Vita Sancti Oswaldi, Auctore Anonymo, R. S., Vol. 71, pt. 1,

PERTZ, Scriptores, Vol. VII, pp. 324 sq.

51. Letter from Cnut sent from Rome to the English people

FLORENCE OF Worcester, Chronicle; trans. by Thomas

Forester, pp. 137 sqq.

II. The Norman Conquest

52. The events that led to the invasion

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY, Gesta Regum Anglorum, R. S.,

Vol. 90, pt. 1, p. 278.

53. Preparations for the invasion of England.

WACE, Roman de Rou, pp. 117-120, 127-128; trans. by

Edgar Taylor.

54. The battle of Hastings.

WILLIAM OF POITOU in Scriptores Normannorum His-

toriae, pp. 201 sq.

55. Ravages in the north

Symeonis Monachi Historia Regum, R. S., Vol. 75, pt. 2,
p. 188.

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CHAPTER VII.

ENGLAND UNDER THE NORMANS

I. Immediate Results of the Conquest

56. Description of the Normans

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY, Gesta Regum Anglorum, R. S.,

Vol. 90, pt. 2, p. 306.

102

57. Grants of lands to Norman nobles and knights

103

ORDERICUS VITALIS, Historia Ecclesiastica Angliae Nor-

manniae, Book IV, chap. vii; trans. by T. Forester, Vol. II,

pp. 47-50.

58. Edict concerning the wager of battle

59. Coronation oath of William .

FLORENCE OF Worcester, Chronicle; trans. by Thomas

Forester, p. 171.

60. William's grant of liberties to London

THORPE, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Vol. I,

p. 488.

Liber Custumarum, R. S., Vol. 122, pt. 1, pp. 25-26.

61. William's grant of liberties to an abbey

106

Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon, R. S., Vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 1.

62. Making of the New Forest

106

ORDERICUS VITALIS, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book X, chap.

xiv; trans. by T. Forester, Vol. III, p. 260.

63. A description of William

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 1087; Bede and the Anglo-

Saxon Chronicle, pp. 461-463; trans. by J. A. Giles.

II. William and the Church

64. Strengthening of the church courts

THORPE, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Vol. I,

p. 495.

65. Letter to Pope Gregory about 1076

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107

109

.

ELLIS, Original Letters, Series III, Vol. I, No. IX.

66. William's rules in church matters

EADMER OF CANTERBURY, Historia Novorum in Anglia,
R. S., Vol. 81, p. 10.

III. Domesday Book

67. The decree for drawing up Domesday Book, and the

Salisbury Oath

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, years 1085-1086; Bede and the Anglo-
Saxon Chronicle, pp. 458-459; trans. by J. A. Giles.

68. The form of inquisition for Domesday Book
Liber Eliensis, Domesday Book, Vol. IV, p. 497.

69. Extracts from Domesday Book.

Domesday Book, Vol. II, fo. 330 b., fo. 304.

IV. William II and Lanfranc

112

70. The promises and bad actions of William Rufus

EADMER, Historia Novorum in Anglia, R.S., Vol. 81, pp. 25,

115

26.

71. William's boldness of spirit

116

WILLIAM OF Malmesbury, Gesta Regum, R. S., Vol. 90,
pt. 2, p. 373.

72. List of relics in York minster about 1200.

Historians of the Church of York, R. S., Vol. 71, pt. 3,

pp. 106 sqq.

117

V. The Reign of Henry I

73. The coronation charter of Henry I

THORPE, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Vol. I,

pp. 497-502.

74. The canonization of Edward the Confessor

WILKINS, Concilia, Vol. I, p. 419.

75. Letter of Henry I to Anselm, archbishop of Canter-

77. The compromise concerning investitures

EADMER, Historia Novorum, R. S., Vol. 81, p. 186.

VI. Stephen and the Anarchy

78. A description of the anarchy under Stephen .

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, years 1135-1137; Bede and the

Ånglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 501-504; trans. by J. A. Giles.

79. Seizure of the monastery at Ramsey by Geoffrey de

Mandeville.

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82. Acknowledgments of feudal service due to the king. 133

Red Book of the Exchequer, R. S., Vol. 99, pt. 1, pp. 233,

86. Guarantee of a feudal court to a monastery

Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon, R. S., Vol. 2, pt. 2,

p. 165.

135

136

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UNITY

I. Henry II and his Reforms

88. A personal description of Henry II

137

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS, R. S., Vol. 21, pt. 5, pp. 302-306.

89. Removal of the mercenaries and resumption of estates 139

WILLIAM OF NEWBURGH, Historia Rerum Anglicarum,

R. S., Vol. 82, pt. 1, pp. 101-105.

93. The struggle between the archbishop and the king, and

the council at Clarendon

145

Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, R. S., Vol. 67,

pt. 1, pp. 145 sqq.

III. Giraldus Cambrensis and the Conquest of Ireland

100. Extracts from the autobiography of Giraldus Cam-

brensis

R. S., Vol. 21, pt. 1, pp. 21 sqq.

IOI. Stories about Ireland

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS, Topographia Hibernica, R. S.,

Vol. 21, pt. 5, pp. 26 sqq.

164

168

102. Extracts from The Story of Dermot and the Earl

Trans. by G. H. Orpen, pp. 199, 225, 236–237.

105. Ordinances of Richard for order of the crusading fleet

given at Chinon, June, 1190

Roger de Hoveden, III, 35; trans. by T. A. Archer, The Cru-

sade of Richard I, p. 8.

106. The penitence of Richard in Sicily

Roger de Hoveden, III, 74; trans. by T. A. Archer, Ibid.

pp. 39 sqq.

107. A fight with the Saracens in the march from Acre to

Cæsarea, August 25, 1191

.

Itinerarium Ricardi, Lib. iv, c. 7; trans. by T. A. Archer,

Ibid. pp. 134-138.

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115. Protection of churchmen from death through their

ordination

RICHARD OF BURY, Philobiblon, chap. iv.

193