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Abbas. See l'Abbé, Labbe
L'Abbé (Ralph)

INDEX.

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

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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,

112

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

John, son of, ibid.

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),

112

305

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

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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,

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290; other references to, 196, 223, Anjou (continued).

236, 284.

Angerville-la-Rivière

(Angervilla, C.

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.

Angligenae, 393

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),

192

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,

259

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,

140 n.

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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