Abbas. See l'Abbé, Labbe L'Abbé (Ralph)
Abbeville (Abbatisvilla, Abbevilla, Somme), Mercadier at the fair of, 183, 343
Abbeys, Philip Augustus's grants to Norman, 214 n.
Abbo of Fleury, on Gascony, 30-1 Abrincatinum. See Avranchin accidentia, 344. See revenue Achard (Geoffrey, Hugh) Acquigny (Akenny, Aquiniacum, arr. Louviers), part of the châtellenie of Vaudreuil, 161 and n., 250-2, 255 Acre, King Richard at, 345 n.
Ademar of Beynac, lands of, granted to Mercadier, 341
Ademar v, viscount of Limoges, in- trigues with Philip Augustus (1199), 187 and n.
Adolf, archbishop of Köln, a pensioner of Richard, 141
Agen, bishopric of, 235 n.
Agenais, the, ceded by Richard to Raymond of Toulouse, 130; how held of Aquitaine, ibid.
Agnes, d. of Conrad, count Palatine, niece of the Emperor Henry vi, 139 Aguillun (William)
Aguillun, Family of, and the English family of Courci, 493
Adam the Englishman, first mayor of Aibri, 260 and n.; See Aubri
Evreux, 147
Adam de Gravella, 110
Adam of Port, lord of Basing, marries Mabiria of Orval, heiress of Orval and niece of William of Saint-Jean, 502, 513; his son, William of Saint- Jean (2), 513
Adelmodis of Angoulême, 10 n. Ademar Taillefer, count of Angoulême, father-in-law of King John, captured by seneschal of Poitou (1193) and released, 148; does homage to Philip Augustus, 148 and n.; subdued by Richard, 153-4; regards Angoulême as independent of Poitou, 44 and n. ; forms an alliance with John, 44, 208 and n.; claims to la Marche of, 44 n., 209 and n., 212, 213 n.; death of (1202), 44. See Isabella
Aid, the Norman, see auxilium; the viscount's, see auxilium vicecomitis Aids, 238, 346-7
L'Aigle (Gilbert, Richer) L'Aigle (Aquila, Orne, arr. Mortagne), 155 n., 292 and n., 372; honour of, in England and Normandy, 482, 485; history of English lands of, 485; Jews of, 355 n.
Aimeri, viscount of Thouars, supports Eleanor and John in 1199, 197, 199; made seneschal of Anjou and Touraine, 206; alienated by John, ibid.; reconciled to John by Eleanor, 41 n., 211 n., 212; deserts John (1202), 227; other references to, 223, 226 Aire (Area, Pas-de-Calais, arr. Saint- Omer), 135
Akenny, see Acquigny
Alan of Ronci, captured by Richard at Alfonse of Brienne, count of Eu, 494; Gisors, 182
Alan the Welshman, 359 n.
Alban of Vire, bailiff of Vau de Vire,
Albert, bishop of Liège, murder of (1192), 139; see Henry, duke of Brabant
Albeterra, 341 n.
Albret (Amadieu) Albret, house of, 10 n.
Albrincensis episcopatus, 396 n. ; see Avranches
Alençon (Ella, John)
Alençon (Alenceum, Alenchon, Alenco, etc., Orne), counts of, 61; see John, Robert; and honour of, 51, 485; heirs to honour of, after the death of count Robert, 485, 498; town, castle, and bailiwick of, 111, 485; castle of, 93; construction of castle and keep of, 274, 275 and n.; ducal and count's control in, 269, 270; administration of, 73; viscounty and prepositura of, 74 n., 111, 117-8; exempted from pay- ment of fouage, 48 n.; town and castle acquired by Philip Augustus (1221), 485. See also, Châtellerault, Ella of Alençon, Robert Malet, Fulk Paynell, Ralph L'Abbé
conference of Norman barons at (1193), 143; surrendered to Philip (1203), 233 and n.; besieged by John, 237, 243, 244, 247 and n., 356 n.; refugees from, in Rouen (1204), 384, 386
Alfonse of Poitiers, son of Louis viii, count of Poitou, 43 n., 284; inquests and accounts of, 34, 41-2 and n. Alfred, king, 100 n. Algais (Martin)
Alice, sister of Philip Augustus, de- manded by Philip (1192) 126; the treaty of Messina and, 127, 129; promised to John (1193), 143; restored to Philip and married to William, count of Ponthieu (1195-6), 159; dowry of, 159, 165, 177, 178 Alice, countess of Eu, wife of Ralph of Exoudun, 225 n., 494 Alienation, law of, 57, 60 Alienor, see Eleanor
Aliens, development of law of, in England, 422-3 Alihermont (Alacer Mons, Aliermons, arr. Dieppe), forest of, granted to the archbishop of Rouen, in exchange for Andeli (1197), 173, 174 n.; corn-rents of, 174 n.
