The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of William the Conqueror. 1871Clarendon Press, 1873 |
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Abbey Abbot Angli appears Appendix atque Berkshire Bishop Bishoprick castle Chron Chronicle church Cnut confiscation conquered Conqueror conquest Crown Danish death Domesday doubtless Durham Eadgar Eadgyth Eadnoth Eadric Eadward Eadwine Eadwine and Morkere Ealdred Earl Earldom ecclesiæ ecclesiastical ejus England English Englishmen erat estates Eustace Exeter favour Fécamp filius Florence foreign fortress Gest Godric Godwine Gospatric hands Harold held Herefordshire Hist honour ipse King William King's lands Lanfranc Malm minster monastery monks Norman Normandy Northumberland Northumbrian once Orderic Peterborough Chronicle Petrib Pict possession Prelate Primate quæ quam quod quum Rege Regem Regis Robert Saint seems Senlac Sheriff shire sibi Stigand story suâ submission sunt Survey Swegen tenuit Thegns told town vero Waltheof William Fitz-Osbern William of Jumièges William of Malmesbury William of Poitiers William's reign Winchester York 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 555 - In the Chronicle of Raynald of Anjou (Bouquet, xii. 479) we read, "Anno 1086, in mense Septembri, Comes Normannorum, qui et Rex Anglorum, "Willelmus obsedit in Britanniis castrum quod dicitur Dolum, quod quum diu obsedisset, nihil profecit, sed etiam machinis suis succensis ab eo infructuose discessit, defendentibus illud fortibus Andegavorum militibus.
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. Weapons, clothes, vessels, the royal bed and its furniture, were carried off, and for a whole day the body of the Conqueror lay...
Page 482 - ... 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 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...
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 - Eke he let write how mickle of land his archbishops had, and his bishops, and his abbots and his earls, and what or how mickle ilk man had that landholder was in England in land and in cattle, and how mickle fee it was worth. So...
Page 482 - 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 he could trust, and to take measures for stowing the treasure in a place of safety.
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 474 - Survey, besides the last and most hateful extortion of money, it was a year of evil in the physical world. " It was a very heavy year and toilsome and sorrowful in England in murrain of cattle ; and corn and fruits were sprouting, and such mickle bad luck was there in weather such as man might not lightly think of; such mighty thundering and lightning was there that it slew many men, and ever it grew worse with men more and more.