Archdeacon 
 of Colchester, Roger fitz Eeinfrid, Michael Belct, and Robert de Witefeld ; and that in Northumberland 
 Cumberland, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire, Godfrey de Lucl presided over the said assessment. And, it 
 may be added, that of the eight Assessors of Tallage thna mentioned, each one was an active Justiciar of 
 the period ; and all of them either Sheriffs of counties, or farmers of extensive fiefs and escheats, then in 
 the King's hands. 
 
 In the same year, the afterwards amous Geoffry Fitz-Piers seems again to have acted as Chief-Justice 
 of the Forest, and to have held Forest-Pleas in Cornwall, Wiltshire, Berks, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Essex, 
 Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, etc. Also Arnisius de Nevill, Wm. le Vavassour, Rob de Batuent, 
 Roger de Hoveden, and Geoffrey de Haye held Forest-Pleas in Yorkshire. Also the same four Justices 
 who assessed a tallage in Sussex, held Pleas and Conventions in that county. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1187, TO MICHAELMAS, 1188. 
 Sept. 30. The King was perhaps at this time in Bretagne. Brotagne. 
 
 In the course of the autumn, treasure was shipped at Southampton, as evidenced by the Pipe-Roll of 
 Michaelmas, 1188. — 
 
 Hanton'. liJt item in passagio navis Prepositi quando transfretavit anno preterito cum equis et harnasio 
 clerici Thesaurarii et camerariorum transfretantiwn cum thesauro 50j. ^er ireve RegisA Ft item in lihera- 
 cionc esnecccB quando transfretavit cwm thesauro in auturnpno £7. \0s. per hreoe Regis. Et pro una navi 
 ad opus clerici Thesaurarii et canierariorum tran-'fretantium cum eodem thesauro 50s. per idem ireve." 
 
 On Oct. 11th or 19th, in this year. Pope Urban III. died. 
 
 On Oct. 20th Gregory VIII. was elected Pope. 
 
 On Oct. 29th we hear of William, Bishop of Landaff, as consecrating an altar in Margau Abbey.'' 
 
 On Dec. 17th Pope Gregory VIII. died. Clement III., elected to the Papacy Dec. 19, 1187, was crowned 
 onDec.20tb. 
 
 V. Nov. The King is supposed to have been at Caen.* (Oaen.js 
 
 ... Nov. 1-10. And then at Bure (Bur le Roy, near Bayeux) .^ Bur Le Eoi. 
 
 1 • - These entries refer probably to two shipments the King, who, it is inferred, was also at Caen, 
 
 of Royal Treasure, one before and the other after * Stubbs, quoting Epp. Cant. 106. The King's 
 
 Michaelmas, 1187. visit to Bur was before Nov. 18. While there, he 
 
 ^ Annals of Margan, sub anno, 1187. executed a mandate to Ranulf de Glanvill, attested 
 
 ■* Stubbs's Itinerary, quoting Gervase, 1510. by William fitz Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy. 
 
 Gervase, speaking of letters of Pope Urban, carried Tiie mandate was sent to England, and transmitted 
 
 by three monks to Archbishop Baldwin, at Caen, by Glanvill to the Sheriff of Kent, for execution 
 
 speaks of other letters carried by other monks to on Nov. 18 following. 
 
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282 COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1187. A Royal Charter, dated apud Burum, is in favour of tile BurLe Eoi. 
 
 Norman Abbey of St. Stepben, at Caen (Bayeux Dioc), and 
 is attested by Henry, Bishop of Baieux ; John de Constantiis, 
 Archdeacon of Oxford ; William de Humet, Constable ; 
 William fitz Ealph, Seneschal of Normandy ; Thomas Bar- 
 dulf ; Gilbert fitz Reinfrid, and Hamo Pincerna.^ 
 
 Another Charter, dated apud Bwum, is in favour of the 
 Abbey of St. Mary de Longues (near Bayeux). It is attested 
 by Walter, Archbishop of Rouen ; Henry, Bishop of Bayeux ; 
 William, Bishop of Coutances ; John, Bishop of Evreux ; M. 
 Abbot of St. Stephen's (at Caen) ; P. Abbot of Cerisy ; 
 William de Hommet, Constable ; William fitz Ralph, Sene- 
 schal of Normandj' ; Hugh de Cressy ; Thomas Bardulf ; 
 William de Mara ; John de Mara ; and Ha.mo Pincerna.^ 
 
 Dec. 25. The King kept Christmas at Caen, in Normandy. Caen. 
 
 Dec. 31 . The King still probably at Caen. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Caen, is in favour of the Abbey 
 of St. Peter, at Preaux. Its witnesses are Hugh, Bishop of 
 Durham ; Hugh, Bishop -elect of Coventry ; Walter, Arch- 
 bishop of Rouen ; Henry, Bishop of Baieux ; Robert fitz 
 William, Archdeacon of Nottingham ; John de Constanciis, 
 Archdeacon of Oxford ; William, Earl Mandeville ; William, 
 Earl of Salisbury ; William fitz Ralph, Seneschal of Nor- 
 mandy ; William de Humez, Constable of Normandy ; 
 William de Mara ; Gilbert fitz Reinfrid ; and Alured de St. 
 Martin.3 
 
 Another Royal Charter, dated at Caen, is in favour of the 
 Canons of St. Mary de Voeu [Stce Maricb de Votis), at Cher- 
 bourg. It is attested by Walter, Archbishop of Rouen j 
 William, Earl Mandeville ; and William de Mara.* 
 
 A.D. 1188. 
 
 c. Jau. 1. It was now probably that the King, being at Cherbourg, cherbour 
 
 expedited a Charter to the Abbey of L'Essay. — Witnesses, 
 H. (Hugh), elect of Coventry ; Henry, Bp of Baieux ; John, 
 Bp of Evreux ; Robt. de Newburgh, Dean of Rouen ; Robert 
 fitz William, Archdeacon of Nottingham; William fitz 
 Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy ; Wm. de Humez ; Saher 
 
 ' D'Anisj's Transcripts, i. 180-1. tlie year 1168. 
 
 ' D'Anisj's Extracts, ii. 41. This Charter is ^ Monasticon, vii. 1027. 
 
 quoted in Gallia Christiana, xi. 83, and assigned to ■* Mouasticon, vii. 1111. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINBRAUY OP K. HENRY II. 283 
 
 . Jaifi ^^ Quenci ; Hugh de Cressi ; Thomas Bardolf ; and Alured Oherbomg. 
 de St. Martin .1 
 
 Another Charter, dated at Cherbourg, is attested by- 
 Walter, Archbishop of Eouen, and Henry, Bishop of Baieux.^ 
 A third Charter is witnessed by the same two Prelates, 
 and by Wm. de Humez, Constable.^ 
 
 c. Jan. 4. King Henry goes to Barfleur, intending to cross the BaiHeur. 
 
 Channel for England j but he gives up the design in conse- 
 quence of Philip threatening to invade Normandy unless his 
 sister Adelais were forthwith married to Prince Richard, or 
 else the fortress of Gisors restored to France. 
 
 The following charges on the Southampton Pipe-Roll be- 
 long apparently to this occasion. — JEt in apparatu JEsneccco 
 Regis scilicet teJciis et lor-o et aliis neccsnariis £7. 7s. 2d. pier 
 hreve Ranidfi de Glanvill. Et in liberacione Eaiiwcce quando 
 tra.nsfretavit cum thesauro circa, festam Tlylarii (Jan. 13) 
 £7. 10s. per breve Ranidfi de Glanvill. Et, pro una navl 
 ad oputt clerici Thesaurarii et camerariorum transfretantiinn 
 cum thesauro 50s. per hreve Ranulfi de Glanvill. Et pro 
 licmine et pro thesauro illo onerando et deonerando 8s. lid. 
 
 Jan. 13-21. A protractcd conference between the Kings of England 
 
 and France at the usual rendezvous, between Gisors and Giaora »nd Trie. 
 Trie. Both Kings agree to merge their differences in a 
 Crusade, and this in deference to the preaching of the Arch- 
 bishop of Tyre, who brings accounts of the capture of Jeru- 
 salem, and of other misfortunes, from Palestine. The Kings 
 are joined in their vow by Philip, Comte of Flanders. A 
 subsidy of one-tenth, in aid of the crusade, is voted by each 
 of the three potentates, to be levied on their respective 
 dominions. 
 
 Prince Richard was present at this conference. 
 
 Jan. 23. K. Henry holds a Council at Le Mans, at which he orders Le Wans. 
 
 the tax aforesaid to be levied on his continental dominions. 
 There were present at this Council — Richard, Comte of 
 Poitou (the King's son) ; Archbishops, — William of Tours,* 
 Baldwin of Canterbury, and Walter of Rouen ; Bishops, — 
 John of Evreux, Ralph of Anglers, Reginald of Le Mans, 
 Matthew of Namur ; and Bishops-elect, — Hugh of Chester, 
 and Lisiard of Seez. 
 
 1 ■ 2 Monasticon, vii. 1081, and vii. 1115. Bartliolomew, but Bonedictus always calls liim 
 
 3 Cartae Antiqua;, M. ' William,' possibly a confusion with Willia 
 
 ■* The name of the Archbishop of Tours was Archbishop of Tyre. 
 
 .lLa(n , 
 
284 
 
 COORT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1188. The King would seem to have been at Alen9on (in his Aicnfun. 
 
 way to the coast), and there to have expedited that extraor- 
 dinary Charter, whereby ' he conceded the Priory of Coventry 
 to Hugh de Novant.' The testing-clause of this Charter 
 runs as follows. — B. Sdi Angli Diacono Cardinali et Apos- 
 toliccE Sedis Legato ; ^ B. (Baldwino) Gantuarice Archiepis- 
 copo ; Radulfo ArcMdiacono Hereford' ; Willo de Sancke 
 MaricB ecclesid, clerico de Camera.^ 
 
 About January 27, Archbishop Baldwin and Hugh de Novant, Bisliop- 
 elect of Chester, returned to England ; and the latter was consecrated by 
 the former on January 31st. 
 
 Jan. 29-30. King Heury embarks from Dieppe, and lands at Win- Dieppe, 
 chelsea.^ The Pipe-Rolls allude, as follows, to this voyage. — 
 SuDHANTEsciiJA. M in Uberacione Alani filii Alani et 
 nautarum de navi Willmi de Braiose quando missa fuit pre- 
 cepto Regis ah Hantoiid usque Depam contra Regem 100s. per 
 breve Regis. JStin Uberacione Esneccce quando missa fuit contra 
 Regem apud Depam £7. 10s. per breve Ranulfi de Granvill. 
 
 Hanton'. Et item in Uberacione Esneccce^ quando trans- 
 fretavit contra Regem £7. 10s. per breve Regis. Et pro 
 thesauro onerando et deonerando qui transfretavit in nave 
 Braiosi 2s, 2d. per idem hreve.* 
 
 c. Feb. 8. The King is said to have been at Otford.^ otford. 
 
 C.Feb. 6. The King goes to Northampton, avoiding Canterbury, Northampton, 
 
 where it would seem that he was expected.^ 
 
 At this point the Pipe-Roll, making allusion to an embassy from Castile to England, may be quoted. — 
 
 Honor Comitis G-ioeoestkIjE. JiJt in Uberacione nuntiorum Regis Ryspanice £8. Gs. Sd. per breve . 
 
 Et in reparacione Auarum longarum navium et apparatu earum quas Rex misit Regi de Castelld £4.0. '7s. Id- 
 pa- breve T et per visum Constahularii de Sristou. Jit in Uberacione AdamoB et Guneelini nuntiorum 
 
 Renis Caitellai 40s. de 40 diebzis per breve Ranulfi de Glanvill. Et item in Uberacione eorundem nuntiorum 
 
 ' This will have been some Papal Legate after same locality in Normandy. 
 
 OctavianandbeforeHenry, Bishop of Albano, but of ' Stubbs (quoting Epp. Cantuar, 162). Otford 
 
 whose mission we find no other Record. was in Kent, near Serenoalts. Tlie Epistle, quoted 
 
 2 Lichfield Register. by Professor Stubbs, is one of Henry II. to Pope 
 
 ^ Brakelond say3onthe28tli; Gervascon theSOth. Clement III., and was written in February, 1188. 
 
 ■* It is quite Bupposable that this vessel, chartered It is attested by Hugh (de Novant), Bishop of 
 
 to meet the King, had gone to Barfleur early in Coventry, and dated Apud Olheford. We cannot 
 
 January ; otherwise there seems to be a redundancy doubt that the King was cither on that journey to 
 
 of vessels to meet him later in the month. It is Canterbury, which he afterwards abandoned, or else 
 
 hardly needful to say that William de Braiose, the that, having already abandoned it, he passed through 
 
 oft-mentioned ship-master of Southampton, had Otford on his way north, 
 
 nothing more to do with the contemporary Baron '' Gervase, 1520. 
 
 than that each had his name originally from the ' • ' Sic ; — blank spaces left in the Record. 
 
COUET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENET II. 285 
 
 a crasiino Apostolorum Simonis et Judce usque ad Purificationem StcB Marice ' 48s. per breve Ranulfi de 
 Glanvill. Lt item elsdem nuntiis decern marcas per breve Regis. 
 
 1188. The King holds a great Council at Geddington, (Northamp- Geddington. 
 
 tonshire)j at which Archbishop Baldwin and Gilbert, Bishop 
 of Rochester, preach the Crusade. A tax, viz., a tenth of 
 rents and moveables, to be collected in the course of a year, 
 is assessed on all England.^ Hugh, Bishop of Durham, is 
 despatched to William, King of Scots, to press him to raise 
 a like tenth in his dominions.^ 
 
 While at Gedington the King expedited two Charters. — 
 One to Studley (Warwickshire) is attested by the Bishops, 
 John of Norwich, Geoffrey of Ely, and William of Hereford, 
 and by Waleran, Earl of Warwick, and Ranulf de Glanvill.* 
 The other, to Bungay Nunnery (Suffolk), is attested by 
 the Bishops, John of Norwich, and Hugh of Durham ; also 
 by Earl David (of Huntingdon), brother of the King of Scots ; 
 William, Earl of Sussex; Ranulf de Glanvill; Stephen de 
 Turneham ; Richard de Camvill ; William Marescall ; Wil- 
 liam de Humez, Constable of Normandy; Saher de Quinci ; 
 Geoffry fitz Piers ; Roger de Glanvill, and Walter fitz 
 Robert.5 
 
 Before the beginning of Lent (March 2) , Archbishop Baldwin undertook 
 to preach the Crusade through Wales. ^ 
 
 King Henry, with John, Bishop of Norwich, appears 
 next at St. Edmunds.^ st.Edmundbary. 
 
 Feb. 29- K. Henry is at Clarendon.^ clarendon. 
 
 March 1. j^jj^ ^J^gj^ g^j- Cirencester.^ Cirencester. 
 
 • Oct. 29, 1187, to Feb. 2, 1188.— Altogether, Christ Church, Canierbury, set out towards the 
 these ambassadors would seem to have been in Court on Feb. 25. On their arrival tliey were ill- 
 England 136 days, or more than four calendar received by the King and some of his courtiers (a 
 months. No contempoi'ary Record accounts for the quibusdam auliciis). They left the Court on the same 
 circumstance. day. They were first told to await the King's 
 
 ^ The English tax realised £13,000. Of which return from Wales (whether he does not seem to 
 
 £6000 was extorted from Jews. liave eventually gone) at Winchester. Afterwards, 
 
 ^ King Wilham assented to the impost ; but his the King changing his mind (rege resiliente)^ they 
 
 Procere.s, in Council, refused it. were ordered to meet both the King and Archbishop 
 
 '' Monasticon, vi. 186. Baldwin, at Cirencester. A meeting subsequently 
 
 * Monasticon, iv. 33S. This charter confirms to took place, but when or where, Gervase does not 
 the Nuns, at request of Roger de Glanvill and the particularize. 
 
 countess Gundred, his wife, tlie church of Bungay, .It seems clear from the Canterbury Epistles 
 
 quae sita est in libera maritagio ejusdem Chmdredce. (Stubbs, p. 221) that the King was at Clarendon on 
 
 ^ Bridgeman'e Princes of South Wales, pp. 59, 60. Feb. 29 and March 1., and that it was there that 
 
 ' Brakelond {apnd Soc. Camden) p. 39. the Monks first found him. In his Court were 
 
 8 Gervase^ 1527. Kpp. Cantuar. 221. Gervase's Eanulf de Glanvill, Roger the Almoner, Prince 
 
 story says nothing about Clarendon, but is sugges- John, Hugh Bardulf, Wilham de St. Mary-Clmrch, 
 
 tive as to the intended movements of the Court at Wilham de Glanvill, and William de Haubervill, 
 
 this period. It is as follows. — Four Monks of an opponent of the Monks' negociations. 
 
286 
 
 COUET, HOUSE BOLD, AND ITINBEAUY OF K. HENRY II. 
 
 1188. The following extracts from the Pipe-Roll of the year Winchester. 
 
 April, May. 1188, suggost that the King visited other places (noted in 
 the margin) in the course of the next three mouths. — 
 
 Hanton '. Et in custamento duceiuU venationem Regis 
 qncB allafa fuit Jc ultra mare ah Hanton usque Wintoniam 
 1 Is. 6d. per breve Regis. 
 
 Gloecestkescika. Et pro ferro ad operaciones Regis in 
 itinere Iherosolem' £8. ICs. 3d. per hreve Regis. Et ijro 
 eodem fcrro carriando a Gloceestrid usque Wintoniam 40s. 
 per idem breve. 
 
 SuDHANTESCiRA. Et in Camera Regis apud Wintoniam 
 viijinti marcas per hreve Regi.'<. Et pro carrinndo harnasio 
 Rer/is de Kingeston usque Wintoniam. 40s, per hreve Regis. Kingston on 
 Et in custamento carriandi venacionem Regis quce venit de 
 ultra mare a Wintonid usque Wudestocham 26s. lOd. per Woodstock. 
 hreve Regis. 
 
 OxiNEFORDSCiRA. Et pro feno parando et conducendo ad 
 Wudestocham 60s. 
 
 SuKEETA. Et pro ducendo tliesauro a London usque Win- 
 toniam 10s. 2d. 
 
 HoNOE CoMiTis GLOECESTEiiE. Et pro lined teld ad papi- 
 liones Domini Regis £6. 13s. 4d. per breve Regis. Et pro 
 ducendd eddem teld a Wilton usque ad Wudestocham 28s. 
 per breve Regis. Et in emundacione domorum Regis de 
 Clarendon et operacione unius Oamerce 25s. 4(£. Et pro una ^^^^^^^^^ 
 magnd hugid ad reponendum thesaurum in Castro de 8arum /g^ngbury) 
 21s. per hreve. Et in procuracione duodecim equorimi apud 
 Wintoniam per sex, dies 8s. 8d. per breve. 
 
 WiNDLESORES. In operiendis cameris Regis de Windlesores Windsor. 
 69s. 2d. numero per hreve Regis. Et in emendacione sedium 
 Regis ct Regime in Gapelld Regis de Windlesores et aliis 
 operationihus domorum Regis 52s. 3d. per breve Regis. 
 .- April 24 King Henry intended to have been in London ^ ; but we (London), 
 have no record of his actual presence there, nor of the 
 ■Conference which he proposed to hold there. 
 Junes, The King was certainly in London,^ for the Sheriff charges London. 
 
 on the Pipe-RoU a sum of 25s. paid by the King's order to 
 
 ' Gtervase, 1530. The King desired to be in " Greryase (p. 1532) corroborates this .evidence of 
 
 London, post Octavas FascTiai (after April 24), for the Pipe-RoU ; for he tells us how Archbishop 
 
 the purpose of conferring prirately with such as Baldwin, returning from his visitation of Wales, 
 
 wished to contribute more than two mcrks in aid of found the King in London and had conferences with 
 
 the Holy-Land. liini at an interval of two or three days. 
 
CODET, HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEAKY OF K. HENEY II. 287 
 
 1188. the Clerks who sanEC Christus vincit ^ before the Kins' on London. 
 
 June 5. ° ° 
 
 the day of Pentecost. In the same account there are a 
 variety of charges 2^>'0 pelliciis et penulis et pannis laneiis 
 et sericis et pro galeia ct aiiro et jocundiolis ad op>us Regis. 
 
 June 14. On Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, King Henry was again Oeddington. 
 
 at Gaitinton, where a fine was levied before him between 
 the Abbot of Lilleshall on the one part, and William de 
 Boterellj Ysabella his wife, and Philip de Stepelton of the 
 other part. There were present on this occasion, the Bishops 
 Hugh of Durham and John of Norwich ; also Godfrey de 
 Lucij Ranulf de Glanvill ; Wm. de Humez, Constable; 
 Bertram de Verdon ; Geoffry fitz Piers and Hugh Pantulf. 
 
 juneifi. The King sends Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, 
 
 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, and Hugh, Bishop of Chester, 
 ambassadors to France, to learn the meaning of Philip's 
 hostile attitude, and to demand restitution of certain for- 
 tresses taken recently by Philip.^ 
 
 This embassage related by the Chroniclers to have em- 
 barked at Wiuchelsea, is supported by the Pipe-Roll of the 
 year ; — under Dover. — Ht in pastsagio Arcldepescopi Gantioar' 
 et Episcopi Lincoln et aliorum nuntiorum Regis, pro quatuor 
 de meliorihus navibus de JJoura 1 12s. 8d. per breve Regis. ^ 
 
 To ACCOUNT roE THE APPABENT BEEACH of faith On the part of Philip of France, we must here rerert to 
 the proceedings of Prince Richard, who soon after the Council of Le Mans (Jan. 23), went into Gruienne and 
 subdued the rebellion of Aymer, Comte of Angouleme, Geoffrey de Eancone, and Geoffrey de Lusignan. 
 
 The Prince then marching against Raimond, Comte of Toulouse ' captured Peter Seilun who had insti- 
 gated the Comte to arrest some Guienne merchants. The Comte in revenge arrested Robert Poer and 
 Ealph Eraser, two English knights who were returning through his territories from a pilgrimage to the 
 Shrine of St. James at Compostella. 
 
 Philip of Erance neglected to mediate effectually between the Comte and Prince Richard, whereupon 
 the latter took the castle of Moissa, seventeen other castles near Toulouse, and the town of Cahors, and 
 subdued the whole province of Quercy. Raimond then applied for succour to the King of Erance, who 
 complained of Richard to K. Henry, then in England. Henry replied that the Archbishop of Dublin * had 
 
 ' With respect to tlie Anthem or Chant styled tione eorum diim moram fecerunt in transitu 24s. 
 
 Christus vincit, we can only refer to Sir Thomas lOrf. fer ireve Regis. 
 
 Hardy's introduction to the Patent- Rolls of K. Whether we have here a person named Gerard 
 
 John ; where, (at p. xxxv), it will be seen that the de Chartres, or a Carthusian Monk ; and why the 
 
 said Monarch was wont to hear the same sung at steward of Lyons should have been selected as 
 
 various periods of the year. Ambassador to England, we cannot suggest. 
 
 2 Benedictus (Stubbs) ii. 40. Gervase. Hoveden. ■• Raimond V. sometimes styled Comte of St. 
 
 ^ The Archbishop's embassy to Philip was count- Geours, or St. Giles (Sancti Egidii). 
 
 ered by one from Philip to Henry. The return of * The Pipe-KoU supplies curious evidence of the 
 
 Philip's embassy to Erance is thus indicated on the Archbishop of Dublin having visited Erance during 
 
 Pipe-RuU : — this year, and at the King's charges. — 
 
 DOTJEA. In passagio Qerardi de Chartwse et Dodea. Et in passagio Archicpiscopi de Duve- 
 
 Dapiferi Lugdon^-super-Uodonum et in procura- lin pro una navi 25s. per breve Regis. 
 
288 COURTj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERAEY OF K. HENRY 11. 
 
 brought him word from Ricliard that all the latter had done against Toulouse was with Philip's conniTance, 
 and because Comte Raimoud had declined the Crusade. Philip, his breach of faith thus exposed, throw off 
 the mask, and having been already in correspondence with the malcontents of Auyergne and Berri, attacked 
 the latter proTince. He gained ChMeauroux, Argenton, and Levroux, nothing being left in Berri to Henry 
 but Loches and his demesne-castles. 
 
 Philip then mastered Auvergne in like manner, and fell into Touraine, where he took Mont Richard and 
 Buzan9ais, and obtained possession of Vendome by the treason of Bouchard, its Comte. 
 
 K. Henry then, discerning that all these proceedings of Philip were in hitherto veiled complicity 
 with Prince Richard, and now with the pacified Comte of Toulouse, sent the above Embassage to 
 PhQip. 
 
 Philip, it appears, refused even to give audience to the ambassadors. 
 
 K. Henry now sends Prince Joliu as ambassador to 
 Philip.i 
 
 It would seem that Prince John embarked at Shoreham, 
 in Sussex, and landed at Dieppe. The Fermor of Boseham 
 charges in the Pipe-Roll. — 
 
 In passagio Johannis filii Regis £15. 8s. jper breve Ra- 
 nulfi de Glanvill. 
 July 10. K. Henry, having levied forces both in England and 
 
 Wales, embarks from Portsea ^ for France, leaving Salis- Salisbury. 
 bury' perhaps for Portsea.' Portsea. 
 
 The Pipe-Roll evidences of this transfretation are as 
 follows. — 
 
 Sheopshiee. Et in liberacione 300 servientum ^leditimi 
 de octo diehus qui venerunt Londoniani ad transfretandum in 
 servitio Regis £20 per breve Regis. Et item in liberacione 
 160 servientum feditum et 15 equituvi qui similiter venerunt 
 Londonias £13 per idem breve. 
 
 HoNOUK OP Aeundel. M Prepositus de Boseham £20 
 de prestito ad passagium families Regis per breve Regis. 
 
 HoNouE OP Gloucester. Et pro carriando thesanro 
 Regis a Sarum usque Portesmuam 20s. b^d. Et in libera- 
 cione Alani Trenchemere in passagio Regis 55s. per breve. 
 
 Dover. Et in minutis passagiis per brevia Regis 
 £15s. lis. 6d. Et in defaltd passagii propter prohibi- 
 cionem Regis £15. 12d. per breve Regis.* 
 
 1 • - Benedictus, ii. 40. plated in the arrangement. 
 
 ' Besides the Pipe-Roll indications of the King There were present, besides the King, Rauulf de 
 
 having been at Sahsbury and Clarendon (supra, p. Glanvill, Godfry de Luci, William de St. Mary- 
 
 286) in the spring or summer of 1188, there is a Church, Hugh de Cressi, Ralph fitz Stephen, Hugh 
 
 composition made in his presence and in his Bardulf, Geoffry fitz Piers, William Marshall, 
 
 Court, which probably was made in Wiltshire, and Gerard de Camvill, Richard de Camvill, and 
 
 at about this time. It is expressed to be between Gerard Talbot. (Madox. Form. Angl. p. 22.). 
 
 K. Proctor of (the Nuns of) Maydeu Bradley, and ■" We conclude that the King had ordered a 
 
 G. Prior of Brumore. It notices Henry Biset, as number of ships or transports, which, after they 
 
 Lord of certain land (dominum Jundi), contem- had been outfitted, he countermanded. 
 
COUETj HOUSEHOLD^ AND ITINEEART OF K. HENKY II. 289 
 
 1188. Hampshire. Et in corredio et passagio quatuor equorum Portsea. 
 
 Regis quos precepit diici ultra mare 13s. 'id. per breve 
 Ranulfi de Glanvill. Et nautis Esneccce Regis 55s. de 
 arreragio liberacionis suceper breve Regis. 
 
 Southampton. Et pro una navi ad Opus Matthei 
 Turpin et Petri de Lincoln' Faleonariorum Regis 35s. per 
 breve Regis. Et Alano Trenchemere de liberacione Es- 
 neccce £7. 10s. per breve Regis. Et eideni 19s. S^d. ad 
 preparandam eandem esneccam contra Regem per idem breve. 
 Et pro transfretayido haraasio Regis et pro uno hatello ad 
 opus esneccce 50s. per breve Regis. Et pro vino empto ad 
 opus Regis et pro carriagio et passagio ejiosdem vini 
 £45. lis. 6d. per breve Regis. 
 July 11. King Henry lands at Barfleur^ and proceeds thence to Barfleur. 
 
 Alen9on, a town on the Norman frontier of Maine. The '""'°"' 
 barons and knights of England, and Glanville's Welsh 
 mercenaries, followed the King over sea. 
 
 The Bishop of Beauvais now burns the two Norman towns of Blangy 
 and Auruale. 
 
 Aug. 16-18. K. Henry confers with Philip^ between Gisors and Trie. (Oisors). 
 
 V. Aug. 38. K. Henry sends Walter, Archbishop of Rouen, John 
 Bishop of Bvreux, and William Marescall, with demands 
 and threats to Philip. The ambassadors bring back a 
 message of defiance. 
 
 Aug. 30. K. Henry now invades the French territory ; ^ and 
 
 advances to Mantes where he expects to encounter Mantes. 
 Philip's army. A skirmish only ensued, wherein William 
 des Barres, a French knight, being taken prisoner by 
 Prince Richard, escapes by breach of parole. The Earl 
 Mandeville is mentioned as being with K. Henry. 
 
 Aug. 31. K. Henry marches to Ivry, whence his Welsh troops ivry. 
 
 *'' ' ■ invade the French frontier, and burn Danville, Dreux, and 
 other towns, while William, Earl Mandevill burns St. Clare- 
 sur-Epte. Prince Richard, promising fidelity to his father, 
 now goes into Berri. 
 
 ' Diceto (p. 639) is the only authority for tliis transit per Vernonem, Franciam invadit hostiliter 
 
 conference. His statements, that it lasted three ct tisqtie Medanium omnia demolitus est. 
 
 days, that the Kings disagreed, and tliat Philip The King's coining to Mantes brings the narra- 
 
 forthwith burnt the 'Gisors elm,' induce one to tives of Diceto and Benedictus (adopted in the 
 
 suspect that Diceto was thinking of the conference, text) again into consonance (Vide Benedictus 
 
 mentioned below, as of date Sept. 30. (Stubbs), ii. 46). 
 
 ^ Diceto's story of the Gisors conference, on The district, called Vernon by Diceto, was we 
 
 Aug. 16, 17, 18, intimates that on the 19th K. presume, on the frontier between Gisors and the 
 
 Henry left Gisors. In crastino recedens Oisortio Seine. If so, it was in the Norman Vexin. 
 
 37 
 
290 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. UENRY II. 
 
 1188. Wlien Michaelmas came, it found Henry committing The French 
 
 Sept. 29. 1 ri , P ■ , M -r.1 -i- I Frontier. 
 
 navoo on the i^rench n-ontier, while rhuip s resources 
 had been weakened by many of bis nobles having gone 
 home for the vintage. 
 
 About this time then, Philip appears to have made over- 
 tures of peace. 
 
 September, 1188, was the third of five months, most 
 part of which was spent by King Henry in Normandy, 
 or on the Normau frontier. We attribute to this period 
 several charters of the King, which we have no means 
 of dating with any precision, and the readings of which 
 are more or less doubtful. 
 
 (1) A Charter, dated at Tenchebray, is to Lonle Abbey. Tinohebrai 
 Witnesses, William de Humet, Constable ; William fitz ^"^""^ obtain). 
 Ealph, Seneschal of Normandy ; William de Soliars ; 
 Radulph de Domo (probably Duno) ; Nigel de Moriton ; 
 
 and Remigius Talliator.^ 
 
 (2) A Charter, dated at Rouen, is to the Abbey of St. Rouen. 
 Mary, at Corraeilles. Witnesses, Stephen de Curia (read 
 Turonis), Seneschal of Anjou ; Albered de St. Martin ; 
 Geofiry fitz Peter; Eustace, son of Peter (read Stephen), 
 Chamberlain." 
 
 (3) A Charter, dated Apiod Selvi Castrum, to Vallemont 
 Abbey. Witnesses, Bartholomew (Qy. Ralph ?), Bishop of 
 Liseux ; Geofi'ry, the King's son ; Fulk Painel ; Reginald 
 de Eurchen (perhaps Curtenai) ; Ralph fitz Stephen ; Wil- 
 Uam de Budaicq (perhaps Bendinges) ; and Michael 
 Belet.s 
 
 A FEW EXTEAOTS from the Pipe-EoUs will serve to supplement tlie events of the fiscal year now 
 ended. — 
 
 The Termor of the vacant Abbey of Selby (Yorkshu-e) charges 35*. 7id. in custameuto equorum Regis 
 et hominum missoitim ad custodiam eorum. This was by order of the King. 
 
 Earl WiUiam (de Mandeville), having custody of the honour of the Comte of Flanders in England, has 
 by order of Ranulf de Glanvill, paid £122. lis. Id. to the King himself, in the Treasury of Normandy. 
 
 Reginald, the hearth-keeper {focarius) of the King's chamber, has a grant of 25*. id. rent, in Shriven- 
 ham, Berks. 
 
 The Gustos of Windsor has, by the King's order, paid 118«. 4d. for rejiairs of the palisades {palicii) 
 of the Eoyal Castle of Pevenesel (Pevensey, Sussex) ; and by order of Ranulf de Q-lanvill has paid 
 two merks to one Osbert for keep of the King's hounds. 
 
 The Sheriif of Oxfordshire, by the King's order, and at a charge of £6. 8s. ^d. has sent five hundred 
 ells of linen {linem telm) to the King. 
 
 1 • 2 • 3 ifgygtyia^ pia^ pp. 427, 601, 852. The last problematical. Quite possibly it passed in 1180 
 Deed is so ill transcribed that its date is the more or 1181. 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEABY OP K. HENRY II. 291 
 
 The Sheriff of Hampshire charges the Grown three shilUngs for furbishing the Treasury-swords {pro 
 Gladiis thesauri furbiandis) . The same Slieriff makes several charges shewing that the King's grandson, 
 Wilham of Saxony, was domiciled in England, probably at Winchester. i:t in solid Willielmi filii Bucis 
 SaxonifB £6. per breve Ranulfi de Glanvill. Et item in corredio WiUielmi filii Sucis Saxoniai et 
 amilirB suai a Pascha (April 17) usque ad festum Sti Michaelis (Sept. 29) £11. 4s. 4,d. per breve 
 Ranulfi de Olanvill. M pro pamiis ipsius Willielmi et servienium suorutn et aultricnm et lotrieis 
 sua; 73s. M. 
 
 Queen Elianoe, during the whole past fiscal year, was probably under strict surveillance, if not actual 
 imprisonment. 
 
 Othee ETEifTS of the same fiscal year, not specially dated, were, — 
 
 (1.) King Henry's sending embassies to Hungary and Constantinople to advocate the crusade. 
 
 (2.) The surrender of Durham Priory to the care of the Prior and Monks by Hugh, Bishop of Durham, 
 who took the cross. ^ 
 
 (3.) The death at Rome, in August, of Heury, Archbishop-elect of Dol. He was a son of Robert fitz 
 Harding, and had been Dean of Moretain. He was at Rome for the purpose of his consecration. 
 
 (4.) An instance of Scotch procedure, shewing the limits of ecclesiastical submission accorded by that 
 kingdom to the Pope. — The outline of the case was, chronologically, as follows. — 
 
 On January 16, H88, Pope Clement III, then at Pisa, expedited a Bull, deposing Hugh, Bishop of St. 
 Andrews, and recommending the appointment, in Hugh's place, of John, Bishop of Dunkeld. The latter, 
 charged with the said Bull, reached Scotland after February 2nd, when he was accepted as Bishop of St. 
 Andrews." 
 
 Hugh, the deposed Bishop, went to Rome for absolution, and died there, in August, 1188. 
 
 Between January and April, 1189, William, King of Soots, held a Council at Pertli, and gave the See of 
 St. Andrews to his Chancellor, Roger, son of Robert, Eai-1 of Leicester, — John, Bishop of Dunkeld, not 
 objecting, though he had before been consecrated to St. Andrews.^ 
 
 DtTElNG- THE FISCAL YEAE, which ended Michaelmas, 1188, we notice that the five Justices-in-eyre and 
 the three Officers of Forest- Law, who had made circuits in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and other 
 Western Counties in the previous year (ending Michaelmas, 1187), had either continued or renewed their 
 respective itinera in the year, now (Michaelmas, 1188) concluded. 
 
 During the same fiscal year there were three Itinera of regular Justices, viz. — 
 
 (1.) Roger fitz Reinfrid, Michael Belet, Robert de Witefleld, and Ralph, Archdeacon of Colchester, or 
 some three of them visited Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgesh ire, Huntingdon- 
 shire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and Oxfordshire. 
 
 (2.) Q-odfrey de Luoi, William le Vavasseur, and Josoeline, Archdeaeon of Chichester, visited Northum- 
 berland, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire. 
 
 (3.) Hugh Bardulf, William Briwere, and Master Thomas de Husseburue visited Surrey, Berkshire, 
 Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire and Hampshire. 
 
 And moreover, Q-eoffry fitz Peter, as Justice of the Forest, visited the counties of Essex, Hertford, Cam- 
 bridge, Huntingdon, Surrey, Berks, Somerset, Devon, and Dorset. 
 
 MICHAELMAS, 1188, TO JULY 6, 1189. 
 
 c. Sept. 30. Three days conference between Henry and Philip, near Gisors. 
 
 ' ' Gisors^. It seems that Philip^s demands were unreasonable, 
 
 for^ immediately afterwards, the Comtes of Flanders and 
 
 ' Benedictus, ii. 60. The Bishop had been two The spot of meeting was probably the usual one 
 
 years in possession of the Priory. under the shade of a gigantic elm which grew be- 
 
 2 Benedictus, sub annis, 1188, 1189. tween Grisors and Trie. Accordingly, PliiUp's 
 
 ^ The conference was perhaps identical with that chagrin at the issue of this conference was so great 
 
 which Diceto dates on August 16. If there were that he burnt the elm. (See Benedict II. 47 and 
 
 two, the present one was of moat importance. Professor's Stubbs's notes). ' 
 
292 CCUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1188. Blois, declined to serve longer under Philip, or against any oieors. 
 foes but the Infidels of Palestine. 
 
 Oct. 7. Another conference between Henry and Philip ' apiid Cas- chatmon. 
 
