Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
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marriage with Margaret of France;
grants the right of taxation to his subjects;
his vengeance on Abp. Winchelsea;
rage at Bruce's revolt;
his vow against the Scots;
arrives at Carlisle;
cruelty to Bruce's brothers;
his last injunctions and death;
his dread of Gaveston's influence over his son.
Edward II., appointed regent in his father's absence;
ceremony of his knighthood;
his appearance and character;
influence of friends over him;
his inordinate attachment to Piers Gaveston;
neglects his father's injunctions respecting Scotland;
his marriage to Isabel of France;
the nobles demand Gaveston's dismissal;
his coronation;
disputes with his nobles respecting Gaveston;
his expedition against Bruce;
his defeat at Bannockburn;
his attachment to the Despensers;
discontent of his subjects;
his queen's complaints against him;
her invasion of England;
his wanderings and capture;
deposition;
captivity and ill-treatment;
his murder in Berkeley Castle;
his monument in Gloucester Cathedral.
Edward III., his march to the Border;
account of his warfare there;
his narrow escape from Douglas;
causes Mortimer's arrest and execution;
his respectful conduct to Queen Isabel.
Edward the Atheling, his infant son Edgar;
his daughters;
Edward, son of Edmund Ironside;
his marriage;
owned as Etheling.
Edwin, grandson of Earl Leofric;
enemy of Harold;
submits to the conqueror;
and is betrothed to his daughter Matilda;
joins the Camp of Refuge;
is killed in combat.
Eghelemar, Bp. of Elmham.
Eghelsie, Bp. of Selsey.
Eghelwin. Bp. of Durham, joins the Camp of Refuge;
dies in captivity.
Egypt, crusade in, under William Longespee the Elder;
under Louis IX..
Eleanor of Aquitaine, married to Henry II.;
evils resulting from this;
not the murderess of Fair Rosamond;
kept in captivity by her husband;
her dislike to Constance of Brittany;
beseiged at Mirabeau by Prince Arthur;
intercedes for Prince Arthur;
dies of grief at Fontevraud.
Eleanor of Castille, married to Edward I.;
accompanies him to the Holy Land;
sucks the poison from his wounds;
her death;
the crosses erected to her memory.
Eleanor of Provence, married to Henry III.;
vituperative ballads made on her;
her unpopularity;
her spirited conduct in the Barons' war.
Elgiva, William the Conqueror's daughter, representation of,
in the Bayeaux tapestry.
Ely, Isle of, the Camp of Refuge established there.
Emma, daughter of the Count of Paris,
betrothed to Richard the Fearless.
Emma, daughter of Richard the Fearless,
wife of Ethelred the Unready and Knut;
invites her sons to claim the throne of England.
Emperors of the West, their influence on the election of Popes;
deprived of this by the Lateran Council;
their struggle to regain it.
England, effects of the Danish conquest upon;
sad state of,
under William Rufus;
granted to France by Pope Innocent III.;
a fief of Rome;
the laws of,
adhered to by the Norman kings;
ignored by Henry II.,
prosperity of,
in the early part of Edward the First's reign;
increase of learning in;
discontented state of,
under Edward II..
Ermengarde, mother of St. Anselm.
Espriota, wife of William Longsword.
Estates, inquisition into,
by Edward I..
Etheling, account of the family of;
meaning of the term.
Ethelred the Unready, husband of Emma, daughter of
Richard the Fearless;
father of Edward the Confessor.
Eustace, Count de Mantes,
events of his visit to Edward the Confessor.
Eustace de Blois, son of Stephen;
his excesses and death.
Evesham, battle of.
Evil Toll, the, imposed by Edward I.;
opposition to, by the barons;
results in the right of self-taxation.
Exchequer, supposed derivation of.
Eystein, son of Magnus, King of Norway;
his discussion with his brother Sigurd;
his conduct as King of Norway.
Fair Rosamond, history of.
Falaise, William the Conqueror born at;
Prince Arthur in captivity there.
Falkirk, battle of.
Fescamp, Abbey of, Richard the Fearless buried there.
Fitzadhelm, William, Governor of Ireland.
Fitzosborn, William, the chief friend of William the Conqueror;
his counsel to William on Harold's usurpation;
his charge at Hastings.
--Roger, imprisoned by William the Conqueror.
Fitzpiers, Geoffrey, Grand Justiciary under King John.
Fitz-Richard, Gilbert, his noble conduct.
Fitzurse, Reginald, murderer of Becket;
his arms.
Fitzwalter, Lord, King John's outrage upon;
the Barons make him their general.
Flambard, Ralph; made Bp. of Durham by William Rufus;
his subsequent career.
Flemings, the, settlement of, in Pembrokeshire.
