The Commune of London, and other studies

A

• Abattis, meaning of, 47.
• Adrian IV., his alleged donation of Ireland, 171–175, 177–179, 199, 200.
• ——, his “bull Laudabiliter,” 171 et seq.
• Ailwin (Æthelwine) son of Leofstan, 105, 118.
• Albemarle, William earl of, 287.
• ——, ——, Cecily wife of, 287.
• Albert of Lotharingia, “clerk,” 36–38.
• Albineio, William de, 152.
• Aldermannebury, Simon de, 254.
• Aldermen, see London.
• Alenzun, Matthew de, 254.
• Alexander III., his alleged confirmation of “Laudabiliter,” 172, 176, 180, 182, 184, 185, 189, 193, 198.
• ——, his ‘Black Book’ letters to Henry II., 172, 173, 174, 175, 185–190, 191–194, 196–199.
• Allen, Mr. Grant, 5, 16, 22, 23, 25, 321.
• Amiens, échevins of, 235.
• Andrew of London, 110, 111.
• Andrews, Dr., 19.
• Anschetil, 121.
• Archer, Mr. T. A., opposed to Mr. Oman, 43, 48, 50, 51.
• ——, ——, on Strongbow, 309–310.
• Archers, English, in 14th century, 296, 297, 299, 300.
• Archers in Ireland, use of, 157, 160.
• Armies, English, in 14th century, 262 et seq.
• Array, Commissions of, 295, 296.
• Arthur, succession of, 216, 218.
• Arundel, William (1st) earl of, 126–127, 132–134.
• ——, Honour of, 130–131, 132–134.
• Ashdown, battle of, 40.
• Assize in Normandy, 250.
• Assize of Northampton, 233.

B

• Bain, Mr. Joseph, 292, 293, 294.
• Balnai, Adam de, 99.
• Bannockburn, battle of, 289 et seq.
• Barbour’s Brus, 290–291.
• Barons, feudal, in Ireland, 160, 162.
• Barons, greater, see London.
• Basset, Richard, 121.
• Beaumont (Normandy), Holy Trinity of, 116.
• Becket, see Beket.
• Beket, Gilbert, 101, 102, 247.
• ——, Thomas, 114, 122, 154, 248.
• Belet, Michael, 87.
• Bémont, M., 302, 303, 305, 313, 314, 318.
• Benefices, Inquest (1212) on ecclesiastical, 267.
• Berkeley, carta of Roger de, 59–60.
• Bigot, Hugh le, 99.
• Bigod, Roger, 152.
• Bigod, Roger, 305, 306, 314.
• Bishops Stortford castle, 120.
• ‘Blanch ferm’ in Domesday, 65, 66.
• ‘Blanch’ money, see Exchequer.
• Blemund, Blemunt, William, 107, 108.
• Bloomsbury, origin of its name, 108.
• Blund, Geoffrey, 253.
• ——, Robert, 234.
• ——, Stephen, 254.
• Bond, Mr. Thomas, 135.
• Bosham, deanery of, 116.
• Bosham, firma of, 91.
• Boulogne, Count Eustace of, 28, 109, 110, 115, 120.
• ——, Faramus of, 120, 281.
• ——, William of, 120.
• ——, Inquest on Honour of, 270.
• Bradwell, Essex, 270.
• Braose, William de, 152, 253.
• Bray, Thomas, 147–149.
• Brewer, Prof., errors of, 146–149.
• Brito, Meinfininus, 121, 123.
• Bruce, see Bannockburn.
• Bucherel, Andrew, 264; see also Bukerel.
• Buchuinte, Bucquinte, Bucca Uncta, Andrew, 98, 110–113, 121, 124.
• ——, ——, justiciar of London, 99, 108.
• ——, ——, Ralf son of, 101, 108.
• ——, John, 101, 111, 112, 234.
• ——, Laurence, 101.
• Bucuinte, Geoffrey, 254.
• Bukerel, Richard, 120.
• ——, Stephen, 101, 120.
• Bukerel family, 110, 121; see also Bucherel.
• Burh, the Old English, see Clark.
• Burke, Father, 194.
• Burrows, Prof. Montagu, 279.