 <eZ^iw?i ' (as Hoveden has it). Philip engages to restore all 
 his acquisitions since the truce.^ Prince Richard engages 
 to make a like restitution to the Comte of Toulouse. Here- 
 upon, Philip demands the Castle of Pacey as a pledge of 
 Henry's good faith. Henry's indignant refusal puts an end 
 to the negociation. 
 
 Oct. Henry regains the homage and fealty of Neulon, son of 
 
 Urso de Fretteval, and, recommencing to negotiate hopefully 
 with Philip, incautiously sends home his Welsh mercenaries. 
 
 In the month of October, 1188, Jerusalem was taken by Saladin." 
 
 NoT. 18. Conference between Bonmolins and Soligny, at which Bonmouims. 
 
 were present K. Henry, K. Philip, and Prince Richard. 
 Philip (in collusion with the Prince), adheres to his promised 
 restitutions, but demands the immediate marriage of Richard 
 with Adelais of Prance, and also that Henry should cause 
 all his subjects to take an oath of allegiance to Richard. 
 Henry rejects the latter proposition. Thereupon Richard 
 sides openly with Philip and does him homage for Nor- 
 mandy and all other Provinces held of the French Crown. 
 Philip gives Richard investiture thereof, and promises him 
 Chateauroux aud Yssoudun, and all that Philip had recently 
 taken in Berri.^ 
 
 On another day of conference, Henry proposes to leave 
 alone the question of restorations of places taken in time 
 of truce, and to negotiate on a permanent peace. Richard 
 now opposes any compromise, declaring that having 
 mastered Cahors, and reduced all Quercy, and so obtained 
 a demesne revenue of 1000 merks per annum, he will not 
 now exchange those advantages for the fief of Chateauroux 
 and the Castles of Yssoudun and Gra9ay (both in Berri), 
 in which his interest would be only mediate between the 
 respective l^enants and the French Crown. The results of 
 the conference were a truce till Hillary (Jan. 13), and the 
 retirement of Philip and Richard in each other's company.^ 
 
 ' We presume the truce which was implied by ^ Gall. Script, xii. 276. 
 
 the treaty of January, 1188 {Vide supra, p. 283). ' Benedictus, Hoveden, etc. 
 
COUKT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 293 
 
 1183. About this time, as we infer, the Cardinal Legate, Henry of Albano, Normandy. 
 
 Dec. sent by Pope Clement to promote peace between the two Kings, and so to 
 
 further the crusade, excommunicates Prince Eiohard as the chief hiuderer 
 of both projects, and, shortly afterwards, dies.' 
 
 Deo. 1. King Henry sends GeofTiy, his natural son, and still 
 
 his Chancellor, to care for his interests in Anjou. 
 
 The King himself goes into Guienne. Guieone. 
 
 The alliance between Philip and Richard is strengthened 
 by the adherence of Ralph de Fougeres and the nobles of 
 Bretagne. 
 
 On Dec. 21, Kichard de Ilohestcr, Bishop of Winchester, died. 
 
 Dec. 25. King Henry kept Christmas at Saumur in Anjou. Saumur. 
 
 Queen Elianor at this time was in England, and apparently under sur- 
 veillance of Ealph fitz Stephen and Henry de BerneYall.^ Berne¥aU. 
 
 Deo. 31. The King still, probably, at Saumur. saumur. 
 
 Problematically of the year 1188, is a Royal Charter, dated 
 Apud Maredonam, and attested by R. (Ralph) Bishop of 
 Angers ; G. (Geoffrey) the King's son and Chancellor ; 
 William, Clerk of the Chamber; Hugh de Cressi ; Roger 
 fitz Reinfrid; and Alured de St. Martin.^ 
 
 ''He died in July at An-az,' says Professor probably the place, then called Mar-es-c/ans, near 
 
 Stubbs, intimating however that one authority Pont de L'Arche and N. W. of Vaudreuil, which 
 
 Alberic de Trois Fontaines) dates the Legate's death place became in Richard I.'s time, the site of the 
 
 on January 1. Abbey of Bonport. 
 
 " Eot. Pipe, 1 Eic. i. pp. 5 & 6. As to the witnesses, they afford little light on 
 
 2 Coll. Topographica et G-enealogica iii. 177. — the topographical question, for we can as little 
 
 This Charter is confirmatory of one wliich we account for the Bishop of Angers being in England 
 
 have already noticed ■.:a having passed at Dover, in as for Eoger fitz Eeinfrid being in Normandy, at 
 
 April, 1185 (Supra p. 263, note). this period. 
 
 There is a question whether it passed in It is remarkable that we have a Charter of K. 
 
 England or Normandy. If the former, tlien Mare- Henry I., dated Apud Marendonam, and that it 
 
 dona may possibly be Merden (Sussex), on the passed in the same week or month as other charters 
 
 borders of Hamp.«hire, and K. Henry may have wliich that King expedited at Eareham (Hants), 
 
 visited that locality while going to or from Win- and at Eastbourne (Sussex), when about to cross 
 
 Chester in 1188. If the latter, then Maredona was to Normandy. 
 
294 COUETj HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINERARY OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 A.D. 1189. 
 
 1189. Kina: Henry was probably still at Saumur. saumur 
 
 Revolt of the Bretons against Henry as soon as the truce had expired 
 with Phihp.' 
 
 Prinee Rioliard also makes incursions into his father's territory. 
 
 K. Henry and Philip are persuaded by the Cardinal- 
 Legate, John of Anagni, to refer their disputes to bis judg- 
 ment, and to tbat of the Archbishops of Rheims, Bourges, 
 Rouen, and Canterbury.^ 
 
 These mediators negociate a prolongation of the truce 
 till after Easter (April 9 th), and Archbishop Baldwin is 
 sent by the King to reclaim Prince Richard. The experi- 
 ment fails. 
 Feb. 1-3. The King was at Le Mans, where also were Baldwin, Le Mans. 
 
 Archbishop of Canterbury ; Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln ; 
 Hubert Walter, Dean of York ; and Roger, the King's 
 Almoner.^ 
 <.Mch. 1-20. K. Henry was perhaps at Tours. A Charter Royal, there Tours, 
 dated, is attested by Ranulf de Glanvill and Stephen de 
 Tours (Seneschal of Anjou).^ 
 March 20. K. Henry is at Le Mans. Messengers despatched by Le Mans. 
 him to England arrive at Canterbury on March 24th. They 
 are Ranulf de Glanvill ; Gilbert, Bishop of Rochester ; 
 Hubert Walter, Dean of York ; * and the Dean of Lincoln. 
 The Bishop of Ely (Geoffry Ridel) also left Le Mans in their 
 company.^ 
 
 The Cardinal of Anagni, arriving at Le Mans, brings a 
 letter dated at Lateran, March 12th.^ The letter is from 
 Pope Clement III. to Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 
 April 23 (or, according to other authority, on May 11), the Emperor 
 Frederick's army marched from Eegensburg for the East. Hereupon 
 Henry, Duke of Saxony, declining the crusade, goes to England, and 
 thence to the Court of K. Henry, in Normandy.* 
 
 ^. May. K. Henry was apparently atMontforf (near Le Mans). Montfort. 
 
 ' Benedictus (Stubbs), ii. 61, 62. in Cnrid, at Westminster (infra, p. 298). 
 
 3 Epist. Cantuar. (Stubbs), pp. 281-283. * Gervase. 1540, 1543.— John de' Conti di Segni, 
 
 3 Monasticon, vii. 1028. The Charter is in favour of Anagni, Cardinal Priest of St. Mark. 
 
 of AUerton Maleverer, a religious house in York- n Benedictus, ii. 56. See also the note by Professor 
 
 shire. Stubbs. 
 
 ■" On April 24 we find the Dean of York sitting 7 Montfort, N. E. of Le Mans. 
 
CODET, HOUSE riOLD, AND ITINEEABY OP K. HENBY II. 295 
 
 c. mIj*'' ^ Royal Charterj dated Apud Montem fortem, is in favour Montfort. 
 of the Norman Abbey of Bee. It is attested by John de 
 Constantiis, Archdeacon of Oxford ; William, Clerk of the 
 Chamber {Glerieo de GamerdY ; William fitz Ralph, Senes- 
 chal of Normandy ; William de Mara ; Eudo and Roger de 
 Fontibus.2 
 
 May 19. The Cardinal Legate and the Archbishop of Canterbury Le Mans. 
 
 were at Le Mans. In all probability the King was there 
 also.^ 
 
 June 4-9. K. Henry and Philip confer at La Perte, near Le Mans. LaFertd 
 
 The Archbishops of Canterbury, Rouen, and Rheims ; '^''™'"'''- 
 the Bishops, Hugh of Lincoln, Geoffry of Ely, Gilbert of 
 Rochester, and Hugh of Chester, are there. Philip adds to 
 his former demand (viz. that Prince Richard should marry 
 Adelais and receive the homage of Henry's subjects) 
 another, viz., that Prince John should accompany his brother 
 Richard to Palestine. Richard urges the same stipulation. 
 K. Henry rejects it.* 
 
 The conference breaks off with the Cardinal Legate, John 
 of Anagni, threatening to lay Philip's kingdom under an 
 interdict, and being therefore threatened with personal 
 violence by Prince Richard. 
 
 Eang Henry returning to Le Mans, now sends Ranulf l« Mana. 
 de Glanvill, who was with him, to England for military re- 
 inforcements. 
 
 After the conference, Philip and Richard returned to their forces, 
 which lay at Nogent-le-Rotrou. 
 
 Advancing thence they storm La Ferte Bernard, Montfort, Maletable, 
 Beaumont, and Ballon, where they rest three days. Then, feinting to take 
 the road to Tours, they turn suddenly short on Le Mans, where — 
 
 June 13. K!- Henry was, with seven hundred knights. Stephen Le Mana. 
 
 de Tours, Seneschal of Anjou, being with K. Henry, set 
 the suburbs on fire as a measure of defence ; but the flames 
 reached the city. Geoffry de Bruillon also distinguished 
 
 1 William de St. Mary-Cliurch was Clerk of the the Legate. 
 
 King's Chamber, or " Clerk of the Closet " (as we Hoveden dates the Conference of La Ferte on the 
 
 should now term the ofEce). octaves of Pentecost (June 4). But G-ervase is 
 
 2 Monasticon vii. 1067 ii. most circumstantial as to date, placing the Confer- 
 ^ Canterbury Epistles, p. 290. A Papal letter was ence on June 9, and adding that Philip took Le 
 
 handed to the Archbishop on St. Dunstan's day at Mans, infra tertium diem. 
 
 Le Mans. Diceto partly accounts for the variety of date by 
 
 '' Benedictus (ii. 66, 67) is the chief authority telling us that there were two conferences (bis habi- 
 
 here, but he dates the Conference in ebdomada turn colloquium prope Feritatem Sernardi). We 
 
 Peutecostes, i.e., between May 28 and June 4, and have supposed them, in the text, to have taken place 
 
 omits all mention of Prince Richard's conduct to on June 4th and 9th. 
 
29G 
 
 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEART OP K. HENRY II. 
 
 1189. 
 June 12 
 
 June 13. 
 
 July 2. 
 c. July 3. 
 
 July 4. 
 
 himself by endeavouriag to destroy a bridge over the LeMans. 
 Sarte, but was made prisoner. The city was taken. ^ 
 
 K. Henry retreats towards Frenelles/ leaving thirty Preneiiea. 
 knights in the castle of Le Mans, which surrendered within 
 three days (viz. on June 15). 
 
 King Henry, going himself with a small train from 
 Frenelles towards Angers, sends William fitz Ralph, 
 Seneschal of Normandy, and the Earl of Essex and 
 Albemarle to Normandy. His son Geoffry, with the bulk 
 of his army, he sends to Alen9on. 
 
 K. Henry is rejoined by Geoffry at Saviguy.^ savigny. 
 
 Philip and Richard, acting in conjunction, gain the submission of the 
 chiefs of Mont-doubleau, Trou, Roches I'Eveque, Montoire, Chartre, 
 Chateau du Loir, Chaumont, Amboise, and Rochecorbon ; and, on Friday, 
 June 30th, come in sight of Tours. ^ 
 They take Tours on Monday, July 3rd. 
 On July 28, Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, died. 
 
 On another part, and on June 30, at Azay, there was a conference 
 between Philip, Comte of Flanders ; Hugh, Duke of Burgundy ; and 
 Wm., Archbishop of Rheims ; who agreed to provisional articles of peace, 
 to be proposed to the belligerents. 
 
 On July 1st these negociators yiaited Philip, then before Tours. On 
 July 2nd they found- 
 King Henry at Saumur, and in a very desponding state. Saumur. 
 The King, at Azay,* writes to the Convent of Canterbury, Azay. 
 William de St. Mary Church attesting the Epistle. 
 
 King Henry is brought on a litter, extremely ill, to 
 negotiate with Philip,^ at Azay, or (as another Chronicler coiombijres 
 better expresses it) at a place between Tours and ArasicJ^ 
 
 (between Azay 
 and Tours). 
 
 ^ Benedictus and Diceto agree in naming June 12 
 as the day when Le Mans was taken ; but Benedictus 
 says that Philip had been halting at Ballon since 
 June 9, and lie implies that the capture of La Ferte 
 Bernard and the three other places (named in the 
 text, p. 295) had occupied four previous days. 
 
 ^ Giraldus de Inst. Principum, iii. 25 &• Vita Gralf. 
 Ebor- i. 4. 
 
 ' Benedictus, ii. 69. 
 
 •• Canterbury Epistles, p. 297. The letter, if the 
 chronology of the text be correct, must have been 
 written between July 2 and 5. It is dated apud 
 A czai. It assures the Monks of Christ Church that 
 John, Cardinal of St. Mark, is on his way to Can- 
 terbury to adjust the Monks' grievances. It speaks 
 of the King's lioped-for return to England, and is 
 deprecatory of the blame which the Monks throw 
 upon the King, but it says not a word of his illness 
 or misfortunes. 
 
 It appears from another letter (p. 295, Epistle 
 ccoxi.) that a deputation of Canterbury Monks had 
 
 waited on the King, and elicited his letter to their 
 Convent. They too ■write home to give an account 
 of their interview with the King. They say that they 
 had approached him in the midst of arms {per 
 medios enses) . They say that, at the interview, his 
 Magnates, standing-by, told him that his troubles 
 were due to his treatment of the Christ-Church 
 Monks, while the King seemed disposed to attri- 
 bute his present shame and ignominy to the same 
 Monks. After their interview with the King, the 
 monastic deputation went to Rouen, where were the 
 Legate and Archbishop. It is clear that they wrote 
 home, not having yet heard of the King's death. 
 
 ' Diceto (p. 645) places the Treaty of Azay on 
 June 28th ; G-iraldus places it on June 30. In the 
 text we follow the chronology of Benedictus, 
 which, as to the day of the Treaty, has been adopted 
 by Rigord. 
 
 ' The actual place of conference was Colombiferes, 
 near Villandri, on the Cher. (Stubbs's note to 
 Benedictus, ii. 69.) 
 
COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AND ITINEEAEY OP K. HENEY II. 297 
 
 juiy^l' -^^ *^^^ conference the King agreed to tlie articles of peace OoiombiSrcs. 
 
 already propounded and settled by the negotiators. 
 
 They were — 1. That Henry should do homage to Philip, 
 and put the Princess Adelais in the hands of one of &ve per- 
 sons to be named by Prince Richard, in order to her marriage 
 with the said Prince when he should return from Palestine. 
 
 2. That Henry's vassals should take an oath of fealty to 
 Richard as his successor, and that previous revolters to the 
 cause of Prince Richard should do no fealty to Henry till a 
 month after Midlent, 1190, when the Crusade was to set forth . 
 
 3. That Henry was to be restored to his possessions in 
 Berri, as before the war, but to pay 20,000 silver merks to 
 Philip, for Philip's alleged outlay in fortifying Chateauroux. 
 
 4. That Philip was to keep Le Mans, Tours, the castle of 
 TroUj and Chateau de Loir (unless Henry would exchange 
 them for Gisors, Pacey, and Nonancourt), till all the articles 
 were fulfilled. 
 
 5. That the burgesses of Henry's demesne-towns should 
 be free in France, paying only their due customs. 
 
 v. July 5. K. Henry is carried from the conference of Azay, in a 
 
 dying state, to Chinon, where he learns that his son John cunou. 
 has been beguiled to the allegiance of Philip. 
 
 A Royal Charter, dated at Chinon, confirms a grant by 
 Walleran fitz Robert to Theobald Walter's nascent foun- 
 dation at Swainby (Lincolnshire). It is attested by 
 William, Dean of Moretain ; Ralph, Archdeacon of Colches- 
 ter ; William, Earl of Arundel ; Ranulf de Glanvill, Theobald 
 Walter, Stephen de Turnham, Ralph fitz Stephen, Gilbert 
 fitz Reinfrid, Dapifer ; Walleran fitz Robert, Henry de 
 Cornhill, and Gilbert d'Aumari.^ 
 
 Another Charter, in favour of the Monks of Robertsbridge 
 (De Ponte RoherU), is dated at Chinon, and attested by 
 Stephen de Tui'onis.^ 
 joi g On Thursday, July 6th, King Henry died at Chinon. His chinon. 
 
 corpse was attended to Pontevrault by his natural son Geoffry, 
 walking all the way on foot. 
 
 ^ Monastioon, Tii. 920. The sixth witneas'a name with Stephen de Turnham, an Biigliah Baron. The 
 
 is clearly Tumeham ; written r«r»ei' in Cart. 22, error is a common one. We know of nothing so aug- 
 
 Edw. III. No. 39. gestive of the identity of Stephen de Turneham and 
 
 2 Carta; Antiquaa. S. We see that Professor Stephen de Tours, as the occurrence of the two names 
 
 Stubbs (note to Benedictus, ii. 71) identifies Stephen in the above Charters. Nevertheless, we take the 
 
 de Turonis, alias do Marzai, the Seneschal of Anjou, said identity to be wholly imaginary. 
 
 38 
 
298 COURT, HOUSEHOLD, AUD ITINEEAEY OF K. HENEY II. 
 
 SoMETHlNO SHOTTID BE SAID of the Justices and Administrators of the Law during the last year of the 
 King's hfe. The following extracts will afford a tolerably full list of those functionaries. — 
 
 On Jan? 20, 1189, a Fine was levied in the Curia Regis at Oxford, before John, Bishop of Norwich, and 
 Ranulf de GlanviU, Justiciars of the King ; and Q-odfry de Luoi ; Eichard, the Treasurer ; Ralph, Arch- 
 deacon of Colchester ; Roger fitz Reinfrid, Michael Belet, and Robert de Witefeld.' 
 
 On Feb. 8, 1189, a Fine was levied in the Curia Regis at Shrewsbury, before Ralph de Ardern, Maurice 
 do Berkeley, William fitz Alan, Thomas Noel, Hugh Pantulf, Master Robert de Salop, Robert de Hasel' 
 and Nicholas Britton, all styled " Justiciars of the Lord King." ^ 
 
 On April 24-, 1189, a Fine was levied in the Curia at Westminister, before Hubert, Dean of York ; 
 Richard, the King's Treasurer; William, Archdeacon ofTotness ; HughBardulf, Dapifer ; William Rufus, 
 Dapifer ; Roger fitz Reinfrid ; and Osbert de Glanvill.' 
 
 In the same fiscal year, Hugh Bardulf, WUliam Briwere, Ralph fitz Stephen, Richard Brito, Archdeacon 
 of Coventry ; Robert de Ynglesham, Archdeacon (of G-loucester) ; and Ralph, Archdeacon of Colchester, or 
 some of them, held Pleas, and sanctioned Conventions, in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, 
 Somerset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Hampshire.'' 
 
 Also, John, Bp of Norwich ; Gilbert, Bp of Rochester ; Ranulf de Glanvill, and Roger fitz Reinfrid, held 
 Pleas in Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Norfolk, Sufiblk, Essex, and Hertfordshire.'' 
 
 Also, Geoffry fitz Piers, Ralph Murdac, Michael Belet, Nigel fitz Alexander, Geoffry, Bishop of Ely ; 
 Joscehne, Archdeacon (of Chichester) ; Robert de Hardr', and Henry de Norhanton, or some of them, held 
 Pleas and Conventions in Warwickshire, Leicestei'ahire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, 
 Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Backingliamshire, and Bedfordshire.'' 
 
 Also, Hugh, Bishop of Durham ; William fitz Adeline, Peter de Roos, William le Vavassour, William 
 de Stutevill, and Master Roger Arundel, held Pleas and Conventions in Yorksliire, Cumberland and 
 Northumberland. 
 
 Lastly, Ralph de Ardern, William fitz Alan, Hugh Pantulf, Maurice de Berkeley, William fitz Stephen, 
 P..alph, Archdeacon of Hereford, Thomas Noel, Robert de Haseleg, Nicholas Brito, Robert de Witefeld, 
 and Master Robert de Salop, or some of them, held Pleas and Conventions in Gloucestershire, Hereford- 
 sliire, Sliropshire, and Staffordshire.'' 
 
 And of the above Justiciars it should be noted that the following were contemporaneously SherilTs of 
 Counties, viz. — 
 
 Hugh Bardulf, of Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire ; William Briwere, of Devonshire ; Ralph 
 Murdac, of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ; Michael Belet, of Warwickshire and Leicestershire ; Nigel 
 fitz Alexander, of Lincolnshire ; William fitz Adeline, of Cumberland ; Ralph de Ardern, of Hereford- 
 shire ; Hugh Pantulf, of Shropshire ; William fitz Stephen, of Gloucestershire ; and Thomas Noel, of 
 Staffordshire. 
 
 ' Fines, vol. i. p. xxiii. Robert de Witefeld, Robert of Salop, and Robert de 
 
 2 Lilleshall Cliartulary, fo. 82. An Assize taken Haselee (Abbrev. Plaoitorum, p. 25). 
 
 at Salop (probable of the same date) gives Ralph, ' Fines, vol. i. p. xxiii. 
 
 Archdeacon of Hereford, as a Justice acting with * Rot. Pipe 1, Ric. I. passim. 
 
299 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 *** The name of each Place of the King of England's visitation is printed in Capital Letters. 
 
 Keforenoe to the page or pages which naark such Tisitation is made by the larger figures. 
 
 The prefix J signifies Country, County, Province, or District. 
 
 The suffix I. stands for Island ; the suffix R. stands for Kiver. 
 
 The abbreviation Abb. stands for Abbey ; Cast, for Castle or Chateau ; Eccl. 
 
 Hosp. for Hospital ; Mon. for Monastery ; Nunn. for Nunnery. 
 The abbreviation al. stands for aZiaw ; «. for "note"; v, for vide. 
 
 for Church ; 
 
 A. 
 
 Abergavenny (Monraouthsh.), 81, 81 ■» 
 
 Castle, 191 
 
 Aberteivi (S. Wales), 160 
 
 Abingdon Abbey (Berks.), 30, 44, 81, 81 w, 85, 
 
 86,88 
 Abrahi (Qy. Aurai) Castle (in Bretagne), 114 
 Agen (Guienne), 46, 47, 54 n 
 St. Agnan, Cast, (in Berri ?), 149 
 Airewell (Norfolk), 179. 
 AiXB (Limousin), 250 
 St. Albans Abbey, 204 
 Albemarle, v. Aumale 
 Alcester Abbey (Warwicksh.), 7 
 A1.EN90N (Maine), 93, 171, 228, 232, 233 n, 
 
 280, 284, 289, 296 
 Aleth (Bretagne), 115 
 AUerton Castle, 213 «. North AUerton 
 AUerton Maleverer (Yorksh.), Mon. 294 n 
 Alnwick Castle (Northumberland), 179-180 
 Aleewas (Staffiardsh.), 6 
 Ambaxium, u. Amboise 
 Amboise (Touraine), 43, 52, 146, 185, 296 
 Amesbury Nunnery (Wiltshire), 211, 215, 274 
 Anagni (Italy), U4-146, 178 
 AifCENia (Anjou), 179 
 AuDELi, 54, 107 
 St. Andrew-en-GouiTern (Abb. Coutances Dioc), 
 
 44, 154 
 St. Andrews (Scotland), See of, 291 
 Angeli, St. Jean d', Abbey of (Saintonge), 15 
 AuGBES, or Angiehs, 79, 86, 87 n, 93, 98, 123, 
 
 221, 222, 232, 234 u, 237, 249, 250, 
 
 252, 280, 296 
 , Church of St. Laud, at, 251 /» 
 
 Augonl^me, 205 
 
 {Angoumois, 120 
 
 JAnjou, 17, 19, 86, 98, 103 »t, 119, 177, 178, 
 
 188, 293 
 Appleby Castle (Westmoreland), 178 
 Aquarium Priory (at Anglers), 231 
 JAquitaine, 17, 45, 54, 103 «, 137, 252 
 Arasic (Touraine), 296, v. Azay 
 Ared-de-la-Perche, 48 n 
 Aegentan, 20, 41, 44, 49, 78, 110-111, 
 
 112, 118, 123, 140, 150, 153-4,158,171, 
 
 187, 209, 218-19, 220, 234-5, 248 
 Argenton (in Berri), 288 
 Arques, Castle of, 233 » 
 Array, 293 n 
 Aeundel (Sussex), 246 
 JArundel, Castle and Honour (Sussex), 1, 210 » 
 
 241 
 Arwistli (S. Wales), 160 
 Aumale, 160 n, 164, 175, 266, 278, 289 
 D'Aunay Abbey (Baieux Dioc), 17, 233 
 JAUTEEGNE, 71, 73, 106, 148, 170, 221, 288 
 AnviLLAEDS (Gascogne), 46-47 
 Ateanches, 41, 42, 168 
 
 Cathedral, 50 
 JAvranchin, 169, 233 «, 236 
 Azay (Touraine), 296 
 
 B. 
 
 Bacilleium (Cotentin), 169 
 Baiextx, 22-23, 42, 55, 125, 150 
 
 , Cathedral of St. Mary at, 49 
 
 Ballon (Maine), 295, 296 n 
 
 Bamborough Castle (Northumberland), 28 
 
 Bangor, 105, 110 
 
300 
 
 INDEX OP PLACES. 
 
 S. Barbo en Auge, Abbey of, 52 
 
 S. Babbb (in tbe Leuvin), 172 
 
 Berbery, Abb. (Baieux Dioc.), 253 
 
 Barcelona, 45. 
 
 Bahfleue, 1, 24-25, 58, 79, 137, 138, 140. 
 
 160, 167, 179, 184, 190, 202, 235 », 240, 
 
 247, (266), 267, 283, 289 
 Barlmgs Abbey (Lincolnsh.), 261 
 Basingstoke (Hampshire), 29 
 BAsmowBEK (Flintshire), 28, 79, 99, 101 
 
 Abbey, 29 
 
 Bayeux, v. Baieux 
 
 Beaumont (in Maine), 179, 295 
 
 Beaumont-le-Roger, 186 » 
 
 , Forest of, 220 n 
 
 Bbaumont-sue-Oise, 116 
 
 BeauTais, 48 
 
 Beautoie en Lions, 125 
 
 BEAUTOIE-StTR-MBE, 184 
 
 JBeatttoisin, 48 
 
 Bec Hellouht Abbey, 42, 45, 47, 110, 157, 
 
 221, 222, 295 
 Becheeell, Castle (Bretagne), 115 
 Bedford, St. Paul's Church at, 158 
 Belesme Castle, 43 
 Bellaria Monast. ». Grandmonte 
 Belvoie (Norman Frontier), 266 
 Benevento, 107-120 ^(wsim, 131-134, 166 
 Bebkhamstead (Herts.), 66 
 Berlyng Church (Kent?), 135 
 Beemondset, 1. 
 
 Priory, 38, 135 
 
 Bemay Abbey (nearLiseux), 255 
 
 JBeeei, 148, 219, 220, 221, 279, 288-9, 292, 
 
 297 
 Berwick on Tweed, Castle, 214 
 Berwyn Mountain (Merionethsh.), 82 
 JBessin, The (Normandy), 25, 169 
 Beverley (Yorkshire), 246 
 Beverley, St. John of (Collegiate Church,Toi'ksh.), 
 
 151, 164 
 Bicknoee (Grloucest.), 225 
 Bishops-Waxtham (Hants.), 246 
 Blanchelaude Abb. (Coutances Dioc.) 23, 24, 159, 
 
 189 
 Blangy (Normandy), 289 
 Blaye Castle (Guienne), 45 
 Blythe (Notts), 33 
 
 Priory, 33 
 Bockerville, Abbey of St. George at, 174, 218 
 Bologna (Italy), 105 
 
 BONMOUXINS (Norman Frontier), 43, 292 
 
 BoNNEViLLE-sur-Touques, 179, 244, 253 
 
 Bonport Abbey (Normandy), 293 n 
 
 Bordesley Abbey (Worcest.), 55 
 
 Bort, Forest of, 236 
 
 Boseham (Sussex), 207-8, 217, 288 
 
 Botville (Santonge), 204 
 
 BOUEDEATJX, 20, 209 
 
 Bourg Deols, 85 «, v. Deols 
 
 BouEflES (in Berri), 64, 148,149 
 
 Boxley Abbey (Kent), 158 
 
 JBrai, 219 
 
 Brampton (Northants), 182 
 
 JBeetaone, 18, 95, 97, 99, 108, 114, 119, 
 133, 153, 156-7, 168, 189, 266, 280, 281 
 
 Beetbuii, 176 
 
 Beewood (StafEbrdsh.) 83 
 
 St.Beiavel's (Gloucest.), 76 
 
 St. Brietius Castle (near Sabloil, in Anjou), 183 
 BEIDaENOETH, 10-11, 198 
 Bridlington Priory (Torksh.) 27 
 Beill (Bucks), 31, 227 
 Bristol, 62, 161, 225 
 Castle, 191 
 
 St. James's Priory, at, 196, 219 
 Brives-la-Ghiillarde (Limousin), 251 » 
 Beookenhuest (Hants), 34 
 Bromfleld Priory (Shropshire), 6 
 Bettekoli/ES, 116 
 
 Bruton Priory (Somerset), 46, 54, 85 
 Buckfastre Abbey (Devon), 36 
 Bungay Church, 285 n 
 Bungay Nunnery, (Suffolk), 285 
 Bungay Castle (Suffolk), 182 
 Bures, or Bure (in the Pays de Caux), 150 n, 
 
 189 n 
 BuE-iiE E.0Y, or Lb BuE (near Baieux), 126-128, 
 150, 150 n, 159, 162, 189, 221, 234-5, 
 281-2 
 
 St. Catherine's Chapel, at, 189 « 
 Bueton-on-Teent (Staffordsh.), 6, 270 
 
 Abbey, 6 
 
 Bdey St. Edmunds, 26, 177, v. St. Edmundbury 
 Butley Abbey (Suffolk), 249, 262 
 Buzan9ais (Touraine), 288 
 
 C. 
 
 Cadbe Beewtn (Merionethsh.), 82 
 JCadurcinum (Le Querey,) 50 
 Cadiu-cus (Cahors), v. Cahors 
 
INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 301 
 
 Cabn (CABOMa;,) 19, 21, 22, 42, 53, 99, 100, 
 110, 126, 128, 134-5, 137-8, 139 n, 162, 168, 
 177-8, 184, 188, 189, 209, 232, 233, 234, 
 235, 240, 249, 251 n, 281, 282 
 
 Exchequer and Treasury, at, 109 yi, 168-9 
 St. Stephen's Abbey, 21, 22, 158, 162, 251, 
 
 282 
 St. Trinity, Nunnery, 7, 235 
 Oabeleon, upon CTsk, 160 
 Caenoent Castle (?) 248 
 Cahoes (G-uienne), 47, 50, 251 «, 287,292 
 Cameriun Castle (Wales), 248 n 
 Campenni (a castle of Anjou), 177 
 Canteebuet, 1, 9, 10, 15, 58 «, 60, 64, 73, 75, 
 152, 180, 190, 202, 212, 213, 223, 228, 
 241, 256, 257, 259, 261, 265, 275, 276, 
 284, 294 
 Abbey of St. Augustine, 69 
 Cathedral, 152 
 
 Cathedral Priory of Christ-Church, called also 
 the ' Priory of the Holy Trinity,' 5, 15, 56, 
 178, 195, 215, 256, 285 n, 296 n 
 Shrine of St. Thomas, 212, 2L3, 223, 243, 
 256, 257, 261, 268 n 
 Capewike {Caplevic), 218 
 Cardiff, 160, 167 
 Cardiflf Castle, 39 n 
 JCardiganshire, 72 
 Cardigan Castle, 79, 160 
 
 Caelislb, 28, 32, 33, 39, 62, 98, 117, 178, 
 269 
 
 , Mines of, 161, 208 
 
 Carmarthen, 62 » 
 
 Cashel (Ireland), 164, 165 n 
 
 Castellum Celsum (Anjou), 183 
 
 JCastile (Spain), 208 
 
 Caux Castle (Shropshire), 80, 80 n 
 
 Caux, St. Victor-en (Abbey), 174 
 
 Ceieioo (River in Meriouethshii-e), 82 
 
 Cenomann^j vide Tie Mans 
 
 Ceme Abbey (Dorset), 191 
 
 Chalk (Kent), 77 
 
 JChampagne, 43 » 
 
 JChartrain, The, 140 
 
 Chartres (Orleanois), 116, 118, 171 
 
 Chartre (Touraine), 296 
 
 Clulteau de Loir (Touraine), 296, 297 
 
 Chateau-Dun (OrfiSanois), 54, 70 
 
 CHATBATJ-NETJF-SUr-Epte, 52 
 
 Chateau-Jacquelin (Bretagne), 113, 157 
 
 Chateau-eoux {Castellum Radulfi), Berri 220, 
 279, 288, 292, 297 
 
 Chatillon (Juxta Agen, Guienue), 54, 104 
 
 Chatillon-sur-Dordogne (Gruienne), 54 » 
 
 Chatillon-sue-Loieb, 292 
 
 Chatke, La (Berri) 220 
 
 Chaumont (in the French Vexin), 107, 160 
 
 Chaumont (Oalvus Mons), (in Touraine), 52, 
 146, 296 
 
 Cheddae (Somerset), 37 
 
 Chelsworth (Wilts), 88 
 
 Chepstow (Monmouthsh.) 160, v. StrigoU 
 
 Cher, R. 269 n 
 
 Cheeboueo, 24, 43, 58, 189, 233-4, 240, 
 282-3. 
 
 Abbey of Valasse, or Notre Dame de Voeu, 
 23, 107, 189, 240, 253, 282 
 
 Chertsey Abbey (Surrey), 7, 18, 192 
 
 Cheruleium (near Rouen), 52 
 
 Chesnebeun (nr. Verneuil), 116 
 
 Chestee, 28, 29, 82-3, 99, 270 
 
 CuBVAiLLBO (Chivilli), 158-9, 187 
 
 Chilham (Kent), 276 
 
 Chinon (Touraine), 17-18, 57, 64, 93-4, 102, 
 146-7, 170, 171, 232, 239, 280, 297 
 
 , Treasury at, 280 n 
 
 Chipping Camden (Glouces.), 262 
 Chirk Castle (Denbighsh.), 80 
 Choisi (near Blois), 57, 256 n 
 Choisi (in Pioardy), 255-6 
 Cieenoesies, 208, 285, 285 n 
 Clairvaux Abbey (Burgundy), 120, 122, 208 
 Clairvaux Castle (Anjou), 249, 250 
 Claeendon, 35, 37, 67-69, 85-91, 98, 199, 
 204-5, 212, 217, 244, 276-7, 285, 285 n, 
 286 
 St. Claire-sur-Epte, 289 
 
 Clarus-Marisciis (Abbey, near St. Omer), 75 
 CI.EOB0EY MOETIMEE (Salop), 10 
 Clerkenwell Nunnery, 195 n 
 Ceeekenwbll (Praeceptory, or Hospital), 203, 
 
 261, 262 
 Clermont (Auvergne), 81 
 Clipston (Notts), 224, 261 
 Clugny Abbey (Burgundy), 14 n, 54 
 Clwyd, Vale of, (Denbighsh.), 79 
 Colchesteb, 15 », 26-27 
 Colombieees (Touraine), 296-7, 296 « 
 St. Columba, Abb. «'. Sens 
 Comborn (Limousin), 73 
 
302 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 CoMBOET (Oombour inBretagne), 73, 97 
 
 Compiegne (Isle of France), 75 
 
 Compoatella, Shrine of S. James at, 45, 248, 287 
 
 CONOHIS, 176 
 
 Constantinople, 208, 230, 236, 291 
 
 Corboil Castle, 131 
 
 JCork (Ireland), 214, 214 n 
 
 JCoENHOUAiLLE (Bretagne), 114 
 
 Corwen (Edeyrneon), 82 
 
 JCotentin, Le, 169 
 
 CouNSTLTH (FUntsh.),28, 30, 61 
 
 Coventry, 226 n 
 
 Priory, 284 
 
 Ceicklade (Wilts), 13-14 
 
 Crocli (near Waterford), 163 
 
 Croxden Abbey (Stafifordsh.), 253 
 
 Croyland Abbey (Iiincolnsli.) , 5 
 
 ^Cumberland, 207 « 
 
 D. 
 
 Damfeont, 124, v. Domfront 
 
 DAMVILLE-Castle (French frontier), 176, 289 
 
 Daventry Priory (Northants) , 4 
 
 St. Datid's (S. Wales), 160, 161, 166 
 
 Dene Abbey (Glouces.), 37 
 
 St. Denys (near Paris), 130, 131 
 
 D^OLS (Berri), 57, 57 m 
 
 Derley Abbey (Derbyshire), 244 
 
 St. Desir, Notre Dame de (Nunn.), v. Liseux. 
 