Alnwick (Northumberland), 300, 301 Alphonso, see Alfonso Alsace-Lorraine, 417 Alston, in Tyndale (Cumberland), 520 Alvered of Saint-Martin, 72 n., 104, 279 Amadieu vii of Albret, 10 n. Amanvilla, see Osmanville Amauri iii, count of Evreux, 147 Amauri iv, count of Evreux, earl of Gloucester, son of Amauri iii, grand- son of William of Gloucester, 247, 258, 260, 430 n.; English lands of,
260; Normandy, 497; loses last of his Norman fiefs (1204), 498; his wife, d. of Hugh of Gournai, 498
acquires Gloucester fiefs in | Andeli (continued).
Amauri, lord of Gacé in 1227, 497
Amauri of Sablé, lord of Gacé, knight
service of (1172), 497
Amauri of Tournebu, 517
Amboise (Ambaziacum, Ambasia, arr. Tours), 36; lord of, 229; ceded to Philip by John (1194), 148 Ambrières (Ambreriae, Mayenne, arr. Mayenne), 196, 217; added to Nor- mandy, 275 n.; keep of, built, 275; castle of, 111; possibly a bailiwick in 1180, 112; ceded by Arthur of Brittany to Juhel of Mayenne (1199),
added to Amiens (Ambiani, Somme), France (1185), 134; fiefs of Gournai in diocese of, 163, 498 Andecavensis regio, 283 n.; see Anjou Andegavia, 228 n.; wide use of the term, 36 n.; see Anjou Andele, insula de, 292 n.; villa de, and n.; see Andeli Andeli (Andele, Andeliacum), deanery of, 171; archiepiscopal manor of, 170; fouage of, 402 n.; rivalry between Richard and Philip for the possession of, 170 seqq; in the treaty of Louviers (1196), 170-1; seized by Philip, 171; fortified by Richard, 166, 172 n., 173, 281-3, 285 seqq; ceded to Richard by Walter, archbishop of Rouen, 173-4, 282; how administered, 263, 283: strategic importance of, 282; expendi. ture upon, 345; Richard at (1196-8), 166 n., 179, 181; retained by John by treaty of le Goulet (1200), 202; cap- tured by Philip Augustus, 375-6; grants by Philip in, 371; other refer-
ences to, 168, 185, 213, 219, 242 n., 263, 331, 359, 371, 387, 478, 517
old town of (le Grand Andelys), 286; financial independence of, 305 n.; privileges of burgesses of, 314
new town of (le Petit Andelys), 286, 303, 305 n. ; creation of, 283
isle of, 202, 216 n., 358 n. ; favourite residence of Richard, 288; buildings and work upon, 285-7, 303, 305 and n. ; treaty between Richard and the counts of Flanders and Boulogne concluded at (1197) 179 n.; captured by Philip, 242, 243
Rock of, 286; Château-Gaillard built upon, 174 and n.; see Château- Gaillard
forest of, 202
Andeliacum, see Andeli
Andelle, river, 128, 221, 242 and n., 282, 371; Norman frontier restricted to, 273 n., 274
Les Andelys (Eure), see Andeli Andrew of Chauvigni, 199 n., 223; John cedes fiefs of, 203 and n.
Andrew of Coutances, the satirist, 440 Andrew of Vitré, 404; becomes lord of Montbrai, 504; and Saint-Sever, 491; receives fiefs of Troisgots from Saint Louis, 518; brother of, 491 Anescy, 259
Anet (Anetum, arr. Dreux), 270 Angers (Andegavi, Maine-et-Loire),
additions to diocese of, in consequence of Angevin conquests, 30 n. ; prebend of, 288; abbey of Saint-Nicholas at, 192; strategic importance of, 11 seqq; John at (1200), 207 n.; occupied by John (1202), 228; by William des Roches, 229; in French hands (1203), 228; attacked by the seneschal of Poitou, 234 and n.; Philip's castle at,
290; other references to, 196, 223, Anjou (continued).
Glisolles, see Glisolles), 250, 254 and n.; bridge of, 254 n.
Angevin empire, the, continental parts of, regarded as forming one whole, 23, 33-5; survival of customs in, 24; diversities in, 25-33; administrative importance of the castle similar throughout, 35 seqq; common elements in administration of, 39 seqq; project of succession by parage to (1191), 132 and n.; extent of common feeling in, 22 and n., 440 and n.
Angevins, come to relief of Verneuil
(1194), 153; allied with Bretons, 231 n. See Anjou
Anglesqueville-sur-Saanes (arr. Dieppe), 225 and n.
