Tables of Contents for English Historical Documents, C. Five Hundred to Ten Forty-Two

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General Editor's Note on the Second Edition

iii

General Preface

Editors' Note to the Second Edition

xxvii

Acknowledgements to the First Edition

xxix

Note

xxxi

General Introduction

The period

The sources

The Conquest

The aristocracy

The monarchy

The politics of Britain

Government

The Church

The people

Select General Bibliography

The principal works relating to English history between 1042 and 1189

Part I. SELECT CHRONICLES AND NARRATIVES

Introduction To Part I

Select Bibliography

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1042-1155)

103

112

select passages from the annals ascribed to ``Florence of Worcester''

215

William of Jumieges: description of the invasion of England by William the Conqueror (c. 1070)

228

William of Poitiers: ``The Deeds of William, Duke of the Normans and King of the English'' (c. 1071)

230

The Bayeux tapestry

247

account of the death and character of William the Conqueror, written by a monk of Caen (c. 1090)

303

Ordericus Vitalis: ``The Ecclesiastical History'' (1123-41)

305

William of Malmesbury: ``The Deeds of the Kings of the English'' (1135-40) and ``The Modern History'' (1140-2)

314

description of the battle of Tinchebrai given by a priest of Fecamp (c. 1106)

329

Henry of Huntingdon: some events of the reign of Stephen described in ``The History of the English'' (c. 1154)

330

Richard of Hexham: account of the battle of the Standard (1138)

339

William of Newburgh: ``The History of England'' (c. 1196)

347

Jordan Fantosme: description of the capture of William the Lion, king of Scots (1174)

404

``The Deeds of King Henry II'': the last days and death of Henry II (1189)

406

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis): ``Concerning the Instruction of a Prince'' (c. 1190)

409

Gerald of Wales: character of Henry II (c. 1190)

415

Walter Map: character of Henry II (c. 1190-3)

418

Part II. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Introduction to Part II

423

Select Bibliography

426

A. ROYAL ADMINISTRATION

``The Laws of William the Conqueror'' (1070-87)

431

``The Coronation Charter'' of Henry I (5 August 1100)

432

charter of Stephen addressed generally (probably 1135)

434

charter of Stephen addressed generally (1136)

435

charter of Stephen describing the Treaty of Winchester between the king and Henry, son of the Empress Maud, at the conclusion of the civil war (November 1153)

436

charter of Henry II addressed generally (19 December 1154)

439

The Assize of Clarendon (1166)

440

The Assize of Northampton (1176)

444

The Treaty of Falaise (December 1174)

446

The Assize of arms (1181)

449

The Assize of the Forest (1184)

451

ordinance of the ``Saladin Tithe'' (1188)

453

B. THE KING'S COURT AND HOUSEHOLD

``The Establishment of the King's Household'' (Constitutio Domus Regis) (c. 1135 or 1136)

454

C. THE SHERIFF AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor to Bishop Grimketel, Earl/AElfgar, and Toli, sheriff of Suffolk (1042-7)

460

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor to Tofi, sheriff of Somerset, concerning a sale of land (1061-6)

460

writ in Anglo-Saxon of ``William the king and William the earl'', to Giso the bishop, Eadnoth the staller and Tofi the sheriff (March-December 1067)

461

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor concerning the lands of Regenbald, his priest (1042-66)

461

writ in Anglo-Saxon of William I concerning the possessions of Regenbald (1067)

461

writ in Anglo-Saxon of William I confirming the possessions of Regenbald (1067)

462

writ of William I to Baldwin, sheriff of Devon (probably 1070-1)

462

writ of William I setting up a commission to inquire into the conduct of sheriffs and to restore lands they had taken from the Church (1077)

463

writ of William I in favour of the abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury (1077)

463

writ of William I in favour of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds (1077)

464

writ of William II granting a hundred court in fee-farm to the abbey of Thorney (1087-1100)

464

writ of Henry I to Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey (1100-7)

464

charter of Henry I concerning the holding of courts of shire and hundred (26 July 1108-August 1111)

465

confirmation by Henry I of rights in the wapentake of Well in Lincolnshire to the bishop of Lincoln (1123-33)

465

Stephen's charter in favour of Geoffrey ``de Mandeville'', earl of Essex and hereditary sheriff (Christmas 1141)

466

charter of Maud to William ``de Beauchamp'', hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire (1141)

468

proceedings concerning the inquest of sheriffs (1170) from the ``Deeds of King Henry II''

469

The inquest of sheriffs (Easter 1170)

470

returns for Norfolk and Suffolk to the inquest of sheriffs (1170)

473

D. JUDICIAL ORGANISATION

Reports of trials

report of a trial on Pinnenden Heath near Maidstone (1072? or August 1075-July 1076?)