 Devizes (Wilts), 180 
 
 Dieppe, 137, 234 n, 252, 278 n, 284, 288 
 
 DioHESMOTTTH (Hants), 222, 222 n 
 
 Dinah (Bretagne), 115 
 
 Ditton-Priory (Shropshire), 198 
 
 Dive, B., 234 n 
 
 Dodford Priory (Worcestersh.), 272 
 
 DOL (Bretagne), 97, 176 
 
 DoiiFEOHT, 19, 54, 124, 234, 266 
 
 DONOASTEE (Yorkshire), 33, 76, 230 
 
 Donzi Castle (Nivernois), 140 
 
 Dordogne, River, 54 n 
 
 DoVEE, 15-16, 60-61, 74-5, 78, 78 n, 109, 149, 
 
 207, 213, 228, 231, 248, 256, 257, 258 n, 
 
 260, 263, 267, 274 n, ^Tl, 287 
 Dreux (Isle of France), 289 
 Deiencouet, 175, 219, 234, 253, 255, 278 
 Driffield Castle (Yorkshire), 182 
 "Droitwich (Worcestershire), 84 
 Dublin, 164-5, 166, 214 
 
 St. Mary's Abbey, 158, 196 
 St. Thomas's Priory, 214 
 
 Dun (Ireland), 209 
 
 % Dunois, The, 54 
 
 Dunstable (Bedfordsh.),63, 117 
 
 Dunstable Priory (Bedf.), 14 
 
 Dureford Abbey (Sussex), 245-6 
 
 Durham, 267 
 
 Castle, 182, 214 
 
 Durham Priory, 291 
 Durrow (Ireland), 270 
 Dynmael (Denbighshire), 214 
 
 B 
 
 Eastbourne (Sussex), 293 » 
 
 Eastry (Kent), 75 
 
 Edinburgh Castle {Castellum Puellarum), 214, 
 
 215 
 St. Edmundb-ijet (Suffolk), 26, 177, 213, 285 
 
 Abbey, 12 
 
 Edwardston, o. Shaftesbury 
 
 tBlvel(S. Wales), 62 », 160 
 
 Fit, 186, 213 
 
 Epernon Castle (Orleanois), 4S 
 
 Epte, B., 41 
 
 L'Essay Abbey (Coutances Dioc), 240 
 
 Estreham {Ostrea, or Oisterham, Normandy), 1 n 
 
 ESTEEPAGNI, 48, 49 
 
 Etampes (France), 48 
 
 Eu or Ewe {Aucum), 288 
 
 Eure, The Eiver, 175 
 
 Evesham (Worcestersh.), 37 », 242 
 
 EVEEUX, 42, 111, 175, 251, 255 
 
 St. Evroul, al. Uticum, Abb. 3 
 
 Exideuil , u. Issoudun 
 
 J Exmes (or Oximin), Vicomte of, 233 n 
 
 Eye (Suffolk), 65, 208 
 
 Etnesham (Oxfordsh.) 268, 268 « 
 
 Abbey, 19, 38, 197 
 
 P. 
 
 Fairwell Nunnery (Staffordshire), 6 
 Faiaise, 21-22, 49, 56, 177, 185-6, 234 
 
 Castle, 233 « 
 
 Hospital of St. Jean at, 21 
 
 Fareham (Hants), 15 n, 293 n 
 Favershara Abbey (Kent), 27 
 Fecamp, 55 
 
 Abbey, 8 
 
 Peoeenham (Worcest.), 88, 91,135, 196, 199, 
 208, 241, 242, 270 
 
INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 303 
 
 Ferentiuo (Italy), 144, 147 
 
 FerUas Bernardi, 295 «, v. La Fcrto Bernard 
 
 Ferley Priory (Wilts.), Ill 
 
 Li Feetk Bernaed (Maine), lie, 140, 141, 
 
 295, 295 
 Finchale Cliapel (Durham), 242 
 Fiscanmim, v. Fecamp 
 Flexley Abbey (Gloucest.), 3V 
 t Flintshire, 79 
 
 Fontanelle Abbey, v. St. Vandrille 
 Fontenay Abbey (Normandy), 44 
 Fontevrault Nunnery (Anjou), 60, 108, 215, 274, 
 
 297 
 Ford (Shropshire), 192 
 Foret de Lious, v. Lions la Foret 
 Fornham St. aeueTieve (SuflFolk), 177 
 FoUG-EEES (Bretagne), 95-6, 176 
 Framlingham (Suffolk), 177, 181-2 
 Frascati (Italy), 153, 165, 169, «. Tusculanum 
 Frenaie-sous-BeUencombre, 239 n 
 Feenelles (Maine) 296 
 Freteval Castle (in Beauce), 279, 279 n 
 Feetefal (Touraine), 43, 52, 55, 141-2, 
 
 279 
 Furness Abbey (Lancashire), 30, 34, 228 
 
 G. 
 
 t Galloway (Scotland), 268, 269 
 
 Garonne, River, 54 n 
 
 t Gascogne, 122-3 
 
 Gayton (Northants), v. Geddington 
 
 Gemmeticum, v. Jumieges Abbey 
 
 GEDDiNaTON (Gay ton, Northants), 199 bis, 
 
 213, 285, 287 
 St. Geours (Sanctus Egidius), 287 n 
 St. Geemain-en-Late, 120 
 Ghent, St. Peter's Abbey at, 57 
 St. Giles (now St. Geours), (Gascogne), 45, 47 
 St. Gilles (Languedoc), 205, 208, 209, 210 
 GisoES, 41, 52 bis, 78, 171, 176, 184, 188, 
 
 232-3, 236, 240, 252, 253, 267 bis, 
 
 253, 283, 289, 291-2,297 
 GisOES AKD Trie, The Elm, or Kings' rendezvous 
 
 near, 283, 289, 289 n, 291, 291 » 
 JGlamoegan, 62 « 
 
 Glastonbury Abbey (Somerset), 10, 262 « 
 Gloucesteb, 38, 65, 191-2, 225-6, 256, 
 
 262, 262 n, 263-4 
 Gloucester Abbey, 190 
 Gloucester Castle, 9 
 
 JGlOTJOESTEESHIEE, 36, 37 
 
 Godstow Nunnery (Oxfordsh.), 9, 17, 25, 217, 
 
 225, 245 
 Gonneville, Bois de (near Honfleur), 158 ii, 187 n 
 GoEEAM, orGoEEON (Maine), 167, 234-5, 239 n, 
 
 252 
 Gouffern Forest (Normandy), 232 
 
 , St. Andrew's Abbey in, 41, 187 
 
 , St. Mary's Abbey in, 78 
 
 Gournay en Brai, 177 
 
 JGower (S. Wales), 62 n 
 
 Geammont Abbez (Limousin), 99, 108, 220 n, 
 
 221, 239, 248 
 Geandmont (Le Marche), 247 
 Grandmont, al. Bellaria, Priory of (Normandy), 
 
 220 n 
 Geaszat, al. Grafay (Berri), 221, 292 
 Gravelines, 75, 180 
 Geatesend (Kent), 268 
 Greenwich ( Kent) , 57 
 Grinstead (Kent), 159 
 Groby Castle (Leicestershire), 182 
 Grosmund Castle (Welsh Border), 81 
 Ouarreium (Castle on the border of Bretagne), 96 
 Gueebeeoi (Norman Frontier), 48 
 Gu£ St. Eemy, 219, 239, 278 
 JGuiENNE, 20, 87 n, 119, 264, 287, 293 
 GtriLDFOED (Surrey), 260, 275 
 JGwent (S. Wales), 160 
 
 H. 
 
 Hagenet Castle (Suffolk), 177 
 
 Hambie Abbey (Coutances Dioc), 25 
 
 Hamonis Portum, 267 n, v. Southampton 
 
 Hanslape (Bucks), 34, 107 n 
 
 Santonin, v. Southampton 
 
 Harfleur, 158 n 
 
 Harrow (Middlesex), 152 
 
 Haughmond Abbey (Shropshu-e),38, 136, 196, 198, 
 
 230, 270 
 Haveefoed West (Pembrokesh.), 166 
 Havering, (Essex), 27 
 Haye, Castle of (Anjou), 177 
 Hedde, Cast. (Bretagne), 115 
 Herbaldoun Hospital (Kent), 181 
 Heebeoed, 37 
 
 Castle, 9 
 
 Herges (Kent), 66 
 JHeetfoedshibe, 216 
 Hertlands Abbey (Devon), 87 
 
304 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 Herting Leper-house (Surrey), 38, 53 
 
 Hesdin (Picardy), 278 
 
 Hide Abbey (near Winchester), 16S 
 
 Higham (Northants), 229, 241 
 
 High Peak (Derbyshire), v. Peak Castle 
 
 HlLLIUIOOUBT, 45 
 
 Hinckley (Leicestershire), 1-17 
 
 Holm-Cultram Abbey (Cumberland), 269 
 
 Honfleur, 158 n, 187 n 
 
 Hostreham, 1 n,v. Estreliam 
 
 Huisnes, River, 116 
 
 Hulm Abbey (Norfolk), 8 
 
 JHungary, 2iJl 
 
 HnNTINGDON, 179, 181 
 
 Hurley Priory (Berks), 38 
 
 JHyemes, v. Oxiiuin 
 
 I. 
 
 Ilesham (Devon), 237 
 
 JIeeland, 12, 155 n, 157, 160-1, 163-166, 205, 
 
 209, 214, 225, 238, 262, 264, 266, 270, 275 
 Issoudaii (Norman Frontier), 279, 292 
 IvEi, 218, 219, 238-9, 289 
 
 J. 
 
 St. Jacques (Brctagne), 41 
 St. Joan d'Angely, Abbey of, 15 
 Jerusalem, 264, 279, 283, 292 
 Julia Sona, v. Lillebone 
 Jumifeges Abbey, 187 
 
 K. 
 
 Kenilworth Priory (Warwicksh.), 60, 210 
 Kinard-Fen-y Castle (Isle Axholm), 178 
 KiNas-CupP (Northants), 4, 88, 107 n 
 Kingston Lacy (Dorset), 172 n 
 Kjngston on Thames, 286 
 KiNTEE (Staffordshire), 208, 269, 270 
 
 Forest, 254 
 
 Kirkham Abbey (Yorkshire), 242 
 KNAEESBOEOuaH Castle (Yorksh.), 152, 178, 
 
 242 
 Knighton Castle (Eadnorshire), 248 n 
 
 JLancashire, 207 « 
 Landaff, See of, 110 
 
 La-Lande-pourrie, Forest of (Normandy), 143 n 
 
 Lantelio Castle (Welah Border), 81 
 
 Lateran, 93, 95, 97, 103, 135, 224 n, 225, 294 
 
 Sancttjs LAUDiNns, 185 
 
 Laund Priory (Leicest.), 4 
 
 Lectoure (Q-ascogne), 242 
 
 Legh (Monast.), Devon), 231 
 
 Leicester, 175 
 
 , St. Mary's Abbey at, 15, 17 
 
 Castle, 178-9, 182 
 
 JLeinster (Ireland), 166 
 Lenham (Kent), 65 
 Lenton Priory (Notts), 34, 74, 209 
 L^ON (Bretagne), 108, 115 
 Leon (Normandy), u. Lions-la-Foret 
 Levroux (Berri), 288 
 Lewes Priory (Sussex), 39 
 Lewisham (Kent), 57 
 Leystone Abbey (Suffolk), 249 
 LiOHPiELD (Staffordsh.), 193, 242 
 LiLLBBONNE (Julia Bona)^ 55, 174, 233 n 
 Lilleshall Abbey (Shropshire), 6 
 JLimerick (Ireland), 214, 215 
 Limoges, 19-20, 54, 137, 170-1, 179, 222, 233, 
 237, 239, 240, 248, 250 ter, 251 
 
 , St. Augustine's Abbey at, 53, 137 
 
 , St. Martial's Abbey at, 19, 45,48 n, 53, 180 » 
 
 |LiMousiN, 221, V. Limoges 
 
 Lincoln, 4-5, 6, 31-32, 66, 207, 226 n 
 
 Castle, 34 
 
 Cathedral, 33, 218, 251 
 
 St. Catherine's Hospital, 87 
 Linton (Herefordsh.), 20 
 LiONS-LA-FoEET (Normandy), 53, 234, 253 
 
 Castle of, 233 » 
 Lire Abbey (Normandy), 7, 147 
 Lisieux, 110, 249 
 
 Nunnery, of Notre Dame de St. Desir, 177 
 Llvvyn-Danet (S. Wales), 160 
 St. Lo, Abbey of, (Coutances Dioc.), 254 
 LocHES (Touraine), 73, 148-9, 257 », 287 
 Log- Marie, Church of, (Bretagne), 170 
 Loire, K. (Anjou, Maine, etc.), 113, 123 
 London, 6-7, 24, 25, 59, 63-4, 65, 71, 73, 
 84, 86, 136, 138-9, 180, 181, 190, 194, 
 195, 200, 202, 211, 213, 216, 223, 
 257, 258, 259, 261-2, 268, 286-7 
 
 St. Bartholomew's Priory, 53, 122 
 
 Christ-Church Priory, 6, 122 
 
 St. Clement-Danes Church, 170 
 
 Oleekenweli,, St. John's Hospital, 261-2 
 
INDEX OP PLACES. 
 
 305 
 
 LoHBON — continued. 
 
 Clerkenwell Nunnery, 195 n, 261 
 
 St. Giles' Hospital in the Fields, 259 
 
 Lambeth, 197 
 
 St. Martin's le Grand, (Collegiate Church), 
 122 
 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, 58 n, 120 re, 122, 186 
 
 Southwark, 152 
 Longues, Abbey of St. Marie de (Bayeux Dioc), 
 
 176 », 221, 235, 282 
 Lonlay Abbey (Le Mans Dioc.), 54, 142, 290 
 JLothians, The (Scotland), 177 
 LoTjDUN (Touraine), 18, 171 
 Lucca (Italy), 71 
 
 Ltjdgeeshall (Wilts), 196, 199 
 St. Lupus Castle (Anjou), 183 
 LusiaNAN (Poitou), 112 
 Lyons (France), 287 re 
 Lyra Abbey (Normandy), 7, 147 
 
 M. 
 
 St. Maohatbe (Gascogne), 121, 170, 170 n 
 Mafon (Burgundy), 144 
 Maiden-Bradley (Wilts), 135, 288 re 
 JMaine, 17, 86, 87 re, 93, 98, 119 
 Malamort (Limousin), 213 
 Malesart Castle (Yorkshire), 182 
 Maletable (Maine), 295 
 MAi,MESBnEy,29-30, 98, 178 
 
 Abbey, 29, 36, 39-41 
 St. Malo (Bretagne), 115 
 Maltou Abbey (Yorkshire), 191, 194 
 Manetou (Bucks?), 34 
 Man, Isle of, 209 
 Le Mans, 42, 52, 54, 86, 93, 111-112, 123, 
 
 169-70, 176, 178, 188, 231 re, 232, 237, 
 
 249, 251, 254,283, 287, 29 4:-5 pluries, 
 
 296, 297 
 
 , Castle, or Tower of, 296, 
 
 , St. Julian's Church at, 41 
 
 Mantes (Norman Frontier), 41, 113, 138, 289, 
 
 289 re 
 JLa Maechb, 120, 221 
 Maredona, 263 n, 293, 293 re 
 Mar-es-dans (near Pont de L'Arche), 293 n 
 Mareis, Little, Nunnery of (Yorksh.), 33 
 Margan Abbey (Glamorganshire), 281 
 Sta. Maria de Valle Salutis, Hon. (Ireland), 264 re 
 Maelboboitgh (Wats.), 76, 77, 195-6, 199, 
 
 211, 212, 215, 242, 246, 269, 271-2 
 
 Marmontier, St. Martin's Abbey at, 239 
 Marrick Priory (Yorkshire), 242 
 Martel (near Brives La Gaillarde), 251, 251 re 
 JMaurienne (in Savoy), 170 re, 179 
 
 , St. John's, in, 179 
 
 Mayenne, St. Mary's Church at, 41 
 
 JMeath (Ireland), 165, 166, 214. 
 
 Mechisi (Qy. Metz ?), 153 
 
 Melksham (Wilts.), 260, 261 
 
 Mellifont Abbey (co. Louth, Ireland), 212 
 
 Merden (Sussex), 293 re 
 
 St. Mere Eglise (Normandy), 234 
 
 Mereval Abbey (Warwicksh.) 11 
 
 Merewelx. (Hants), 268 
 
 Mersey, E. 83 
 
 Merton Abbey (Surrey), 17, 17 « 
 
 St. Michal's Mount, Abbey of, 21, 50, 197 
 
 Mienes, 207 
 
 Milan (Italy), 129 
 
 MiLEOED Haven (Pembrokesh.), 39 re, 163, 166, 
 
 263 
 MiEABEi (Poitou), 250, V. Mirebeau 
 MiEEBBAU (Poitou), 17, 171, 250 
 Moissa Castle (Aquitaine), 287 
 Monmouth, 160 
 Montacute Priory (Somerset), 7 
 Mont de Maes an (Gascogne), 105 
 Mont-Doubleau (Touraine), 296 
 Montebourg Abbey (Normandy), 25, 159, 188, 240 
 Montfeeeand le Poet (Auvergne), 170 
 Montfort I'Amauri (French border), 48 
 Montfort (Maine), 294, 295 bis 
 Montgomery (N. Wales), 80 
 Mont- Louis (near Tours), 185 
 Mont Lucon (Berri), 149 
 Mont-Maetee (near St. Denys), 131, 140 
 Montmirail (Berri), 149 
 MoNTMiEAii (Maine), 118 
 Montmorel Abbey (Avranches Dioc), 235 
 Montoire (Touraine), 296 
 Montpellier (Languedoc), 57, 82, 83 
 MoNTEELEis (Bretagne), 280 
 Mont-Bichard (Touraine), 288 
 MoHT St. Michel, 41, 41 re, 97, 100, 233 
 Mont St. Michel, Abbey of, 21, 42, 60, 96, 
 
 196-7, 201 
 Mordon (Surrey), 7 
 Mortagne-en-Perche, 171 
 MOEETAIN (Normandy), 18, 21, 133, 134 
 
 , Abbey of White Nuns at, 133 
 
 Moretain (Normandy), Oomte of, 103 
 
 39 
 
306 
 
 INDEX OP PLACES. 
 
 MOBTBMEE-EN-LlONS, 53, 78 
 
 , Abbey of, 22, 53 
 
 Mote-de-Gee (near Damfront), 143, 143, « 
 MotruNS (Norman Border), 43 
 Mount Sorrel Castle (Leicestersh.), 182 
 
 N. 
 
 Nantes (Bretagne), 17, 39, 41, 42, 132, 278 
 
 JNavarre (Spain), 208 
 
 Navenby (Lincolnshire), 60 
 
 Neattfle, 52 
 
 St. Neots (Huntingdonsh.), 20 
 
 NETTF-BOUEa (Normandy), 42, 52 
 
 Neufchatel en Brai, 116, 219 n. v. Drienoouxt 
 
 Netje-Maech£ (Noi-man Frontier), 41, 50 
 
 Newaek (Nottinghamsli.), 230, 237 n 
 
 Newbuet (Berks), 13-14 
 
 Newcastle on Tyne, 28, 33, 99, 109 
 
 , St. Bartholomew's Nunnery at, 194 
 
 Newenham Priory (Bedfordsh.), 192 
 
 New Foeest (Hants), 1 
 
 Newnham (Grloucest.), 38 
 
 Newport (Pembrokesh.), 167 
 
 Newport (Shropshire), 83 
 
 Newstead Abbey (Linoolnsh.), 159 
 
 Nogent-le-Eotrou (Perche), 295 
 
 NONANCOTTET (Norman Frontier), 219, 222, 297 
 
 Norham Castle (Durham), 182, 214 
 
 JNoEMAHDY, 17, 49-50, 56-57, 77, 169 
 
 t , Lower, 234 n 
 
 JNoEMANDT, Maeches oe, 17, 51, 116, 163-165, 
 
 290, et passim 
 Noron (Bessin), 189 n 
 Northallerton Castle, 182,213 
 NoETHAMPTON, 3-4, 27-28, 65, 68»., 73-76, 
 
 145, 154, 161 n, 162, 173, 179, 182-3, 194, 
 
 198-9, 205, 209-210, 229, 230, 268, 
 
 284 
 
 St. James's Priory, 4 
 St. Stephen's, 74 
 Norton Priory (Cheshire), 10 
 NOEWICH, 26, 179 
 Castle, 25 
 
 Cathedral Priory, 36 
 Nostell Priory (Yorksh.), 5 
 NOTTIN&HAM, 6, 28, 34, 76, 182, 193, 199, 
 
 209, 229-230, 241, 261, 269 
 Novum CASTEiiTrit, (Chateau-Neuf-sur-Epte), 52 
 Nun-Eaton Nunnery (Warwickshire), 63, 63 n 
 Nutley Abbey (Bucks), 227 
 
 O 
 
 Oisterham, or Oistreham (Normandy), 1, 1 n, 175 
 
 ter, 179 
 XOlna (Normandy), 177 
 St. Omee, 16, 75 
 
 St. Bertin's Abbey, near, 75 
 Ongar (Essex), 25, 206 
 
 , Hundred of, 184 
 
 Orleans, 23, 48 
 
 OsMAKTiLLE (Amandevilla), 53 
 
 Ostrea, 179, v. Oisterham 
 
 Ostreham (Kent), 1 n 
 
 OswBSTEl (Shropshire), 62, 80, 82 
 
 Castle, 80 
 
 St. Osyths Priory, al. Chioh Priory (Essex), 22 
 Oteoed (Kent), 137, 284, 284 » 
 
 Church, 137 
 JOuche (Lat. Uticum), St. Evroul's Abbey in, 3 
 JOximin, The, 233 n 
 OxEOED, 2-3, 29 n, 30, 58-9, 86, 88, 103, 
 
 108 161 », 191, 214, 230, 268, 275, 278 n, 
 
 298 
 
 Castle, 66, 76 
 
 P. 
 
 PACET-sur I'Eure, 42, 113, 292, 297 
 Pauormus (Sicily), 204-5, 211, 215 
 Paeis, 41, 48, 61, 131, 216, 234, 270, 279 
 
 Church of Notre Dame, 270 
 Patmee (Herts), 38 
 
 Peak Castle (Derbysh.), 28, 33, 65, 76 
 Pembroke, 39 », 160, 161, 163, 166 «, 167 
 JPembeokeshiee, 160 
 Pencadaie (S. Wales), 62 
 Pentney Prioi7 (Norfolk), 95 », 106 
 JPeeche, 117 
 Perth (Scotland), 291 
 Peeigxjeux, 46, 248 
 Peieeboeotjgh, 4 
 
 Abbey, 210 
 Pevensey Castle, 25, 290 
 Piacenza (Italy), 106 
 PlEEEB BuEFiEEE (Limousin), 248 
 St. Pierre B\a Dive, Abbey, 110 
 St. Pierre de Preaux, Abbey, 282 
 Pipewell Abbey (Northauts), 200 
 Pisa (Italy), 291 
 Planches (French Frontier, near Trie), 110 
 
INDEX OP PLACES. 
 
 307 
 
 Flashy Castle (Essex), 230 
 
 Plessis-Q-rimoult Priory (nr. Bayeux), 5, 143», 154 
 Plymtou Priory (Devon), 34, 259 
 PoiTiBEs, 45, 71-2, 103-4, 105, 179, 184, 
 204, 250 
 
 , Church of St. Hilary at, 137, 212 
 
 JPoiTou, 112, 113, 119, 120, 189, 247, 280 
 
 POHT-AUDEMEB, 19 
 
 Pont-de-1'Arche, 293 « 
 PONTEPEACT (Yorkshire), 241 
 iPoNTHIEU, 116 
 
 Pontigni Abbey (France) , 72, 76, 94, 97, 101 
 Pont-Oeson, 41, 154, 157 
 
 Castle, 236 
 POECHESTBE, 70, 91, 183, 200-202, 217, 245, 
 
 264 
 JPorhoet (Bretagne), 114 
 PoETEiNNAN (Pembroksh.), 166 
 
 POETSEA, 288 
 
 Portsmouth, 40, 135, 138, 160, 167, 183, 
 190, 200, 215, 218, 231, 240, 245, 247, 
 264. 288 
 
 JPoWYS-iAND (Montgomerysh.), 82, 214 
 
 Preaux, Abbey of St. Pierre de, 282 
 
 Prudhou Castle (Northumberland), 179 
 
 Prulli Castle (Anjou), 177 
 
 Q- 
 
 Quarr Abbey (Devon), 10 
 JQaercy, Le, 144, 287, 292 
 Quevilli, V. Chevailleo al. Chivilli 
 QcriLLEBCBtJF (on the Seine, W. of Eouen), 234 
 
 E. 
 
 Radmoeb (Staffordshire), 6 
 Eames (Palestine), 221 
 Kamset Abbey (Huntingdonsh.), 4 
 EsADiNa, 38, 61-2, 191, 212, 223, 231, 257, 
 261, 274 
 Abbey, 62, 71, 192 
 Eedon (Bretagne), 18, 97 
 Eegensberg (Zurich), 294 
 Kenham (Essex ?), 230 
 Eennes (Bretagne), 97, 122, 266 
 Eheims, 72, 229 
 
 , Abbey of St. Eemigius at, 35 
 
 Ehttddlan (Flintshire), 29, 79 
 ElOHMOND (Yorkshire), 242 
 Eipon (Yorkshire), 164, 170 
 
 Eivaulx Abbey (Yorkshire), 94, 200 
 
 Eobertsbridge Abbey (Sussex), 297 
 
 Eoche Corbon (Touraine), 296 
 
 Eoohe Mabilb (Maine), 93, 233 n 
 
 Eoches I'Eveque (Touraine) , 296 
 
 EOCHESTEE, 86, 152 
 
 Eochefort (Isle of France), 48 
 
 Eome, 13, 78, 88, 103, 105, 107, 178, 184, 185, 
 224, 274 H, 291 
 
 Eomney (Kent), 73 
 
 EoQCE Madoue, Shrine of St. Mary of (in the 
 Queroy), 144-145, 251 
 
 Rouen, 16-17,23-42, 44,45, 50, 52-3,55-6, 
 67,78,95,100, 101, 107-8, 112«, 128-9, 
 130, 148, 157-8, 172, 173-4, 175, 181, 183, 
 184, 187, 188, 218, 233, 234, 253, 255, 
 263, 290 
 Castle, 233 n 
 
 Cathedral of St. Mary, 172, 251 
 Priory of St. Marie de Pre, 107, 108 
 
 Eouen, Vicomte of, 222 
 
 +Eouraoi3, The, 232 n, 234, 236 
 
 Roxburgh Castle (Scotland) 214 
 
 tEutland, 207 n 
 
 S. 
 
 Sabloil Castle (Anjou), 183 
 Saintes (Saintonge), 46, 179 
 JSaintonob, 179 
 
 Samsbuey, 12, 34-5, 42-3, 59, 87, 88, 91, 
 98, 180 M, 243, 245, 275, 286, 288, 288 « 
 Cathedral, 34 
 Saltwood Castle and Honour (Kent), 146, 150, 
 
 150 (! 
 Sandwich (Kent), 75, 149 
 Santinglield Hospital (near Witsaud), 16 
 Sark, Isle of, 18 
 
 , Chapel of St. Maglorius in, 188 
 
 Sarthe, E., 296 
 
 Saumub (Anjou), 18, 179, 223, 293-4, 296 
 
 Abbey of St. Plorant, 7, 179 
 St. Sauveur le Vicomte, Abb. (Coutancea Dice.) 
 
 9, 24, 140 
 Sauvigny {Sahiniacum), (Lyonnois), 123 
 Savenay (Normandy), v. Savigni 
 Satigni (Normandy), 167-8, 296 
 Savigni, Abbey (Coutances Dioc), 235 
 tSaxony, 109, 208 
 
 Scarborough (Yorkshire), 5 , 
 
 Castle, 214 
 
308 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 tScotland, 205, 209, 243, 291 
 Sohenefred Casfle (Welsh Border), 81 
 Seez, 133, 135, 178 
 Segni (Italy), 146, 165. 
 Selby Abbey (Yorkshire), 6, 290 
 Seleham (Suffollt), 181-2. 
 Selvi Castrum, 290 
 Sence (in Savoy ?), 154-6 
 Senlis (SilTanecta), 247 
 
 Sens (Champagne), 64, C5-67, 69, 70-76, 101, 
 105 n, 123, 125, 130, 137-8, 140, 153. 
 
 St. Columba Abbey, 71, 77, 101, 146. 
 St. Sever (G-ascogne), 242. 
 Shaftbsbubt (Dorset), 135, 244 
 
 Abbey, 244 
 Sherborne Castle (Dorset), 85, 86, 98 
 Shoreham (Sussex), 15, 91, 109, 263, 278 n, 288 
 Shrawardine Castle (Shropshire), 80, 80 « 
 Sheewsbuet, 80, 81, 82, 193, 198 
 
 Abbey, 11, 12, 161, 298 
 
 St. GUes' Hospital, 14 
 Shrivenham (BerksJ, 290 
 Sheopshiee, 36, 185 
 Sibton Abbey (Suffolk), 60 
 Sicily, 106, 204-206, 211 
 Silly Abbey (Seez Dioc), 44 
 Silvanecta, v. Senlis 
 SiLVEESTON (Northants), 8, 138 
 Snowdon (Mountain), 29 
 Soissons, 75, 76, 94, 101, 113 
 Soligny (Norman Frontier), 292 
 Souterraine (La Marche), 105, 180 n 
 Southampton, 1 «, 24, 25, 39, 40, 55, 57, 68 
 77, 79, 91, 92, 114, 173, 179-180, 201, 
 215, 266, 267, 281 
 JSpain, 112, 212, 39 
 Spaujins Priory (Lincolnsh.), 4 
 Stafford, St. Thomas' Priory at, 249 
 JStapeoedshiee, 193 
 Stalbridge (Dorset) , 84 n 
 SiAMEOED (Lincolnsh.), 31, 133, 177, 194 
 Stameoed Nunnery, 205 
 Stanstede (Sussex), 217 
 Stipennei Castle, 50, v. Estrepagni 
 Stokes (Hants), 216 
 Stoneley Abbey (Warwickshbe), 10 
 Stratfleur Abbey (C.rdigansh.), 246 
 Stratford Abbey (Essex), 245 
 Steigoii (Monmouthsh.) 160, 163, v. Chepstow 
 Studley Priory (Warwicksh.), 285 
 Sudbury, Cell of (Suffolk), 12 
 
 Sudton (Qy. Hants?), 7 n 
 JSiteebt, 76, 79 
 Sutton Maddock (Shropshire), 214 n 
 Swainby Abbey (Yorkshire), 297 
 Swineshead Abbey (Lincolnsh.), 136 
 
 T. 
 
 Taillebourg Castle (Saintonge), 227 
 
 Talachaen (S. Wales), 167 
 
 Tamwoeth, 29 
 
 JTarentaiae (Savoy), 53 n 
 
 Taunton Priory (Somerset) , 7 n 
 
 Tavistock Abbey (Devon), 137 
 
 Tenchebeat (near Moretain), 176, 234, 290 
 
 Tewkesbuet, 36 
 
 Abbey, 38 
 Thame Abbey (Oxfordsliire), 8 
 Thetpoed (Suffolk), 26 
 
 Priory, 26 
 Thoenet Abbey (Cambridgsh.), 4, 37, 208, 216 
 Thornton Abbey (Lincolnsh.) 32, 228 
 Thottaes (Anjou), 20, 42, 97 
 Thurgarton Priory (Notts), 261 
 Tiberias (Palestine), 279 
 Tickhill (Yorkshire), 76, 207 
 Tinohebrai (near Moretam), ®. Tenchebray 
 TlNTiNlAO (Castle in Bretagne), 115 
 Tinmouth Priory (Northumberland), 200 
 TiiaEATE (Hants), 199, 206 
 Topclyre Castle (Yorkshire), 182 
 Tonci sur Loire, 57 
 JTouLonsE, 45, 46, 47, 50, 171, 218 re, 287-8 
 
 TOUQUES, 100 
 JTouraine, 17, 103, 119, 288 
 
 TOUES, 62, 73, 101, 105, 130, 145, 228, 231 n, 
 294, 295, 296, 297 
 St. Julian's Abbey, 23 
 La Trappe Abbey (Seez Dioc.), 49 
 Trentham Priory (Staffordsliire), 2 
 Tresk Castle (Yorkshire), 182 
 Teie (French Frontier near Gisors), 110, 283 
 Troarn, St. Martin's Abbey at, 11, 110 
 Trou Castle (Touraine), 296, 297 
 Tusculanum, al. Frascati, 146, 148, 163, 165 
 Tutbury Castle (Staffordsh.), 182 
 
 U. 
 
 Uppetone (Northants), 194 
 TJzEEOHE (Limousin), 48 
 
INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 309 
 
 Valasse (Normandy?), 239 
 
 Valasse Abbey, v. Cherbourg 
 
 St. Valery Bur Somme, 219 
 
 Valmout Abbey (Noi-mandy), 132, 290 
 
 Valognes, 23, 24, 110, 159-160, 186, 189, 
 
 233-4, 235, 254 
 St. Vandrille Abbey, u. Fontauell 
 Vannes (Bretagne), 114 
 Vaudeeuille {Vallis SodolU), 187, 236, 364 
 VeUetre (Italy), 247 
 Vbndome sur Loire (Touraine), 55, 140, 140 n, 
 
 177, 221, 288 
 Venice (Italy), 218 
 JVermandois, 256 
 Vernai, Bois de, 25, 189 » 
 Veeneuil, 175, 176, 220, 254 n 
 Verney Forest, v. Vernai, Bois de 
 JVernon, 289 n 
 Veroli, 143, 147 
 JVexin, Le (Vilcassinus pagus) 50, 54, 106, 107, 
 
 289 n 
 Vezelai, 94, 95 
 
 JViemieu, Le (Vimmacensis pagus), 116, 116 n 
 Vigeois (Limousin), 171 
 
 Priory, 45, 222 
 JVire, BaiUiwiok of, 236 
 Viterbo (Italy), 103 
 
 W. 
 
 Walden Abbey (Essex), 52 
 
 J Wales, 285, 285 b, 286 to 
 
 JWaxes, Noeth, 29 
 
 JWales, South, 39, 62, 81 «, 167, 191, 274 
 
 WAiLiNarOED (Berks), 9-10, 51, 62 
 
 Waitham (Essex), 27, 186, 223, 256 
 
 Abbey, 210, 211, 216, 218, 224, 244, 256 
 Walton (Suffolk), 177 
 Waek, al. Week (Worthumb.), 33 
 Warkworth Castle (Northumb.), 179 
 Watehfoed, 163, 164, 165, 166, 214, 263 
 Waverley Abbey (Surrey), 208 
 Welbeck Abbey (Notts), 193 
 Wells, 37 
 
 Wenlook Priory (Shropshire), 198, 238 
 Westcumbe (Wilts), 87 
 
 Wbstminstbe, 1-2, 7-9, 14, 38, 59-60, 65, 
 77, 78 n, 87, 122, 181, 190, 200, 202- 
 
 Westmihstee — continued. 
 204, 208, 211-12, 228, 244, 259 ter, 
 262,276,298 
 
 Abbey, 57, 71, 276 
 
 Exchequer a*, 74, 237, 258, et passim 
 JWestmoreland, 207 « 
 Weston (Salop), 198 
 
 Westwood al. Lesnes, Abbey (Kent), 222, 225, 228 
 Westwood Priory (Worcestershire), 36 
 Wexford, 165, 166, 214 
 Whitby Abbey (Yorkshire), 6, 197, 203, 215 
 Wich (now Droitwich), 84 
 Wick (Qy. Wye?), (Kent), 213 
 Wicumbe-Chepyng Church (Bucks), 217 
 Wight, Isle of, 85 
 Wigmoee (Herefordsh.) 10 
 Wikeford ( juxta Lincoln), 31 
 Wilton (Wiltshh-e), 12 
 
 St. Giles' Hospital, 244 
 Winchcombe Abbey (Gloucestersh.), 187 
 
 WiNCHELSEA, 284, 287 
 
 WiNCHESTEE, 1, 12-13, 37, 39, 40, 57, 62, 
 85, 87, 98, 112, 150, 152, 168, 183, 190, 
 196-7, 200-1, 204-206, 211, 215, 216- 
 17, 218, 224-5, 226, 228, 231, 243-4, 
 245-6, 256, 260, 268, 273, 275, 286 
 
 , Treasury at, 291 «, et passim 
 
 Windsor, 13-14, 30, 38, 61, 64, 76, 135-6, 
 139, 152, 183, 195, 197-8, 206, 208,211 
 Us, 213-14, 225, 226-7, 229, 258, 259, 
 260, 262, 286 
 
 •WiEHALL (near Chester), 82, 83 
 
 Witcrn (Candida Casa), Galloway, 209 
 
 Witham Priory (Somerset), 271 
 
 WiTSAND (Picardy), 16, 149, 150, 180, 212, 225, 
 227, 256, 263, 276 «, 277, 278 
 
 Wobum Abbey (Bedfordsh.), 16 
 
 Wolyerton (Isle of Wight), 85 n 
 
 Wombridge Priory (Shropshire), 242, 277 
 
 Woodham Priory (Essex), 37, 203 
 
 Woodstock, vii ; 13-14, 30, 34, 37, 63, 66, 
 70, 73, 76,. 8 4, 87-88, 91, 136, 139, 152, 
 191, 192, 199, 223, 227, 230, 244, 
 257, 261, 268, 271, 272, 273, 286 
 
 WoECESTEE, 11-12, 35-36, 80, 229, 256 
 
 JWOECESTEESHIEE, 223 
 
 Weittle (Essex), 27 
 Wroxhall Nunnery (Warwicksh.) 85 
 Wurtzburg (Franconia), 79, 93, 114 
 Wycombe, High, (Bucks), 139, 208 
 Wykes Nunnery (Essex), 4 
 
310 
 
 INDEX OF PLACES. 
 
 X. 
 
 JXantoigne, 64, 179 
 
 ToEK, 5, 33, 62, 183, 19-43, 280, 242 (in 
 
 error) . 
 
 Cathedral Church of St. Peter, 273, 274 
 St. Clement's Nunnery, 193 
 
 ToEK — continued, 
 
 St. Leonard's Hospital, 33, 269, 274 
 
 St. Mary's Abbey, 273 
 
 St. Peter's Hospital, 12 
 JYork, Province of, 164 
 
 JTOEKSEIEE, 76 
 
 St. Yeieux, or Teiez (Limousin), 247, 248 
 Yssoudun, 279, v. Issoudun 
 Ystrad-Tywi (S. Wales), 160 
 Y-Tr-GwYN(Penibrokesh.), 161 
 Yvrande, Hermitage (near Damfront), 143 n 
 
 INDEX OF PEESONS. 
 