C

• Caen, a London family derived from, 106–107.
• Calais, Gloucester imprisoned at, 320.
• Cambridge, Longchamp at, 214.
• Cambridgeshire, sheriff of, 122.
• Camden on the marshalship, 305, 313.
• Camville, Gerard de, 217.
• Canterbury, Stephen archbishop of, 267.
• Carew, Sir George, error of, 146, 149.
• Cartæ Antiquæ, origin of, 88.
• Cashel, council of, 183, 187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194.
• “Castlemanni” of Durham, the, 288.
• Castle-mounds, 52–54.
• Castle Rising, 130.
• Challenge, a chivalrous, 317.
• Chamberlains, see Exchequer.
• Chapel and the township, the, 10–11.
• Charters of William I., 28–37; see also Henry II., John.
• Chertsey, William abbot of, 121.
• Chester, Hugh bishop of, 253, 254.
• Chichester, Hilary bishop of, 115, 117.
• Chivalry, see Challenge.
• Christchurch, see Twynham and London (Holy Trinity).
• Churches, see Benefices.
• Cinque Ports, institutions of, 244, 245.
• Clan-names in England, alleged, 16 et seq., 321, 322.
• Clare, Walter son of Richard de, 310; see also Pembroke.
• Clark, Mr. G. T., on castles, 52–53, 56, 82, 279.
• Clement III., death of, 210–213.
• Clifford, Robert de, marshal, 306, 307.
• Cnihtengild, the English, see London.
• Cœlestine II., 212–213.
• Cogan, Richard de, 145.
• Coinage, new (1180), 86, 88–89.
• Coke’s Institutes, 302, 304, 313.
• Commune, the sworn, 223, 224.
• ——, ——, in London, 224 et seq.
• ——, ——, in Normandy, 244 et seq.
• Constabularii, Honor, 280–281.
• Cornage, 282–288.
• Constantine, donation of, 178, 189, 195, 197.
• Constitutio domus regis, the, 82, 310, 311.
• Coote, Mr., 103, 105, 226, 227, 228.
• Cordel, Hugh, 120.
• Cornhill, Gervase of, 107, 111, 112, 117, 120.
• ——, Henry of, 107, 111, 253, 254, 256.
• ——, Reginald of, 256.
• Cornwall, Crown rents in, 71.
• Coronation, of Matilda wife of William I., 35.
• —— of Henry II., 303, 304.
• —— of Richard I., 201–206.
• —— of Eleanor wife of Henry III., 203–206, 303, 304, 311.
• ——, of Richard II., 302.
• Coronation services (“officia”), 203–206, 303.
• Coroner, serjeanty of being, 270.
• Coucy, the (count of Soissons) sire de, 316.
• Coupland, Noutegeld of, 287.
• Courci, John de, 143.
• ——, ——, book of his ‘Gestes,’ 149.
• ——, ——, conquers Ulster, 161–163.
• ——, ——, origin of, 162.
• Courci, Jordan de, 162.
• Courcy, Robert de, 99.
• Courtenay, Reginald de, 152.
• Coutances, Algar bishop of, 99.
• Cows paid for cornage, 287.
• Crecy, battle of, 45, 299–301.
• Cressy, Hugh de, 152.
• Cricklade, Wilts, 83.
• Cumberland, cornage tenants of, 283–285.
• ——, Noutegeld in, 287.
• Curia regis in Treasury, the, 94.
• ——, at Westminster, 111.