481

plea concerning the liberties of the abbey of Ely held at Kentford, Suffolk (2 April 1080)

484

record of the judgment by William I in a plea between the abbey of Fecamp and William of Briouze (c. 1086)

485

charter of Henry I concerning a suit to be held in the court of the abbot of Thorney (1107-11)

487

``The Inquisition of David'' concerning the lands of the see of Glasgow (c. 1124)

487

suit of Richard of Anstey against Mabel ``de Francheville'' (1158-63)

488

suit of Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, against the abbot of Bury St Edmunds (1185-9)

490

Legal treatises and statements of procedure

``Laws of King Henry I'' (Leges Henrici Primi) (1100-35)

491

The legal treatise known as ``Glanville'': ``Concerning the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England'': methods of trial in operation during the reign of Henry II (c. 1189)

495

Ralph de Diceto and the ``Deeds of King Henry II'' on Henry II's changes in judicial organisation, 1176-9

513

account in the ``Deeds of King Henry II'' of the provision of justices to hear pleas (clamores hominum) (1178)

516

E. ROYAL FINANCE

The Anglo-Saxon fiscal system

The Northamptonshire geld roll (1068-83, probably 1072-8)

517

Evidence relating to the origin of the Exchequer

writ of Henry I in favour of the abbot of Westminster (c. 1100-Easter 1116)

520

writ of Henry I in favour of Holy Trinity, London (1100-May 1118)

520

writ of Henry I in favour of the abbot of Westminster (July 1108-1127)

520

charter of Henry I in favour of the monks of Tiron (1114-20)

521

charter of Maud in favour of the monks of Tiron (July 1141)

521

confirmation to the abbey of Tiron by Henry, count of Anjou, of a payment from the treasury of Winchester (1152-4)

522

confirmation by Henry II of an annual grant of 15 marks to the monks of Tiron (1156-9)

522

charter of Robert, earl of Leicester, to the abbey of St Leger at Preaux, with a reference to his exchequer (29 January 1121-December 1135)

523

Evidence relating to the work of the Exchequer in and before the time of Henry II

``The Dialogue of the Exchequer'' (Dialogus de Scaccario) (1177-9)

523

Select passages from the Pipe Rolls

609

Pipe Roll 31 Henry I: the account of Gloucestershire (1130)

611

Pipe Roll 32 Henry II: the account of Staffordshire (1186)

615

Pipe Roll 33 Henry II: the account of Staffordshire (1187)

618

Part III. THE CHURCH

Introduction To Part III

627

Select Bibliography

629

A. THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND 1042-89

Miscellaneous

bull of Pope Victor II in favour of Chertsey Abbey (1055-7)

641

bull of Pope Nicholas II to Wulfwig, bishop of Dorchester (3 May 1061)

641

bull of Pope Nicholas II to Giso, bishop of Wells (25 April 1061)

643

solemn diploma of William I to Giso, bishop of Wells (?May 1068)

644

charter of William I in favour of Remigius, bishop of Lincoln (1070-87)

646

writ of William I concerning spiritual and temporal courts (1072-6, probably April 1072)

647

charter of William ``de Warenne'', founding the priory of Lewes in Sussex (1078-82)

648

penances imposed for various sins on Normans who took part in the invasion and conquest of England (1070)

649

allocation of the liability to pay Peter's Pence in East Kent in the eleventh century (1070-2)

650

parochial organisation in Kent at the time of the Norman Conquest (c. 1070)

651

trial of William of St Calais, bishop of Durham, in the court of William II (c. 1088)

652

official declaration by Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, of the acts of a synod held at Worcester in 1092

