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A.
DELAIS, daughter
of Godfrey, duke of
Louvain, fecond wife
of Henry 1. page 160.
Albemarle, Stephen earl of, fet
up against William Rufus, 76,
falls into his hands, but is fet at
liberty, ibid. William earl of,
gains a victory over the Scotch,
216. his behaviour at the bat-
tle of Lincoln, 263.
Angevin family, or the earls of
Anjou, hiftorical account of
them, 131-155. Henry I.
fecures their friendship, 168,
169. further account of them,
317.

Anfelm, archbishop of Canterbu-

ry, his conteft with William
Rufus in favour of the papal
authority, 83. &c. leaves En-
gland, and appeals to the pope,
96. an honest and pious, but
narrow-minded man, 97, 98.
is recalled by Henry I. and
faithful to him, 116, &c. yet
ftill obftinate, 121.
Appeal to Rome in Stephen's
reign, 391.
Aquitaine, what numbers Willi-
am VIII. duke thereof, was
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able to bring out of that dut-
chy to the holy war, 331. his
character, 332. Henry II. gets
a right to this dutchy by his
marriage with Eleanor, 419.
Arundel, castle, queen Matilda
lands there, 249. William de
Albiney earl of, advises ceffa-
tion of arms between Stephen
and Henry Plantagenet, 442.
447.

Avranches, Hugh de, earl of

Chefter, engaged by Odo bi-
fhop of Bayeux, to accompa-
ny him to Rome, to secure
the papacy when vacant, 69.

B.
Baldwin, earl of Flanders, wound-
ed in an engagement near Eu,
with fome of the troops of Bre-
tagne, 154. Henry fends his
own physician to him, but his
wound is mortal, ibid.
Baldwin, king of Jerufalem, of-
fers the fucceffion there to the
earl of Anjou, 169. the ad-
vantage to Stephen by marry-
rying his daughter, 192.
Baliol, Bernard de, one of the
northern barons, who defend-
ed their country against the
Galwegians, 214.
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Spiritual courts, mandate of Wil-
liam 1. for erecting them,
53.619. the ecclefiaftical ju-
rifdiction then firft exercifed
feparately from the civil in
England, 53.
Stamford and Nottingham taken
by Henry II. 451.
Stephen of Blois, acknowledged

in England first prince of the
blood after Matilda, 166. had
taken an oath to fupport her,
184. yet afpires to the crown,
and feizes the royal treafure,
188. affifted by the bishops of
Winchester and Salisbury, ib.
makes conceffions to the peo-
ple, 192, 193. is confirmed by
the pope, 197, 198, foon aas
arbitrarily, and hires a foreign
standing army, 199. reduced to
diftrefs, 201. fome English ba-
rons fight for him against the
Scotch, 212, 213. his queen's
activity and prudence, 228,
232. he exafperates fome of
the clergy, 240. his brother,
the bishop of Winchester,
convening a council against
him, he weakly appeals to the
pope, 247. Congrefs be-
tween his ministers and those
of Matilda, 255. miferable
ftate of the realm during this
contention, 257, 371, 372.
422. he provokes the earl of
Chefter, 259. fhews great
perfonal valour at the battle of
Loncoln, but is worfted and
put in prifon, 265. further ef-
forts of his queen, 270, 271,
276, 277. he is fet at liberty,
by being exchanged for the
earl of Gloucetter, 289. in the
abfence of that earl, the chief

fupport of his rival Matilda,
he gains fome advantages,
309. in attempting to turn a
nunnery into a fort, is fudden-
ly furprized, and forced to fly,
316. by taking Farringdon
caftle and the earl of Chefter's
reconciliation to him, his par-
ty recovers credit, 378. he
makes that nobleman his ene-
my again, 386, 387. fuffers
greatly by the proceedings of
Theobald archbishop of Can-
terbury, 397, 398. makes
himself master of Newbury,
and blocks up Wallingford
castle, 434 435. confers with
Henry from the opposite bank
of the Thames, 448. concludes
an agreement with that prince,
whereby, declaring him fuc-
ceffor, he enjoys the crown
for life, 457. he takes a pro-
grefs through feveral parts of
the kingdom, 474. dies, 475,
His character, 475, 476.
Stigand, archbishop of Canter-
bury in William I's time, 36.
depofed, 55.

Suger, abbot, minister to Louis
le Jeune, his prudence and fi-
delity on various occafions,
364. 405, 406, 407. 413,

414.

T.

Tallage, freemen exempted from
it by William I. 52.
Tankerville, William de, Henry
the first's great chamberlain,
161.

Taxes, 74. 100. 128, 129.
Theobald, archbishop of Canter-
bury, goes to a council at
Rheims without the king's
permiffion, 394. cabals with

the

the pope against him, 396.
Quarrel between him and the
king, which ends in his tri-
umph over the royal authority,
396, 397. He refuses to
crown prince Eustace, 430.
confequences thereof, 431.
He joins with the bishop of
Winchester in mediating an
agreement between Stephen
and Henry, 456. Has the
chief confidence of the latter,
463.
Tofti, brother to K. Harold, and

earl of Northumberland. The
people of that earldom revolt.
on account of his tyranny, 22.
Harold admits their plea, 23.
Tofti's rancour and hoftilities
against his brother, and his
death, 23-26.
Troops, foreign kept in pay by
Stephen, 199, 200.
Tyrrel, Sir Walter, dubious,
whether he was the cause of
William Rufus's death, 101,
102, 103.