D

• Danegeld, see Middlesex; Towns.
• Dean, miners from forest of, 294.
• Deaneries of houses of secular canons, 115–116.
• Den, the forest, 20.
• Derman of London, 106; see also Thierri.
• Dermot, king, 142–144, 158–159, 169, 179–180.
• Devon, early firma from, 73.
• ——, stereotyped rents in, 70.
• Dialogus de Scaccario, authority of, 64 et seq.
• ——, cited, 311.
• Dimock, Mr. J. F., 141, 146–148, 182, 183, 192.
• Diplomatic, a point of, 30–36.
• Disseisin, formula of Novel, 114, 127.
• Domesday, appeal to, 94.
• —— compared with the Inquest of 1212, 265–266, 274.
• ——, finance in, 65–67, 68–73.
• ——, place-names in, 24.
• ——, record of assessment in, 57.
• ——, tenants variously described, 37–38.
• Dorchester, Wulfwig bishop of, 29.
• Dover castle, constableship of, 278–282.
• ——, wards and towers of, 279.
• Dover, Foubert de, 279.
• Duket, Nicholas, 234.
• Durham, cornage in palatinate of, 287, 288.
• ——, troops from, 294.

E

• Eadwine, alderman of London, 112.
• Earle, Prof., 15, 19, 23, 27.
• Edward the Confessor, 28, 36, 38, 98, 99.
• Edward II.; see Bannockburn.
• Edward II., deposition of, 318.
• Eleanor, queen, wife of Henry II., 236, 250.
• Ely, Geoffrey, bishop of, 87.
• Ely, Walter de, 254.
• Enfeoffment, see Vetus.
• Essex, Henry de, Constable, 281.
• Essex, Maurice (of Tiltey), sheriff of, 109, 118.
• Essex, place-names of, 2 et seq.
• Eustace, nephew of Fulchred, 101, 124.
• Eustace, the sheriff, 38.
• Exchequer, chamberlains of the, 77, 81–85, 95.
• ——, at Westminster, 79–81.
• ——, watchman of the, 80.
• ——, a development of the Treasury, 80–84, 93–95.
• ——, enrolment at, 89.
• ——, records of the, 202–204; see also Sheriffs.
• ——, tallies of, 63, 74–75.
• ——, pleas held at the, 64, 86, 89.
• ——, its chequered table, 64, 74, 94.
• ——, standards of account at, 65–66, 70, 85–87, 89–93.
• Exchequer, changes in system of, 66–69, 72–75, 94.
• ——, antiquity of assay at, 66, 69.
• ——, its ‘combustion’ tally, 75.
• ——, barons of, 62, 85, 86, 89.
• Exeter, endowment from ferm of, 85–87.
• ——, foreign merchants at, 245.
• Exogamy, alleged traces of, 21, 321–322.
• Eyton, Mr., 24, 60, 79, 133, 134, 151, 152.

F

• Fafiton, Robert, 258.
• Falkirk, battle of, 298.
• Fantosme, Jordan, 232.
• Feipo, Futepoi, Totipon, Adam de, 142.
• Fergant, Bartholomew, 248–9.
• Ferm, see Firma.
• Fiennes family alleged constables of Dover, 279–281.
• Firma comitatus, the, origin of, 72–73, 230.
• Firma unius noctis, the, 70–72.
• Fitz Alan, William, barony of, 128.
• Fitz Audelin, William, 151, 152, 161, 182–183, 190.
• Fitz Count, Brian, 76, 78.
• Fitz Gerald, Maurice, 156.
• Fitz Gerold, Warin, (I.) chamberlain, 83, 101.
• ——, ——, (II.) chamberlain, 84.
• Fitz Osbern, earl William, 29, 30.
• Fitz Reinfred, Roger, 87.
• Fitz Stephen, Robert, 153.
• Fitz Urse becomes MacMahon, 162.
• Fitz Walter, Peter, 229, 231, 253.
• Fitz Walter, Robert, 253.
• Five-knight unit, the, 56, 155.
• Fleming, Richard le, 142, 155.
• Freeman, Prof., 29–32, 34, 36, 38, 40–46, 49, 52, 137, 155, 289, 292, 312.
• Fulcher, 116.
• Fulcoin, Fulkoin, Fulquin, Fulcoi, the sheriff, 121–123.
• Fulk son of Ralf, 120.
• Furnellis, Alan de, 87.
• ——, G. de, 88.
• Futepoi, see Feipo.