669

Material on the life and policy of Archbishop Lanfranc

Gilbert Crispin: Life of Herluin, abbot of Le Bec (1085-1117)

671

``The Acts of Lanfranc'' (1070)

676

profession of obedience by Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, to Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (?1070 or shortly after)

681

letter from Lanfranc to Pope Alexander II (?1070)

682

letter from Lanfranc to Margaret, queen of Scots (?1072-5)

683

letter from Lanfranc to Herfast, bishop of Elmham (?1073)

684

letter from Lanfranc to Stigand, bishop of Chichester (1070-89)

685

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I, king of England (4 April 1074)

686

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I (21 March 1077)

687

letter from Lanfranc to Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, and Peter, bishop of Chester (c. 1077)

688

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I (4 April 1078)

688

letter from Pope Gregory VII to Archbishop Lanfranc (25 March 1079)

689

letter from Pope Gregory VII to Hubert, subdeacon of the Roman Church (23 September 1079)

690

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I (24 April 1080)

690

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I (8 May 1080)

692

letter from William I to Pope Gregory VII (?1080)

693

letter from Pope Gregory VII to Hugh, bishop of Die, and Amatus, bishop of Oleron (1081)

694

letter from Lanfranc to Pope Gregory VII (?1081)

694

letter from Pope Gregory VII to Archbishop Lanfranc (?1082)

695

letter from Pope Gregory VII to William I (?1083)

696

letter from Lanfranc to Hugh the cardinal (1084)

696

B. THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND 1089-1154

Material on the life and policy of Archbishop Anselm

Eadmer: ``The History of Modern Times in England'' (Historia Novorum in Anglia) (?1110-43)

697

letter from Henry I to Archbishop Anselm (?September 1100)

722

letter from Archbishop Anselm to Henry I (1105)

723

letter from Henry I to Archbishop Anselm (1106)

724

letter from Archbishop Anselm to Henry I (1106)

724

letter from Henry I to Archbishop Anselm (1106)

724

select passages from the Norman Anonymous (1080-1104)

725

Church and state in the reign of Stephen

John of Salisbury: ``The Papal History'' (Historia Pontificalis) (1148-52)

728

The establishment of the Cistercian Order in England

``The Charter of Love'' (Carta Caritatis) (?1117)

737

narrative of the coming of the Cistercians to England and the founding of the abbey of Rievaulx (uncertain date)

742

benefactions to the Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx (?1131-89)

743

William of Malmesbury: essay on the Cistercian Order from the ``Deeds of the Kings of the English'' (1135-40)

745

C. THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND 1154-89

Thomas Becket and Henry II

Thomas Becket as chancellor and archbishop

William fitz Stephen on Thomas Becket as chancellor and archbishop (1155-62)

749

Herbert of Bosham on the appointment of Thomas Becket as archbishop (1161-2)

755

``Roger of Pontigny'' on the election of Thomas Becket as archbishop (1162)

756

The disputes between Henry II and Thomas Becket (1162-November 1164)

759

William fitz Stephen on the beginning of the disputes between Henry II and Thomas Becket (1162-3)

760

Edward Grim: the council of Woodstock (July 1163), and the case of Philip ``de Brois''

761

Herbert of Bosham: the council of Westminster (October 1163)

762

``Roger of Pontigny'' on the discussions following the council of Westminster (October 1163)

764

The Constitutions of Clarendon (January 1164)

766

Herbert of Bosham on the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164)

770

Alan of Tewkesbury on events following the council of Clarendon (1164)

771

William fitz Stephen: the council of Northampton (October 1164)

772

Material relating to the dispute between Henry II and Thomas Becket during the archbishop's exile (November 1164-November 1170)

letter of Henry II to Louis VII, king of France (October 1164)

783

Herbert of Bosham's account of negotiations with the pope (October-November 1164)

784

Alan of Tewkesbury's account of negotiations with the pope (November 1164)

786

writ of Henry II addressed to the bishops of England (December 1164)

790

writ of Henry II addressed to the sheriffs of England (December 1164)

791

letter from Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux, to Thomas Becket (March 1165)

791

letter from Pope Alexander III to Thomas Becket (June 1165)