Anglo-Normans preferred by John in Normandy, 365
Anglo-Saxon amercements, 311 Angoulême (Engolismae, Charente), 43; mayor and commune of, 44; county of, 43, 209, 211; policy of counts of, ibid. ; war in, during Richard's captivity, 40, 148, 211; John and, 131; John becomes heir to, 44, 211, 230; John at, 215; his administration of, 44, 46, 230 n.; loyalty of, in reign of Henry iii, 211; house of, 10 n., 208, 211; see Adelmodis, Ademar, Isabella, Matilda, Vulgrin; seneschal of, see Bartholomew of Puy
Anjou, early history of, 15 seqq, 25-7, 36-9; customs of, 25 n., 268; clergy of, 192; relations between France and, 17, 18, 21; seneschalship of France claimed by counts of, 18, 22; lawsuits between kings of France and counts of, 358 n.; union of Touraine
and, 13, 14, 19, 20; conflict between counts of Rennes and Nantes and, 18; northern Poitou added to, 19; Vendôme added to, 20, 21; conflict between Normandy and, 18; union of Maine and Normandy with, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21; influence of, upon the rest of the empire, 23, 38-9, 46, 47 n., 68-9, 70 n.; compared with Poitou and Gascony, 25; Henry ii and, 33-5; fortresses of, 14; development of fortresses of, as centre of count's power 35-6; composed of châtellenies, 38-9; Henry ii and the castles of, 276; officials of, 38 n.; jurisdiction of counts in, 37, 94; seneschal of, 38, 399 n.; exchequer of, 42, 149, 296 n.; administration of, in 1200, 206
Arthur of Brittany accepted as lord of (1199), 195 and n., 196 n.; adjudged to John by French court (1200) 200, 204, 428; Philip's bailiffs in (1201), 214 n.; Arthur does homage to Philip for (1202), 223, 478; war in, 266 seqq; Philip and, 235; collapse of John's administration in, 236; Henry iii surrenders all claim to, 397; other references to, 41, 125, 230, 231, 235 n., 237, 257, 283 and n., 385 n., 386
viscount of, 16; see Fulk the Red
counts of, 16, 61, 268; see Fulk the Red, Fulk Nerra, Fulk Réchin, Geoffrey Greygown, Geoffrey Martel, Geoffrey the Bearded, Geoffrey the Fair
seneschals of, 38; see William des Roches, Aimeri of Thouars, Brice the chamberlain Annebecq (Asnebec, arr. Vire), 508 Anselm, the chaplain of king Richard, 459, 465, 467
Anselm Parcarius, 279 n.
Anti-Christ, rumours concerning (1197),
Appleby (Westmoreland), 301, 302 aquagium, of Rouen, 106 n. Aquila, 292 n.; see l'Aigle Aquineum, see Acquigny
Aquitaine, extent of, 14 and n.; com- posite character of, 27; early history and description of, 27-30; France and, 17; Toulouse and, 130; comparison between rest of the empire and, 33-5; influence of Norman and Angevin practices in, 39; how far administered as a whole, 40; the word Aquitaine not used in the royal style in the twelfth century, 40 n.; officials of, 227; financial needs of government of, 438; Henry ii and the castles of, 276; Philip's intrigues in (1192-4), 148; Richard in (1199), 185, 186-8; after Richard's death, 195 n.; politics of, 211; John in, 208 seqq; John's government in, 214; Arthur does homage to Philip for, 223; defeat of mercenaries in (1204), 341; merchants of, 354 n.; Jews of, 355 n. See also Poitou, Gascony, Saintonge, Auvergne, Angoulême
dukes of, their court at Poitiers, 27; their chancery, 27 n.; see William, Eleanor, Otto, Richard
seneschal of, 37-40; see Ralph of la Haie; Poitou, seneschals of
other references to, 10, 14, 120, 125, 129, 235 n.
Normandy, 50 and notes; and vis- counties, 63
Archers, 335 and n. ; crossbowmen some- times so called, ibid. Arcy (Thomas) Arden (Ralph)
Ardevon (arr. Avranches), court of earl of Chester at, 118 Ardres (arr. Saint-Omer), 135 Arflet of Northumberland, 440 Argences (Argentiae, arr. Caen), 108,
Argences (Ralph, Richard, William) Argentan (Herbert) Argentan (Argenthomum, Orne), motte in, 299 n.; castle of, 110; keep built, 275; favourite rendezvous for the Norman army, 232 and n., 310 n., 312; bailiwick of, 77, 110, 260 and n.; viscounty and prepositura of, 63, 64, 77, 110; revenues of, allotted to John, 151 n.; John at, 233 n., 234 and n., 235 n.; Philip at (1204), 378; Philip grants castle of, 403; other references to, 78, 216, 223, 233 n., 237, 264, 275, 276 n., 292, 372, 477. See Robert of Bellême, Richard of Cardiff, Roger of Gouy Argentiae, see Argences Arles, the kingdom of, Richard and,
Armagnac, house of, 10 n.; counts of, 31, 32
Armies, size of, 331-2
Armour, inventories of, 402 Arms, Assize of, see Assize
Aragon, king of, 358,; see Peter; mer- Army, the Norman, 310 seqq cenaries of, 338 and n. Arbalisters, 333-5; wages of, 333; social status of, ibid.; organisation of, 334. See crossbowmen Archae, see Arques
Arnulf, bishop of Lisieux, 86 n. Arnulf, archbishop of Reims, trial of (991), 420 n.
Archdeaconries, and other divisions in
Arques (Archae, arr. Dieppe), castle of, 103; plans of castle of, 280 n.; keep of castle built, 275; forest and bernage
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