 *,* In the following Index, Names which belong to OfEeial Lists, or seem to hare any Genealogical 
 
 relation, are generally classified in order of succession, not alphabetically. 
 Dates expressed in the Index are usually those estabhshed by the evidences of the Text ; but where the 
 
 Author is aware of an earlier or later occurrence of the Individual under notice, he has not hesitated 
 
 to give the corresponding date. 
 The signs and abbreviations used in the Index are as follows. — 
 L. N. denotes the Liler Niger Scaccarii, and the numbers which follow the said sign denote those pages of 
 
 Hearne's edition whereon the individual under notice occurs, the date indicated by such occurrence 
 
 being uniformly c. February, 1166. (See page 90 of the Itinerary.) 
 E. D. denotes the Sotultis de Dominahis et Pueris et Puellis ; and the numbers bracketed with the said 
 
 sign, denote those pages of Grimaldi's transcript of that Record, whereon the individual under 
 
 notice occurs ; the date of such oceurrence,_ if the individual be then alive, being uniformly the 
 
 summer of 1186. 
 J. denotes that the individual, to the notice of whom this sign is affixed, sometimes acted as a Justiciar 
 
 of the Eing. Similarly — • 
 
 S. denotes that the individual under notice sometimes acted as a Sheriff. Similarly, the two letters 
 
 J. S. indicate that the same individual sometime acted in each capacity. 
 
 T. stands for Testis, and is only used for witnesses of Royal Charters, who appear in no other capacity. 
 
 The abbreviation al. stands for alias ; — c, for circa ; — def. for defunctus ; — n. or n. for note ; oh. for 
 
 ohiit ; — s. p. for sine progenie ; — v. for vide ; — v. p. for vita, patris. 
 
 The abbreviation cons, stands for consecrated; — el. for elected; — enthr. for enthroned; occ. for 
 
 occurs :— tranl. for translated. 
 
 A. 
 
 Aaron, the Jew of Lincoln (1187), 278 « 
 Aberdeen, Matthew, Bishop of (1181), 240 
 Abingdon, Abbots of. — 
 
 Ingulfus {ol. 19 Sept. 1158), 41, 44 « 
 
 Abingdon, Abbots of — continued. 
 
 Walcheline (appointed 1159; oh. 31 Oct. 
 
 1164), 44, 75, 75 n, 81 
 Godfrey, Bishop of St. Asaph (Abbot-Com- 
 
 meudate, 1165-1175), 89, 111 
 Roger (occurs 1175), 197 
 Abitot, Osbert de (1174), 185 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 311 
 
 Aboville, William de (1171), 162 
 
 Abranois, WiUiam de (1166-1170), (L. N. 56), 135 
 
 Acre, Bishop of (1183), 252 
 
 Agnellis, Robert de (1177), 209 
 
 Agnia, Henry de (drowned 1170), 135 
 
 Agremont, v. Egremont 
 
 Aguilon, William, (1161) 53 
 
 Ailward Camerarius Kegis (1166-1179), 97, 166, 
 
 172, 187, 218, 224, 227 v. Camerarii 
 Ailward Pinoema (1165), 86 
 Alan fitz Count (of Bretegne, 1185), 266 
 Alaufitz Jordan (1165), 88 
 Alard fitz William (1179-1186), 229, 249, (R. D. 
 
 21) 
 Albemarle, Comtes or Earls of. — 
 
 WiUiam le Gros (1130-1179), 5, 53, (L. N. 
 286, 304), 158, 172, 175, 175 n, 210, 212, 
 228 
 
 , Hawyse, dau. and heir of (nupta 
 
 1180), 230 
 William de MandevUle, Earl of Essex, 230. 
 243 n, V. Essex 
 Albini, Richard de (1173), 172 
 Albini, Robert de (occ. 1166-1168), (L. N. 202), 
 117 J. 
 
 Alexander Clerk (Sheriff of Staffordsh. 1165), 
 83 J. S. 
 
 Alexander Pincema (1174), 184 
 Alexander of Wales, Master (1171), 153, 155 
 Alfai, Richard de, v. Aufei 
 Alnod of London (1163), 59 
 Almoners Royal, v. Eleraosynarii Regis 
 Alvered, Magister (1155-1167), 2, 18, 34, 35, 
 
 108. 
 Alured (attests Royal Charter c. 1176), 203 T. 
 Ambersley, Maurice de (7155), 10 
 Amboise, Hugh de (1160), 52 
 Ambric, Archdeacon (T. at Chinon c. 1181), 239 
 Ameri, Richard de (1166), 100 n 
 Amiens, The Bishop of, (1171), 163 
 AmundeviU, Walter de (1163-6), 65, 66, (L. N. 
 260) S. 
 
 , Roger de, (1183), 254 
 
 Andrew, Clerk of the Treasury (1172-1180), 169, 
 
 175, 183, 188, 195, 217, 222, 230 
 St. Andrew's (Scotland), Bishops of.— 
 R. * * « {ob. 1180), 238 
 John (banished 1181), 240, 248 
 Hugh (deposed 1188, ol. 1188), 248, 291. 
 John, prius Bishop of Dunkeld (appointed 
 
 1188, resigned 1189), 291 
 Roger de Beaumont (appointed 1189, 291 
 
 Angervill, WilUam de (1157-8), 22, 23, 37 
 
 , Robert de (U72-3), 166 bis, 167, 168, 
 
 172 » 
 
 , Benedict de (1175), 190 
 
 Angiers, Ralph, Bishop of (1182-1188), 247, 283, 
 
 293 
 Anglious, Gaufridus (1158), 39 
 Anglioua, William (1180-1184), 231, 258-9, v. 
 Richard fitz Nigel J. 
 
 jingouleme, The Bishop of (1167), 110 
 Angouleme, Comtes of. — 
 
 William (IV.) (1167, ob. 1179), 105, 112, 
 120, 227 n 
 
 , Ademar, or Aymer, younger son of 
 
 (1188), 287 
 Anjou, Comtes of. — 
 
 Geoff'rey le Bel {ob. 1151), 24 «, 75 n. 
 
 , Hamehne, son of, 75, 75 «, v. Warren 
 
 . Emma, dau. of (occurs 1165-1174), 85 m, 
 
 182, 182 » 
 
 , Aldewide, dau. of, 85 n 
 
 . Mary, dau. of (Abbess of Shaftesbury, 
 
 1181), 244 
 
 , K. Henry II., son of, 23 et passim 
 
 Aquila, Richer de (1136, ob. 1176), 22, 67, (L. 
 
 N. 67) 
 Ardeue, Thomas de (1182), 249 
 Ardem, Ralph de (1164-1189), 77 n, 249, 252, 
 253, 273, 281, 298 bis. J. S. 
 
 Armagh, Gel', Archbishop of (1172), 169 
 Arnold, Goldsmith (1181), 243 
 
 Elycia, daughter of (1181), 243 
 Arras, the Advocate of, u. Bethune 
 Arry, al. Array, Roger de (1177-1180), 209, 235 
 Arundel, Earls of — 
 
 WiUiam de Albini (II.), 1136-1176), 2, 9, 
 12, 52, 53, 60-1, 67, 75, 77, 85, (L. N. 
 64, 286), 96, 109, 130, 138, 170, 172, 177, 
 191, 196,204 b, 208 J. 
 
 , Queen Adeliza, wife of (1138- 
 
 1151) V. England, Kings &c. of 
 
 William de Albini (III.), son of, 
 
 (1173-1196), 172, 172 », 204, 204 «, 210, 
 
 211, 275, 297, 1). Sussex, Earl of 
 
 Arundel, Master Roger (1186-1189), 271, 273, 
 
 298 J. 
 
 Assam, GUbert de Master of the Templars, 
 
 drowned 1183), 258 
 AuberviUe, William de (1182), 247, 249, (R. D. 
 
 13), 285 » 
 Aufai, al. Alfai, Richard de (1176-1181, 204, 
 04 n, 239, 239 », 244 
 
812 
 
 INDEX OF PEESONS. 
 
 Aumari, GHXhert de (1189), 297 
 Aurea VaUe, al. OrviUe, WiUiam de (1157), 23 
 Auvergue, William, Comte of (1167), 106 
 Auxerre, The Archbishop of (1172), 134 
 
 , The Archbishop of (1185), 262 
 
 Aven', Henry de (1175), 188 
 Avenell, Robert (1158), 42 
 Avranches, Bishops of. — 
 
 Herbert (ob. 1160) , 2, 6, 14, 18, 50 
 Achard, Abbot of St. Victor (appointed 
 
 1161), 52, 53, 55 
 Richard (occurs 1167-1182), 110, i86, 189, 
 222, 240, 243, 246 
 Avranches, William, Archdeacon of, (1180), 235 
 Aymeri, Philip; Mintman of Tours (1180), 
 231 « 
 
 B. 
 
 Bacun, Roger (1174), 186 
 
 Baieux, o. Bayeux 
 
 Baillol, Bernard de (1174), 180, 190 
 
 , Josceline de (1155-1166), 2, 6-12, 14, 26, 
 
 29, 35, 39-43, 60-1, 68, 68 n, 70, 88. (L. 
 N. 169), 91, 94, 97 
 Baldwin, Clert of the Treasury (1173-1177), 175, 
 
 217 
 Banastre, Alard (1174), 185 
 Bangor, Bishops of. — 103 
 
 Maurice {cons. 1139, o6. 13 Aug. 1161), 54 
 Guy {com. 22 May, 1177, ob. c. 1190), 211», 
 215 
 Bar, Hugh, Comte of (1174-1181), 82, 233, 
 
 239 
 Barcelona, Raymond Berenger, Comte of (1159), 
 45 
 
 , , * * * * daughter of, 45 
 
 Bardolf, Dodo, Doun, or Doulf (1166-1173), (L. 
 
 N. 279), 176 
 Bardolf, Hugh (I.), (1166), (L. N. 279) 
 
 , Hugh (II.), (1181-1189), 239, 252-3, 2-55 «. 
 
 258, 261, 265, 272-3, 275-6, (R. D. 7), 
 
 288 re, 291, 298, v. Dapiferi Regis S. J. 
 
 Bardolf, Thomas (1171-1188), 160, 175, 194, 
 
 226, (R. D. 40), 282-3 S. 
 
 , WiUiam, (1174), 181 re S. 
 
 Barentin, Alexander de (Butler Royal, occ. 1175- 
 1178), 192,199,202,222 
 
 , Margaret, wife of, 192 
 
 Barr, Roger (1180), 234 
 
 Barre, Richard (1169-1173), 129, 129 re, 134, 153- 
 
 154, 155, 172 
 Barres, William des (1188), 289, v. Chancellors 
 Basset, Richard (1165), 88 
 
 , Thomas (1163-1180), 130, 185, 192-195, 
 
 197-199, 203, 208, 210, 214, 224, 226, 228, 
 242 (in error), 273, (R. D. 3, 20) J. 
 
 Basset, William (1168-1186), 117, 130, 145, 176, 
 185, 193, 194 re, 196, 199, 200, 217, 218, 220, 
 223-1, 224 re, 225, 237, 237 re, 247-8, 251, 265, 
 (R. D. 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 22) J. S. 
 
 Basset, GUbert (1186), 273 (R. I). 3-5, 20, 25, 
 
 45) 
 Bastard, William (1174), 185 
 Bath, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Thomas (1170), 135, 135 re, 137-8 
 John (1171-1174), 135 re, 158re, 184 
 Peter Blesensis (1175-1183), 252 
 Bath and Wells, Bishops of. — 
 
 Robert {succ. 1135, ob. 31 Aug. 1166), Ibis, 
 
 7, 26, 28, 57, (L. N. 86), 98, 98 re 
 Reginald fitz Joceline, prius Archdeacon of 
 Salisbury {cons. 23 June, 1174. Enthr. 24 
 KoT. 1174. Ob. December 25, 1191), 
 175, 178-9, 184, 186, 192, 195-6, 201, 
 211, 213, 215, 218 «, 224, 224 re, 225, 
 238, 252, 258, 262, 265, 271 
 Battle, Abbot of Walter de Lucy {occ. 1155- 
 1162), 11, 18, 26, 27, 57 
 
 , The Abbot of (1184-1187), 256,286 
 
 Batueut, Robert de (1187), 281 
 Bayeux, Archdeacons of. — 
 Thomas (1171), 162 
 
 Wallerau (occurs 1166-1182), 101, 158, 249, 
 V. Rochester, Bishops of, 
 Bayeux, Bishops of. — 
 
 Philip de Harcourt (1141-1163), 1-5, 7, 8, 
 
 16, 17, 20-25, 44, 49, 50, 66, 84 re 
 Henry de Beaumont, prius Dean of Salis- 
 bury ("elect" 1165, occurs 1169-1187), 
 84, 84 ,1, 92, 110 bis, 118, 128, 137-8, 
 143, 154, 157, 159, 162, 177, 185, 187, 
 189, 195-197, 206, 208, 209, 211, 215, 216, 
 218-222, 233, 235, 238, 240, 246, 250-l[ 
 271, 271 re, 282, 283 
 Bayeux, WiUiam, Dean of (1177), 209 
 Beauohamp, Hugh de (1157, ob. 1187), 32 (L. N. 
 199, 200, 259), 117, 141, 158, 172, 175, 203, 
 206, 208, 211, 215, 245, (R. D. 16), 279 J. 
 Beauchamp, Peter de (1158), 38 
 
INDEX OF PEESONS. 
 
 313 
 
 Beirachamp, Simon de (1164-1166), 67, (L. N. 
 198, 201) 
 
 , Stephen de (1159-1186), 44, (L. IST. 
 
 173, 192), 130, 130 «, (R. D. 13, 31-2, 
 37-8) J. s. 
 
 Beauchamp, Walter de (1165-1166), 81, (L. N. 
 51) S. 
 
 Beauchamp, Wilham de (1156-1169), 10, 12, 15, 
 72, 80-1, (L. N. 51, 150, 173, 174, 175, 176), 
 91 S. 
 
 Beauchamp of Bedford, v. Beaucliamp, Simon de 
 Beaumont le Eoger, Ticomtes of. — 
 RosceUn (tern. Hen. I.), 268 n 
 
 , Constance, (dau. of K. Henry I.), wife 
 
 of, 268 n 
 Richard, son of Eoscehn {occ. 1174-1186), 
 186, 268 », 271 
 
 , Ermengarde, dau. of, wife of WilUam, 
 
 King of Scots (1186), 268, 271 
 Beauvais, Tlie Bishop of (1168-1171), 115, 
 
 160 
 — , The Bishop of (1188), 289 
 Becco, William de (1169), 122 n 
 Bedford, Lam-enoe, Archdeacon of (1181-1188), 
 
 244-5, 271, 273, (R. D. 2) 
 Belet, Michael (1175-1189), 196, 220, 223, 224 re, 
 227-8, 237 n, 241-2, 244-9, 265, 272-274, 277, 
 281, 290-1, 298 S. . 
 
 Belet, Robert (1185), 266 
 
 Bellomonte, The Comte of (1160), 49, v. 
 
 Mellent, al. Meulan, Comtes of J. 
 
 Bellomonte, Master Ralph de (drowned 1170), 
 
 135 
 Benedictus Abbag (Chronicler), 132 n, 215, 247 n, 
 
 276, 277 », 295 » 
 Bendmges, William de (1179-1181), 227-8, 231, 
 286 n, 241, 245 J. S. 
 
 Beningworth, Roger de (1166-1175), (L.N. 264), 
 
 189 
 Berewich, WiUiam de (1176), 208 
 Berkeley, Maurice de (1189), 298 J. 
 
 Bermingham, Peter de (1155), 6 
 Bernevall, Henry de (1188), 293 
 Bertram Robert (1157-1174), 32, 35, 177, 
 
 186 
 Bessin, Ranulf, Vicomte of the (tern. WUl. I.), 
 
 158 
 Bethune, Baldwin de (1184), 255 n 
 Bethune, Robert (V.) de, Advocate of Arras (1176- 
 
 1182), 205 ffl, 248 
 Beverley, Geoffrey, Prt)V03t of (1177), 219 
 
 Bigod, Hugh (oi. 1176), v. Norfolk, Earls of— 
 
 , Roger, eon and heir of Hugh (occ. 1176- 
 
 1221), 205, 212 n, 223-4, 242, 245-6, 275 (R. 
 D. 28, 32) 
 Bigod, Roger (1164), 67 
 Bigod, Hugh (a Breton) (1166), 96 
 Biset, Manasser (11 3-1170), S-SSpassim, (L.N. 
 Ill, 189), 101, 135, i^.Dapiferi 
 
 , , Alice, wife of (1170), 135 
 
 , Henry (1157-1188), 32, 288 n 
 
 Bishop, Peter, a Templar, (1160) 50 
 Blanchelande, Peter, Abbot of (1183), 254 
 Ble, Robert de (1173-4), 171, 186 
 Blois and Chartres, Comtes of. — 
 
 Theobald (IV.) {occ. 1152-1188), 43, 45, 52, 
 77, 10:-2, 119, 131, 141, 149, 153, 172, 
 179, 219, 230 n, 232 n, 244, 278, 291-2 
 
 , Henry, elder brother of (1146-1181), 
 
 45, 230, 230 », 232 «, v. Champagne 
 
 , WiUiatn, brother of (Abp. of Rheims), 
 
 232 «, 244 
 
 , Mathildis, sister of, 43 
 
 , Adela, sister of (Queen of France), 
 
 52, 232 
 
 , Theobald, son of (1161), 55 
 
 , Stephen, brother of (1180), 232, 244, 
 
 V. Sancerre 
 Blois, Peter de (1180),235, v. Bath, Archdeacons of. 
 Blund, Edward (1165-1181), 84, 87, 139, 14-1, 
 
 161, 168, 169, 182, 190, 241 
 Blund, William (1166-7), (L. N. 297), 111 
 
 , G-aliena, dau. of. 111, v. Insula 
 
 , WiUiam (Usher to Prince Henry, 1173), 172 
 
 Bocherville, V. Abbot of (1167), 110 
 Bochlaud, Hughde (1173-1185), (Sheriff of Berks, 
 1170-1176), 176, 185, 260 J. S. 
 
 , , Matilda de Say, wife of, 260 
 
 Bohun, Enjuger de (occurs 1136-1172), 21, 23, 
 35 
 
 , Richard, brother of, d. Coatances, Bishops of 
 
 Bohun, Hugh de (1157), 24 
 Bohun, Humphrey (III.) de (occurs' 1130-1159), 
 7, 27, 38, 44 
 
 ~, Humphrey (IV.) de (occurs 1164-1184), 67, 
 
 (L. N. 69, 109), 172, 177, 186-7, 195 n, 201, 
 224, 242, 257, v. Oonstabularii 
 
 , , Margaret of Scotland, Comtesse of 
 
 Bretagne (wife of), 257 n (R. D. 33, 44) 
 
 , , Henry de Bohun, son of {natus 1176), 
 
 . 257 « (R. D. 33, 44) 
 , , * * * *, daughter of (1184), 257 n 
 
 40 
 
314 
 
 INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 Bonmouliu, Geoffrey de (1160), 49 
 Bordeaux, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Bertram (occurs 1169-70), 125-6, 128, 130, 
 
 134, 137 
 William le Templier (1173-1182), 171, 171 », 
 204 n, 221, 237 
 Bosco, Ernald de (1155), 3 
 
 , Richard de (1166), 96 
 
 Boseham, Geoffrey de (1176), 207 
 
 Boterell, Hamo (1158), 35 
 
 BotereU, William de (1171-1211), 287 
 
 , , Isabel de Say, wife of, 287, v. Fitz 
 
 Alan. 
 Boulogne, Comtes and Comtesses of. — 
 
 William of Blois (o6. 1159), 13, 25, 27, v. 
 
 Warren 
 Mary of Blois, 116 
 
 Matthew of Flanders (1160-1173), 50, 100, 
 102, 111, 116, 172, 175, 238 
 
 , Ida, dau. of, wife of Gerald, Comte 
 
 of Gelders, 210, 238 
 
 , Matilda, dau. of, wife of Henry of 
 
 Louvain, 210, 238 
 Bourg-Deols, Ralph Junior, Prince of, 85 n 
 
 , , Aldewide, wife of, 85 n, v. Anjou, 
 
 Comtes of 
 Bourges, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Peter (oi. 1167), 99, 103, 112 
 Stephen [prius Bishop of Meaux), (occ. 1167- 
 71), 112, 134, 136, 160. 
 Boxley, the Abbot of (1175), 190 
 Brakelond, Joseehne de (Chronicler), 276 n, 211 n 
 Braose, William de (living 1140-1179), 53, 57, 67, 
 (L. N. 69), 164, 165, 184, 191 S. 
 
 , William de (called 'Junior,' 1175, 1179), 
 
 191, 226, 284 n 
 Braose, Philip de (1177), 215 
 Bretagne (Upper), and Eennes, Comte, sometimes 
 called Duke, of. — 
 
 Conan le Gros {oh. 1148), 113 « 
 
 , Hoel, pretended son of (expelled 
 
 1156), 17 
 
 , Bertha, dau. and heir of (oi. 3 Not. 
 
 1154), 108, 113 n 
 
 , , Alan le Sauyage, 1st husband of 
 
 (o5. u. 1146), 113 n 
 
 , ', Eudo, Vicomte of Porhoet, 2nd 
 
 husband of (occurs 1154^1171), 18, 94, 
 108, 113, 113 n 
 
 , Maud, nat. dau. of K. Henry I., wife 
 
 of, 113 « 
 
 Bretagne (Lower), Comtes of, and Eichmond, 
 Earls of. — 
 
 Alan le Sauvage (oi. c. 1146), 113 n 
 
 , Bertha, heiress of Upper Bretagne, wife 
 
 of, 108, 113 n 
 
 , Conan le Petit, son of, 18, v. infra 
 
 Bretagne (Upper and Lower), Dukes or Comtes 
 of ; and Eiohmond, Earls of — 
 
 Conan le Petit (1156-1171), 18, 41, 67, 94, 
 97, 154, 157, 157 », 201 
 
 , Margaret of Scotland, wife of, 92, 257 » 
 
 (K. D. 44) 
 
 , Constance, dau. and heir of, 92, 97,103, 
 
 183 n, 257 n 
 Geoffrey of Enghind (ob. H86), 226, 257 », v. 
 England, Kings of, etc. 
 
 Eleanor, dau. oi(nata c. 1185), 257 » 
 
 , Arthur, sou of (natus 1187), 257 » 
 
 Bret, Nicholas le (1185), 265, v. Brito J. 
 
 Bricourt, v. Bruecort 
 
 Brito, Nicholas (1185-1189), 265, 298 its J. 
 
 Brito, Ealph (1177, 1179), 220, 227 J. 
 
 , Richard (Clericus Regis, 1170-1183), 150, 
 
 216, 253, V. Coventry, Archdeacons of 
 Brito, Robert (1173), 177 k 
 Briwere, William (1135-1155), 8 
 Briwere, WUIiam (11 80-1189), 237, 281, 291,298 
 ter. J. S. 
 
 Broc, al. Brois, Phihp de (Canon of Lincoln, 
 
 1163), 63, 64 
 
 Broc, Nigel de (1157-8), 28, 30, 33, 38 J. 
 
 Ranulphde (1158-1176), 34, 77,94, 120,151, 
 
 162, 172, 177, 198 
 
 Broc, Robert de (Clerk ; 1166-1187), (L. N. 67), 
 
 120,152,265,281 j' 
 
 Bruecort, Geoffrey de (1160-1166), 49 (L. N. 221) 
 
 , , Gilbert, brother of (1160), 49 
 
 , Robert de (1165-1180), 78, (L. N. 293), 133, 
 
 170, 177, 184, 206 », 235 
 Bruere, Geoffrey de (1158), 38 his 
 
 , Wilham, 201 
 
 , , Burgeise and Emma, sisters of (1176), 
 
 201 
 Bruillon, Geoffrey de (1189), 295 
 Brumore, G. Prior of (1188), 288 » 
 Brunburdin, al. Brimburd (1180-1), 237, 241 
 Brus, Adam de (1173), (L. N. 327), 172 
 
 , Robert de (1173), (L. N. 327), 172 
 
 Buckingham, Earl of. — 
 
 Walter Giffard (occ. 1157. Oh. s. p. 1164), 
 23, {vide Liber Niger, 189) 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 315 
 
 Buelot, Baldwin (1158-1176), (L. N. 217), 202, 
 
 204, 204 n. 
 Buildwas, Eanulf, Abbot of (1175), 196 
 Buketorp, Master Eobert de (1185), 263 
 Bulmer, Bertram de (1163), 62 S. 
 
 Burgundy, Hugh III. Duke of (1174-1189), 178, 
 
 181, 233, 296 
 Burun, Robert de (1186), 273, (R. D. 35) 
 Buruns, Turstiu de (1164), 73 
 
 C. 
 
 Cade, WiUiam (1162-4), 56, 60, 66, 67 n, 69 
 
 . , Eustace, son of (1163), 60 
 
 Cadurcis, Patric de (tern. Hen. I.), 3 
 1 , Pagan de Montdubleuu, al. de Cadur- 
 cis, grandson of(1155-1166), 3, 42, (L. N. 170), 
 V. Mont-dubleau 
 Cadwallon (Welch Prince, slain 1179), 228- 9 
 Caen, P. Abbot of Stephans at (1180, 1187), 235, 
 
 282 
 Cahors, Bishop of, Gerald (1166), 99 
 CailU, Roger de (1163), 61 bis 
 Caisneto, Williani de (1155-1167), 9, 25 n, 26-7, 
 34, 44, 53, 60, 68, 85, (L. N. 282, 290, 293, 301), 
 111 S. 
 
 Caluncis, Thomas de (1173), 172 n 
 Calceis, Robert de (1175), 189 
 Camera, Osbert de (1172-1184), 167, 205-6, 208, 
 
 211, 215, 219,223, 259 
 Camerarii Regis, Royal Chamberlains. — 
 
 Alberic de Vere, Earl of Oxford, v. Oxford, 
 
 Earls of — 
 William de Tancarville (Chamberlain of Nor- 
 mandy), (1146-1173), 54, 172 
 Warin fitz Gerald (1155-1158), 2-4, 6-10, 
 12-17, 20, 24-28, 31, 32, 34-38, 40, 108 n 
 Henry fitz Gerald, brother of Warin (oc- 
 curs 1158-1170), 39, 46, 51, 51 », 55, 
 60-1, 68, 70, 73, 75, 85, (L. N. 59, 133, 
 151, 230, 237-8, 2.39, 285, 295, 298), 
 117, 130, 145 J. 
 
 Stephen Camerarius (occ. 1155), 13, (v. 159) 
 Ralph fitz Stephen (occurs 1157-1189), 28, 
 33, 36, 39, 62, 69, 72-3, 75-78, (L. N. 
 116, 127, 226), 133, 135, 144, 151, 192, 
 196-7, 199, 201, 203, 204, 209-10, 212, 
 217-18, 220, 223-4, 228, 241-245, 247, 
 252, 257, 261, 264-5, 272-3, 275 288 «., 
 290, 297 S. 
 
 Camerarii Regis — continued. 
 
 Eustace fitz Stephen, brother of Ralph (occ. 
 
 1175-1188), 193, 203, 218, 224, 227 
 Stephen fitz Chamberlain (mentioned 1171), 
 
 159, B. supra, Stephen Camerarius. 
 Robert fitz Herbert (occurs 1155), 4 
 WiUiam Mauduit of Hanslape (defunctus 
 
 1158), 34 
 
 William Ma.uduit (1158-1184), 34, 68, 85, 
 
 (L. N. 190-1), 107, 115, 130, 229, 230, 
 
 241, 258-9 S. J. 
 
 Stephen de Tours (occurs 1161), 53, ■«. 
 
 Turonig, Stephen de 
 Ailward, Pincerna, postea Camerarius (1165- 
 1179), (L. N. 298), 97, 139, 144-5, 218, 
 224, 227 
 Robert Mauduit (occurs 1175-1177), 193, 
 
 197, 218 
 Turpin, al. Wmiam Turpin (1175-1187), 
 
 197, 226-7, 231, 277 
 Richard Rufus (1177), 218, r. Rufus 
 Durandus de Ostilli (1185), 261 
 Camerota, Florins de (1176), 202 re 
 Camp', Gilbert de (1166), 96 
 Camville, Geoffrey de (1158), 40 
 
 , Richard de (1155— oJ. 1176), 6, 9, 20, 25, 27, 
 
 30, 31, 46, 51, 60-1, 67. 85, (L. N. 179, 236, 
 265), 110, 136, 143, 158-160, 164, 185-189, 
 202-3, 204, 204 n S. 
 
 , Gerard de (1175-1189), 187, 192 bis, 194, 
 
 198, 203-4, 210, 219, 235, 239, 288 n 
 
 , , Richard, brother of (1179-88), 226, 
 
 235, 254, 285, 288 n 
 Canterbury, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Theobald, Abbot of Bee (consecrated 8 Jan. 
 1139. Ob. 18 April, 1161), 1 his, 2, 3, 4, 6, 
 7, 8-12, 14, 15 H, 21, 26-7, 35, 36, 38-9, 
 53 n, 54 
 Thomas Becket {el. 24 May, 1162. Com. 
 27 May, 1162. Ob. 29 Dec. 1170), , 56- 
 77, 83, 86, 88-9, (L. N. 53), 92-97, 100- 
 157 passim, 168, 208 n, 238 
 Richard, Prior of Dover {el. 3 June, 1173) 
 covs. 8 April, 1174. Ob. 16 Feb. 1184), 
 172, 175, 178, 178 n, 179, 184-86, 190-93, 
 195-98, 200-1, 204 », 206, 208-211, 213- 
 218, 224-5, 236, 238, 241, 246, 249-254 
 Baldwin, Bp. of Worcester {el. 16 Dec. 1184. 
 Unthr. 19 May, 1185. Ob. 19 Nov. 1190), 
 261-2, 262 n, 264-276, 279-285, 287, 294- 
 295, 296 » 
 
316 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS, 
 
 Canterbury, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Roger of Bishopsbridge (1148-54), 1, D.York, 
 
 Archbishops of 
 Thomas a Becket (c. 1155-1162), 9 «, c. 
 
 Chancellors. 
 Geoffrey Eidel (1163-1174), 59-61, 63, 68, 
 77, 83, 85, 88, (L. N. 291), 95, 97, 100 », 
 101-3, 111,114, 124, 127-8, 130, 132, 136- 
 7, 141-144, 147, 149, 151, 157, 159, 160, 
 174-5, V. Ely, Bishops of.— 
 Herbert (c. 1174-1193), 202-3, 254, 256, 
 262-3, 268 n, 271-2, 275 n 
 Canterbury, Deans of, 208, ■( . London, Bishops of 
 Canterbury, John of (1167), 105 
 Canterbury, Prior of, Benedict (1177), 215, v. 
 
 Peterborough, Abbots of 
 Canterbury, Prior of, Alan (1183), 252, 258 
 
 , Prior and Monks of, 101, 252, 256-7, 259, 
 
 279-80, 285 n, 296 « 
 
 , Sacristan of, Robert (1170), 151 
 
 Capella, Martin de (1170), 139 
 
 Capua, Arnulf, Bishop of (1176), 202 », 204 » 
 
 CaraviU, Henry de (de/. 1161), 54 
 
 , , Agatonia, dau. of, wife of Ralph de 
 
 Will (1161), 54 
 Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. — 
 
 John de Jfeapohs (1164-1171), 69, 114, 155 n 
 Wilham of Pavia (1164-1171), 69, 105-111, 
 116, 155 n 
 
 * * * * Portuensis (1164^1171), 69, 155 » 
 Henry of Pisa (1160-65), 52-56, 69, 72, 79 
 Otho, Tit. St. Nicholas de Carcere Tulliano 
 
 (1167), 106, lOS-lli; 
 Jacinthus al. Hyacinth (1167), 112, 155 « 
 Albert, Fit, St. Laurence in Lucina (1164, 
 
 1171), 72, 136 II, 164-5, 167-8 
 Theodwine Tit. St. Vitalis (1171), 164-168 
 
 * * * *, Tuaoulanus (1171), 155 n 
 Peter de Mirso (1171), 155 n 
 
 Huguzon (1175-6), 196, 200, 202, 204 », 205 
 
 ViTian (1176-7), 205, 209, 215 
 
 Peter, Cardinal of St. Cry sogone (1177), 217, 
 
 221 
 Albert de Suma (1178), 224 
 Peter de St. Agatha (1178), 224 
 B * * *, Cardinal Deacon of St. Angelo (1188), 
 
 284, 284 » 
 John of Anagnia, Cardinal of St. Mark 
 
 (1189), 294 n, 296 n 
 John Cumin, Archbishop of Dublin (1180- 
 
 1189), 247 
 
 Carhsle, Bishop of, Nicholas Adelulf (oi. 10 May 
 
 1157), 5, 26 
 Carthusians, The Prior of the (1168), 115 
 Cashel, Archbishop of, Donatus (1172), 169 
 Castile, Alphonso III. King of (1158-1214), 208, 
 209, 211, 284 
 
 , , Elianor of England, wife of, 209 
 
 Catmere, Adam de (Sheriff of Berks 1161-1170), 
 81,86 S. 
 
 Catmere, Ranulf de (1165), 81 
 Cele, Q-eoffrey de la (e. 1184), 255 n 
 Cerisy, P. Abbot of (1187), 282 
 Chabot, Theobald (1173), 170 
 Cliampagne and Troyes, Comtes of. — 
 
 Henry le Liberal {ob. 1181), 45, 113, 118, 230, 
 
 230 re, 238 
 Henry Junior (1174), 181 
 Chancellors and Keepers of the King's Seal. — 
 Nigel, Bishop of Ely (1154), 2, 2 » 
 Thomas k Becket (1155-1162), 2-23, 26-32, 
 34, 38, 41, 44, 46-7, 49, 50, 52-3, 55-6, 74, 
 174 n J. 
 
 Geoffrey Ridel (Keeper of the Seal, c. 1162- 
 1173), 100, 127, 128, 136-7,141, 151. 
 174 n, V. Canterbury, Archdeacons of. 
 
 , Master Walter de Insula, his Deputy 
 
 (1166-70), 100 «, 135, 151, 174 re 
 Ralph de Varneville, Chancellor (appointed 
 1173, resigned t: 1180), 174, 236, 240, v. 
 Liseux, Bishops of. 
 
 , Walter de Coutauces, his Deputy (c. 
 
 1173-1180), 174 
 Geoffrey fitz Roy (1181-1189), 238-9, 244- 
 247, 279, 290, 293, 296, 297 
 Chancellors of King Henry, the Younger. — 
 
 Richard Barre, ' Keeper of the Seal' (resigned 
 
 1173), 172 
 Adam de Churchedune, 'Vice-Chancellor' (dis- 
 
 gi-aced 1176), 205 
 Geoffrey, 'Chancellor' (drowned 1177), 219 
 Chapanes, Bsohivard de (1177), 213 
 Charre, Geoffrey de la (1176), 206, 208, 211, 215 
 Chartres, Bishop of, John of Salisbury (1177, 1180), 
 
 219, 221, 238 
 Chavigny, Bernard de (1158), 40 
 Cheringes, Adam de (1169), 120 
 Chertsey, Abbot of (1166-1170), (L. N. 62), 135 
 Chester, Bishops of. — 
 
 Walter Durdent, Prior of Canterbury (cons. 
 2 Oct, 1149. Ob. 7 Deo. 1159 or 1160), 1, 
 6, 8, 10, 14, 53 n 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 317 
 
 Chester, Bishops of — continued. 
 
 Eichard Peche (cons. April 116. Ob. 6 Oct. 
 1182), 54, 57, 59, 67, (L. N. 133-4), 132 n, 
 144, 148 n, 198, 204, 210, 211 n, 249 n 
 Gerard La Puoelle, Canon of Salisbury (cons. 
 25 Sept. 1183. 06. 13 Jan. 1184), 252, 
 254 
 Hugh de Novant, Prior of the Carthusians 
 (el. 1185 ; cons. 31 Jan. 1188 ; od. 27 Apl. 
 1198), 260, 275-6, 282-284, 284 n, 287, 295 
 Chester, Constables of. — 
 
 Eustace fitz John (occisus 1157), 5, 28, 30 n, 
 
 38 n 
 John, his grandson (constable 1157-1186), 
 30 n, 172, 238, (R. D. 15) 
 Chester, Earls of. — 
 
 Eanulf de Gernons (ob. 1153), 5 
 
 , Matilda of Gloucester, widow of (occ. 
 
 1158, 1186. Ob. 1189), 42, (R. D. 8) 
 Hugh de Kivelioo (o4. 1180 or 1181), 11, 
 53, 61, 67, 158, 169, 172, 176, 179, 186, 
 209, 210, 213, 214, 240 
 Eanulf de Blundevill (married 1187. Ob. s.p. 
 1232), 278 
 
 , Constance of Bretagne, wife of (1187), 
 
 278 
 Chichester, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Seffrid (1173 ; became Dean of Chichester, 
 
 1178), 176 J. 
 
 Joaceline (1178-1189), 223, 235, 242, 244, 
 
 265, 272-3, 277, 291, 298 J. 
 
 Chichester, Bishops of — 
 
 Hilary (nominated 1146; cons. 1148; ob. 
 1169), 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 19, 20, 26-7, 35, 39, 
 56, 57, 59,65, 67,74-5, 87, (Lib. Nig. 63, 
 64), 110, 112, 112 n, 123, 123 n, 132 J. S. 
 John de Greneford, prius Dean of Chichester 
 [el. 1173; cons.Q Oct. 1174; ob. 1180), 
 175, 185, 192,211, 217, 218 re, 224, 238 
 SefFride II. prius Dean of Chichester (cons. 
 16 Nov. 1180 ; ob. 1204), 237-8, 241, 245-6, 
 253, 262, 265 
 Chichester and Arundel, Earls of. — 
 
 William de Albini II. (1155), 9, v. Arundel, 
 
 Earls of. 
 William de Albini III. 210 n, v. Sussex, Earls 
 of. 
 Chichester, Jordan de (1162), 57 
 
 , Master Joceline de (1167), HI 
 
 , Robert de (1185), 263 
 
 Chief Justices of England, v. England, etc. 
 