791

letter from Pope Alexander III to Thomas Becket (?June 1165)

792

letter from Thomas Becket to Henry II (May 1166)

793

excommunications pronounced by Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, at Vezelay (Whit-Sunday, 12 June 1166) as described by John of Salisbury

794

The reply of the bishops and clergy of England to the censures of the archbishop of Canterbury (June 1166)

795

letter from Gilbert Foliot to Thomas Becket (1166)

798

letter from Thomas Becket to William of Pavia (November or December 1167)

799

A list of persons excommunicated by Thomas Becket in 1169

800

The conference at Montmartre (18 November 1169) as described by Herbert of Bosham

801

account of the coronation of the young King Henry (June 1170), by William fitz Stephen

803

The reconciliation between Henry II and Thomas Becket at Freteval (22 July 1170) as described by Herbert of Bosham

805

writ of Henry II announcing his reconciliation with the archbishop (15 October 1170)

807

The murder of Thomas Becket and its sequel (December 1170-February 1173)

The return of Thomas Becket to Canterbury (1 December 1170) as described by William fitz Stephen

807

The return of Thomas Becket to Canterbury (1 December 1170) as described by Herbert of Bosham

808

The events leading up to the murder of Thomas Becket (December 1170) as described by William fitz Stephen

809

The events leading up to the murder of Thomas Becket (December 1170) as described by Herbert of Bosham

811

narrative of the murder of Thomas Becket (29 December 1170) by Edward Grim

812

description of the scene after the murder of Thomas Becket as given by Benedict of Peterborough (29 December 1170)

820

letter from Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux, to Pope Alexander III, written after the murder of Thomas Becket (1171, probably January)

821

report from Henry II's envoy at the papal court (April or May 1171)

823

account by an anonymous writer of the submission of Henry II to the papal legates at Avranches (May 1172)

825

bull of Pope Alexander III, dated 12 March 1173, announcing the canonisation of St Thomas on 21 February 1173

827

The penance of Henry II at Canterbury (13 July 1174) as described by Gervase of Canterbury

828

Henry II, the pope and Ireland

The bull Laudabiliter (?1155-60)

828

letter of Pope Alexander III addressed to the Irish prelates, relating to Henry II's conquest of Ireland (probably 1172)

830

letter of Pope Alexander III addressed to the Irish nobles concerning Henry II's conquest of Ireland (probably 1172)

831

letter of Pope Alexander III to Henry II concerning the conquest of Ireland (probably 1172)

832

Select episcopal acts

charter of William of Corbeil, archbishop of Canterbury, confirming the restoration of the church of Calk to the canons of Calk Priory (1130-6)

833

charter of William Warelwast, bishop of Exeter, confirming a concord between the monks of St Pancras and Robert fitz Martin in respect of the chapel of Combe Martin, Devon (14 June 1133)

834

grant by John ``de Chesney'' to the canons of Rudham with confirmation by William ``de Turbe'', bishop of Norwich (19 May 1148)

835

charter of Robert ``de Chesney'', bishop of Lincoln, concerning the rights of the church of St Peter at Northampton (1155-8)

835

charter of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, concerning the amends promised to Ramsey Abbey by Geoffrey ``de Mandeville'' for his father's misdeeds (6 April 1163)

836

charter of Robert ``de Chesney'', bishop of Lincoln, concerning the rights of the church of St Peter at Northampton (before 1166)

836

charter of William ``de Turbe'', bishop of Norwich, in favour of the canons and clerks of St Martin-le-Grand, London (1146-74)

837

The Christian commonwealth

select passages from the Policraticus of John of Salisbury (1159 or 1160-4)

837

John of Salisbury's review of the state of the Church in 1159 in the concluding chapter of his Metalogicon

850

Part IV. LAND AND PEOPLE

Introduction To Part IV

855

Select Bibliography

864

A. ENGLISH AGRARIAN SOCIETY

Surveys and statements of service

``Rights and Ranks of People'' (Rectitudines Singularum Personarum) (?1042-66)

875

statement in Anglo-Saxon of services rendered at Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire (?c. 1050)

879

survey of an estate at Tidenham, Gloucestershire (?c. 1060)