Folliott, Gilbert, Bp. of London,
his disappointment at Becket's promotion;
supports the king against Becket;
the pope's reproof to him;
his excommunication.
Fontevraud, the burial-place of Henry II.;
of Richard I. and Joan of Sicily;
of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Forest laws, the grievance of, under William the Conqueror;
their severity increased by William Rufus;
mitigated by Magna Charta.
Foulques I., le Roux, Count of Anjou.
Foulques II., le Bon, Count of Anjou.
Foulques III., Ferra, Count of Anjou;
his violent crimes and penances.
Foulques IV., le Rechin, Count of Anjou;
events of his marriage with Bertrade.
Foulques V., Count of Anjou;
joins the crusade;
becomes King of Jerusalem.
Franks, the conversion of their early kings to Christianity.
France, the Northmen in;
becomes a kingdom.
Franco, Abp., intercedes with the Northmen for Rouen;
his influence over Rollo.
Frederick II., struggle between, and Pope Innocent IV.;
deposed by Council of Lyons.
Frithric, Abbot of St. Alban's, his opposition to William the Conqueror;
joins the Camp of Refuge, and dies there.
Gael, the, a Keltic tribe.
Gascony, seized by Philippe IV.
Gastinois, countess de, accused of murdering her husband;
vindicated by Ingelger.
Gattorm, brother of St. Olaf, story of his childhood.
Gaveston, Piers, account of;
Edward of Caernarvon's attachment
to;
banished by Edward I.;
returns on the accession of Edward II.;
his vanity and advancement;
his affronts to the nobles;
they demand his dismissal;
the king obliged to banish him;
his recall;
union of nobles against him;
his surrender;
his mock trial and death.
Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, his war and personal combat with Duke William.
Geoffrey, Grisegonelle, Count of Anjou;
legend of his name.
Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou.
Geoffrey, son of Foulques V., Count of Anjou.
Geoffrey of Anjou, his appearance and character;
married to Empress Maude;
origin of his surname Plantagenet;
death.
Geoffrey le Barbu, Count of Touraine.
Geoffrey, third son of Henry II., married to Constance of Brittany;
rebels against his father;
his death.
Geoffrey of Lincoln, son of Fair Rosamond, his fidelity to his father;
becomes Abp. of York and Chancellor;
driven abroad by King John, and dies there.
Geoffroi de la Tour and the lion.
Gerbervi, Robert Courtheuse besieged by his father there.
Germain, St., effect of his preaching in Wales.
Gifford, Walter, Count of Longueville, besieges Arques.
Gillow, makes known to Duke William the conspiracy against him.
Gisele, the wife of Rollo.
Gisors, the elm of, conferences under;
description of.
Glanville, Ranulf de, Chancellor and Grand Justiciary to Henry II.
Godfrey de Bouillon, his noble character;
conduct of, at the siege of Antioch;
at Jerusalem;
chosen King of Jerusalem;
dies, and is buried there.
Godiva, Lady, probably date of the tradition of.
Godstow, Fair Rosamond retires to.
Godwin, Earl of Wessex;
traditions respecting his origin;
his services to Knut;
has Harold Harefoot crowned king;
his treachery to Alfred Atheling;
policy toward Edward the Confessor;
characters of his sons;
is driven into exile;
his reconciliation to Edward;
death and character.
Goodwin sands, origin of.
Gourdon, Adam de, the outlaw.
Gourdon, Bertrand de, cause of death
of Richard I.
Goutran, his accusation against the
Countess de Gastinois; overcome
by Ingelger.
Gray, John de, elected Abp. of Canterbury;
his election declared null
by the Pope, refuses to acknowledge
the Interdict; his advice to
King John.
Gregory VII., Pope, his struggle with
Henry IV. of Germany.
Grosteste, Robert, Bp. of Lincoln, history
of; his contest with the Pope
for the rights of the Church; his
death.
Gryffyth, King of Wales.
Gualo, the Pope's legate; takes
charge of the minority of Henry III.
Guerrin de Lire, abbot of Malmesbury.
Guibert, the Antipope.
Guimond of St. Leufroi, his noble rebuke of William the Conqueror.
Gundred, doubts as to her being the daughter
of William the Conqueror.
Gundulf, Bp. of Rochester, his answer
to William Rufus; supports Anselm
against the King; warns
Rufus against hunting in the New
Forest.
Guy of Burgundy, his conspiracy against
William of Normandy.
Guy of Flanders, treachery to, by Phillipe IV.;
Edward I.'s alliance
with; his death in prison.
Gyda, wife of Earl Godwin.
Gyrtha, his advice to his brother Harold;
death at Hastings.
Gytha, mother of Harold, her advice to
her son.
Hainault, Sir John of, heads Queen Isabel's
invasion of England; accompanies
Edward III. to the Border;
marriage of Edward III. to his
niece.