 Chirchedune, Adam de (Vice-Chancellor to Prince 
 
 Henry, 1176), 205 
 Claeris, al. Cleeriis, Hugh de (1157-1164), 24, 
 
 55, 73 
 Clare, Earls of. — 
 
 Roger fitz Richard (1152-1173), 15, 16, 34, 
 52-3, 64, 67, 72, 77, (L. N. 292-6, 301), 
 135, 158, 197 (in error), 197 n (rect^) 
 Richard fitz Roger (1173-1217), 182, 210, 
 262 
 Clare, Henry de (1183), 254 
 Clermont, The Bishop of (1180), 232 
 Clifibrd, Rosamond de. Preface II., 180 n 
 Clugni, Abbots of. — 
 Hugh (1160), 50 
 
 Hugh, prius Abbot of Reading (succeeded to 
 
 Clugni 1199), 238 re 
 
 Coggeham, Milo de (1168, 1177), 214, 214 » 
 
 . Colchester, Ralph Archdeacon of (1186-1189, ob. 
 
 1190), 281, 291, 297, 298 J. 
 
 Coleville, Waiiam de (1157, 1166), 32 (L. N. 301) 
 
 , Gilbert de {defunctus 1186), 244, 249, 251, 
 
 273 : (vide E. D. 32, 37, 42) 
 Cologne, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Eeginald (Elect April, 1165 ; ordained 29 
 May, 1165 ; ob. 1167), 78, 78 re, 79, 81 «, 
 86, 94, 109 n 
 * * * * (Succeeded 1167, occurs 1184), 109, 
 109 re, 117, 257, 266 
 Colombieres, PhUip de (1156-1166), 18, 32, 37, 
 (L. N. 97) 
 
 , Philip de (c. 1184), 255 re. (vide E. D. 32) 
 
 , Gdbert de (1174), 185 J. 
 
 Comborne, Archambald, Vicomte of (1177), 213 
 Coniers, Roger de (1177), 214, 214 re 
 Conuaught, Roderick, King of (1175, 1181), 195, 
 238 
 
 , , * * * », 3on of (hostage 1181), 
 
 238 
 
 , , * * * *, daughter of (married to 
 
 Hugh de Lacy, 1181), 238 
 Constabularii Regis ;— Royal Constables. 
 
 Henry de Essex (Constable of England (1154- 
 1160), 2, 5, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 26-28, 31, 
 33, 38, 52, V. Essex J. S. 
 
 Humphrey de Bohun (occurs 1166-1181), 
 (L. N. 69), 177, 186, 195 n, 201, 224, 242, 
 V. Bohun 
 Henry de Oilli (1155-1158, ob. c. 1163-5), 
 5, 6, 12, 18, 19, 34 (L. N. 140). ( Vide etiam 
 L. N. 135, 17.9, 180, 189 & 262) S. 
 
318 
 
 INDEX OF PEBSONS. 
 
 Constabularii Regis ; — Eoyal Constables — contd. 
 Richard de Humez (Constable of Normandy 
 1154-1180), 2-19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 32, 
 34-38, 49, 50, 57, 59-61, 63, 70, 71, 73, 75, 
 78, (L.N. 65,72), 96, 99, 108, 110, 111, 
 113, 118, 133, 137-8, 140, 150, 152, 157, 
 159, 160, 170, 172, 176-179, 185-187, 190, 
 192-194, 196-7, 207, 209, 233, vide Humez, 
 Richard de 
 William de Humez (Constable of Normandy 
 1180-1189), 233, 235-6, 239 », 244-246, 
 254, 282-3, 285, 287, 290 
 Hugh de Lacy (Constable of L-eland, 1185), 
 
 264 n, V. Lacy 
 * • * », (Constable of Oxford 1174), 185 J. 
 Constables of Chester, v. Chester 
 Constables of Lincoln, County and Castle. — 
 Robert de la Haye {defunctus 1134), 34 
 Richard de la Haye (occurs 1134-1166) ; oh. 
 26 April, 1169), 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, (L. N. 
 274, 279, 307), {vide etiam p. 240 & 
 R. D. 6) 
 Constable of * * *, Roger (1157), 29 
 Constable of * * *, William (1162), 56 
 Constanciis, Walter de (1173-1183), 186, 188, 
 191, 218, 219, 240, 244-247, 251, u. Oxford, 
 Archdeacons of; Lincoln, Bishops of; & Rouen, 
 Archbishops of 
 Constanciis, John de (1187), vide Oxford, Arch- 
 deacons of 
 Constantine, Geoffrey de (1166, 1171), (L. N. 
 
 226), 158 
 Constantinople, Emmanuel, Emperor of (1176-9), 
 209, 230 n 
 
 , , Alexius, son of (1179), 230 n 
 
 , . , Agnes of France, wife of, 
 
 230 « 
 
 Corbet of Caux, Roger (1155), 11, 12 
 
 ComhUI, Qervase de (1163-1183), 77, 117, 130, 
 
 151, 185, 220, 237 », 244, 247, 249, 251 J.S. 
 
 Comhill, Henry de (son of Gervase), (1183-1189), 
 
 272, 273, 297, {vide R. D. 35, 40, 42) J. S. 
 
 Cornwall, Reginald fitz Roy, Earl of (1155 — ol. 
 
 1175), 2-16 passim, 30, 31, 34, 39, 40, 48, 57, 
 
 63, 67, 74, 87, (L. N. 119, 131), 151, 172, 175, 
 
 177, 190-192 S. 
 
 , , Sara, dau. of (nupta 1159), 48, v. 
 
 Limoges, Vicomte of 
 
 , , William, brother of (1166-1177), 
 
 (L. N. 120, 131), 214 
 Courci, Robert de {occisns 1157), 2, 22, 28 
 
 Courei, WUliam de {occ. 1164-1175, def. 1176), 
 67, 68, 74, (L. N. 90, 92 bis, 326), 92, 
 110, 111, 118, 135, 158, 162, 170, 186-7, 
 189, 190, 206, 208, (R. D. 15, 39), ■„. Dap- 
 iferi 
 Courei, John de (1176), 209 
 Courtenay, Peter de (1177-1179), 219, 230, 230 n, 
 
 232, V. France, Kings, &c. of 
 Courtenay Reginald de (1164-1188), 68, 87, 136, 
 147, 158-9, 159 n, 164, 184-188, 192-196, 200, 
 203, 214, 224-5, 228, 241, 244-6, 272-3, 290 
 Courtrai, Roger, Castellan of (1176), 205 
 Couryaudon, u. Curt-Guidone 
 Coutances, Bishops of. — 
 
 Richard de Bohun (occurs 1156-1180), 18, 
 
 21, 24 bis, 110, 209, 238 
 William (occurs 1187), 283 
 Coventry, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Richard Peche {occ. 1155-1161), 6, 15, v. 
 
 Chester, Bishops of 
 Nicholas (1176-1184), 199 », 226 n, 228 J. 
 Richard Brito (1184-1189), 272, 298 J. 
 
 Coventry, Priors of. — 
 Laurence (1177), 210 
 Moses (1183), 252 
 Crassus, Richard (1180), 234 
 Creon, Maurice de fll66-1185), (L. N. 272), 179, 
 
 183, 186, 189, 192, 233, 235, 239, 250, 265 
 Creon, Wido de (1186), 273 (R. D. 7) 
 Cressi, Hugh de (1166-1188), (L. N. 189), 154, 
 158-160, 164, 174, 177, 181, 187-189, 192- 
 197, 199-201, 203, 205, 206 n, 209-10, 212, 
 219, 223, 227, 233, 235, 239, 240-1, 245-6, 
 253, 273, 282, 283, 288 n, 293, {v. R. D. 1, 29) 
 •Crevequeur, William de (1158-63), 37, 53, 61, 63 J. 
 Crioklade, Waleran de (1172), 167 
 Crispin, Jooelme (1167), 108, {vide R. D. 21) 
 
 , , WiUiam, son of (1167), 108 
 
 Cumin, John (1164-1182), 75, 83, 88, 96, 101-3, 
 105-6, 117, 122 n, 149, 153, 176, 212, 227-8, 
 230, 236 n, 241-244, 247, vide Cardinals ; vide 
 Dublin, Archbishops of. — J. 
 
 Cumin, William (1156), 15 
 Curci, V. Courci. Curtenay, v. Courtenay 
 Curt Guidone, William de (1180), 235 
 Curtmorlemer, William de (1181), 244 
 Curtpeil, William {defunctus 1187), 276 
 
 , , Roger, son of, 276 
 
 , , , * * * de Qeddinges, wife of, 
 
 276 
 Curzai, M. Abbot of (1180), 235 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 319 
 
 D. 
 
 Dapiferi Regis, Eojal Stewards {olim Sewers) 
 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester, High Steward, 
 
 Chief Justice, Seneschal, or Viceroy of 
 
 England (ob. 1168), v. Leicester, Earls 
 
 of— J. 
 
 Eobert, Earl of Leicester, officiates as High 
 
 Steward (1186), 275, 275 n, vide Leicester, 
 
 Earls of.— 
 
 Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, Hereditary 
 
 Steward (ob. 1176), 3, v. Norfolk, Earls of.— 
 
 Roger Bigod, Hereditary Steward (1186), 
 
 275, 275 n. Vide Bigod, Roger le. — 
 Manasser Biset (Dapifer, 1155-1166), 3 ter, 
 4, 6 -22 pluries, 25-27, 30-40, 44, 53-4, 
 57, 60, 61, 67, 68, 77, 78, 88, 101 
 Humphrey de Bohuu (1155-1159), 7, 27, 
 29, 30, 35, 44. Vide Bohun, Humphrey 
 III. de.— 
 William Malet (1157-1170), 24, 55, 60, 63, 
 67, 88, (L. W. 68, 73, 93), 91, 101, 112, 
 135, V. Malet 
 William de Courci (1165-1175). 78 (L. N. 
 90, 92 Ju, 326), 112, 177-8, 189, 190, 193, 
 V. Normandy, Seneschal of. — 
 Alured de St. Martin (1174), 186 
 Gilbert Malet (1175-1177), 189, 190, 196, 
 
 203-4, 212, V. Malet 
 William fitz Adelm (1175-1189), 191-194, 
 196-198, 200-204, 214, 245-6, 267, 298. 
 Vide William fitz Adelm. Vide Mares- 
 caUi Regis S. J. 
 
 Hugh Bardulf (1181-1189), 239, 252-3, 261, 
 272-3, 277, 281, 285 n, 288 n, 298 S. J. 
 William Rufus (1181), 245, 246, 247 v. 
 Rufus, WilUam S. J. 
 
 Hugh de Morewieh (1183-5), 253, 261, 265, 
 273, 277, vide Morewieh, Hugh de J. 
 
 Gilbert fitz Reinfrid (1189), 297 
 Ralph de Hastings, Dapifer Eeginse (occurs 
 1155-1158), 7, 14, 15, 16, 18, 40 ter, 
 43 guater 
 Davenecestre (i.e. Daventry), Philip de (1165), 
 85 J. S. 
 
 David Comes, v. Huntingdon 
 David, Master (Envoy to tlie Pope 1170-1), 149, 
 
 153 
 St. Denys, The Abbot of (II VI), 154 
 Dene, Ralph de (1166-1186), (L. N. 63, 68), 
 115, 273 
 
 Deols, Eaoul de (defunctus 1177), 220 
 
 ) , * * * *, dau. and heir of, wife 
 
 of Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of Devon, 220 
 Derby, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Froger, King's Almoner (1155-1159), 6, 15 
 
 17, 49, V. Seez, Bishops of 
 Godfrey de Lucy (c. 1182-6), 247, 256 
 268 n, 269 
 Derby, Earls of. — 
 
 William de Ferrars (1163, 1166), 61, 67 
 
 (L. N. 219) 
 Robert de Ferrars (1173-1177), 172, 182, 
 183,212 
 
 ^ # * * *^ brother of (murdered 1177), 
 
 212 
 Devon, Earls of. — 
 
 Baldwin de Redvers (1107-U5-5), 10, 25 
 
 , Richard de Redvers, father of (oi. 
 
 1107), 25 
 
 , Alicia Peverel, mother of (living 1142), 
 
 159 
 
 , William de Vernon, brother of (living 
 
 1166), 24, 25, 25 », 70, 188 
 
 , , Richard de Vernon, son of (occurs 
 
 1152-1175), 176, 186-188, 188 n 
 Richard de Redvers (II.), (ob. 1161-2), 25, 
 188 n, 208 S. 
 
 , WilUam de Vernon, brother of (occurs 
 
 1175-1193), 188, 188 n 
 Baldwin de Redvers (inf. at. 1166, married 
 1177, defunctus 1189), 220 
 
 , * * * de Deols, wife of (remarried 
 
 with Andrew de Chavenni in 1189), 220 
 Diceto, Ralph de (liistorian), 165 n, 173, 289, 
 
 295 n, V. London, Archdeacons of. — 
 Dinan, OUver de (1168), 113 
 
 , , Roland, cousin of (1168), 113 
 
 Dinan, Roland de. Justice of Bretagne (occurs 
 
 V. 1157-1180), 221, 266 
 Dispensatores Regis. — 
 
 Almaric Dispencer, v. Dispencer 
 William de Hastings, v. Hastings 
 Dispencer, Almario (1185-6), 261, 270 S. 
 
 , , Amabilia, wife of, 270 
 
 Diva, William de (1166-1174, defunctus 1186), 
 (L. N. 261), 172 n, 182 (R.D. 7) 
 
 , Hugh de (1173), 172 n 
 
 , William de (1186), 273 (R. D. 8, 14) 
 
 Dodford, Osbert, Prior of (1186), 272 
 Dol, Archbishop of. — 
 
 Hugh (resigned 1161), 54 
 
320 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Dol, Eoland, Archbishop Elect of (1182-3), 248, 
 
 252 
 Dol, Henry (son of Robert fitz Harding), some 
 time Dean of Moretain, Avchbishop-Elect of 
 (died unconsecrated Aug. 1188), 291 
 Dol, John de (1158), 43 
 
 Dover, Hugh de (1161-1168), 61 bis, (L. N. 55) S. 
 Dover, John de (1173), 176 J. 
 
 Dover, Richard, Prior of (1173), 175, v. Canter- 
 bury, Archbishops of 
 Dreux and Nevers, Robert, Comte of (1187), 279 
 
 , , Maude, wife of, 279 n. 
 
 Dublin, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Laurence (1172-1181), 169, 195,225, 238 
 John Cumin, a Cardinal (1182, 1188), 247, 
 249, 257, 275, 287 n 
 Dufay, «. Aufai 
 
 Dunkeld, John, Bishop of (1188-9), 291 
 Duno, Ralph de (1188), 290 
 
 Dunstanvill, Robert de (1155-1166), 2, 3, 6, 12, 
 15-18, 26-29, 32-35, 38-9, 43, 46, 54, 67, (L. 
 N. 294), 111 
 Dunstanvill, Walter de (1161-1176), 54, (L. N. 
 151), 91 bis. 111 bis, 158, 172, 193, 198 
 
 , , Alan, brother of (1161-1176), 
 
 54, 111 
 Dureford, The Abbot of (1182), 248 
 Durham, Bishop of. — 
 
 Hugh Pudsey (Elected 31 Jan. 1153. Cons. 
 20 Dec. 1153 ; ob. 3 Mch. 1195), 1, 5 bis, 
 20, 30, 33, 49, 50, 56, 59, 87, (L. N. 306), 
 134, 138, 144 n, 148 «, 149, 153, 164, 178, 
 182, 192-3, 200, 211, 216, 224, 224 n, 225, 
 241-2, 244, 24S, 258-9, 261-263, 267, 269, 
 271, 273-4, 276, 282, 285, 287, 291, 298 J. 
 Dynham, Oliver de, 87 
 
 , , G-eoffrey, son of (1165), 87 
 
 Dynmael, Cadwallon, Prince of (1177), 214 
 
 E. 
 
 Edgar Atheling, 103 n 
 
 , Margaret, sister of, 103 « 
 
 St. Edmundbury, Abbots of. — 
 
 Hugh, Prior of Westminster (appointed 
 1157) 15 n 
 
 Anselm, 210 
 Egremont, William de (1157), 30 
 Eimer fitz Eudo (1174), 186 
 Eleanor, al. Elianor, al. Alianora, Queen, v. Eng- 
 land, Kings of. 
 
 Elemosyna (Aum6ne), Philip, Abbot of (1163), 66 
 Elemosynarii Regis, King's Almoners. — 
 
 Froger, Archdeacon of Derby, 49, v. Derby, 
 
 Archdeacons of. — 
 Roger, Knight Templar (1177-1189), 215, 
 233, 244, 270, 285 n, 294 
 Ely, Bishops of. — 
 
 Nigel {mm. 28 May, 1133. Cons. 1 Oct. 
 
 1133. Ob. 30 May, 1169), 1 bis, 2, 7 n, 9, 
 
 10, 15 bis, 19, 26, 35, 57, 59-60, 67, 85, 
 
 (L. N. 248-250), 120, 122 J. 
 
 Geoffrey Ridel {SI. 1173. EntAr. 17 May, 
 
 1173. Cons. 6 Oct. 1174. Ob. 21 Aug. 
 1189), 175, 185-6, 188, 191-193, 195-6, 
 200-203, 204 n, 205-6, 208-211, 215, 217- 
 18, 223-226, 228, 229 n, 237, 240-1, 244- 
 246, 249, 251, 258-9, 262, 266, 271, 273, 
 275, 291-5, 298 J. 
 
 Ely, The Prior of (1177), 216 
 
 Emma, sister of K. Henry II., 182 )(. Vide Anjon, 
 
 Comtes of. 
 Empress, Matilda — The v. England, Kings of, etc. 
 England, Chancellors of, u. Chancellors. 
 England, Chief Justices and Viceroys of. — 
 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester (Chief Justice 1156- 
 
 1167), Preface v. yi. ; 3, 19, 41, 99 
 Queen Elianor (Viceroy in 1158), 40, 41, 
 
 42,43 
 Robert, Earl of Leicester (Viceroy 1162, 
 
 1165, 1166, 1167), 56, 58, 78 n, 99, 106 
 Richard de Luci (Chief Justice 1168-1179), 
 110, 117, 129, 130, 132 n, 169, 174, 174 », 
 177, 179, 183, 188, 222 
 Richard de Luci (Viceroy, 1169, 1172, 11V3, 
 
 1174, 1178), 129, 169, 175, 177, 179, 222 
 Ranulf de Glanvill (Chief Justice 1180-1181), 
 
 231, 236, 247-8, 252, 255, 257-8, 278-280, 
 281 •», 297-8 
 Ranulf de Glanvill (Viceroy 1180, 1181, 1182, 
 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188), 231, 
 236, 241, 247, 252, 255, 263, 267, 278-280, 
 281 n, 283-4, 289-291, 294-5 
 England, Kings of (their kindred and their 
 descendants). — 
 K. Henry I. (1100-1135), 103 «, 136, 293 n 
 
 , Matilda, wife of, 162 n 
 
 , Adeliza of Louvain, wife of, 154 n 
 
 , Matilda the Empress, daughter of {ob. 10 
 
 Sept. 1167), 12, 17, 23, 49, 77 n, 78, 83, 
 84, 85 n, 87 n, 97, 100, 107, 108, 134, 
 176 re 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 321 
 
 England, Kings of, etc. — 
 K. Henry I. (continued). 
 
 , Kobert, natural son of, v. Grloucester, 
 
 Earls of 
 
 , Reginald, natural son of, v. Cornwall, 
 
 Earl of 
 
 , Robert, natural son of, v. Robert Fitz 
 
 Roy 
 
 , William, natural son of, v. Cornwall, 
 
 William, brother of Reginald, Earl of 
 
 , Maude, natural daughter of, v. Bretagne, 
 
 Comtes of 
 
 , Constance, natural dau. of, 268 n, v. 
 
 Beaumont-le-Roger 
 K. Stephen (1135-1154), Preface xi. ; 1, 7 n, 
 27 n, 48, 102-3 
 
 , Matilda of Boulogne, wife of, 27 n 
 
 , William, son of, Comte of Boulogne and 
 
 Moretain, (oj. 1159), 27 n, 48, v. Bou- 
 logne, Moretain, Warren 
 
 , Mary, dau. of, 50, 102-3, v. Boulogne 
 
 Eustace, son of (o5. s.p. 1153), 131 « 
 
 , , Constance of France, Fiancee of, 
 
 131 •/(, V. Toulouse, Comtes of 
 K. Henry II., surnamed Fitz-Empress, King 
 of England, etc. (1154-1189) Preface ii.- 
 xii. ; 1-298 passim 
 
 , Eleanor, Queen of, vii. ; 1, 6, 18, 24, 
 
 30-1, 40^3, 49-52, 55, 58-9, 69, 70, 78-9, 
 85-6, 87, 93, 103, 108-9, 112, 129, 137-8, 
 144,167,170-1, 179, 197,206, 231, 240-], 
 247, 252, 257-8, 262, 264, 267, 273, 275, 
 280, 291, 293 
 
 , William, son of {natus 17 Aug. 1153 ; ob. 
 
 1155-6) 10, 18 
 
 , Henry, son of [natus 28 Feb. 1155 ; oh. 
 
 11 June, 1183), xi. ; 10, 18, 24, 40, 
 43, 50, 52, 56-58, 60, 65, 67, 86, 90, 
 98, 103, 108, 119, 124, 136-139, 143- 
 146, 148, 149-152, 158-159, 162, 166, 168, 
 172, 175-6, 178, 181, 185, 188-193, 197, 
 200-201, 202, 205-6, 216, 218,219, 220 
 », 221, 225-227, 231, 238, 240, 244, 247- 
 252 
 
 , , Margaret of France, wife of 
 
 (nata c. 1155-6 ; desponsata 1158 ; nupta 
 V. 1171-2), 41, 50, 52, 138, 139 «, 141, 
 145, 145 n, 155, 162, 166-170, 179, 180, 
 190, 200-202, 216, 250, 252 
 
 , , , Bela, King of Hungary, 2nd 
 
 husband of (1186), 267 n 
 
 England, Kings of, etc. 
 K. Henry II. (continued). 
 
 , MatQda, daughter of (nala circa June, 
 
 1156; nupta 1168; Obiit 28 July, 1189), 
 18, 24, 50, 58, 78, 86, 90, 98, 108-9, 
 109 n, 117, 256-7, 258-260, 264, 296. 
 
 , , Henry, Duke of Saxony, husband of 
 
 (1167—1189), 108-9, 249, 255-6, 264, 
 267, V. Saxony, Duke of 
 
 , Richard, son of (natus 8 Sept. 1157), 
 
 Pref. xi. ; 30, 59, 78, 86, 98, 113, 119, 131, 
 137, 170-1, 175-179. 184-5, 188-9, 194, 
 201-202, 204-206, 209, 217 «, 220 n, 224, 
 227, 238-239, 240, 249-250, 252, 258-260, 
 263-4, 267, 270, 278, 279, 280, 287-289, 
 292-297, V. Aquilaine, Duke of, and Poitou, 
 Comte of. 
 
 , , AUce of France, Fiancee of, 113, 
 
 119, 131, 179, 217 «, 219, 267, 280, 
 283, 292, 297 
 
 , G-eoffrey, son of (natus 23 Sept. 1158 ; 
 
 oh. 19 Aug. 1106), xi. ; 41, 97-8, 
 103, 119, 122, 132, 133, 145, 157, 
 162, 171, 175-176, 179, 185-186, 
 188-189, 201, 209-212, 216, 218, 
 220 n, 223-4., 224 ),, 226, 238, 219- 
 251, 257-259, 263, 26G, (R. D. 9, 26, 
 33, 44), 270, 271 
 
 , , Constance of Bretagne, wife of, 
 
 266, 270, (R. D. 4, 33, 44), 278, vide 
 Bretagne, Comtes of, and Richmond, 
 Earls of 
 
 , , Eleanor, daughter of (naia c. 1185), 
 
 257 11, 270, 274 
 
 , , Arthur, son of (natus 1187), 257 «, 
 
 270, 278 
 
 , Eleanor, dau. of (nata c. Sept. 1161 ; 
 
 nnpta 1176), 54, 58, 78, 98, 209, 240-1, 248 
 
 ,- . Alphonso III. Kuig of Castile, 
 
 husband of, v. Castile 
 
 , Johanna, dau. of (nata Oct. 1165 ; des- 
 
 ponsata 1176 ; nupta 1177), 86, 87 », 98, 
 179, 202, 204-206, 215 
 
 , , William, King of Sicily, husband 
 
 of, 202, 215, 216, v. SicUy 
 
 , John, sou of (natus 24 Dec. 1176 ; ohiit 
 
 19 Oct. 1216), iv. xi. ; 103, 108, 170, 179, 
 206, 209, 210, 214, 216, 220 n, 222, 224, 
 226, 246, 249, 254, 257, 258, 259, 263- 
 264, 266, 270-272, 275-279, 285 w, 288, 
 295, 297 
 
 41 
 
322 
 
 INDEX 01' PERSONS. 
 
 England, Kings of, etc. — 
 K. Henry II. — {continued). 
 
 , Geoffrey, brother of {natus v. Mch. 1, 
 
 1134; oh. 27 July, 1158), 1, 3, 17, 18, 23, 
 39, 42 
 
 , William, brother of {natus 22 July, 
 
 1136; ol. 30 Jany. 1164), 1-3, 8, 9, 11, 
 12-13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27, 34, 38, 50, 63, 
 68, 68 n. 
 
 , Geoffrey, natural son of, t>. Gaufridus 
 
 filius Eegia 
 
 , William, natural son of, «. Longespee 
 
 , Emma, half-sister of, 18, 24, 40, 182 n, 
 
 V. Anjou, Comtes of 
 
 , * « * *^ cousin {cognata) of (mentioned 
 
 in 1155), 14 
 Escuris, Matthew de (1174), 185 
 Essex, Earls of. — • 
 
 Geoffrey de Mandeville {oh. 21 Oct. 1166), 33, 
 60-1, 66-7, (L. N. 228-230), 98, 203 J. 
 
 , Boese de Vere, wife of, 274 n, ■». 
 
 Oxford, Earls of — 
 William de Mandeville (1166-1189),99b, 112, 
 112 n, 133, 136 n, 147, 150, 157, 160, 170, 
 172, 176, 178, 181, 183-4, 186-7, 189, 
 191-195, 201, 203-205, 210, 212, 221, 
 224-5, 228, 230, 239, 243, 243 k, 253, 
 259, 272-274, 278, 282, 289, 296 
 
 , Hawyse of Aumale, wife of, 230 
 
 Essex, Henry de (1154-1163), 2, 38, 67, 61, 62, 
 254, i). Constabularii Regis S. J. 
 
 , , Henry, son of (1156, 1186), 20, 
 
 (R. D. 15, 40) 
 Eaturmi, Geoffrey (1174), 178 
 Esturmi, Hugh, {c. 1181), 245 
 Eudo, a Comte of Bretagne, (1166, 1185), 96, 
 
 266 
 Eudo filius Ernisii (1165-1174), (L. N. 142, 295), 
 
 158-9, 172 n, 186 
 Eudo Pil' (1178), 222 
 
 Eustace Fitz John {occisus 1157), 5, 28, 30 n, 
 38 », V. Chester, Constables of 
 
 , William de Vesci, son and heir of, 30 n, 
 
 V. Vesci 
 
 , Agnes fitz Nigel, 2nd wife of, 30 n, 38 n 
 
 , John, Constable of Chester, grandson of, 
 
 30 re. V. Chester, Constables of 
 Eustace fitz Stephen (1170-1186), 136, 212, 273, 
 280, v. Ralph fitz Stephen S. 
 
 Evermue, Joscehne de (1186)) 273 
 Eresham, Adam, Abbot of (1162), 57 
 
 Evi-eux Bishops of. — 
 
 Rotrou (or Robert) de Newburgh (1155-64) , 
 3, 13, 18, 20, 24, 27-8, 44, 49-50, 56 re 
 
 66 re, 70 n, 73 
 Giles (1169-1180), 118, 138 »», 153, 155, 
 158, 164, 168, 172, 178, 187, 206, 208, 211, 
 219, 220, 222, 238 
 John fitz Luke (1181-1189), 238 n, 240 bis 
 247, 248, 251, 282-3, 289 
 Evreux, Deans of. — 
 
 Rotrou, al. Robert, de Newburgh {ante 1155), 
 
 24 re 
 Robert de Newburgh (1171-2), 155, 166 
 Evreux, Simon, Comte of (occurs 1157-1177), 22, 
 
 48, 50, 219, 220 
 St. Evroul (Uticum), Robert, Abbot of (appointed 
 
 1160), 52 
 Ewe, Comtes of. — 
 
 John (1139-1170), 67, (L. N. 64, 66-7,287) 
 Henry (1173, 1178), 172 re, 222 
 Exeter, Bishops of — 
 
 Robert, Cliichester {M. April, 1138. Com. 18 
 
 Dec. 1138. Ob. 28 March, 1155), 7 
 Robert Warlewast {Cons. 5 June, 1155. Oh. 
 
 22 March, 1160), 10, 26, 44 
 Bartholomew, Iscan {Cons, after April 1161. 
 Oh. 15 Dec. 1184), 54, 57, 59, 67, 74-5, 
 84, 122, 129, 132 -,*, 144, 147, 148 re, 192, 
 201, 208, 211-12, 217-18, 224, 259, 262 re 
 John, subdean of Salisbury. {Cons. 6 Oct. 
 1185. Ob. June 1, 1191), 266, 269, 271 
 Eynsford, William de (1163-1170), 64, 122 », 
 151 
 John and Robert, brothers of (1169), 122 n 
 
 F. 
 
 Faia, Ralph de, ' uncle ' of Queen Elianor (1165- 
 
 1173), 86, 170, 171 
 Falaise, Odo de (1167-1178), 107 re, 161-2, 167 
 
 175, 222 
 Falcheius, Forester (T. 1155), 6 
 Faramuse (T. 1157), 27 
 Fecamp, Henry, Abbot of, eognatus Megis (1155, 
 
 1167), 8, 110 
 Ferrars, Earls De, ». Derby, Earls of. — 
 Ferrars, Walcheline de (1157), 22 
 
 Walcheline de (1183), 253 
 
 William de (1177), 209 
 Feversham, Abbot of (1157), 280 
 Feu, Geoffrey de (1177), 210 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 323 
 
 Fiereirachius (a potter), 241 
 Ktz-Alan of Clun and Oswestry. — 
 
 William (1155), 11, 38 S. 
 
 ; Isabel de Say, widow of, 287 
 
 1 , Geoff, de Vere, 2nd husband 
 
 of, (L. N. 145-6), V. Verc 
 
 , , William Boterell, 3rd hus- 
 
 band of, V. Boterell 
 William II. (Inf. a;t. 1165), (L. N. 142-145), 
 80, 136 n, 198, 298 J. 
 
 Fitz Nigel (ofHalton) Agnes (1158), 38 m 
 
 , , Eustace Fitz John, Ist husband of 
 
 (ob. 1157), 38 « E. 
 
 , , Kobert fitz Count, 2nd husband of,38 n 
 
 Fitz-Piers, Geoffrey (1166-1189), (L. N. 71), 239, 
 
 249 K, 252-3, 260, 265, 272-3, 281, 285, 287- 
 
 290, 291, 298 S. J. 
 
 , , Beatrice de Say, wife of, 260-1 
 
 Flambard Robert, (1158), 42 
 Flamenville, Roger de (1171), 154 
 Flanders, Comtes of. — 
 
 Theodoric (06. 1168), 2, 32, 47, 49, 60, 75 
 
 , Philip, son of, (occm-s v. p. (1165- 
 
 1168), 60, 78, 100. 102, 113 
 
 -, EUzabeth dePeronne, wife 
 
 of {def. 1184), 97, 255 
 
 -, Matthew, son of (1160-1173), 50, 
 
 100, 102-3, 172, 175, 210, v. Boulogne 
 , , Mary of Blois, wife of. 
 
 SO, 102-3 
 PhUip (1169-1189), 128, 161,172, 175, 179, 
 181, 189, 208, 210, 212, 213, 221, 228, 231- 
 2, 238, 240, 244, 247, 255, 257-260, 266, 
 272, 278, 283, 290-1, 296 
 
 , * * *, sister of, Comtesse of Hainault, 
 
 232, V. Hainault 
 
 , Elizabeth, Ist wife of, v. supra 
 
 , * * * of Portugal, 2nd wife of, 255 
 
 Flanders, Amald, Chamberlain of (1186), 272 
 
 , Master Gunter of (1171), 153, 155 
 
 , Peter of {defunctus (1187), 279 n 
 
 , , Matilda, widow of (1187), 
 
 279 », V. Dreux 
 Fontibus, Adehn de (1183), 252 
 
 , Eudo de (1189), 295 
 
 , Roger de (1189), 295 
 
 Fougeres, Master Stephen de (1157-1166), 30, 53, 
 88, 92, 96 
 
 , Raoul (or RadulQ de (1166-1188), 94^96, 
 
 133, 176, 266, 293 
 , Geoffrey de, eon of William (1158), 42 
 
 France, Kings of. — 
 
 Louis VII. King of Prance (crowned 8 August, 
 1137. Ob. 18 Sept. 1180), 17, 23, 41, 42, 45, 
 47-55, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 93, 101, 103 m, 
 106-107, 112-13,116-119, 121, 123, 131, 138, 
 139 n, 140-141, 147-150, 153 bis, 169, 171, 
 175-176, 178, 184-5, 188-9, 202, 215, 216, 
 218-19, 221, 228-231, 236 
 
 . , Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1st wife of (ww^'^''^ 
 
 July, 1137, divorced 8 March 1152), 45, 
 230)1 
 
 , , Mary, daughter of, Comtesse of 
 
 Champagne and Troyes, 230 n 
 
 , , Aaliz, al. Ala, daughter of, Comtesse 
 
 of Blois.— ' 
 
 , Constance, al. Mai'garet, al. Elizabeth, 
 
 2nd wife of {nupta 1154. Ob. 1160), 50 
 
 , , Margaret, dau. of {nata circa 
 
 1155-6, desponsata, 1158, nvpta c. 1171- 
 2), 41, 50, 52, 138, 139 k, 141, 145, 145 », 
 155 ; V. England, Kings of 
 
 , , Alaidis, al. Adelais, al. Alisia, dau. 
 
 of (nata c. 1157 ; affianced to Richard of 
 England 1169), 113, 119, 131, 179, 217 », 
 267, 297 ; V. England, Kings of 
 
 , Adela of Blois, 3rd wife of [nwpta 1160), 
 
 52, 231-2, 232 n 
 
 , , Phihp, son of (natus, 22 Aug. 1165. 
 
 Occurs o. p. 1169-1180), 83, 118, 229-232, 
 V. Philip, King of France (infra) 
 
 , Philip, Archdeacon of Paris, brother of, 
 
 24 
 
 , Henry, Archbishop of Rheims, brother 
 
 of, 55, 197 
 
 , Peter de Courtenay, brother of (1177, 
 
 1179), 219, 230, 280 n, 232 
 
 , Robert, Comte of Dreux, brother of 
 
 (1180), 232 
 
 , Agnes, daughter of {nupta 1179), 230 » 
 
 V. Constantinople 
 Philip II. King of France (1180-1223), 216, 
 239, 240, 247, 250, 252-253, 255-256, 260, 
 264, 266-7, 274, 278-280, 283, 287-297 
 
 , Margaret, al. Isabella, al. Elizabeth, of 
 
 Hainault, wife of (married 1180), 232 n 
 
 , Louis, son of (natus 3 Sept. 1187), 280 
 
 France, Seneschals of. — 
 
 Geoffrey le Bel, Comte of Anjou, 24 n 
 K.Kenry II. of England, 23, 42 
 Theobald, Comte of Blois, 119 
 King Henry, junior, of England, (1169), 119 
 
324 
 
 INDEX 0¥ PERSONS. 
 
 Franoeis, WiUiam (1179), 226 
 
 Eraser, Ralph (1176, 1188), 206, 287 
 
 Frederic Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany (1152- 
 
 1190), 75, 79, 114, 116, 137, 139, 153, 163, 208, 
 
 237, 243 n, 260, 294 
 Fretteval, Urso de (1187), 279, 279 h, 292 
 
 , , Neulon, son of (1188), 292 
 
 FrettevUl, Baldwin de (1161), 54 
 
 Fulgeriis De, v. Fougferes 
 
 Fulk fitz Warin, 1157), 30 (L. N. 165). 
 
 FurneUis, Alan de (1165-1183), (L. N. 115, 120, 
 
 122), 227, 236-7, 245-6, 248, 251, 253 J. S. 
 
 a 
 
 Gaerst, Hugh de (1179-80), 227-236 J. 
 
 , Thomas de (1185), 263 
 
 Gaufridus, Capellanus Regis (1157-1175), 22, 88, 
 
 133, 192, 195 
 Gaufridus filius Azonis (1185), 265 J. S. 
 
 Gaufridus filius Petri Camerarii (1166-1189), 
 
 (L. N. 71), 239, V. Fitz-Piers, Geoffrey S. J. 
 Gaufridus filius Regis, Comes Britannia; et Rich- 
 
 mundia;, Preface xi. ; v. England, Kings of 
 Gaufridus filius Regis (nothus). Preface vij. -piij. 
 
 xj.; 209, 210, 241, 244, v. Lincohi, Bishop of, 
 
 V. Chancellors 
 Gaufridus, frater Regis {ob. 1158), 3 ; v. Epgland, 
 
 Kings of, etc. 
 Gaufridus, Ostorius (c. 1184), 255 n 
 Gedding, Ranulf de (1181-1187), 244, 247, 249, 
 
 251, 261, 263, 265, 276 J. 
 , , * * * *j dau. of, wife of Roger 
 
 Curtpeil (1187), 276 
 Gelders, Gerard, Comte of (1180), 238 
 , , Ida of Boulogne, wife of (1180), 238, 
 
 V. Boulogne 
 Gencis, Walter des (1157), 23 
 St. German de Preaux, The Abbot of (1171), 154 
 Germanus, Scriptor Regis, (1171), 158 
 Gernemue, Adam de (1169-1173), 130, 176 J. 
 
 , Robert de (1170), 145 J. 
 