879

fragments mainly in Anglo-Saxon of surveys from the abbey of Bury St Edmunds (dating from 1045-98)

880

twelfth-century surveys from Burton Abbey (1114-18, c. 1126)

884

surveys of certain manors of the abbey of Peterborough (1125-8)

892

survey of the manor of Stukeley, Hunts., made for the abbot of Ramsey in the time of Henry I (?1130-5)

894

survey of the manor of Elton, Hunts., made for the abbot of Ramsey in the time of Henry II (?1160-70)

895

select surveys from the Boldon Book (1183)

897

Select charters and ``wills''

``will'' in Anglo-Saxon of Ælfric Modercope (c. 1043)

899

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor for Ælfric Modercope to commend himself to the abbots of Bury St Edmunds and Ely (c. 1048)

900

A bequest in Anglo-Saxon by Thurstan, son of Wine (1042-3)

900

``will'' in Anglo-Saxon of Thurstan, son of Wine (1043-5)

901

lease of land in Anglo-Saxon by Aldred, bishop of Worcester, to Wulfgeat (1046-53, probably 1051-2)

902

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor concerning a house-carl (1045-58)

903

``will'' in Anglo-Saxon of the Lady Wulfgyth (1042-53, probably 1046)

903

``will'' in Anglo-Saxon of Edwin the thegn (shortly before 1066)

904

``will'' in Anglo-Saxon of Ketel the thegn (1052-January 1066)

905

charter of Godric the steward relating to Little Melton, Norfolk (1101-16)

906

confirmation of Little Melton to Ralph, son of Godric the steward, by Abbot Anselm of St Benet of Holme (1133-40)

907

charter of Geoffrey Boterel of Nettlestead, Suffolk (1139)

908

grant by Peter Boterel concerning a peasant in Nettlestead, Suffolk to the monks of St Melaine (1153-64)

908

charter of Reginald ``de Craci'' confirming land to Bullington Priory (1150-60)

909

charter of Ketel Dumping in favour of Lincoln Cathedral (1176)

910

charter of Ralph, son of Stephen of Holland, Lincs., to Kirkstead Abbey granting land in Snelland (before 1187)

910

charter of Walter, son of Ulmar, in favour of Lewes Priory and concerning land at Sherburne, Norfolk (late twelfth century)

911

B. THE DOMESDAY SURVEY

The making of Domesday Book

addition by Robert Losinga to the chronicle of Marianus Scotus

912

charter of William I to Westminster Abbey after the Domesday inquisition (?1087)

912

writ of William II concerning property of the abbey of St Benet of Holme (1094-5 or 1099-1100, probably the former)

913

record of a plea relating to the abbey of Abingdon (July 1108-May 1109, or August 1111-summer 1113)

913

account of the Domesday inquisition by an annalist of Worcester early in the twelfth century

914

account of the Domesday inquisition by ``Florence of Worcester'' (before 1118)

914

account of the Domesday inquisition by Henry of Huntingdon (before 1129)

915

Domesday Book (1086)

The survey of Huntingdonshire in Domesday Book

915

The knights of Lanfranc in Domesday Book

926

The customs of Berkshire in Domesday Book

929

The customs of Oxford and Oxfordshire in Domesday Book

930

account of the city of Chester in Domesday Book

930

salt-making in Domesday Book

932

The survey of Lincolnshire in Domesday Book

935

lands of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds in Domesday Book: Henstead hundred, Norfolk

941

colophon to Domesday Book

942

Surveys connected with Domesday Book II

description of part of the hundred of Staploe, Cambs., from the Cambridgeshire survey (Inquisitio Comitatus Cantabrigiensis) (after 1086)

943

The Ely Inquest (Inquisitio Eliensis) (post-1086): prologue and select passages

946

description of some of the lands of the abbot of Tavistock in Devon in the ``Exon Domesday'' (?post-1086)

950

The Feudal Book of Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds (after 1086 and probably after 1100)

955

C. ANGLO-NORMAN FEUDALISM

The introduction of tenure by knight-service into England during the regin of William the Conqueror

summons to the feudal host (probably in 1072)

960

An early enfeoffment of a knight by Gilbert, abbot of Westminster (in, or shortly after, 1083)