Hako, grandson of Earl Godwin, hostage
to William of Normandy.
Halfdan, brother of St. Olaf, story of
his childhood.
Haro, supposed origin of the cry.
Harold Bluetooth, his support of Richard
the Fearless.
Harold Hardrada, Tostig seeks his alliance
against Harold of England;
stories of his childhood, succeeds to
the crown of Norway; accepts
Tostig's invitation to invade England;
Killed at Stamford bridge.
Harold Harefoot, crowned King of England.
Harold Harfagre, King of Norway.
Harold, son of Earl Godwin; his
character; his popularity with the
king and people; hopes to secure
the crown, becomes prisoner to
William of Normandy, his oath
to assist him to the crown of England;
conversation at the death-bed of
Edward the Confessor, is crowned
King of England, defeats Harold
Hardrada at Stamford Bridge;
marches south to oppose William of
Normandy; his entrenchment at
Heathfield; wounded in the battle
of Hastings; his body found by
Edith; his burial at Waltham,
tradition of surviving the battle of
Hastings, his proceedings with
the Welsh.
Harthaknut becomes King of England;
revenges his brother's wrongs;
sends for his brother Edward
from Normandy; his sudden death.
Hasting the Sea-king at Rouen; his
exploits; his interview with Rolf,
settlement in France.
Helie de la Fleche, conduct to, of William
Rufus; his claim to the
county of Maine.
Helie de St. Saen, friend of Robert
Courtheuse.
Henry I., Beauclerc, fourth son of William
the Conqueror; his interview
with his father on his death-bed;
ill-treated by his brothers; secures
the crown on the death of William
Rufus; suspicion that he
murdered Rufus; his disputes
with Anselm; marries Edith of
Scotland; Robert Courtheuse renounces
his English rights in his favor,
invades Normandy; his
misery at the shipwreck of his son;
his great abilities and learning;
marries Alice of Louvain;
declares his daughter Maude his successor,
marries her to Geoffrey
Plantagenet; remorse of his latter
years; his death.
Henry II., Fitz-Empress, birth of;
his training by the Earl of Gloucester;
accession to the throne;
marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine;
large dominions, activity and appearance;
his opposition to the
privileges of the clergy; quarrels
with Becket on this subject, condemns
Becket to forfeit his property;
his proceedings at the Council of
Northampton; conferences with
Becket at Montmirail and Montmartre;
complication of the quarrel;
submits to Becket, his hasty
imprecation against Becket; his
of his pardon, his penance
at Becket's tomb; invades Ireland;
the native princes submit
to him; his crimes, his marriage
the root of his misfortunes,
his family; rebellion of his sons;
arrogance of his son Henry;
his conduct to his queen; conference
with his sons at Limoges;
excites his son Richard to rebellion,
last interview with Phillippe Auguste,
grief at the treachery of
his son John, his miserable
death and burial, his proceedings
in Brittany respecting Prince Arthur,
ignores the Old English laws.
Henry III., coronation of, made to
agree to Magna Charta, his guardians
during his minority, his
character, foreign favourites at his
court, his extravagance,
poverty and rapacity,
his dispute with Simon de Montfort,
swears to keep the Great Charter,
his dispute with the Barons,
referred to Louis IX.,
his position after the battle of Lewes,
his death.
Henry VIII., his spoliation of Becket's shrine.
Henry I., of France, William of Normandy placed under his protection.
Henry IV., of Germany, his struggle with Pope Gregory VII.,
appoints an antipope.
Henry V., of Germany marries Matilda, daughter of Henry Beauclerc,
strange stories about.
Henry VI., of Germany, his conduct to Richard I..
Henry de Blois made Bp. of Winchester,
besieged at Winchester by Maude,
consecrates Becket Abp. of Canterbury,
his generous support of Becket.
Henry Plantagenet, eldest son of Henry II.,
his marriage with Margaret of France,
coronation of,
in his father's lifetime,
rebels against his father,
his arrogance to his father,
dispute with his brother Richard,
his unhappy death.
Henry, son of David I. of Scotland,
his character.
Hereward le Wake, parentage of,
attacks the Normans on his estate,
establishes the Camp of Refuge,
his prowess and courage,
his principal followers,
attacked by William the Conqueror at the Camp of Refuge,
his exploits there,
makes peace with William,
tradition of his love for Alftrude,
his latter days and death,
valued by William the Conqueror.
Herluin, Count of Montreuil, the ally of William Longsword,
suspected of causing his death,
killed by the Danes.
Herve de Montmarais, his proceedings in Ireland.
Hilary, Bp. of Chichester, supports Henry II. against Becket,
his ex-communication.
Hilda, mother of Rolf Ganger.
Hildebrand frees the Pope from the subjection of the Emperor.