 Gerold fitz Ralph (1170), 135 
 
 GerpunviU, v. Jarpunvill 
 
 Gervase fitz Helias (1166), 96 
 
 Gervase Gooh, ap Meredyth, ap Blethyu, 214 n 
 
 , Madoc, son of (1177), 214, 214 n 
 
 Giffard, Earl Walter (ob. s. p. 1164), v. Bucking- 
 
 hamsliire, Earl of 
 Giefard, Richard (1174-1186), 183, 193-4, 199, 
 
 216 217, 218, 223, 233, 272 J. 
 
 Giffard, William (1169), 120 
 
 GHbert fitz Fergus of Galloway {ob. 1 Jan. 1185) 
 
 208, 260, 268 
 , Duncan, eon and heir of (inf. cetat. 1186), 
 
 260, 268 
 
 , Uctred, brotlier of (occisus 1176), 208, 268 
 
 , , Roland, son of (1186), 268 
 
 Gilbert fitz Reinfi-id (1180-1189), 235, 239, 252-3, 
 
 261, 272, 282, 297 J- 
 Gilbert, Forester Royal (slain 1175), 198 
 
 St. Giles (or St. Geours) Comtes of, v. Toulouse 
 Raymond (1159-89), 45, 47, 105, 270, 287 « 
 
 , Constance of France, wife of, 47 
 
 Glandivalle, Eanulf de (1171-1177), 158, 209 
 GlanvUl, Bartholomew de (1165-1176), (L. N. 283) , 
 181 n, 208 J. S. 
 
 GlanTill, GHbert de (1185), 265, v. Rochester, 
 
 Bishops of. — 
 Glanvill, Osbert de (1182-1189), 247, 249, 273, 
 298 J- 
 
 Glanvill, Ranulf de, Justiciar (1166-1189), (L. N. 
 282, 285), 117, 130, 158, 180, 192-5, 199, 
 200-1, 203, 205, 208, 209-10, 217, 219, 226-8, 
 231, 233, 233 n, 235-237, 237 n, 241-247, 249, 
 251-253, 256, 258-264, 273-4, 276-280, 284^5, 
 287-298. J. S. pluries 
 
 , Roger de (1166-1188), (L.N. 233, 286), 
 
 249, 259, 285 S. 
 
 , ,TheCountes3 Gundreda, wife of (1188), 
 
 285 m 
 
 , Stephen de (1186), 273 
 
 , William de (1166-1188), (L. N. 301), 209, 
 
 279, 279 n, 280, 285 n 
 Glasgow, Josoeline, Bishop of 1181-1186), 244, 
 
 269, 271 
 Gloucester, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 William de Northall (1177-1183), 252, v. 
 
 Worcester, Bishops of 
 Robert de Inglesham (1187, 1189), 277, 
 298 J. 
 
 Gloucester, Earls of. — 
 
 Robert de Caen {ob. Oct. 1147), 73, 176 », 219 
 
 , Richard fitz Count, son of (1169-1173), 
 
 118, 176, 176 n 
 
 , Roger, son of, 15, 73, v. Worcester, 
 
 Bishops of 
 WiUiara (1147-1183), 6, 7 n, 11-14, 39 n, 63, 
 (L. N. 51, 54, 161-5, 174), 172, 176 «, 177, 
 182, 190-1, 196, 203, 206, 212, 224, 251 
 
 , Hawyse de Beaumont, wife of, 39 n 
 
 , * * * *, son of (1187), 280 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 325 
 
 Gospatric fltz Orm (11 57), 30 
 
 Goumay, al. Q-oriiai, Hugh de (1167-1183), 108, 
 
 177, 253 
 G-rammont, Bernard de Corilo, Mont of (1168-9), 
 
 114-115,118-119 
 Gratiau (Subdeacon and Papal Notary), 120, 123- 
 
 130 
 Gregory of London (1156-1158), 19, 30, 37 J. 
 Grellei (Gresley), Aubert de (1157), 30 
 Griffin, Master Thomas (1185), 263 
 Grimesby, Walter de (1170), 132 n S. 
 
 Grosmund, Radulf de (1165), 81 
 Guaceio (Wasey), Eualon de (1166), 95 
 Guisnes, Baldwin, Comte of (1179, 1187), 228, 
 
 278 
 Gundeville, Hugh de (1158-1177), 39, 40, 57, 75, 
 
 80, 86, 91, (L.N. 91, 164), 150, 164, 177 «, 
 
 185, 199, 199 «, 200, 208, 212, 217, 218 S. J. 
 
 H. 
 
 Hadfeld, Walter de (1174), 185 
 
 Haia, Robert de {def. 1134), 24, v. Constables 
 
 , Richard de (1134-1169), 22-24, 34, 35, 
 
 (L. N. 274, 279, 307), 240, (E. D. 6), v. Con- 
 stables 
 
 ■ , Ralph de (1173-4), 172 n, 180 
 
 Hainault, Baldwin, Comte of, 232 », 255, 259 
 
 . , * * » *, of Flanders, wife of, 232 » 
 
 , , Margaret, dan. of (Queen of France 
 
 1180), 232 
 Hameslape, Hugh de (1174), 187 
 Hamo Pincerna (1165-1180), 86, 87, 190, 209, 
 
 221, 235, 282 
 Hampton, Nicholas de (Clerk), (1156, 1158), 15, 40 
 
 , Ralph de (1185), 265 J. 
 
 Harcourt, Robert de (1167), 108 
 
 Hardres, Robert de (1189), 298 J. 
 
 Haselee, Robert de (1185-1189), 265, 281, 298, 
 
 298 « J- 
 
 Hastings, PhiHp de (1175), 189, 196 
 Hastings, Ralph de (1155-1158), 7, 14, 15, 16, 
 
 18, 40, 43, V. Dapiferi 
 , Richard de, a Templar (1160, 1164), 49-50, 
 
 68 
 
 , Robert de (1165), 78 
 
 , William de (Dispensator Regis), (1159- 
 
 1168), 44, 63, 68, 85, (L. N. 164, 193, 207, 220, 
 
 281, 294), 91, 112 
 , , Richard, brother or nephew of, a 
 
 Clerk (1169), 120 
 
 Haubeni, Robert de, v. Albini J. 
 
 Hauberville, William de (1188), 285 », v. Auber- 
 
 viUe J. 
 
 Haughmond, Alured, Abbot of, i.-. 1170, {prius 
 
 Tutor of K. Henry II.), 136 n 
 Hauyill, Ralph de (1186), 273 
 
 , William de (1170), 139 
 
 Harerhell, Brightmar de, et * * * *, uxor ejus 
 (1165), 87 S. 
 
 Have, Geoffrey de, Clericus Regis (1176-1187), 
 209, 238, 266, 281 J. 
 
 Heford, Ralph de (c. 1177), 216 
 Henry I. King of England, v. England 
 Henry II. King of England, v. England 
 Henry fitz Count (1185), a Breton, 266 
 Henry fitz Gerold, 25, 31, 33, 39, o. Camerarii 
 Henry fitz Suain (1157), 30 
 Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1185), 261- 
 
 264 
 Herbert, Archdeacon, o. Canterbury 
 Herbert fitz Bernard (1180), 232 
 Herbert fitz Herbert (II.), (occurs 1165-1203), 
 (L. N. 63, 69), 214 
 
 , Robert fitz Herbert, brother of (occurs 
 
 1155), 4, u. Camerarii Regis 
 
 , William fitz Roy, half brother of (1166- 
 
 1177), 214^ V. Cornwall 
 
 , Joel de Pomerei, nephew of (1177), 214 
 
 , Stephen fitz Herbert, uncle of (1155), 13, 
 
 V. Camerarii 
 
 , , Ralph, son of, v. Ralph fitz Stephen 
 
 , , Eustace, son of, v. Eustace fitz 
 
 Stephen 
 
 , , William, son of, v, William fitz 
 
 Stephen 
 Herbert, Master (1165-1170), 77 «. 100, 142 
 Hereford, Archdeacon of, Ralph (1186-1189), 
 272, 275, 277, 284, 298 J. 
 
 Hereford, Bishops of. — 
 
 Gilbert Foliot, Abbot of Gloucester {cons. 
 5 Sept. 1148 ; el. to London 24 March, 
 1163), 1 bis, 7, 8,8 », 9, 11, 13, 20, 28, 57, 
 61,62 
 Robert de Melun, Prior of Lanthony (cons. 
 22 Deo. 1163 ; oh. 27 Feb. 1167), 66, 67, 
 74, 81-2, 100, 105, 105 n 
 Robert Foliot, Archdeacon of Oxford (el. 
 1173 ; cons. 6 Oct. 1174 ; ob. 9 May 
 1186), 175, 181, 185, 211, 225 
 William de Vere (cons. 10 Aug. 1186 ; oh. 
 24 Dec. 1199), 268, 270, 285 
 
326 
 
 INDEX OF PEESONS. 
 
 Hereford, Earla of. — 
 
 William fitz Oabern (tern. WiU. I.), 275 n 
 Roger (1155), 9, 11, 12 
 
 , Walter, brother of (1156), 17 S. 
 
 , Matthew, brother of (1164.), 67 
 
 , Henry, brother of {occisus 1175), 191 
 
 , , William de Braose, junior, 
 
 nephew of (1175), u, Braose 
 Hereford, Eoger, Clerk of (1185), 265 . J. 
 
 Herlouin, William de (1157), 23 
 Herveus Panetarius (1175), 189 
 St. Hilaire, Hasculf de (1173), 172 
 Hispania, Eadulf de (1176), 206 n 
 Hosa, Martin de (1165, 1174), 87, 187 
 
 , Osbert de (1175, 1180), 189, 235 
 
 , Balph de (1185), 265 J. 
 
 , Robert de (1157), 24 
 
 Hosatus, or Hosee, Geoffrey (1166-1180), (L. N. 
 
 112), 226, 228, 236 S. J. 
 
 Hospital, Ralph de (1166-1185), 95, 135, 265, 
 
 266 J. 
 Hospitallers, The Knights, 267 
 , Roger de Moulins, G-rand Master of 
 
 (occurs 1185, slain 1187), 263, 279 
 , Garner de Neapolis, English Prior of 
 
 (1185), 263 
 Hostiarii Regis, v. Ostiarii 
 HoTeden, Roger de (1175-1185), 191, 191 », 
 
 266, 281 - J. 
 
 Hug'ford, Richard de (1185), 266 J. 
 
 Hugh, Chaplain Royal (1177) , 210 
 Hugh fitz Hervey (1174), 184 
 Hulm, Geoffrey, Abbot of (1157), 26, 37 
 Humeto, Ralph de (1166), 96 
 Humez, Richard de (Constable of Normandy 
 
 1154^1180), 2-209 passim, 233-236, v. Con- 
 
 stabularii Regis S. 
 
 , . Royalist Brethren of (1173), 172 
 
 , , Wniiam, son of (1173-1180), 170, 
 
 172, 179, 186 bis, 190, 196, 203, 204, 219, 
 
 233 
 , , Engeran, son of (1173, 1174), 172, 
 
 186 
 , » Jordan, son of (1173-1176), 172, 
 
 186, 206 
 Humez, William de (Constable of Normandy 
 
 1180-1189), 233-290 passim, v. Constabularii 
 
 Regis 
 
 , , Richard, son of (1181), 239, 239 « 
 
 , , , ^gidia, dau. of Richard de 
 
 Haia, wife of (nupla c. 1179), 239 », v. Haia 
 
 Hungary, Bela, King of (1186), 267 «, ». England, 
 
 Kings, etc., of 
 Huntingdon, Archdeacon of, Nicholas de Sigillo 
 (1173), 176 J. 
 
 Huntingdon, Karls of. — 
 
 Simon de St. Liz (1165, ob. a. 1184), (L. N. 
 269), 192, 256 
 
 , Alice de Gant, wife of, 21 
 
 David of Scotland (1186, 1188), 172, 178, 
 275, 285 
 Husseburne, Thomas de (118i-1188), 254, 272, 
 277, 291 J 
 
 I. 
 
 Ilesham, Hawys de, her liusband, Ralph, and her 
 son, Roger (1180), 237 
 
 Inglesham, Robert de (1181), 265, 272, o. Glou- 
 cester, Archdeacon of 
 
 Insula, Robert de (1167), 111 
 
 , , Galiena Blund, wife of. 111 
 
 Insula, Master Walter de (1165-1176), 85, 94, 
 100, 100 »j, 117, 136, 204, •«. Chancellors and 
 Keepers of the Seal 
 
 Insula, Master William de (1174), 181 
 
 Issoudun, Eudo de {def. 1187), 279 
 
 , , Maud, widow of, 279 » 
 
 , , ****, son of, 287 
 
 Ivingney, Robert de (1161), 53 
 
 Ivri, Walleran de (1177), 218 
 
 J. 
 
 Jakesley, Robert de (1176), 208 
 
 Jarpunvill, William de (King's Falconer, 1179- 
 
 1186), 227, 231, 247-8, 261, 265, 273 
 Jerusalem, Amalric, King of {ob, 1173), 175 
 Joanna, The Princess, v. Sicily, King of 
 John, Constable of Chester, v. Chester 
 John Clerk (.lusticiar, 1173), 176 J. 
 
 John fitz Hamo (1158), 35 T. 
 
 John fitz Luce, Canon of Rouen (1175), 192, u. 
 
 Evreux, Bishops of. — 
 Jordan, Clerk of Queen Elianor (1187), 280 
 Jorworth ap Owen ap Caradoc ap Griffith (1171), 
 
 160 
 Josceline de Bohun, vide Salisbury, Bishops 
 
 of 
 Josceline the Castellan, 152, 154, 154 n, 197, 
 
 V, Louvain 
 Justices of England, u. England, Chief Justices of 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 327 
 
 K. 
 
 Kaemea, Ralph de (1157), 32 
 
 Kaisneto (Cliesney), v. Caisneto 
 
 Kentish, Bobert (1167), 109 
 
 KewiUi, Hugh de (1172), 167. 
 
 Kime, Philip de (1156-1177), 76, (L. N. 91, 261, 
 264, 268, 269, 270, 271, 278), 130, 172, 189, 
 212 J. S. 
 
 L. 
 
 Laci, Gilbert de (a Templar, 1160), 49, 49 n 
 
 Henry de (1158-1177), (L. N. 304, 313), 
 
 193, 213, 213 n 
 
 Laci, Hugh de (1165-1186), (L. N. 150, 151, 1-53- 
 
 155, 174), 165-6), 172, 174-5, 178, 187, 189, 
 
 194, 196, 198, 201, 212, 213 », 214, 225, 238, 
 
 264, 270 
 
 **** of Connaught, wife of, 238 
 Landa, Jordan de (1177), 209 
 Landaff, Bishop3 of. — 
 
 Nicholas, al. Michael, ap Gwrgant (1149- 
 
 1183), 144, US n, 251 
 Godfrey ? (1162), (in error), 57 
 William of Saltmarsh, Prior of Bristol (1185- 
 1190), 281 
 Landaff, Kandolf, or Ealph, Archdeacon of, 
 (1169-1172), 118, 119, 124, 129, 134, 164, 169 
 Lanval, al. Lavalei, William de (1155-1179), 
 12,. 16, 18, 20, 24, 38, 53, 68 «, 91, 160,184- 
 5, 192-196, 198, 203 ter, 210, 224, 228, 242, 
 (in error) J. 
 
 Lanvall, Joseline (?) de (1164), (? in error, 68, 
 
 68 «) 
 Lardario, Peter de (1176), 206 
 St. Laurence, Robert de (1176), 208 
 Ledis, Paulinus de (elected to see of Carlisle 
 
 (1186), 269 
 Legates and Commissioners of the Holy See. — 
 Wilham of Pavia (1160-1), 50, 52, 53, 54 
 Henry of Pisa (1160-62), 52, 54, 55, 56, 
 
 56 » 
 Peter Tarantaise (1161), 53 
 William and Otho (1167), 105-111 
 The Bishop of Beauvais, and 1 /-iifioN i-ic 
 The Prior of the Carthusians / ^'-^°°'' ^^^ 
 Simon, Prior of Mont Dieu, Bernard de 
 Corilo, Monk of Grammont, and Engelbert, 
 Prior of ValSt. Pierre, (1168-9), 114, 115, 
 119 
 
 Legates and Commissioners of the Holy See (con- 
 tinued). 
 
 ViTii'r } (1169-70), 120, 123-129, 133 « 
 
 Albert 
 Theodine 
 
 I (1171), V. 
 
 Cardinals 
 
 Christian, Bishop of Lismore (1172), 169 
 
 Alexius (1181), 238 
 
 Henry, Bishop of Albano (1181), 243, 247 
 
 Octavian (1186), 275-6, 279, 284 » 
 
 B. Cardinal (1188), 284 
 
 Henry, Bishop of Albano (o5. 1188-9), 284 n, 
 
 293, 293 « 
 John of Anagni (1189), 294, 294 m, 295, 
 296 m 
 Leicester, Earls of. — 
 
 Robert le Bossu (Chief Justice of England ; 
 natMS 1104, ob. 1163), Preface v. vi. ; 2, 3, 
 5, 7-15, 19, 22-43 passim, 56, 58, 60, 67^ 
 74, 77, 78 n, 85, (L. N. 205, 263), 92-3, 
 99, 106, 118, 147 
 
 , Robert, son of (occurs v. p. 1155 - 
 
 1160), 11, 49 
 
 . , Roger, son of (1189), 291, v. St. 
 
 Andrews, Bishops of. — 
 Robert (II.) Blanchmaina (1168-1190), 172, 
 176-7, 179, 182-3, 200, 200 «, 209, 212, 
 220, 251, 275, 275 u 
 
 , Petronell de Grentmesuil, wife of, 179 
 
 Lenchis, Randolf de (1174), 185 
 Leon, Guiomar, Comte of (1167), 108 
 Leon, Haimo, Bishop of (ob. 1171), 157 
 Le Strange, v. Strange 
 Leuns, Hervey de (1187), 280 
 Lichfield, Bishops of, c Chester, Bishops of. 
 Lilleshall, The Abbot of (1187), 287 
 Limerick, B. Bishop of (1179), 225 
 Limoges, Abbots of St. Augustine of. — 
 
 Peter del Barri (1159-1161), 48 n, 53-4 
 Limoges, Abbots of St. Martial of. — 
 Peter (1159-60), 45, 50, 53 
 Peter del Barri (1161-1174), 53, 54, 179 
 Limoges, Bishops of. — 
 
 Gerald (1159-11V7), 48-99. 218 
 Sebrand (1177-1181), 221, 223, 233, 239 
 Limoges, Vicomtes of. — 
 
 Ademar V. (1156-80), 20, 48, 213, 232, 237 
 
 , Sara de Dunstanvill, wife of (ob. 1216), 
 
 48, 48 n 
 
 , Guy, son of (1216), 48 
 
 , William and Ademar, eons of, 48 
 
328 
 
 INDEX OP PEESONS. 
 
 Lincoln, Alured de (1166-1174), (L. N. 80), 
 185 S. 
 
 Lincoln, Archdeacon and Precentor of (Richard 
 d'Aumery, e. 1160-1168), llV 
 
 , Archdeacon of, GeoiFrey fitz Eoy (11V3), iVo, 
 
 V. Lincoln, Bishops of. 
 Lincoln, Bishops of. — 
 
 Robert de Chesney (prius Archdeacon of 
 Leicester. (Cons. Sept. 1147. Ob. u. Oc- 
 tober 1166), 1 bis, 4-7 n, 9, 12, 13, 15, 
 19-21, 26-28, 30, 33-35, 56, 57, 59, 63, 
 65, 67, 74, 87 », 89, (L. N. 260), 92 n, 
 99, 99 n J. 
 
 Geoffrey ritz Eoy {prius Archdeacon of Lin- 
 coln. Elected 1173. Resigned 1181, and 
 more formally in 1182), 172, 175, 178, 
 180, 182, 185-6, 193, 194, 222, 224-5, 
 230, 246 
 Walter de Coutances (prius Archdeaoon of 
 Oxford. Cons. r. June, 1183. Transl. to 
 Rouen, 1184), 251-2, 253, 254, 258-9, 
 2G0 
 Hugh, Prior of Witham (M. 10 Aug. 1186. 
 Cons. 21 Sept. 1186, Ob. u. 1200), 268, 
 270-273, 276-7, 287, 294-5 
 Lincoln, Deans of. — 
 
 Philip de Harcourt (became Bishop of 
 
 Bayeux, 1141), 21, n, v. Bayeux 
 Richard fitz Nigel (occ. 1184-1189), 294, u. 
 Thesaurarius Regis 
 Lincoln, Earl of, Gilbert de Gant (ob. 1156), 
 21 
 
 , , , Alice, daughter of, wife of 
 
 Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, 21 
 Lincoln, Peter de (King's Falconer, 1185-1188), 
 2C5, 206, 289 J. 
 
 Lincoln, Precentor of (1168), Richard de Ameri, 
 
 117 
 Lind, Robert de (1173), 172 
 Liseux, Archdeacons of. — 
 E * * * (1171), 155 
 
 Hugh de No-rant (1184), 257, 260, v. 
 Chester, Bishops of. 
 Liseux, Bishops of. — 
 
 Arnulf (occurs 1154; res. 1181), 2-5, 7, 8, 
 13, 16, 17, 21-25, 44, 49, 56 m, 65 re, 
 67-8, 75, 77 «, 93, 100, 107, 110-11, 
 118, 126, 128, 141-2, 153-155, 157-8, 
 162, 168, 171, 177-8, 177 n, 209, 240 
 Ralph de Wanieville, Chancellor (suae. 
 1181 ; occ. 1188), 240, 251, 253, 290 
 
 Liseux, Treasurer of, John de Oonstanciis (1183), 
 252 
 
 Lismore, Christian Bishop of (1172), 169 
 
 Livet', Roger de (1171), 158 
 
 La Lomaque, Vivian, Vicomte of (1181), 242 
 
 Lombard, Master (1167), 111, 119 » 
 
 , Reginald (1171), 153 
 
 London, Archdeacon of, — Ralph de Diceto (1163- 
 1168), 165 « 
 
 , , R. (1172), 165 
 
 London, Bishops of. — 
 
 Richard de Beimels (1152-1162), 1 lis, 4, 
 
 6, 7, 7 », 10, 13, 20, 26, 54, 56 
 Gilbert Foliot (1163-1187), 62-3, 66-7, 
 74-5, 81-83, (L. N. 49), 93, 101, 105-6, 
 110-11, 120-123, 129, 132, 136, 138, 
 143-4, 147, 148 n, 149, 151-153, 153 re, 
 155-158, 160 re, 164-5, 181, 193, 203, 
 208, 208 », 210-212, 216, 223-4, 258, 
 276 
 
 London, Sheriffs of, Gerrase and John (1156), 
 19 re S. S. 
 
 Longchamp, Hugh de (1155-1175), 8, 20, 61, 
 63, (L. N. 155), 91, 158, 187, 196 
 
 Longeapee, William, Pref. vii, viii, xi ; 180 », v. 
 England, King of, Henry II. 
 
 Lorrain, Henry the Warrior, Duke of Lorrain, 
 238 
 
 , , Matilda of Boulogne, wife of, 
 
 238 
 
 Louvain, Henry, Duke of (1179), 228, 238 
 
 , , Henry, son of (1180), 238 
 
 , , , Matilda of Boulogne, wife of, 
 
 238 
 
 Louvain, Josceline de (1170-1175), 152, 154, 154 « , 
 197 
 
 Luci, Geoffrey de (1158-1189), (L. N. 124), 
 130, 187, 221 J. 
 
 Luci, Godfrey de (1179-1189), 227-8, 230-1, 
 235-6, 242-249, 257, 265, 268 re, 269, 273, 
 281, 287, 288 n, 291, 298, v. Derby, Arch- 
 deacons of. J. 
 
 Luci, Reginald de (1174-1187), 182, 184, 239, 
 280 J. 
 
 Luci, Richard de (ob. July, 1179), 2-7, 7 re, 
 W-iQ pa.isim, 52-67 passim, 75, 77, 85, (L. 
 N. 131, 234, 294), 94-101 passim, 117, 120, 
 129, 135-6, 139, 158 », 159, 163, 169, 172, 
 175, 177, 179, 184-5, 192, 194, 196-198, 200- 
 1, 203, 206-7, 212, 217, 218, 220, 222-4, 
 224re, 225, 228 J. S. 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 829 
 
 Luoi, Robert de (1174-1 186), 184, 2V3 J. S. 
 
 , Richard de (1181), 239, 239 n 
 
 Luscus (1164), 70, 71, V. Poitiers, Richard, Arch- 
 deacon of. 
 
 liusignan, Aimery de (1168), 112 
 
 , Guy de (1168-1187), 113 n, 172 », 279 
 
 , Geoffrey de (1173-1188), 172 n, 287 
 
 Lusoriis, Warner de (1158-1168), 42, 58, (L. N. 
 113) S. 
 
 Luvetot, Richard, (1172), 172 
 
 M. 
 
 Machary (a Comte of Savoy (1171), 154 
 Maiden Bradley, The Nuns of (1188), 288 
 Malet, Gilbert (c. 1 170-1174), 135, 186, 187, v. 
 
 Senescalli Regis ; v. Dapiferi Regis 
 Malet, WUliam (1157-1170), 24, 33, 38, 67, u. 
 
 Dapiferi Regis 
 Malherbe, John de (1175), 196 
 Mallore, Anschetil (Constable of Leicester, 1174), 
 
 174, 179, 182 
 Malmesbury, Abbots of. — 
 Gregory, (1168), 59 
 Robert (1166-1174), 94, 186 
 Malvoisin, William (1174-1177), 186-7, 198, 203, 
 
 212 
 Maminoht, Walcheline (1155-1170), 11, 15, 32, 
 
 61, (L. N. 57), 135 
 Man (Isle of), The Bishop of (1166), 97 
 Mandeville, The Earls, u. Essex, Earls of. — 
 Mangat, WiUiam de (1173), 170, 233 
 Le Mans, Willin do, Bishop of (occurs 1155-1182), 
 
 13, 41, 233, 247 
 
 , Reginald, Bishop of (1188), 283 
 
 , Audoenus, Dean of St. Julian's Church 
 
 at (1158), 41 
 Mantel, Robert (1173-1180), 176, 185, 199, 203, 
 
 207 n, 220, 223, 228, 237 n, 259 J. S. 
 , , Matthew, son and heir apparent 
 
 of, (1184), 259 
 Map, al. Mapes, Walter (1173-1185), 176, 223, 
 
 265 J. 
 
 Manzer, filius Regis (1174), Preface vii, viii., 
 
 180 », V. Gaufrirlus filius Regis 
 Mara, Hugh de (1155), 8 
 
 , John de (1187), 282 
 
 Mara, Peter de (1163-65), 63, 68, (L. N. 113, 
 
 185) 
 , WnUam de la (T. 1183, 1189), 253, 282 ter. 
 
 2Slh 
 
 Marche, Audebert IV. Comte of {occ. 1167), ob. 
 
 1180), 105, 112, 120, 221, 232, 236 
 Marchisa, Cousin of Queen Elianor (1165), 85 
 Marchis, William de (1187), 279 
 Marescalli Regis. — King's Marshalls. — 
 
 John Marshall (1155-1166), 4, 9, 15, 68, 
 
 68 «, 73-4,91, (L. N". 174,185), 122 m 
 Wilham Marshall (1173-1188) 172 n, 16 
 
 191, 239, 251, 255 », 285, 288 n, 289 
 WnUam fitz Adelm (1165-1189), 80, 80 n, 
 81, 83, 85, (L. N. 73), v. Dapiferi 
 Regis J. S. 
 
 Simon fitz Peter (1165), 85, v. Simon fitz 
 Peter J.S. 
 
 Alan de Nevill (1165), 85, v. Nevill J. 
 
 GeolTrey Monk (1165), 85, 96, v. Monacus J. 
 Robert le Poer (117V), 214, v. Poer 
 Marisco, Henry de (1183), 252 
 Marmion, Robert (1144-1218), (L. N". 50, 174, 
 206-7), 187, 189, 192, 198, 200, 203, 206, 209, 
 261, 273, 281 J. S. 
 
 Martel, WiUiam (1)57), 26, 27 
 Marzai, Stephen de, 297, v. Turonis, Stephen de 
 Matilda, The Empress, u. England, Kings, etc. 
 Mauduit, John (1163-1174), 63, 68, 176, 185 J. 
 
 ■ , Robert (1172-1176), 167, 175, 180, 187, 
 
 206 S. 
 
 , WiUiam ,((Ze/. 1158), 34 
 
 , William (1158-1184), 180 ™, 229-30, 241, 
 
 258-9 ; V. Cameraru J.S. 
 
 Maurianne, Hubert, Comte of (1173), 170, 171 
 
 , , Aalys, dau. of, 170 
 
 Meaux, Stephen, Bishop of (11 67), 112, v. Bourges, 
 Archbishops of — 
 
 , , Adam, Chamberlain of Prance, brother 
 
 of, 112 
 
 , Stephen (II.), Bishop of (1170), 147, 148 » 
 
 Meduana, Humphrey de (1158), 42 
 
 , Juhel de (1158), 41, 42 
 
 , , Geoffrey, son of (1158), 41, 42 
 
 , , , Hamo, son of (1158), 42 
 
 • , , , Walter, WiUiam, and Guy, 
 
 brothers of (1158), 42 
 
 , Walter de (1164-66), 67, (L. N. 50, 52. 58) 
 
 , Joel de (1173-1189), 265 n 
 
 *****, wife of (niece of K. Henry II.), 265 
 Meilent (Meulan), Comtes of. — 
 
 Waleran (o6. 1166), 21-23, 50, 52, 93,235 
 
 , IsabeUa, dau. of (1180), 235 
 
 Robert {succ. 1166. Oh. 1181), 93,108, 172 n, 
 186, 219, 220 «, 222, 243,258 
 
 42 
 
330 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Mslrose, Arnulf, Abbot of (1181), 244 
 
 Mohun, al. Moyun, William de (1166-1183), (L. 
 
 K 91-2), 254 
 Monacus (Le Moyne), G-eoffrey (1155-1176), 3, 
 
 13, 29, 32, 37, 62, 85 his, 206, c. Marescalli 
 
 Regis J. 
 
 , Geoffrey Junior (1176), 204 
 
 Monemue, Gilbert de (1179), 226 
 
 Monk, Eobert, son of Henry do Damfront (1172, 
 
 1175), 168, 193 
 Mont-Dieu, Simon, Prior of (1168-9), 114, 115, 
 
 118, 119 
 Monte, Nicholas de (1165-1166), 77 n, 101 
 Monteburg, Radulf, Abbot of (1167), 110, 186 
 Montebourg, Richard de (1157), 24 
 Monte-Dublel (Mont-Dubleau), Pagan de (1155- 
 
 1165), 3, (L. N. 170) 
 , , Patric de Cadurcis, grandfather of 
 
 (fern. Hen. I.), 3 
 Monte Marisco, Hervey de (1177), 214 n 
 Montfort, Geoffrey de (1168), 115 
 Montfort, Robert de (1158-1163), 34, 61, 172 m 
 Mont-Rabel, Peter de (1180), 233 
 Mont St. Michel, Robert, Abbot of (1156-1172), 
 
 21, 55, 95, 169 
 Moretain, Comtes of. — 
 
 William of Blois, 25, *. Boulogne ; v. Warren 
 Matthew, Comte of Boulogne (sold his title, 
 
 1166), 100, 102 
 John, son of K. Henry II, (c. 1183-1199), 
 23 n, 254 
 Moretain, Deans of — 
 
 Henry, son of Robert fitz Hardinge (date ?), 
 
 291, c. Dol, Archbishops of. — 
 William (1181-1189), 239, 297 
 Moretain, Prajcentor of, Stephen de Fougeres 
 
 (1166), 92, u. Fougeres 
 Moreton, Nigel de (1188), 290 
 Morgan, Hamo (1174), 185 
 Mortimer, of Wigmore. — 
 
 , Hugh de (1155), 10, 11 
 
 , Roger de (1179), 228 
 
 Mortimer, Robert de (1174), 186 
 
 Morvill, Hugh de (1158-1170), 33, 53, 68, 78, 
 
 145, 150, 152 J. 
 
 , Richard de (1173), 172 
 
 Morwich, Hugh de (1181 ; oi. 1187), 245, 246, 248, 
 
 258-9, 260-1, 265, 273, 276 J. 
 
 Moubray, Nigel de (1164), 67 
 Moubray, Roger de (1165-1187), 87, (L. N. 213, 
 
 304, 309-311), 172, 178, 182, 212, 279 
 
 Moulins, Roger de, Grand Master of the Hospi- 
 tallers (1185-1187), 261, 263, 279 
 
 Muoegros, MUo de (1174-1186), (Sheriff of Here- 
 fordshire, 1182-3), 184, 248 «, 272 J. S. 
 
 Muneasson, Peter de (1173), 170 
 
 Munlufzun, William de (1173), 170 
 
 Murdac, Hugli (1170-1185), 133, 227, 241-2, 252, 
 258, 259, 265 J. 
 
 , Ralph (1182-1189), 249, 258-9, 272-3, 
 
 298 S. J. 
 
 Muscamp, Thomas de (1173), 172 
 
 Mussun, Roger, King's Serjeant (1175-1185), 193, 
 265 J. 
 
 Musterol, Gerom de (1183), 251 
 
 N. 
 Namur, Matthew, Bishop of (1188), 283 
 Nantes, Bishops of. — 
 
 Richard (1174^1176), 185-6, 204, 204 » 
 Eobert (1180), 233 
 Navarre, Sanctius, King of (1176), 208, 211 
 Neapolis, Gamier de (1185), 263, v. Hospitallers 
 Nevers, Bernard, Bishop of (1170-1180), 133-4, 
 
 137-8, 140-1, 145-156, 160, 232 
 Nevers, Guy, Comte of {def. 1187), 279 
 
 , , Maud de Issoudun, widow of, 279 « 
 
 Nevdl, Alan de (1164-1174), 68, 70, 77, 91, 94, 
 
 97, 98, 111, 130, 145, 187, 254, v. Marescalli 
 
 Regis J. 
 
 Nevill, Alan de, Junior (1169, 1170), 130. 145 J. 
 
 NevUl, Ernise de (1181-1187), 239, 265-6, 281 
 
 , Geoffrey de (1177), 214 
 
 , Robert de (1175), 194 
 
 , WiUiam de (1177), 214 
 
 Newbrigensis, William (Chronicler), 31 n 
 Newburgh, Geoffrey de (1156), 20, 21, v Perche 
 Newburgh, Robert de. Seneschal of Normandy 
 (1154-1159), 7 ra, 8 bis, 13, 21, 34, 47, v. Nor- 
 mandy, Seneschals of J. 
 
 , , Rotrou, brother of (1155-1183), o. 
 
 Evreui, Bishops of 
 
 , , Henry, brother of (1156-1178), 21, 
 
 24, 176, 220 B, 222 
 Newburgh, Robert de (1167), 105-6 (perhaps the 
 
 same with) — 
 Newburgh, Robert de, Dean of Evreux (1171-2), 
 
 155, 166 
 Newburgh (Roger de) (1166-1171), (L. N. 78, 92), 
 158 T. 
 
 Newburgh, Prior of, Bernai-d (1186), 271 
 Newport (" Niuport"), Geoffrey de (1185), 263 T 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 331 
 
 Nicholas, Capellanus Regia, or Clerious, or De- 
 
 eanua {scUz. Dean of Tilbury), (1165-1186), 88, 
 
 130, 130 n, 164, 192, 195, 219, 226, 226 n, 233, 
 
 269, 273, V. Coventry, Archdeacons of J. S. 
 
 Nicholas fitz Torald (1179), 226, 229 J. 
 
 Nigel atz Alexander (1185-1196), 265-6, (R.D. 
 
 3, 5, 7, 13, 23, 25, 30), 273, 298 J. S. 
 
 Ninian, King of the Western Isles (1166), 97 
 
 Nivernois, Comtes of. — 
 
 WiUiam IV. {ob. 1168), 118 
 Guy (1170, 1174), 140, 178 
 Noel, Thomas (1166-1189)), v. Robert fitz Noel, 
 Thomas, son of J. S- 
 
 Norflete, Letard de (Clerk, 1169), 120 
 Norfolk, Earls of.— 
 
 Hugh Bigot II. (1154-1176), Ti.; 2, 3, 5, 13, 
 15, 16, 25-6, 33, 53, 60-1, 88, (L. N. 282- 
 286, 289), 95, 95 n, 106, 120, 122 «, 130, 
 132, 152, 172 B, 177, 181 », 196, 211, 211 n, 
 275 n J. 
 
 , Koger Bigot, father of, 3, 275 n 
 
 , Gundreda, 2iid wife of, 211 », 285 «, v. 
 
 Glanvill 
 
 , Boger, son and heir of, 67, 205, 211 
 
 , Chaplains and Clerks of (1165-1170), 
 
 88, 122 n, 144, 152 
 Normandy, Dukes of. — 
 
 Eiohard I. (oh. c. 994-996), 55 
 Richard II. [oh. c. 1026-7), 55 
 Geoffrey of Anjou (surrendered the Duchy, 
 
 1151), u. Anjou, Comtes of. 
 Henry of Anjou (1151-1189), xi ; 1, videKng- 
 land, Kings of. 
 Normandy, Seneschals or Chief Justices of. — 
 
 Robert de Newburgh (1154-1159), 7 n, 8, 
 
 13, 21, 34, 47, V. Newburgh. 
 William de Courci (1174, 1176), 186, 206, 
 
 0. Courci ; v. Dapiferi Regis 
 Richard, Bishop of Winchester (1176-1178), 
 
 206, 222 
 William fitz Ralph (1178-89), 222, 240, 253, 
 282, 290, 295-6, v. William fitz Ralph. 
 Norreis, Henry (1185), 266 J. 
 
 Northampton, Archdeacons of. — ■ 
 
 Herbert (1174-5), 186, 192 T. 
 
 Sayaric (1186-92), 274-5 
 Northampton, Earls of. — 
 
 Simon de St. Liz. (oi. 1153), 21 
 
 Simon de St. Liz. (1153-1184), 4, 21, 179, 
 
 200, V. Huntingdon, Earls of. 
 , Alice de Cfant, wife of, 21 
 
 Northampton, Master Henry de (1171-1189), 153, 
 155, 298 J. 
 