V.

Vafalage, 546, 547.
Vexin Norman, ceded to the king
of France, 409, 410. 473.
W.

Waltbeoff, earl of Northumber-
land, fon of Siward, is much
favoured by William the first,
yet confpires against him,

41, 42.

Wards of the crown, abuses in

that matter, 74.
Warrenne, William de, earl of
Surry, engages in the crufade,

343.
Warwick, Roger earl of, takes
part with Matilda, 282.

Welch, defeated by Harold, 18.
William Rufus wages war a-
gainst them, 94. attached to
the earl of Glocefter, and
why, 252. Earl of Chester
defires aid against them, 385.
Wilford, bishop of York in the
feventh century, tranfactions
concerning his deprivation,
518.

William I. or the Conqueror,

his birth, and advancement to
the dutchy of Normandy, 11.
prepares to invade England,
17. the difficulty of this en-
terprize, 18. his auxiliaries,
and forces, 19. 503. lands at
Pevensey in Suffex, 26. his
precautions, 27, &c. his con-
duct in the battle with Ha-
rold, 35, 505. takes Dover
caftle, 35.505. is acknowledg-
ed by the county of Kent, 35.
and the city of London, 36 is
crowned, after demanding the
confent of the nobility and
people, 37. ingratiates himself
in the beginning, but uses all
methods to frengthen his go-
vernment, ibid. feveral con-
fpiracies against him, 39, &c.
Grievances in his reign, 48,
49. his government tyranni-
cal, but the conftitution efla-
blished under him, no abfolute
monarchy, 51. a ftatute of
his in favour of the liber-
ty of the fubject, 52. his
conduct with regard to the
church and clergy, 53, &e.
meets with troubles in his own
family, and an infult from the
French with regard to his Nor-
man dominions, 57, 58. in a

war

gener, 425.

E.

Edgar Aibeling, grandson of Ed-
mond Ironfide, 9. fet afide
from the fucceffion, 14. 36,
37. 481. flies to Scotland, 39.
returns thither again from A-
pulia and Normandy, 77. truf-
ted by William Rufus with
the command of an expedition.
there, 82. goes to the holy
war, 127. his death and cha-
racter, 128.
Edmond Ironfide, valiantly refifts
the Danes, 7. is forced to di-
vide the kingdom with Ca-
nute, 8.
Edward the Confeffor, his cha-
racter and reign, 7. 18. his
death, 8. his teftament, 16.
had no iffue, 480. of his
leaving the crown to William
duke of Normandy, 483. his
laws, 115. 192. 274. See Sax-
on laws.
Edwin, earl of Mercia and Mor-

car his brother, repel Tofti,
24. dreaded by William the
Conqueror, 38. voluntarily ca-
pitulate, ibid. yet diftrufted
by him, and obliged to fly, 41.
Edwin's death, and amiable
character, ibid. Morcar, tho'
innocent, imprifoned, ibid.
Eleanor, daughter to William IX.
duke of Aquitaine, married to
Louis le Jeune, 302. he be-
comes jealous of her, 362.
the is divorced, and marries
Henry Platagenet, 418-422.
Emma, mother to Edward the
Confeffor, 7. 17.

valour and fidelity, 18. 33. 70.
71. 118. 153. whether pro-
perly flaves under the Norman
reigns, 545, 546. See Saxon.
Efpec, Walter, his character,

217. his fpeech before the
battle of Cuton-moor, 218,
& feq.

Euftace, earl of Boulogne, af-
fifts Duke William in his de-
fign upon England, 19. 32,
33. quarrels with him, but is
reconciled, 44.

Euftace, eldest fon of king Ste-
phen, married to Conftantia
fifter of Louis le Jeune, and
invested with the dutchy of
Normandy, 305. knighted by
his father, and his first milita
ry atchievements, 404. depri-
ved again of Normandy, and
trifled with by Louis, 408,
409. 412. 414. 426. returns
to England, 428. Emulation
between him and Henry Pla-
tagenet, 441. opposes the
agreement between his father
and Henry, 448, 449. is sei-
zed with a fever and frenzy,
of which he dies. His charac-
ter, 451, 452.

F.
Famine, a terrible one in Ste-
phen's time, 371, 372.
Fealty, oath of, to the king,
56. 121. fee Homage.
Ferrers, Robert de, one of the

lords that defeated the king of
Scotland at Cuton-Moor, 216.
Feudal law, and fiefs, more com-
pletely introduced here by
William the Conqueror, 51,

gufted by her and leaves her,
275. 278, 279, she suspecting
him attempts to feize him,
280, 281. he calls a lega-
tine fynod at Westminster, in
which he justifies his return to
his brother, declares him law-
ful king, and excommunicates
all who fhould continue to ad-
here to the countefs of Anjou,
290, 291, 292. His commif-
fion of legate is not renewed
after the death of Pope Inno-
cent the fecond, 390.
He
manages the plan of accom-
modation betwixt Stephen and