960

An early enfeoffment on the land of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds (1066-87)

961

A grant of land to be held by military service made by Robert Losinga, bishop of Hereford (1085)

962

The barony of the archbishop of Canterbury (December 1093-October 1096)

963

The abbey of Abingdon and its tenants at the time of the Norman Conquest

964

The Cartae Baronum of 1166: returns by the tenants-in-chief to Henry II

968

return (carta) of Roger, archbishop of York

971

return (carta) of the bishop of Exeter

973

return (carta) of the abbot of Abingdon

975

return (carta) of the honour of St Edmund

975

return (carta) of the abbey of Evesham

977

return (carta) of William of Ferrieres, the earl

977

return (carta) of Walter of Ancourt

979

return (carta) of Lambert of Etocquigny

980

return (carta) of Hugh of Buckland

980

return (carta) of Gerard Giffard

981

return (carta) of William of London

981

Select feudal charters

charter of Roger of Cleres in favour of St Ouen of Rouen (c. 1066)

981

notification of a grant made by Roger, son of Thorold, to Holy Trinity, Rouen (probably in 1066)

982

notification of a grant made by Roger of Montgomery to Holy Trinity, Rouen (1066)

983

writ of William I in Anglo-Saxon to the abbot of Bury St Edmunds concerning the tenants of the abbey who fell in battle against the king (1066-70)

983

charter of William I granting land in England to Holy Trinity, Rouen (1069)

984

charter in Latin and Anglo-Saxon by Odo, bishop of Bayeux and earl of Kent, for an exchange of land with the monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury (1071-82)

984

grant by Gilbert fitz Richard of Clare to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds of two freemen of Westley, Suffolk, witnessed, as it seems, by the honour courts of Gilbert and of the abbot (1090-8)

985

writ of Henry I enforcing the feudal service owed by Jocelyn ``de la Riviere'' to the abbey of Abingdon (1101-2)

986

writ of Henry I concerning the service of castle-guard from the tenants by knight service of the abbey of Abingdon (1100-17, probably c. 1100)

986

grant by Henry I to Miles of Gloucester of Sibyl, daughter of Bernard of Neufmarche, with her marriage portion and with all the possessions of her father and mother (10 April-29 May 1121)

987

charter of Henry I concerning the feudal arrangements for Richard Basset's marriage with the daughter of Geoffrey Ridel (1120-3)

988

charter of Henry I concerning the barony of the bishop of Ely (1127)

988

charter of Henry I concerning the payment of scutage from the barony of the bishop of Ely (1127)

989

charter of Henry I confirming an enfeoffment on the lands of the abbey of Ramsey (1114-30)

990

charter of William of Anisy granting a fief to his son with the consent of the court of the honour (?1120-40)

990

charter of Anselm, abbot of Bury St Edmunds, granting land in Suffolk to Adam of Cockfield, his military tenant (1121-48)

991

An agreement between several holders of fiefs (1124-30)

992

charter of Henry I granting to Aubrey ``de Vere'' the master-chamberlainship of all England (July 1133)

992

charter of Walter of Bolbec enfeoffing the abbot of Ramsey with two knight's fees (1133-60)

993

grant by Ording, abbot of Bury St Edmunds, to Aubrey, count of Guines, of two military tenancies to be held from the abbey (c.1140)

994

charter of Stephen creating Geoffrey ``de Mandeville'' earl of Essex (June-December 1140)

995

The settlement executed by Roger, earl of Warwick, on the marriage of his daughter Agnes to Geoffrey ``de Clinton'', sometime chamberlain to Henry I (1123-53)

996

treaty between the earls of Chester and Leicester effected towards the close of the civil war in the reign of Stephen (1148-53)

996

charter of Henry II concerning the rights of the church of St Peter at Northampton (1155-8)

999

charter by Robert, earl of Leicester, acknowledging the conditions under which he holds a fee of one knight from the bishop of Lincoln (1160-3)

999

notification that Herbert ``de Castello'' was present when Robert ``de Mare'' enfeoffed Robert's brother (c. 1166)