 Northumberland, Earl of. — 
 Cospatric {ob. 1166), 92 
 Norwich, Bishops of. — 
 
 WUliam Turbua (1146-1175), 1 his, 12, 26, 
 
 28, 57, 59, 67,75 (L. N. 280-1), 102 re, 120, 
 
 153, 178, 178 n 
 
 John of Oxford (1175-1200), 197, 201-2, 
 
 204 n, 205, 208-211, 213-14, 217-18, 
 
 223-225, 227-8, 237, 241, 244, 246-248, 
 
 249 re, 251, 252, 256,258-9, 262-266,271, 
 
 276, 285, 287, 298 J. 
 
 Norwich, Prior of, Geoffrey (1183), 252 
 
 Nottingham, Archdeacon of, Robert fitz William 
 
 (1186-7), 274, 282 
 Novant, Hugh de, v. Liseux, Archdeacon of. 
 
 O. 
 
 Oger, Dapifer (1166-1170), (L. N. 235), 130, 
 130 re, 145 J. S. 
 
 Oger fitz Oger (1182), 249 n S. 
 
 Oilli, Henry de, 5, 6, 12, 18, 19, 34, v. Constabu- 
 larii Regis S. 
 
 Oliver fitz Ernise (1183), 250 
 Orville, v. Aurea Valle 
 Osbert, Clerious, Camerse Regis (1172-1174), 167, 
 
 183, 186, 193 
 Osbert fitz Hervey (1175-1181), 190, 244, 249 
 Osbert (King's Huntsman, 1188), 291 
 Ostiarii Regis. — Royal Ushers. — • 
 Robert Burnell [def. 1155), 9 
 Ralph Purcell (1155), 9 
 
 Roger de Wallingford (Usher of the Ex- 
 chequer, 1156), 19, 19 n 
 Roger (Usher of the Treasury, 1166), 89, 90 
 OstiUi, William de (1163-4), 62, 68 
 
 , Duraudus de (1181-1186), 245, 273 
 
 Otho fitz William (1170-1186), 139, 265, 272 J. S. 
 Ous, WUliam de (1175), 194 
 Oxford, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Robert Foliot (1173), 175, «. Hereford 
 
 Bishops of. 
 Walter dc Constanciis (1175-1182), 188, 202 
 204, 205, 215, 225, 231, 239, 247, v. Chan- 
 cellors J V. Lincoln, Bishops of j v. Rouen, 
 Archbishops of 
 John de Constanciis, nephew of Walter (c. 
 
 1186-1189), 282, 295 
 Oxford, * * *, Constable of (1174), 185 
 
332 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Oxford, Earl of.— 
 
 Alberio de Vere (oce. 1156-1186), 16, 33, 52, 
 (L. N. 225, 250, 281, 292, 297, 300), 201, 
 223, 262, (R. D. 15, 18, 38) 
 
 , Alberio, son of (1177), 216 
 
 , Roese, sister of, wife of Geoffrey de 
 
 Mandeville, 274 n, v. Essex, Earls of. 
 Oxford, Henry de (1156), 18 
 Oxford, John of (1164-1170), 68, 69, 70, 75, 77 », 
 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89, (L. N. 104), 94, 101-2, 
 105, 134, 143, V. Salisbury, Deans of. 
 
 P. 
 
 Pagan, Probator Eegis (1162), 57 
 
 Paganell,aZ. Painell, Fulco (1155-1181), 3, (L.N. 
 
 321), 96 bis, 110, 133, 135, 170, 177, 186, 
 
 188, 209, 230, 233, 235, 241 J. 
 
 , WiUiam (1181, def. 1184), 239, (E. D. 11) 
 
 , Eulk (inf. (Et. 1186; occ. 1188), (E. D.ll), 
 
 290 
 PaganeU (of Dudley), Gervase (1166-1181), (L.N. 
 
 139), 172, 239 
 Panetarius, Henry (1164), 72 
 Pantulf, WilUam (1156), 20 
 , Hugh (1175-1189), 193, 270,273, 281, 287, 
 
 298 Us J. S. 
 
 Paris, Peter, Bishop of (1160), 49 
 Patric, William (1157), 22 
 Pavet, William (1160), 49 
 Pavia, Peter, Archdeacon of (1169), 129, 133 n 
 Pavmei, Reginald de (1171-1181), 160, 164, 174 
 
 Us, 187, 192, 205, 212, 217, 245 
 Peche, Hamo 1156-1166), 16, (L. N. 248, 281, 
 
 292) S. 
 
 • , Geoffrey (son of Hamo), (1186-7), (R. D. 
 
 29), 277 
 Peche, al. Del Pec, Eichard (1175-1185), 194, 227, 
 
 238, 265 J. 
 
 , , Matildis, wife of, 194 
 
 Pembroke, Earls of, v. Strigoil 
 
 Pentney (Norfolk), The Canons of, 151 
 
 Perche, Eotrou III., Comte of (1144^1191), 20, 
 
 113, 113 «, 179 
 
 , Matildis of Blois, wife of, 43 
 
 . , Hawise of Salisbury, mother of, 113 « 
 
 , Margaret, Countess of Warwick, aunt of, 
 
 21 
 
 , Geoffrey de Newburgh, bro. of, 20, 21, 43 
 
 Perche, al. Newburgh, Geoffrey de (1174-1177), 
 186, 195-6, £.03, 209, 212, 219 
 
 Peroi, William de (1162, 1166), 56, (L. N. 2S8, 
 
 307, 317) 
 Periers, Hugh de (1158, def. 1175), 20, 34 his, 38 
 his, 53, 91 his, 198, 238 
 
 , , Aclecia de Caineto, widow of (1175), 
 
 198, 238 
 
 , , , Geoffrey de Say, 2nd husband 
 
 of (1181), 238 
 Perigueux, Peter, Bishop of (1180), 233 
 Peronne, The Comte of (1166), 97 
 Pershore, Reginald, Abbot of (1163, 1165), 59, 
 
 (L. N. 176) 
 Peterborough, Abbots of. — 
 
 William deWaterville (deposed 1175), 196 
 Benedict, Prior of Canterbury (appointed 
 1177), 215, 252, 259 
 Pet«r fitz Wido (1176-1181), 206, 243 
 Peter fitz William (1166), 91 
 Pevcrel of Nottingham, William (1155), 5 
 Philip fitz Ernise (1157, 1174), 21, 184 J. 
 
 Physicians. — 
 
 Radulf (1157), 27 T. 
 
 Gerard (1158), 43 
 
 Ralph de Beaumont (drowned 1170), 135 
 Joseph (1172), 167 
 Hamo and Richard (1185), 263 
 Picot, Peter (1174), 183 
 
 , Ralph (1156-1166), 19 (L. N. 198) J. S. 
 
 , William (1170-1174), 139, 183, 184 
 
 Pikenot, Robert (1175-6), 199, 207, 217 J. 
 
 Pinoerna, Ailward (1165), 86 
 
 Pinoerna, Alexander (1174), 184, v. Barentiu 
 
 , Hamo (1175-1180), 190, o. Hamo Pinoerna 
 
 , Hugh (1176), 208 
 
 , Eichard (1157-1164), 30, 75, 88 
 
 Pinchun, Master Henry (1167-1171), 111, 155 
 Pinkeni, Gilbert de (1165-1170), (Liber Niger, 
 196), 135 S. 
 
 , Henry de (1186), 273 
 
 Pinzun, Eobert (1155), 11 
 
 Pipard, Gilbert (1174-1185), 185, 199, 199 n, 
 
 220 ». 226-228, 233, 236, 239, 245-246, 264 n, 
 
 265 J. S. 
 
 Piris, al. Pirariis, Hugh de, v. Periers 
 
 Piron, al. Pirdu, Robert de, a Templar (1160- 
 
 1177), 50. 213 
 Pisanus, Henry (1164), v. Cardinals 
 Pistor, WiUiam (1161), 53 
 Plessis-Grimoult, Nicholas, Prior of (1166-1169), 
 
 92,118 
 Plugenai, Hugh de (occ. 1156, 1158), 40, 43 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 333 
 
 Plumpton, Gilbert de (1184), 256 
 Poer, Geoffrey (1177), 214 » 
 
 , Ranulf (117-1-5), 186, 193 
 
 , Eobert le (1174-1188), 183, 214, 273, 287 
 
 Poictiera, Archdeacon of, Richard de Ilohester 
 (1163-1174), 60, 65, 67, 68, 70-1, 75, 77, 79, 84 
 85, 87-8, 94, 96, 99 », 117, 120, 122, 130, 132 n, 
 149, 151, 153, 156, 158-60, 174, 175 J. 
 
 Poictiers, Bishop of.— John Tahnce, prius Trea- 
 surer of York (cons. 1163 ; occurs 1164-1177), 
 69-73, 86, 105, 137, 218 «, 221 
 Poictiers, Ralph, Treasurer of (1177), 212 
 Le Poitevin, Comte Roger (1080-90), 60 
 Poitou, Richard, Comte of, 283, v. England, Kings 
 
 of, etc. 
 Pomerai, Henry de (1156-1166), 15, 19, 22, 41, 
 (L. N. 116, 120, 128, 132) J. 
 
 Henry II. de (1166-1194), (L. N. 162) 
 Joel de (1177), 214 
 Pontearch, Robert de (1184), 259 
 Ponthieu and Seez, Comtes of. — 
 
 WiUiam Talvace (occ. 1157, 1166), 21, 22, 93, 
 113 », 154, 187 
 
 , Ela, dau. of, 113 », v. Warren 
 
 , John, son of {ob. 24 Feb. 1191), 93 
 
 , John, son of, v. Poictiers, Bishop of. 
 
 Guy (eldest son of William Talvace, ob. v. p. 
 
 circa 1147), 93 
 John, son of Guy {ob. 1191), 61, 93, 110, 116, 
 172 m 
 Pontigny, Abbot of (1164), 73 
 Pontigny, Abbot of (1171), 154, 156, 160 
 Popes and Antipopes. — 
 
 Anastasius IV. {ob. 2 Dec. 1154), 1 
 
 Adrian IV. («?. 3 Dec. 1154; ob. 30 Aug. 
 
 1159), 1, 26, 31 n, 47, 121 « 
 Alexander III. {el. 7 Sep. 1159 ; oh. 30 Aug. 
 1181), Tiu.; 47, 50, 57, 61, 63-4, 69-79, 88, 
 92-123, 129-135, 137, 142-149, 153-156, 
 163-166, 169, 178 n, 214, 218, 239, 242 
 Lucius IIL (el. 1 Sept. 1181 ; ob. 24 Nov. 
 
 1185), 242, 244, 247, 257, 266 
 Urban III. (el. 25 Nov. 1185 ; ob. 11 Oct. 
 
 1187), 266, 275, 280, 281 
 Gregory VIII. (el. 20 Oct. 1187; oh. 17 
 
 Dec. 1187), 281 
 Clement III. (el. 19 Dec. 1187; ob. 27 
 
 March, 1191), 281, 284 », 291, 293, 294 
 Antipopes. — 
 
 Victor IV. (nominated 1159 ; ob. 22 April, 
 1164), 50, 71 
 
 Popes and Antipopes. — 
 
 Antipopes {contirmed). — 
 Paschal III. Guy of Crema (nominated 22 
 April, 1164 ; ob. 20 Sep. 1168), 71, 106, 
 114. 117 
 Calixtus III. (John, nominated 1168 ; re- 
 nounced 1178), 114, 117 
 Porhoet, Eudo, Vicomte of (occ. 1156-1174), 18, 
 94, 108, 113, 113 «, 133, 157, 157 n, 187 
 
 , Bertha of Bretagne, wife of {ob. 3 Nov. 
 
 1154), 108, 113 n, 157 n 
 Port, Adam de (outlawed 1172), (L. N. 72), 170 
 
 , Roger de (1179), 236 
 
 Portugal, Alphonso, King of (1184), 255 
 
 , * * *, dau. of, 255, V. Flanders, Comtes of. 
 
 Potterel, Ralph (1166), 96 
 
 Powis, Owen de Kevehoc, Prince of Higher 1177), 
 214 
 
 , Griffin de Bromfield, Prince of Lower (1177) 
 
 214 
 Prendergast, Maurice de (1177), 214 n 
 Prior, Hugh (1161), 53 
 Probatores Regis, 37, 57, 98, et passim 
 Puher, V. Poer 
 Puher, Hugh (1174), 185 
 
 , Ranulph (slain 1182), 248 S. 
 
 , William (1176), 208 
 
 Punchun, v. Pinohun 
 
 Purcell, Ralph, -o. Ostiarii Regis 
 
 Q. 
 
 Queen Elianor, v. England, Kings of, etc. 
 Quinci, Saher de (1155-1188), 12, 110, 150, 158, 
 
 174, 186-7, 192, 198, 240, 282-3, 285 
 Quinci, Saher de. Junior (1173), 171 
 
 R. 
 
 Rainald fltz Count, and Emelina his wife, 9 
 Rainewille, John de, a Templar (1177), 217 
 Ralph fitz Salomon (1157), 27 
 Ralph fitz Stephen, 184, 192, u. Camerarii 
 
 , Eustace, brother of (1175), 192, v. Camerarii 
 
 Ramsey, Abbots of — 
 
 WilUam (1163-1175), 59, 190 
 
 Robert (1187), 277 
 Rancone, Geoffrey de (1188), 287 
 Reading, Abbots of. — 
 
 WiUiam le Tempher (1173), 171, «. Bordeaux, "" 
 Archbishop of. 
 
 Joseph (1173-1180), 171 n, 238 
 
 Hugh 11. (U80-1199), 238 n 
 
334 
 
 INDJSX OF PEESONS. 
 
 Eeclinges, Alan de (1169), 122 n 
 Reddon, Abbas de (1175), 189 
 Eedon, Bishops of. — 
 Alan {def. 1156), 18 
 
 Stephen, Abbot of St. Florant (suco. 1156), 
 18, 24, 124, 128, 178, 186, 189 
 Kedvers, v. Devon, Earls of. 
 Reginald filz Josceline, v. Salisbury, Archdeacons 
 
 of. 
 Reginald fitz TJrse (1166-1170), (L. N. 88, 207, 
 
 212, 216), 135, 147, 147 n, 150, 152 
 Reginald Focarius Cameras Regis (1188), 290 
 Sto Remigio, Richard de (1156-8), 9, 18, 34 T. 
 Remigius Talliator (1188), 290 
 Rennes, Thomas, Bishop of (1169), 118 
 Rheims, Archbishops of. — 
 Samson {oh. 1161), 55 
 Henry, brother of K. Louis VII. (suco. 1162 ; 
 
 ol. 1175), 55, 197 
 WiUiam of Blois (1175-1189), 197, 208, 223, 
 243, 247, 262 «, 266, 294-5, 296, v. Sens, 
 Bishops of. 
 Richard, Chaplain of K. Henry (1164, 1186), 70, 
 273 T. 
 
 Richard fitz Count (1173), 176, 176 n, 177, v. 
 Gloucester, Earls of. 
 
 , Robert, son of, 176 n 
 
 , Roger de Croilleio, son of, 176 n 
 
 , Philip, Richard, and Henry, sons of, 176 n 
 
 Richard fitz Gilbert (T. 1156), 16, v. Strigoil 
 Richard fitz Hildebrand (1165-6), 85, (L. BT. 78, 
 
 103) 
 Richard fitz Nigel, Treasurer Royal (1159-1189), 
 130, 176, 185, 203, u. Tliesaurarius Regis J". 
 
 , Willelmus Anglicus, brother of (1180-1184), 
 
 231, 258-9, V. Anglicus 
 Richard fitz Osbert (c. 1157), 32 
 Richard fitz Turstin (1165), 85 S. 
 
 Richard fitz Walkeline (1175), 192 
 Richard fitz Yto (1157), 30 
 Richard, Scriptor Regis (1159), 44 
 Richmond, Archdeacon of,Godfrey de Lacy (1185), 
 260, 262, V. Lucy. J. 
 
 Richmond, Earls of.-^ 
 
 Conan le Petit (1156), 18, v. Bretagne. 
 Geoffrey, sou of K. Henry, xi. ; v. Bretagne. 
 Rideford, Hoel de (1171), 158 T. 
 
 Ridel, Geoffrey (1157), 22, v. Canterbury, Arch- 
 deacons of. 
 Risendon, JoceUne de (T. 1185), 263 
 Bivaulx, Selvan, Abbot of (1182), 248 
 
 Robert fitz Bernard (1166-1186), 92, 163 166 
 186, (L. N. 120), 194, 199, 207, 217, 223, 228, 
 237 », 241-2, 272, 272 « J. S. 
 
 Robert fitz Count, 80 n, 38 n, v. Eustace fitz John 
 Robert fitz Emeric (e. 1157), 23 
 Robert fitz Ernise (1174), 186 
 Robert fitz Harding (1166), (L. N. 91, 110, 124, 
 171, 206), 291 
 
 , Henry, son of, Dean of Moretain, 291 
 
 Robert fitz Noel (1166), (L. N. 133, 138), 210 
 
 , Thomas, son of (1166-1189), (L. N. 134), 
 
 210, 254, 273, 281, 298 bis J. S. 
 
 Robert fitz Roy (1156-1166), 18, (L. N. 115, 119) 
 RDbert fitz Sawin (1158, 1173), 38, (L. N. 216), 
 173 S. 
 
 Robert fitz Stephen (1177), 214 
 Robert fitz Thomas (1185), 266 J. 
 
 Rochester, Archdeacon of, Paris (1176), 202, 204 n 
 Rochester, Bishops of. — 
 
 Walter (1148-1182), 1 his, 10, 47, 54, 57, 59, 
 63, 74, 138, 143, 144, 148 », 192, 208, 211, 
 216, 224, 248 
 Gualeran {el. 9 Nov. ; cons. 5 Dec. 1182 ; ob. 
 29 Aug. 1184), (prius Archdeacon of 
 Baieux), 249, 250, 252, 256-7 
 Gilbert de Glanvill, prius Archdeacon of 
 Liseux {el. 16 July ; cons. 29 Sept. 1185 ; 
 ob. 24 June, 1214), 265, 267, 272, 285, 
 294r-5, 298 
 Roger, Chaplain Royal (1170-1186), 133, 186, 
 
 195, 205, 225, 244 -5, 269, 273 
 Roger fitz Leonard (1171), 161 
 Roger fitz Maurice (1182), 248 
 Roger fitz Reinfrid (1169-1189), 130, 192, 199, 
 203, 214 n, 220, 223, 228, 237 «, 244, 247-249, 
 265, 272, 277, 281, 291, 293 n, 298 J. S. 
 
 Roger fitz Richard (of Warkworth, 1158-1166), 
 
 33, (L. N. 230, 286, 336) 
 Roger fitz Tiold (1180), 232 
 Roger fitz Walkeline (1174), 185 
 Roger, nepos Suberti (c. 1165), 77 
 Rohan, AJan, Vicomte of (1185), 266 
 Roland fitz Uctred, 269, v. TJctred. 
 Roos, Robert de (1160), 51 
 
 , Everard de (1166, 1173), (L. N. 324), 172 
 
 Roos, Peter de (1189), 298 
 Rosamond, Pair, Preface vii. viii. 
 Rosceline fitz Clarembald (1157), 23 
 Rouen, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Hugh {occ. 1154-1164,. ob. 12 Oct. 1164), 1 , 
 3, 18, 22, 23, 49, 70 n, 74, 74 «, 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 335 
 
 Eouen, Archbishops of {conUnued). — 
 
 Kotrou de Newburgl (translated from Evreux, 
 1165. 01. 25 Nov. 1183), 70 n, 79, 82 n, 
 83,93, 97, 100-1, 107-8,110,111, 113, 
 118, \2h~\Zl passim, 140, 141-147, 149 n, 
 153-4., 157-8, 163, 165, 168, 172, 177, 185, 
 187, 189, 202, 204-5, 205 », 206, 215, 
 221-2, 246, 253 
 Walter de Constaiiciis, prius Bishop of Lin- 
 coln (el. c. Dec. 1183. Translated 1184), 
 254, 260-61, 274, 278, 282-3, 289, 294-5 
 Eouen, Archdeacons of — 
 
 Qrilo (1166, 1169), 101, 131, 134 n 
 Ealph de Warneville (1181), 210, v. Chan- 
 cellors 
 Eouen, Dean of, Eobert de Newburgh (1183, 1187), 
 
 251 «, 282 
 Eouen, The Vicomtesse of (1162), 58 
 Eoumara, WiUiam I. de (1120-1157 ; def .1166} ,22 
 
 , William III. de, grandson of (1166 -1197), 
 
 (L. N. 263), 189, 201, 220 » 
 Eufus, Herbert (1159), 46 
 
 . Richard (1175-1186), 190, 245, 273 
 
 , WiUiam (1166-1189), (L. N. 66), 145, 168, 
 
 176, 183, 185, 199, 218-220, 237 n, 245-6,258, 
 265, 272, 298, v. Dapiferi Eegis. 
 Eupe, Eichard de (1184), 257 
 Eussedal, Turgise de (1158), 33 T. 
 
 Sabloil, Eobert de (1173), 172 n 
 Sackville, Jordan de (1156), 21 
 
 , Nigel de (1169-70), 120, 124, 127, 130, 152 
 
 Sacy, Eobert de (1180), 235 
 St. Albans, Abbots of — 
 
 Eobert (1155-1165), 13, 20, 59, 85 
 
 Simon (1167-1176), 106, 152, 190 
 St. Asaph, Archdeacon of, David (1170), 143 
 St. Asaph, Bishops of. — 
 
 G-odfrey {cons. c. 1160; deprived 18 May, 
 1175), 57, 59, 89 n, 111, 143-4, 14S «, 190 
 
 Adam (cons. 12 Oct. 1175; oi. 1181), 190, 
 195, 197-8, 211, 213, 215, 224 
 
 John (cons. 25 June, 1183 j ob. 1186), 251-2 c. 
 
 Eeiner (cons. 10 Aug. 1186 ; ob. 1224), 270 
 St. Augustine (Canterbury), Abbots of. — 
 
 Silvester (appointed 1157), 26, 27 
 
 Clareinbald (occurs 1164r-1170), 69, (L. N. 
 58), 101, 135 
 
 Eoger (1178-1187), 222, 225, 250, 280 
 
 St. Clair, Hugh de (1166-9), 94, 120 
 St. Davids, Bishops of. — 
 
 Dadd Fitz Gerald (cons. 19 Dec. 1147; ob. 
 
 9 May, 1176), 57, 67, 161, 190, 202 
 Peter de Leia, Prior of Wenlock (cons. 7 Nov. 
 1176 ; ob. 16 July, 1198), 205, 208, 211, 
 246, 248, 252, 265 
 St. Edmundbury, The Abbot of ai75), 190 
 St. Gilles, Comtes of, v. Toulouse, Comtcs of 
 St. John, William de (1158-1183), 34, 96, 151 
 
 158, 159, 162, 169, 189, 201, 254 
 St. Ludonir, Otto de, a Templar (1160), 49 
 St. Mare-Eglise, Eobert de (1158, 1161), 34, 53 
 
 , William de. Clerk of the King's Chamber 
 
 (1183-1189), 253, 277, 284, 285 », 288, /<, 293, 
 295 «, 296 
 St. Martin, Alured de (1166-1188), (L. N. 67), 
 178, 186, 187, 204, 206 n, 219, 235, 253, 255, 
 282-3, 290, 293, v. Dapiferi; v. Seneschals; 
 vide eiiam Dapiferi Eegis. 
 St. Omer, Testes de, a Templar (1164, 1174), 68, 
 
 182 
 St. Quintin, Walter de (1174), 185 
 St. Eemigy, Richard de, v. Sancto Remigio 
 St. Scolastica, Herbert de (1160), 49 bis 
 St. Severe, Stephen, Abbot of (1177), 209 J. 
 
 St. Valery, v. St. Walery 
 Saladin (1187-8), 279, 292 
 Salisbury, Archdeacons of. — 
 
 Reginald fitz Joscehne (1167-1173), 105, 
 106 n. 111, 119, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 
 134 «, 136 n, 147, 155, 159, 166, 170, 175 
 Salisbury, Bishops of. — 
 
 Josceline de Bohun (1152-1184), 1, 10 ter, 
 42, 57, 59, 67, 77, 85, (L. N. 103), 94-5, 
 106 », 110-113, 120-123, 130, 132, 136 n, 
 138, 143-4, 147, 148 n, 149-156, 162, 192, 
 195-6, 196 », 211 », 224, 258 
 Salisbury, Deans of. — 
 
 Eobert Warlewast (1140-1155), 10, v. Exeter, 
 
 Bishops of. 
 Henry de Beaumont (c. 1155-1165), 89, v. 
 
 Bayeux, Bishops of 
 John of Oxford (1165-6 & 1166-1175), 89, 
 92, 94, 102-3, 103 n, 106, 108, 123^, 131, 
 134 n, 147-8, 151, 157, 159, 175, 177, 184, 
 186-7, 191-193, 197 
 Jordan (1176), 205, 205 n. v. Norwich, Bps. of 
 Salisbury, Earls of. — 
 
 Patric (occisus 27 Mch. 1168), 9, 13, 16, 26, 
 35, 67, (L. N. 71, 103, 107), 113, 113 n. 
 
336 
 
 INDEX OF PBESONS. 
 
 Salisbury, Earls of {continued). — 
 
 Patric [continued), 238 S. 
 
 , Ela TaJvace, wife of, 113 « 
 
 , Hawjse, Comtesse of Perche, sister of, 
 
 113 n 
 
 , Sibil 'de Cliawoi'tb,' motlier of, 113 n, 
 
 (L. N. 108J 
 
 , Walter de Salisbury, father of, 113 n 
 
 WilHam (1168-1196), 113 w, 172, 238-9, 
 282 
 Salisbury, John of (1162, 1164), 57, 72, ®. 
 
 Chartres, Bishop of 
 Salisbury, The Prsecentor of (1167), (Qy. Henry ?), 
 
 Ill 
 Salisbury, Walter de {tern. Hen. I.), 113 n 
 
 . , Sibil, wife of, 113 n 
 
 , , Patric, son of, 113 n, v. Salisbury, 
 
 Earls of 
 Salop, Master Robert de (1189), 298, v. Shrews- 
 bury J. 
 Sancerre, Stephen of Blois, Comte of, 232 
 Sandiaore, Peter de (1173), 173 
 Sanford, Wido de (1155), 14 
 Sauoei, Robert de (1186), 273 
 Savaric (de Bohun), 35, [vide'L. N. 65) 
 
 , Q-eldwin and Savaric, sons of (1158), 35 
 
 Saxony, Henry, Duke of (1165-1189), 78, 108-9, 
 116, 139, 237, 243 n, 248-9, 255-260, 267, 
 294 
 
 , Matilda of England, wife of {oh. 28 July, 
 
 1189), 248, 258, 296, v. England, Kings 
 of, etc. 
 
 , WiUiam, son of {naius 1182), 248, 257, 291 
 
 » * * *, son of {natus 1184), 256 
 * * * », daughter of (1187), 280 
 
 , Matilda, daugliter of (1186), 267, 268 n 
 
 Say, Geoffrey de (1181), 238, <;. Periers 
 Say, William de (1166), (L. N. 259), 260 
 
 , , Beatrice, dau. of, 260, v. Fitz-Piers 
 
 , , Matilda, dau. of, 260, f Bochland 
 
 Scalariis, Geoffrey de (c. 1177), 216 
 Scotia, Eustace de (1157), 23 
 Scotland, Kings of. — 
 
 Malcolm III. Canmore {tern. Will. I.), 
 
 268 n 
 Malcolm {ob. 5 Dec, 1165), 28, 32, 46, 48, 
 
 63, 88, 92 
 William (1165-1214), viii. ; 92, 97, 99, 136, 
 138, 172, 177-180, 183, 186, 193, 208, 216, 
 240, 241, 244, 247, 248, 261-2, 268-9, 271, 
 285, 291 
 
 Scotland, David, brother of William, king of 
 (1070-1219), 136-138, 172, 193, 259, 
 261, 269, 271, V. Huntingdon, Earls of 
 
 , Ermengarde of Beaumont-le-Roger, 
 
 wife of, 268, 271 
 Scriptores Regis, u. Germanus ; v. Richard 
 Seez, Arclideacon of, John (1169), 131, 134 n 
 Seez (Sagium) Bishops of. — 
 Gerard {ol. 1157), 21, 32 
 Froger, Arclideacon of Derby and King's 
 Almoner (appointed 1159, ol. 1184), 32 n, 
 49, 52, 56 », 75, 78, 93, 99, 118, 121, 128, 
 131, 137-8, 142-3, 154, 157, 159, 162, 
 177, 183, 185, 187, 218-220, 220 n, 234, 
 238, 246, 251 
 Lisiard (1184, 1188), 260, 283 
 Seez, Comtes of, v. Ponthieu, Comtes of 
 Senan, Peter (1178), 278 
 Seht, Robert de (1167), 105 
 Selvein, Richard (1183), 253 
 
 Seneschalli Regis. — Royal Stewards (Dapiferi), 
 sometimes called Seneschals, e. g. — 
 
 Hugli de Morewicli, 265, 272, -w. Dapiferi 
 Gilbert Malet (1174), 186, «. Dapiferi 
 Aluredde St. Martin (1174), 186, v. Dapiferi 
 William fitz Adelm (1174), 186, v. Dapiferi 
 Seneschal of Aujou, Stephen de Tours (1180- 
 1189), 235, 239, 240, 243, 254, 290, 294-5, 297, 
 V. Turonis, Stephen de 
 Seneschals of England, v. England, Chief Jus- 
 tices of 
 Seneschals of Ireland. — • 
 
 Bertram de Yerdon (1185), 264 n 
 John de Courci (1185), 266 
 Seneschals or Chief Justices of Normandy. — 
 
 Robert de Newburgh (1155-1159), 7 », 8 his, 
 
 13, 17, 20, 24, 25, 41, 47 
 William de Courci (1166-1176), 92, 168 
 Richard, Bishop of Winchester (1176-1178), 
 
 209, 215, 219-222 
 William fitz Ralph (1178-1189), 222, 234-5, 
 V. Normandy 
 Sens, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Hugh (occurs 1163; ob. 1168), 64, 118 
 William of Blois {coils. 22 Dec. 1168 ; transl. 
 1175), 118, 128, 133, 138, 140-1, 146, 
 149, 153-4, 197, V. Rheims, Abps of 
 Sens, Archdeacon of, Simon (1170), 151 
 Shaftesbury, Mary, Abbess of, sister of K.Henry 
 
 II. (1181), 244 
 Sherborne, Abbot of, Clement (1165), 85. 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 337 
 
 SheriflFa of Counties tem. Hen. II. ; viz. of— 
 Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.— 
 
 Henry do Essex (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1156J 
 
 Simon ai. Petri (Mieh. 1156-Mich. IIGO) 
 
 G-aufr. fil. Radulfi ) „,. , 
 
 !?• A fi, r^^ .- Mich. 1160-Mich. 1161) 
 
 Bicard. iil. Osberti ) 
 
 Eicardus fil. Osberti (Mich. 1161-Mlch. 1163) 
 Hugo de Lalega (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1165) 
 
 Sr^^^iSrti)^^-''--^^-^-^-^^^) 
 
 Hugo de Lalega -. i (Mich. 1169- 
 
 Wills fil. Ricardi fil. Osberti / ( Easter 1187) 
 David Archidiaconus \ r (Easter 1170- 
 Wills fil. Ricardi / \ Mich. 1179) 
 
 WiUs fil. Ricardi (Mich. 1173-Mich. 1179) 
 Willelmus Eufus (Mich. 1179-Easter 1187) 
 Oger fil. Ogeri (Easter 1187-MicIi. 1189) 
 Berkshire. — 
 
 Ricardus de Camvill (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Gilb. de Pinchigni (Mieh. 1157-Xtmas 1160) 
 Adam de Catmera (Xtmas 1160- East. 1170) 
 Hugo de Bochland (East. 1170-Mich. 1176) 
 Hugo de So G-ermano (Mich. 1176-Mich. 1185) 
 Uxor ejusdem pro eo (Jlich. 1185-Mich. 1186) 
 Rog. fil. Reinfridi (Mich. 1186-MicU. 1189) 
 Buckinghamshire, f. Bedfordshire 
 Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire. — 
 Paganus (Mich. 1155-Mioh. 1163) 
 Hamo Peche (Mich. 1163-East. 1166) 
 Philip de Davintre (East. X166-Ea3t. 1170) 
 Ebrard de Beche 1 r (Easter 1170- 
 
 Warin de Bassingebm-n i I Easter 1177) 
 Walt. fil. Hugonis (East. 1177-Mioh. 1182) 
 Radulf Bardulf (Mich. 1182-Mich. 1185) 
 iSfich. fil. Roberti (Mich. 1185-Mich. 1189) 
 Cornwall. — 
 
 Eustace fil Stephani (Mich. 1175-Mich. 1179) 
 Alan de Furnellis (Mich. 1179-Ea3t. 1186) 
 Hugo Bardulf (East. 1185-East. 1187) 
 Wills de Bochland (East. 1187-Mich. 1189) 
 Cumberland (or Carlisle). — 
 
 Robert fil. Troite (Mich. 1157-Mioh. 1172) 
 Adam fil. Robi Troite (Mich. 1172-Mich. 1174) 
 Robert de Vaux (Mich. 1174-East. 1185) 
 Hugh de Morewich (East. 1185-Mich. 1186) 
 Nicholas frater ej usdem ( Mich. 1 186-Mich. 1188) 
 Wills fil. Adeliui (Mich. 1188-Mich. 1189) 
 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. — 
 
 Rob. de Perario (Mich. 1154-Mich. 1156) 
 Rand. fil. Engeh-am (Mich. 1156-Mioh. 1165) 
 Robs fil. Eandulfi (Mich. lieS-Bast. 1170) 
 
 Sherilfs of Counties tem. Henry II ; viz. of — 
 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (continued). 
 Wills fil. Radulfi (East. 1170-Mich. 1180) 
 Radulf Murdach (Mich. 1180-Mich. 1189) 
 Devonshire. — 
 
 Ricardus Comes (Mich. 115o-Mich. 1156) 
 The same, but called ) f (Mich. 1156- 
 ' Richard de Redvers ' ) ( Mich. 1157) 
 Wills de Boterell (Mich. 1157-Mich. 1160) 
 Hugo de Ealega (Mich. 1160-Mich. 1167) 
 Robs fil. Bernardi (Mich. 1167-East. 1178) 
 Comes Regiualdus (East. 1173-June 1175) 
 Pagan Capellanus, et -] 
 Alan de Furnellis pro > (June-Mich. 1175) 
 Comite Reiinaldo J 
 Wills Eufus (Mich. 1175-Ea3t. 1177) 
 Hugo de Gundevill (East. 1177-Mieh. 1179) 
 Wills Briewcrre (Mich. 1179-Mich. 1189) 
 Dorset and Somerset. — 
 
 Richard de Raddon (.Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Warner de Lisoriis (Mich. 1157-Mich. 1161) 
 Rob. de Bellocampo (Siicli. 1161-Mich. 1163) 
 Gerbert de Perci (Mich. 1163-Easter 1166) 
 Robs Puchercl (Easter 1166-Easter 1170) 
 Alured de Lincoln (East. 1 170-Mich. 1175) 
 Rob. de Bellocampo (Mich. 1175-East. 1182) 
 Wills de Bendeng' (East. 1182-Mich. 1184) 
 Robs fil. Pagani (Mich. 1184-Mich. 1188) 
 Hugo Bardulf (Mich. 1188-Mich. 1189) 
 Essex & Hertfordshire. — 
 
 Rics de Luci (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Maurice de Tiretei (Mich. 1157-Xtmas 1160) 
 Rad. de Marci (Xtmas 1160-Mich. 1161) 
 Maurice de Tiretei (Mich. 1161-Mich. 1163) 
 Otuel de Bovill (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1164) 
 Nicholas Decanus (Mich. 1164-Easter 1169) 
 Steph. de Bellocampo (East. 1169-East. 1170) 
 Robs Mantell (Easter 1170-Mich. 1181) 
 Oto fil Willelmi (Mich. 1181-Mich. 1189) 
 Gloucestershire. — 
 
 Walter de Hereford (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Wills de Bellocampo (Mich. 1157-Mich. 1163) 
 WUls Pipard (Mich. 1163-Mioh. 1167) 
 Gilbert Pipard (Mich. 1167-Mich. 1171) 
 Radsfil. Stephani (WiUs 1 r (Mich. 1171- 
 
 frater ejus pro eo) / I Mich. 1175) 
 Wills fil. Stephani (Mich. 1175-Mich. 1189) 
 Hampshire, or Southampton. 
 
 Turstinus (Michaelmas 1155-Mich. 1159) 
 Ricardus fil. Turstini i r (Mich. 1159- 
 pro patre suo ) \ Mich. 1160) 
 
 43 
 
338 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Sheriffs of Counties tern. Henry II ; tIz. of — 
 
 Hampshire, or Southampton (continued. — 
 
 Kicardusfil. Turstiui (Mich. 1160-East. 1170) 
 
 Hugode Gundevill (East. 1170-Mich. 1179) 
 
 Galfs fil. Azonis (Mich. 1179-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Herefordshire. — 
 
 Walter de Hereford (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1159) 
 
 Mauricius (Mich. llo9-Mich. 1160) 
 
 WUls de Bellocampo (Mich. H60-Mich. 1169) 
 
 Walterus Clerious 1 ,,,. , ,,»„ -.r- i nt,/^\ 
 } (Micb. 1169-Mich. 1170) 
 pro eodem / 
 
 Wills de La Lega (Mich. Il70-Mich. 1171) 
 
 Gilbert Pipard (Mich. 1171-Ea3t. 1173) 
 
 Wille de Braose (East. 1173-Mich. 1175) 
 
 Bandulf Puher (Mich. 1175-East. 1182) 
 
 Mile de Mucegros | (Easter-Mich. 1182) 
 Uoger fil. Mauricii ' 
 
 Milo de Mucegros (Mich. 1182-East. 1183) 
 Wills Torel (Easter 1183-Easter 1185) 
 Rads de Ardene (Easter 1185-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Huntingdonshire, v. Cambridgeshire, and Hunt- 
 ingdonshire (supra, p. 337) 
 
 Kent.— 
 Radulf Picot (Mich. llo5-Xtmas 1160) 
 Hugo de Doura (Xtmas 1160-East. 1168) 
 Gervase de CornhuU (East. 1168-Mich. 1174) 
 Kobs fil. Bernardi (Mich. 1174-Mich. 1183) 
 
 Alan de Valoins (Mich. 1184!-Mioh. 1189) 
 Lancaster. — 
 
 Gaufr. de Valoins (Mich. 1164— East. 1166) 
 Wills de Vesci (Mich. 1166-East. 1170) 
 Eog. de Herleberg (East. 1170-East 1173) 
 Eanulf de Glanyill (East. 1173-East. 1174) 
 Kanulf de GlauTiU 1 ™, , t.^. ,,. , ,,»,., 
 Eads fil. Bernardi } (^ast. 1174-Mxeh. 1174) 
 
 Eads fil. Bernardi (Mich. 1174-East. 1185) 
 
 Gilbert Pipard (East. 1185-Mich. 1189) 
 Leicestershire & Warwickshire. — 
 
 Kobs fil. Hugonis (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1158) 
 (L) Kobs fil. Harnulfi \ i (Mich. 1158- 
 
 (W) Wills de Bellocampo 1 [ East. 1159) 
 
 Kads Basset (East. 1159-Mich. 1162) 
 
 Wills Basset pro) ,-.,. , ,,„„ t,,. , ,,„„, 
 T, , ,. } (Mich. 1162-Mich. 1163) 
 
 Kado iratre suo > 
 
 (L) Wills Basset ) ,„,. , ,,-, ,,,. , ,,„,. 
 
