The History of the Norman Conquest of England, Its Causes and Its Results, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1873 |
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Abbey Abbot already Angli appears Appendix atque Berkshire Bishop Bishoprick castle Chron Chronicle church Cnut confiscation conquered Conqueror conquest Crown Danish death district Domesday doubtless Eadgar Eadgyth Eadmer Eadnoth Eadric Eadwine Eadwine and Morkere Ealdred Earl Earldom ecclesiæ ecclesiastical ejus England English Englishmen erat estates Exeter favour Fécamp Florence foreign fortress Gest Godric Godwine granted hands Harold held Herefordshire Hist honour ipse King William King's lands Lanfranc later least Malm minster monastery monks Norman Normandy Northumberland Northumbrian Orderic Petrib Pict possession Prelate Primate quæ quam quod quum Rege Regem Regis Robert royal Saint seems Senlac Sheriff shire sibi Stigand story suâ submission sunt Survey Swegen tenet tenuit Thegns told town vero Waltheof Wiggod William Fitz-Osbern William of Jumièges William of Malmesbury William of Poitiers William's reign Winchester þæt
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Page 347 - Never indeed was any man more contented with doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him.
Page 471 - So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell. though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.
Page 482 - William, who had ever been dutiful to him, might reign in England after him. He would send him beyond the sea, and he would pray Lanfranc to place the crown upon his head, if the Primate in his wisdom deemed that such an act could be rightly done. Of the two sons of whom he spoke, Robert was far away, a banished rebel ; William was by his bedside. By his bedside also stood his youngest son, the English ^Etheling, Henry the Clerk. "And what dost thou give to me, my father? "said the youth. "Five thousand...
Page 482 - ... whom he could trust, and to take measures for stowing the treasure in a place of safety. And now those who stood around the dying king began to implore his mercy for the captives whom he held in prison. He granted the prayer. . . . The last earthly acts of the Conqueror were now done. He had striven to...
Page 497 - Wigotum se vertit pro protectione" (see p. 45). This illustrates the process in which Englishmen had to buy back their lands from the new King, and it also shows (see p. 44) how, even after this security, men had sometimes to commend themselves to an inferior lord for protection, and how at least one Englishman remained in a position to afford such protection.
Page 308 - At this moment we hear for the first time of one whose mythical fame outshines all the names of his generation, and of whom the few historical notices make us wish that details could be filled in from some other source than legend. Suddenly, without preparation or introduction of any kind, we find ourselves face to face with the renowned but shadowy form of Hereward.
Page 470 - He sent over all England into ilk shire his men, and let them find out how many hundred hides were in the shire, or what the king himself had of land or cattle in the land, or whilk rights he ought to have.
Page 423 - Westminster, and in mid-winter at Gloucester. And then were with him all the rich men over all England: archbishops and diocesan bishops, abbots and earls, thanes and knights.
Page 482 - The king then dictated a letter to Lanfranc, setting forth his wishes with regard to the kingdom. He sealed it and gave it to his son William, and bade him, with his last blessing and his last kiss, to cross at once into England. William Rufus straightway set forth for Witsand, and there heard of his father's death. Meanwhile Henry, too, left his father's bedside to take for himself the money that was left to him, to see that nothing was lacking in its weight, to call together his comrades on whom...
Page 484 - The great men mounted their horses and rode with all speed to their own homes, to guard their houses and goods against the outburst of lawlessness which was sure to break forth now that the land had no longer a ruler. Their servants and followers, seeing their lords gone, and deeming that there was no longer any fear of punishment, began to make spoil of the royal chamber.