999

charter of Conan of Brittany, earl of Richmond, concerning property at East Witton, Yorks., and the fee of his knight, Reginald Boterel (1158-71)

1000

charter of Roger of Valognes in favour of Binham Priory (c. 1145)

1000

charter of Walter of Ancourt in favour of his military tenant, Elias of Fallencourt (c. 1155)

1002

writ of Rannulf, earl of Chester, concerning his military tenants at Bisley (1129-41)

1002

charter of Malcolm IV, king of Scots, in favour of Warden Abbey, Beds. (1157-9)

1003

charter of Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry II, respecting the knight service owed to the abbey of Abingdon (1156-64)

1003

charter of Henry II granting Meath to Hugh of Lassy (1172)

1004

The conditions and incidents of feudal tenure as described in the legal treatise known as ``Glanville''

``Glanville'': ``Concerning the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England'' (c. 1189). Select passages bearing on tenure by knight service

1004

D. ENGLISH TOWNS

London

writ in Anglo-Saxon of William I to the city of London (1066-75)

1012

charter of Henry I in favour of the citizens of London (Michaelmas 1130-August 1133)

1012

charter of Henry II in favour of London (1155)

1013

charter of Henry II in favour of the gild of weavers in London (1154-62)

1014

writ in Anglo-Saxon of Edward the Confessor concerning the jurisdiction of the cnihtengild of London (June 1042-July 1044)

1015

writ of William II in favour of the cnihtengild of London (1087-1100)

1015

charter of Henry I in favour of the cnihtengild of London (1100-7)

1016

charter of Henry I in favour of Holy Trinity, Aldgate, and granting the jurisdiction formerly possessed by the cnihtengild in London (1121-2)

1016

narrative of the foundation of Holy Trinity, Aldgate, and its jurisdiction once belonging to the cnihtengild (1125-37)

1017

grant in Anglo-Saxon by Brihtmær of Gracechurch, London, to Christ Church, Canterbury (c. 1054)

1021

agreement between Gundulf, bishop of Rochester, and Eadmer ``the one-handed'', a burgess of London (1077-87)

1021

A list of London properties belonging to Christ Church, Canterbury (c. 1100)

1022

William fitz Stephen: description of the city of London (1170-83)

1024

Other English towns

charter of Thurstan, archbishop of York, in favour of Beverley (1124-33, probably c. 1130)

1030

charter of Henry I in favour of Beverley (1124-33)

1031

charter of Henry II in favour of Bristol (1155)

1032

charter of John, count of Mortain, in favour of Bristol (probably in, or after, 1189)

1032

charter of Robert, son of Haimo, in favour of Burford (1088-1107)

1034

charter of Anselm, abbot of Bury St Edmunds, declaring the customs of the borough of Bury St Edmunds (1121-38)

1034

charter of Henry II to Cambridge (1161-89; perhaps 1185)

1036

charter of Henry II to Dublin (1171-2)

1036

charter of Henry II in favour of Gloucester (1155-66)

1036

charter of Henry II in favour of Hastings (1154-8)

1037

charter of Robert, count of Meulan, to the merchants of Leicester (1103-18)

1037

writ of Henry I in favour of Leicester (1118-35)

1038

writ of Henry II in favour of Lincoln (1154-8)

1038

charter of Henry II to Lincoln (c. 1157)

1038

writ of Henry II in favour of the gild-merchant of Lincoln (1154-60)

1039

writ of Henry II enforcing the right of the reeves of Lincoln to toll from Norse merchants visiting Grimsby (1155-75)

1039

The customs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the time of Henry I

1040

charter of Henry II in favour of Nottingham (1154-89; perhaps 1157)

1041

charter of Henry II to Oxford (1155-62)

1042

charter of Henry II in favour of the corvesars and cordwainers of Oxford (c. 1175)

1043

charter of Henry II recognising the gild-merchant of Winchester (7 July-29 September 1155, or early in 1158)

1043

charter of Henry II in favour of Winchester (7 July-29 September 1155, or early 1158)

1044

TABLES

Chronology of reigning princes

1046

Genealogies: 20 select chart pedigrees (listed on p. 1045)

1050

Bishops exercising jurisdiction in England

1070

Easter table

1076

Index To Texts

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