 (W) Kobs fil. Gaufridi 1 (^'"'^- "^S-Mich. 1160 
 Wills Basset (Mieh. 1164-East. 1170) 
 Bertram de Verdun (East. 1170-East. 1185) 
 Michael Belet (Bast. 1185-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Sheriffs of Counties tern. Hen. II ; viz. of — 
 
 Lincolnshire — 
 
 Jordan de Blossevill (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Walt, de Amundevill (Mich. H57-Mich. 1163) 
 Peter de Golsa (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1165) 
 Wills de Insula pro | ^^.^^^_ 1165-Mich. 1166) 
 
 Petro de Golsa •• 
 Alured de Poilton (Mich. 1166-M:ch. 1167) 
 Philip de Kime (Mich. 1167-East. 1170) 
 Walt, de Grimesby 1 ^^^^ uyo-Mich. 1174) 
 Alured de Pointon ' 
 
 Walt, de Grimesby (Mich. 1174-Mich. 1175) 
 Drogo fil. Kaduia (Mich. 1175-East. 1177) 
 Wills Basset (Easter 1177-East. 1185) 
 Nigel fil. Alexaudri (East. 1185-1189) 
 
 Middlesex & London. — 
 Jobs fil. Eadulpbi (Oct. 1154-Mich. 1155) 
 Gervase and John (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1156) 
 
 Eeiner fil Berenger | ngfi-Mich. 1157) 
 
 Wills fil. Isabel I ' 
 
 Eeiner fil. Berenger i 
 
 Gaufr. Bursarius I ^^^^^^ ii57_Mich. 1158) 
 
 Josce Vinitariua 
 
 Kicardus Vetulus -' 
 
 Keiner fil. Berenger"] 
 
 Jobs fil. Kadulfi }■ (Mich. 1158-Mich. 1159) 
 
 et socii J 
 
 Keiner fil. Berenger 1 .^^^^ 1159-Mioh. 1160) 
 Wills fil. Isabel ) ^ ' 
 
 Johes fil. Kadulfi (Mich. 1160-Mich. 1161) 
 Ernald Scutarius | ^^^^ U61-Mich. 1162) 
 Vitalis Clericus i 
 
 Keiner fil. Berenger 1 ^jjj^^_ 1162-East. 1169) 
 Wills fil. Isabel i ' 
 
 Johes Bucuinte I 
 Baldwin Crispus 
 David de Cornhillf(^'>^*-1169-Xtmasll72) 
 
 Eoger Blund 
 
 Eads Aurifaber .. 
 
 Eads Vinitor /-vt nno t -,-,1,^ 
 
 ' (Xtmas 1172- June 1174) 
 
 Andr. Bukerell f ' 
 
 Aelardus -" 
 
 Brichtmer de Haverhill \ I (June 1174- 
 Peter fil. Walteri J (JuneU76 
 
 Wills fil. Isabel (June 1176-Mich. 1177) 
 Walerannus | ^^.^^^ n77_Mich. 1178) 
 
 Johes fil. N igelh ' 
 
 WiUs fil. Isabel | ^-^.^^ 1178-Mich. 1179) 
 Emulf BuzeU" ) ' 
 
 Wills fil. Isabel I (4jj^j^ ii79_Mich. 1181) 
 Keginald le Viel ) 
 
INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 339 
 
 Sheriils of Counties tern. Henry II ; viz. of— 
 
 Middlesex and London {continued) .— 
 Wills fil. Isabel (Mich. 1181-East. 1187) 
 
 srLinr"}(— «^--«-"-) 
 
 Norfolk and Suffolk.— 
 
 (N) WiUs de NeWU 1 ,,.. , ,„. „. , ,,,,, 
 /•o\ urn 1 T^ . t (Mich. 115o-Mioh. 1156) 
 
 (S) Wills de Fraxineto J 
 
 Wais de Caisnei (East. IIST-Mich. 1163) 
 
 Oger Dapifer (Mich. 1163-Easter, llVO) 
 
 Barth. de GlauTill- 
 
 Wimar Capellanus WEast. 1170-M:icli. 1175) 
 Wills Bardul J 
 
 Wimar Capellanus (Mich. 1175-East. 1187) 
 Willis fil. HerTci (East. U57-Mich. 1189) 
 Northampton shire. — 
 
 Simon fil. Petri (Mich. llSS-Xtmas 1160) 
 Hugo Gubiun (Xtmas 1160-Mich. 1163) 
 Simon fil. Petri (Mich. 1163-East. 1170) 
 Kobs fil. Sawini (East. 1170-Mich. 1174) 
 Hugo de GundeviU (Mich. H74.-Ea3t. 1177) 
 Thos. fil. Bernardi (East. 1177-Mich. 1183) 
 Eads Morin pro eodem (Mich. 1183-Mich. 1184) 
 Galfs fil. Petri (Mich. 1184-Mich. 1189) 
 Northumberland. — 
 
 Wills de Vesci (Mich. 1157-Easter 1170) 
 Roger de Stutevill (East. 1170-East. 1185) 
 Koger de Glanvill (East. 1185-Mich. 1189) 
 Nottinghamshire, t). Derbyshire 
 Oxfordshire. — 
 
 Henr. de GQli (Mich. 1155-June 1161) 
 Manasser Arsich (East. 1161-Mich. 1163) 
 Thomas Basset (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1164) 
 Adam de Catmera (Mich. 1164!-East. 1170) 
 Alard Banastre (East. 1170-Mich. 1175) 
 Robs de TureviU (Mich. 1175-Mich. 1179) 
 Galfrid. Hosatus (Mich. 1179-East. 1182) 
 Robs de Witefeld (East. 1182-East. 1185) 
 Alan de Furnellis (East. 1185-East. 1187) 
 Robs de la Mara (East. 1187-Mich. 1189) 
 Rutland. — 
 
 Rics de Humez (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1157) 
 Robs fil. Gubolt (Mich. 1157-Mich. 1159) 
 Rics de Humez (Mich. 1159-Mich. 1161) 
 Robs. fil. Gubolt (Mich. 1161-Mich. 1163) 
 Rics de Humez (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1164) 
 Robs fil. Gubolt I c (Mich. 1164- 
 
 (Rios de Humez pro eo) ] \ Mich. 1166) 
 Rics de Humez (Mich. 1166-Mich. 1178) 
 Simon Basset pro J ^jjj^,^ 1178-Mich. 1179) 
 Rico de Humez > 
 
 Sherifis of Counties tern. Hen. II ; viz. of — 
 
 Rutland {continued). — 
 
 wais Malduit 1 ,,^. , ,, „„ t n oo\ 
 . > (Mich. 1179-June 1188) 
 
 Cameranus > 
 
 Amalrio Dispensator (June 1 188-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Shropshire. — 
 
 Wills fil. Alani (June 1155-Mich. 1159) 
 Wido Extraneus (Mich. 1159-Xtmas 1164) 
 Gaufridus de Ver (Xtmas 1164-Mich. 1169) 
 Wills Clericus, pro eo (Mich. 1169-Mich. 1170) 
 Wido Extraneus (Mich. 1170-Mich. 1179) 
 Hugo Pantulf (Mich. 1179-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Somerset, vide supra Dorset 
 
 Southampton, vide supra Hampshire 
 
 Staffordshire. — 
 
 Robs de Stafford (Mich. 1154-Mich. 1160) 
 Alexander Clericus (Mich. 1160-East. 1166) 
 Herveius de Strattou (East. 1166-Mioh. 1184) 
 Thomas Noel (Mich. 1184-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Suffolk, vide svpra Norfolk 
 
 Surrey. — 
 
 Paganus pi-o Willo Mai-tell \ \ ^'^'<'^- ^^^^~ 
 J I Mich. 1156) 
 
 Paganus (Mich. H56-Mich. 1163) 
 
 Gervase de Cornhill (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1182) 
 
 Henricus fii. Gervasii % t (Mich. 1182- 
 
 de Cornhill pro eo J I. Mich. 1183) 
 
 Hnnricus de Cornhill (Mich. 1183-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Sussex. — 
 
 Mauger de Malcuvenant (Mich. 1155-1156) 
 Ricardus de Humez (Mich. 1156-Mich. 1157) 
 Radulfus Picot (Mich. 1157-Mich. 1160) 
 Hilary, Bishop | ^^.^^ neO-Mich. 1162) 
 
 of Chichester ) 
 Henry, Archdeacon | ^^^.^^^ H62-Mich. 1163) 
 
 of Chichester > 
 Rogerus Hai (Mich. 1163-East. 1170) 
 Reginald de Warren (East. 1170-Mich. 1176) 
 Roger fil. Beinlrid (Mich. 1176-East. 1187) 
 Willelmus Eufus (East. 1187-Mich. 1189) 
 
 Warwickshire, v. supra Leicestershire 
 
 Westmoreland. — 
 
 Rand, de Glanvill (Mich. 1174-M;ch. 1179) 
 [Elsewhere treated as part of Yorkshire.^ 
 
 Wiltsliire. — 
 
 Comes Patricius (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1160) 
 Ricardus Clericus (iVIich. 1160-Mich. 1162) 
 Milo de Danteseia (Mich. 1162-Mich. 1163) 
 Richard de Wilton (Mich. 1163-Mich. 1179) 
 Robert Malduit (Mich. 1179-Easter 1187) 
 Hugo Bardulf (Easter 1187-Mich. 1189) 
 
340 
 
 INDEX OF FEESONS. 
 
 Sheriffs of Counties tern. Hen. II ; viz. of — 
 Worcestershire. — 
 
 WiUs de Bellocampo (Mich. 1155-Mioh. 1169) 
 Hugo Puller pro eodm (Mich. 1169-Mich. 1170) 
 Randulf de Lench (Mich. 1170-Mich. 1174) 
 Kobert de Luci (Midi. 1174-Mich. 1175) 
 Michael Belet (Mich. 1175-Easter 1185) 
 Eobs Marmiun (Easter 1185-Mich. 1187) 
 Henr. de Suinesfen, et-. (■ 
 Henr. de Chunegesbi L \ (Mich. 1167- 
 
 pro Eobo Marmiun J t Mich. 1188) 
 Kobs Marmiun (Mich. 1188-Mich. 1189) 
 Yorkshire. — 
 
 Bertram de Bulemer (Mich. 1155-Mich. 1163) 
 Eandulf de Glanville (Mich. 1163-East. 1170) 
 Eobs de Stutevill (East. 1170-Mich. 1175) 
 Eandulf de Glanvill (Mich. 1175-Mich. 1189) 
 Ship-Masters of Southampton. — 
 
 Ealph Vitulus (1158-1178), 39 n, 177, 202, 
 
 222 
 Wm. Tirevache (1172), 167 
 Walter Vitulus (1172), 169 
 Samson Wasceline (1173-1187), 177, 202, 
 
 216, 218, 252, 267, 270, 271 n, 278 
 Herbert fitz Geldewiu (1173-1187), 177, 266, 
 
 279 
 Eobert deBaion (1174), 184 
 WiUiam de Baion (1175), 188 
 Berenger de Hampton (1176), 202 
 Hugh Palmer (1176) 202 
 Eoger de laWicha (1177), 215 
 Ealph Titulus, junior (1177), 215, 231 
 Humphrey Hai (1183), 252 
 William de Braiose (1184-1188), 255, 284, 
 
 284 » 
 .Alan Trenchemere (1184-1188), 255, 288, 
 
 289 
 Vi talis (1187), 279 
 Hugh of Hampton (1187), 279 
 Godefrid Mansel (1187), 279 
 Alan fitz Alan (1188), 284 
 Shrewsbury, Eobert de (1177-1189), 212, 298, 
 298 n J. 
 
 SicQy, WiEiam, King of (1172-1176), 166, 202, 
 205, 206 
 
 , , Matilda, al. Margaret, of Navarre, 
 
 mother of, 166 
 
 , , Joan of England, wife of, 202, 205-6, 
 
 V. England, Kings of, etc. 
 Sigillo, Nicholas de (1157-1173), 27, 33, 51, 55, 
 57, 176, V. Huntingdon, Archdeacons of 
 
 Silly, Robert and Hugh de (1168), 112 
 
 Silvester, Master (1186), 272 
 
 Simon Cellarer (Justiciar 1168), 117 J. 
 
 Sioion, Earl, 200, v. Northampton 
 
 Simon fitz Peter (1158-1166), 33, 63 Us, 68, 85, 
 
 (L. N. 90, 108, 215), v. Marescalli S. J. 
 
 Simon fitz William (1157), 7 
 Sisseney, Gosbert de (T. 1174), 186 
 Solariis, al. Soliers al. Soliars, William de (1176- 
 
 1188), 206 «, 209, 290 J. 
 
 Soissons, B***, Prior of St. Crispin at (1170), 
 
 145 
 Soissons, Henry, Comte of (1160), 49 
 Soissons, Hugh, Bishop of (1160), 49 
 Soligny, V. Suleny 
 
 Stafibrd, Archdeacon of, Ealph (1171), 163 
 Stafford, Eobert de (1166), (L. N. 135), 210 
 Stanton, William de (1185, 1187), 265, 281 J. 
 Stepelton, PhiUp de (1188), 287 
 Stephanus Camerarius, v. Camerarii Eegis 
 Stephanus Capellanus (1157), 30, v. Fougeres 
 Stephen, King of England, v. England, Kings 
 
 of, etc. 
 Storteford, Richard de (Magister Scholarum 
 
 London, 1184), 259 
 Strange, Guy Le (1155-1177), 6, 80, (L. N. 144, 
 
 147), 175, 185, 198, 210 S. J. 
 
 Strigoil and Pembroke, Earl of. 
 
 Richard fitz Gilbert, surnamed Strougbow 
 {ob. 5 April, 1176), (L. N. 70), 16, 109, 
 118, 165-6, 172, 176, 196, 202 
 Stuteville, Nicholas de (1155-1177), 8, 132, 221 
 , Robert de (1158-1181 ; ob. c. Deo. 1184), 
 
 viii. ; 83, (L. N. 309, 311, 321), 145, 172, l74, 
 
 177 «, 178, 179 », 180, 187, 192 bis, 196, 203, 
 
 209, 212, 233, 239, 241, (R. D. 1), 273 S. J. 
 , WilUam de (probably brother of Robert, 
 
 occ. 1166-1177), (L. N. 309), 159, 160, 172, 
 
 182, 194, 196 ter, 201 «, 210, 214 
 , Roger de (probably brother of Eobert, 
 
 1173-1185), 172, 201, 203, 205, 210, 214, 261 
 , William de (eldest son of Eobert, occ. 
 
 1173-1189), 172, 261, 298 J. 
 , Eobert de (probably younger son of Eobert, 
 
 occ. 1173, 1175, 1176), 172, 194, 200 
 Subhgny, al. Suleny, Gilbert de (drowned at sea 
 
 1170), 135 
 , John de (1173-1176), 177-8, 186-7, 192, 
 
 206 n, 235 
 
 , , Ahce, wife of, 235 
 
 , , Hasoulf, son of, 235 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 34] 
 
 Suffolk, Archdeacon of, Walkeline (e. 1182), 
 
 249 » 
 Sussex, Earl of, William de Albini III. (1177- 
 
 1189), 209-211, 226, 254, 255 », 262, 272, 
 
 275 n, 285, 297 
 
 T. 
 
 Taisson, al. Taissun, al. Taxo, v. Tesson 
 Talbot, Richard (1156), 20 
 
 , Gerald (1173, 1188), 172 n, 288 n 
 
 Talwazs (Talvace), Williatu (1173), 172 » 
 Tamworth, Ralph de (1165-1171), 83, 96, 102, 
 
 103, 105, 158 
 Tanoarvill, Rabel de. Chamberlain of Normandy 
 [def. 1146), 54 
 
 , "William de, son of Rabel (1146-1173), 54, 
 
 172 
 Tani, Pioot de (def. 1186), 273, (R. D. 39, 46) 
 Templars, The Knights, 76 
 The Master of (1160), 49 
 Terrencius, Preceptor of, in Palestine, (1187), 
 
 279 
 Robert Piro or Pirou, a brother (1160, 1177), 
 
 50, 213 
 Otto de St.Jjudonir (1160), 49 
 Tostes de St. Omer (1164, 1174), 68, 182 
 John de Rainewill (1177), 217 
 Tenchebray, Archibald, Constable of 1169), 118 
 Tenchebray, Simon de (1176), 209 J. 
 
 Tesson, al. Taisson, al. Taxo, Jordan (1156-1177), 
 19, 22-24, 50, 96, 118, 140, 176, 177, 186, 
 209 J. 
 
 Tesson, Ralph (T. 1174), 186 
 
 , , Roger, brother of (T. 1174), 186 
 
 Theodoric, Comte of * * * (1160), 49 
 Thesaurarius Regis, — Treasurer Royal. — 
 
 Richard fitz- Nigel (appointed 1159, occurs 
 1165-1189), 85, U2, 176, 190, 212, 223, 
 226, 229, 237, 244, 245, 247, 249, 258-9, 
 265, 268 n, 298, v. Lincoln, Deans of J. 
 
 , William English, brother of (1180- 
 
 1184), 258-9, 0. Anglicus, William 
 Thomas, Chancellor, v. ChauoeUors, etc. 
 Thomas fitz Bernard (1166-1183 ; ob. 1184), 94, 
 120, 127, 130, 220, 223, 228, 237 », 244, 247, 
 253, 254, 272 n, 273, (R. D. 14, 15, 41 46), S. J. 
 
 , Eugenia Picot, widovf of (1186), 273, 
 
 (R. D. 46) 
 Thomas fitz Bernard (1186 ?), 272 ; (but in error 
 vide 272 re) 
 
 Thomas fitz Odo (T. 1175), 193 
 
 Thomas fitz Robert fitz Noel (1166, 1177), (L. N. 
 
 134), 210, 254, V. Robert fitz Noel, Thomas, 
 
 sou of 
 Thouars, Constable of, Himon de Turnebu (1164), 
 
 73, u. Turnebu 
 Thouars, Vicomte of, Geoffi-ey (1156-1168), 20, 
 
 42 n, 108, 112 
 Tibovill, William de (1173), 172 n 
 Tilli, Ralph de (1174), 180 
 Tinchebray, v. Tenchebray 
 Tintiniac, William de (1173), 172 n 
 Tiretei, Geoffrey de {tern. Steph.) 203 
 , , Maurice, son of (1158-1176), (L. N. 
 
 230), 203 S. 
 
 Torel, William (1182), 247 
 Tornaco, Thomas de (1185), 263 
 Totness, Archdeacon of, William (1189), 298 J. 
 Toulouse and St. Geours, Raimund (V.), Comte 
 
 of {nat. 1134 ; occ. 1159-1188 ; ob. 1194), 45, 
 
 47, 50, 131, 131 re, 171, 270, 287 re, 288, 292 
 , , Constance of France, widow of 
 
 Eustace, son of K. Stephen, let wife of, 
 
 (e. 1154-1165), 47, 131 n 
 Tours, Archbishops of — ■ 
 Joscius (1157), 24 
 * * * * (1170), 134 
 
 William, al. Bariholomew (1187), 280, 283, 
 283 H 
 Tours, The Dean of (1166), 100 
 
 , , Reginald, Clert of (1166), 100 
 
 Tours, Stephen de, o. Turonis 
 
 Traci.WilUam de (1163-1170), 61 (L. N. 115, 121), 
 
 133, 150 
 Tregoz, Robert de (1173), 172 n 
 Treilli, Nicholas de (1168), 117 J. 
 
 Troai-n, Gilbert, Abbot of (1167), 110 
 Troja (Sicily), Elias, Bishop Elect of (1176), 
 
 202 « 
 Troyes, The Bishop of (1169, 1180), 123, 232 
 Troyes, The Comtes of, o. Champagne, v. Blois 
 Troyes, Henry, Comte of (1159, 1169), 45, 113, 
 
 118, u. Champagne 
 
 , , Henry, son of (1174), 181 
 
 Trussebut, Geoffrey (1173), 172 
 
 , William de (1175), 196 
 
 Tuam, Archbishop of, CathoUcus (1172, 1179), 
 
 169, 225 
 Tunbridge, Thomas de (1170), 152 
 Turnebu, Simon de (1164r-1178), 72, 143, 206, 
 
 209, 222, V. Thouars, Constable of J. 
 
342 
 
 INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 Turneham, Stephen de (1188-9), 285, 297, 297 « 
 Turonis, Stephen de (1158-1187), 37, 53, 54, 
 
 161, 163, 204, 235, 257, 280, v. Camerarii; 
 
 vide etiam Seneschals 
 Turpin, Matthew (King's Falconer, 1188), 208 
 Turpin, William, v. Camerarii Kegis 
 Turri, Jordan de (1185), 263 
 Turribus, Oliver de (1177 ; ob. 1180), 213, 232 
 
 , Bernard de (1180), 232 
 
 Turstin fitz Simon (1166-1185), (L. N. 182, 195), 
 
 101, 102, 176, 199, 220, 261 J. 
 
 , Walter, son of (1185), 261 
 
 Tylers, Gilbert de (1173), 176 
 
 Tyre, Archbishop o£, WUliam (1188), 283, 283 n 
 
 U. 
 
 Uotred fitz Fergus (slain 1176), 208, 268 
 
 , Roland, son of (1186), 268, 269 
 
 , Gilbert, brother of {def. 1186), 268 
 
 , , Duncan, son of {in/\ (Btat, 1186), 268 
 
 UmfraTille, Odenel de (1166-1177), (L. N. 319), 
 
 172, 179, 180, 212 
 TTticum, Abbot of, Bernard (1155), 3 
 
 V. 
 
 Valasse, Abbot of, B. (1167, 1171), 110, 155 
 St. Valerj, u. St. Walery 
 Val-Guyon, Guy V. de, 87 n, 182 n 
 
 , , Emma, wife of, 87 n, 182 
 
 Valletort, Hugh de (1158), 42 
 
 Vallibus, De, o. Vaui 
 
 Valoniis, Alan de (1182), 249 n S. 
 
 , Geoffrey de (1157-1166), 30, (L. N. 232, 
 
 246, 296, 316) S. 
 
 • , William de (1182), 249 
 
 Val St. Pierre, Engelbert, Prior of (1169), 118 
 
 119 
 Vasatur' G. Episcopus (1169), 121 
 Vaudemonte, Goell de (1160), 50 
 Vans, Balph, son of Richard de {occisus 1186), 
 
 274 
 Vaux, Godard de (1157), 22, 23 T. 
 
 , Robert de (1157), 22 
 
 Vaux, Hubert de (occurs 1158-9 ; def. 1165), 33, 
 
 44, 48 
 , , Robert, son of (1165-1179), 84, 178, 
 
 199, 212, 223, 224 », 228 J. S. 
 
 Taux (of Norfolk), William de (1166), (L. N. 
 
 284), 95, 95 n 
 
 Vavaci, Alurcd de (1174), 178 
 
 Vavasur, William le (1166-1189), (L.N. 315, 316, 
 
 323), 186, 265, 272-3, 281, 291, 298 J. 
 
 Yayens, Nicholas de (T. c. 1156), 19 
 Vendome, Abbot of, Gerard (1163), 64 
 Vendome, Conite of, John (1161-1180), 55, 66, 
 
 176, 221, 238 
 
 , , , Burchard, son of (1161), 55 
 
 , , , Lanoeline, son of (1161), 55 
 
 Venne, Richard de (1166), 96 
 
 Vere, Aubrey de. Chamberlain of Henry I. iflb. 
 
 1140), 274 n 
 , , Roesia, dau. of, wife of Geoffrey Earl 
 
 of Essex, 274 n 
 Vere, Geoffrey de (1164-1170), 68, 80, (L. N. 82, 
 
 92, 97, 145-6, 171, 238 S. 
 , , Isabel de Say, wife of, v. Fitz-Alan, 
 
 V. Boterell 
 Vere, Gilbert de (1179, 1186), 230, 273 
 
 , Henry de (Constable of Gisors 1186), 274 
 
 , Walter de (1183), 254 
 
 , Wido de (1173), 172 
 
 , William de (1178, 1185), 223, 265, 272 n, 
 
 J). Hereford, Bishops of J. 
 
 Verdon, Bertram de (1166-1188), (L. N. 141, 
 
 192), 101, 133, 185-187, 193, 194 m, 198-9, 
 
 201, 210, 212, 223, 224 », 228, 233-4, 237 n, 
 
 241, 215-6, 248, 254, 287 S. J. 
 
 Vernon, v. Devon, Earls of. — 
 Vesci, William de (1157-1177), 30 n, (L. N. 270, 
 
 296, 307, 311, 319, 325), 172, 179, 180, 212 S. 
 Vienne, Henry de (1170), 149 
 Vigeois, Geoffrey of (Historian), (1159-1178), viii.; 
 
 45, 105 n, 180 it, 222 
 Vigeois, Priors of. — 
 
 Martin (1159-1178), 48, 222 
 Geoffrey, the Historian (appointed 1178), 
 222 
 Vitrei, Henry de (1158), 42 
 
 , Robert de (1170), 133 
 
 Vivian, Advocate of the Holy Roman Church 
 
 (1169), 120, 123-131 
 
 W. 
 
 Wach, Hugh (1163, 1166), 59, (h. N. 163) 
 
 Wada, Richard de (1181), 241 
 
 Waleran fitz Walter {occ. 1135, 1158), 38 
 
 , Walter, son of (1166), (L. N. 70, 87, 108) 
 
 St Walery, Bernard de (1158-11 6), 36, 61, 75, 
 261, 262, 267 
 
INDEX OF PEESONS. 
 
 343 
 
 StWalerjr, Reginald de (1130-1166), 18, 33, 61, 
 66, 67, 75, (L. N. 69, 181. 263) 
 
 , Wydo de (1175-1181), 193, 244 
 
 Wales (North), Princes of.— 
 
 Owen Gwyneth (ob. 1169), 29, 63, 72 n, 
 
 79, (172 in error) 
 David, son of Owen (occurs v. p. 1165 ; suc- 
 ceeded 1169, married 1174), 79, 85 n, 172, 
 182, 214 
 
 , Emma, half sister of K. Henry, wife of, 
 
 1, 85, 182, 182 n 
 Wales (South), Princes of.— 
 
 Eese ap Griffith (1158, ob. 1197), 39, 63, 
 73 n, 79, 81 n, 160-1, 167, 182-3, 191, 
 214, 256, 274 
 
 , The sons of (1165), 79 n 
 
 . Howel, son of (1171), 161 
 
 Walleran fitz Robert—, 297, v. Walter fitz Robert 
 WaUingford, Roger de (1156), 19, .;. Ostiarii 
 Walter fitz Gerard (a Usurer of Rouen, 1165) 81 
 Walter fitz Robert (occ. 1156-1189), 16,57, (L. N. 
 52, 230), 199, 210, 233, 244-5, 247, 262, 272. 
 285, 297 J. 
 
 Walter fitz Turstin fitz Simon (T. 1185), 261, 
 
 V. Turstin fitz Simon 
 Walter, Hubert (1182-1189), 249 n, 256, 258-9, 
 262, 265, V. York, Deans of.— J. 
 
 Walter, Theobald (1182-1189), 249, 297 
 Walter, Usher of the King's Chamber (1181), 
 
 239 
 Walterville, Ralph de (suffered forfeiture 1175), 
 
 194 
 , William de. Abbot of Peterborough (de- 
 posed 1175), 196 
 Waltham, Dean of, Wido Rufus (1161-resigned 
 1177), 75, 85, 117, 122, 130, 135, 176, 186, 210 
 Waltham, First Abbot of, Walter de Gaunt, ap- 
 pointed Jan. 1177, (or June, 1184, in error), 
 210, 256. 
 Waltham, Fint Prior of, Ralph, Canon of, 
 Cirencester (appointed June, 1177, occurs 1178), 
 216, 223 
 Warin fitz Gerold, 3, v. Camerarii 
 Warner fitz Turstin (1176), 207 n 
 Warneville, Ralph de, v. Chancellors 
 Warren, and Surrey, Earls of. — 
 
 William de Warren [ob. 1148), 113 n 
 
 , Ela Talvace, wife of, 113 n 
 
 , , Patrio Earl of Salisbury, 2nd 
 
 husband of, v. Salisbury 
 , Isabel, dau. of, 75 », 113 n 
 
 Warren, and Surrey, Earls of (continued) — 
 
 William of Blois (1155-1159), 13, 25, 27, 
 27 «, 32, 48 
 
 , Isabel de Warren, widow of, 75 n 
 
 Hameline, brother of K. Henry II. {occ. 
 1164-1185), 74, 74 re, 112, 172, 200, 206, 
 262 
 
 , Isabel de Warren, wife of {nupta 1164) 
 
 75 re 
 Warren, Reginald de (1157-1174), 26, 27, 43, 
 67, 77, 117, 130, 151, 176, 185 J. S. 
 
 Warwick, Earls of. — 
 
 Henry de Newburgh [ob. 1123), 21 
 
 , Margaret of Perche, wife of {occ, 1156- 
 
 1158), 21 
 
 , Rotrou, son of, 21, v. Evreux, Bishops of 
 
 , Henry, son of (occ. 1156), 21, 24 
 
 , Robert, son of (Seneschal of Normandy), 
 
 (oJ. 1159), 21, V. Senesclials 
 Roger de Newburgh {ob. 1153), 21 n 
 
 , Gundred de Warren, wife of, 21 re 
 
 William de Newburgh (1153-1184), 21 re, 
 
 (L. N. 204) 
 Waleran de Newburgh (1188), 285 
 Waterford, Bishop of, Augustine (1175, 1177), 
 
 195, 214 n 
 Watervill, v. WalterTille 
 Watevill, Robert de (T. 1156), 18 
 Watteville, WUliam de (T. 1158), 34 
 Waureio, John de (1163, 1171), 59, 158 
 Wells, Bishops of, c. Bath and Wells, Bishops of 
 Westminster, Abbots of. — 
 
 Laurence (1163-6), 59, 85, (L. N. 51), 120 n 
 Walter (1176), 200, 265 
 Wextonesham, Reiner de (1181), 241 
 Whitby, Abbot of, — Richard, Prior of Kirkby 
 
 (appointed 1177), 215 
 Wido fitz Tece (1156), 19 J. 
 
 Wido Rufus, u. Waltham, Dean of 
 Wigan, Clerk to Prince Henry (1182), 248 
 Wileriann, Teodorlc (1160), 49 
 Wih, Ralph fitz Ailward de (1161), 54 
 William, Chaplain to Prince Henry (1177), 219 
 William, Clericus de Camera. (1183-1189), 253, 
 
 293, 295, V. St. Mare Eglise 
 Waiiaip fitz Aldelm (1160-1189), 51, 61, 80 re, 
 (L. N. 73), 139, 151, 159, 160, 163, 164, 1 1 
 186, 186 re, 202, 209, 225, 298, c. Dapiferi; » 
 Seneschals ; v. Maresoalli Regis S 
 
 , Juliana, Daughter of Robert Doisnell, wife 
 
 of (L. N. 73) 
 
344 
 
 INDEX OP PERSONS. 
 
 William fitz AUward (ll70), 139 
 William fitz Alan, v. Fitz Alan 
 William fitz Baldwin (1167), 109 
 William fitz Duraud le Naine, 192 
 
 , Margaret, dau. of, 192 
 
 William, fitz Gilbert (1157), 30 
 William fitz Grenbald (1176), 208 
 William fitz Hamo (occ. 1149-1171. Def. 1173), 
 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 22, 24, 29, 31-2, 
 35-6, 50, 52, 55, 57, 73, 85, (L. N. 53, 263), 
 96, 110, 111, 115, 140, 155 
 William fitz Helt (1170, 1185), 35, 263 
 William fitz John (1155-1175), 6, 19, 20, 22, 30, 
 33, 38, 44, 84, 86, 88, (L. N. 63, 84, 86, 115, 
 120, 123, 126, 128, 161), 97-8, 150, 182, 
 196 J. 
 
 William fitz Martin (1157-1170), 22, 135 
 William fitz Nigel (1170-1184), 135, 151 S. 
 
 WQliam fitz Ralph (1170-1189), 136, 184-5, 
 193, 194 n, 19S, 198-201, 207 n, 208-210, 217, 
 218, 221, 224, 237 », 340, v. Seneschals of 
 Normandy S. J. 
 
 William fitz Richard (1174), 185 S. 
 
 William fitz Roger (1177), 219 
 WUliam fitz Stephen (1175-1189), 199, 208, 223, 
 226, 229, 237 n, 265, 273, 281, 298 S. J. 
 
 William fitz Walkeliiie (1174), 187 
 William frater Regis, v. England, Kings of, etc. 
 WUton, Richard de (1165, 1173), 86, 184 S. J. 
 Wilt-shire, Archdeacon of, Richard (1185) 265 J. 
 Wimer, Clerk of Earl Hugh Bigod (1169), Co- 
 Sherifif of Norfolk (1170-1187), Preface, tI. ; 
 122 n, 132 n, 176 J. S. 
 
 Winchester, Bishops of. — 
 
 Henry of Blois (1129-1171), 3, 7, 7 ", 8, 9, 
 14 n, 15 B, 44, 54 », 57, 59, 67, 74, (L. N. 
 69), 111, 132 n, 152, 160 
 Richard, prius Archdeacon of Poitiers {lEl. 
 May 1173; cons. 6 Oct, 1174; Ob. 21 
 Dec. 1188), 175, 177, 179, 181, 185, 190- 
 192, 201-206, 219-222, 224, 226, 228, 231, 
 231 n, 233, 235, 235 n, 237, 244-247, 249, 
 251, 258-9, 263, 268, 293 
 Winchester, Prior of, John (1185), 263 
 Windsor, Richard de (Clerk of the Treasury, 
 
 1178), 222 
 Windsor, Robert fitz Walter de (tern. Steph.), 2 
 
 .William de, son of Robert (1155, 1166), 2, 
 
 (L. N. 192) 
 Winton, Henry de (1161), 54 
 Wisebec, Reginald de (1179), 226, 228, 28 n J. 
 
 Witefeld, Robert de (1179-1189), 226, 229, 236 
 245-6, 248, 252, 261, 272-274, 277, 281, 291, 
 298 J. S. 
 
 Witcrn, Bishop of, Christian (1177), 211, 215 
 Worcester, Bishops of. — 
 
 John dePagham (1151-57), 1, 7, 10, 11 
 Alured (appointed 27 Mch. Enthr. 13 April, 
 
 1158. Oh. 27 Mch. 1160), 35, 39 
 Roger fitz Count (Elect. Jan. 1164. Cons. 23 
 Aug. 1164. Enlhr. 2 Feb. 1165. Ob. 9 
 Aug. 1179), 67,67», 73-75, 105, 110, 128, 
 137-8, 153, 155, 157, 168, 181, 190, 192-3, 
 200, 208, 211, 222, 224-5, 228 
 Baldwin, prius Abbot of Ford. Cons. 10 Aug. 
 1180. Transl. 1184), 236, 245-6, 251, 
 251 », 252, 254, 256, 258-9, 262, v. 
 Canterbury, Archbishops of 
 W illiani de Northall, Archdeacon of Glouces- 
 ter {El. & Cons. 21 Sept. 1186. Ob. 3 May, 
 1190), 271, 271 n, 272, 276 
 Worcester, Ralph de (1184-86) 258-9, 273 J. 
 
 Y. 
 
 YerpunviU, William de, 248, v. JarpunviU 
 Ykebuef, Adam de (1176), 202, 206 
 York, Abbots of St. Mary's Abbey at. — 
 Clement (occ. 1163 ; ob. 1184), 59, 257 
 Robert (1186-7), 273, 281 
 York, Archbishops of. — 
 
 Roger of Biahopsbridge {cons. 10 Oct. 1154. 
 Ob. 1181), 1, 4, 5, 10, 13, 15, 19, 26, 27, 
 32, 33, 35, 56, 59, 64-69, 71, 74^6, 87-8, 
 (L. N. 303), 90, 110 bis, 111, 134-138, 
 142-145, 147, 148 », 149, 151-153, 155, 
 163^, 170, 172, 182, 190, 193, 197-8, 
 200, 213-14, 217-18, 241-248 J. 
 
 York, Archdeacon of, Geoffrey, Provost of Beverley 
 
 (1176), 200 
 York, Cation of, William Canterbury (1171), 164 
 York, Dean of, Robert de Botivelein {occ. 1171. 
 Ob. 1186), 164, 269 
 
 , , Hubert Walter (1186-1189), 269, 
 
 271, 273-4, 277, 294, 294 n, 298 J. 
 
 York, Praioentor of, Haiuund (1186), 271 
 York, Treasurer of, Johu (appointed 1153. Occ. 
 1156. Cons. Bp. of Poiliors, 1163), 15, 33 
 
 , , Ralph de WarneTille, Chancellor of, 
 
 the King {occ. 1173, promoted 1181), 240, 
 V. Liseux, Biihops of 
 Ypra, Walter de_(1174), 186