G

• Gasquet, Father, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 193, 196, 200.
• George, Mr. Hereford, 45.
• Gerpunvilla, William de, 152.
• Gervase son of Agnes, 101.
• Gilbert the Sheriff (founder of Merton Priory), 121–123.
• Gilbert son of Reinfred, 268.
• Gilds, endowments by, 104–105.
• Giraldus Cambrensis, 143, 144, 145, 157, 159, 160, 164–167, 172, 178–188, 190–198.
• ——, early translations of, 147–149.
• Giry, M., 237, 239, 244, 247–252.
• Glanville, Ranulf de, 87.
• Gloucester, Milo de, 121, 123, 306.
• Gloucester, Robert earl of, 76, 78.
• Gloucester, Thomas duke of, 315, 318;
• his arrest and confession, 319–320.
• Glove as gage, the, 153.
• Green, Mr. J. R., 5, 16, 289.
• Gross, Dr., 228, 237.
• Guest, Dr., 5, 6.
• Gundeville, Hugh de, 152.

H

• Hacon the dean, 101, 106.
• Haga not villa, 15.
• Hall, Mr. Hubert, on the Treasury and Exchequer, 62, 67–68, 74–75, 79–80, 84, 85.
• ——, on the Inquest of Sheriffs, 125 et seq.
• ——, on the coronation of Richard I., 205–6.
• ——, on the Red Book Inquisitions, 262–273, 275.
• ——, on castle-ward, 278, 282, 286.
• ——, on Dover Castle, 279–280.
• ——, on cornage, 282–286.
• ——, misreads his MSS., 312–313.
• Ham, the suffix, 2 et seq.
• Hampshire, Firma unius noctis in, 71–72.
• Hartshorne, Mr., 56.
• Hastings, battle of, 40–52, 301.
• Haverhell, Brichtmer de, 229.
• ——, William de, 233.
• Haya, Ralf de, 152.
• Heir, making an, 111.
• Helion, Tehel de, 38.
• Henry II. and London, 222, 223, 228, 232–233, 256.
• ——, and Ireland, see Ireland.
• Henry II., his charters before his accession, 82.
• Henry son of Henry II., 251.
• Henry son of Ailwin (Æthelwine), first mayor of London, 105, 225, 253.
• Hereford, earldom of, 30.
• Highworth, Wilts, 83.
• Hinde, Mr. Hodgson, 284, 285.
• Holand, Thomas de, earl of Kent, marshal, 314.
• Household, the king’s, see Constitutio.
• Hoveden, Roger, 184, 188, 197, 201, 205, 208–209, 213, 215, 216, 217.
• Howlett, Mr., 208.
• Howorth, Sir Henry, 289.
• Howth, the Book of, 146–149, 162, 163.
• ——, interpolations in, 148–149.
• ——, share of Christopher lord of Howth in, 149.
• Hubert ‘juvenis,’ 110, 114.
• Hugh, son of Wulfgar, 101, 102, 118, 120–121.
• Huitdeniers or Octodenarii, Osbert, justiciar of London, 113–114, 116, 121.
• Humfraville, Ida de, 254.
• ——, Richard de, 254.
• Hundred and the township, the, 12.
• Hundreds, Inquest of 1212 taken by, 265–266, 275.
• Hunt, Rev. W., 208.
• Huntingdon, Austin priory at, 122.
• Hunts, sheriffs of, 121–123.

I

• Ing, the suffix, 3 et seq.
• Ingelric the priest, 28–30, 36, 115.
• Ingham, the suffix, 15–16.
• Innocent X., 199–200.
• Inquest of 1212, the great, 261 et seq.
• Inquest of Sheriffs, see Sheriffs.
• Inquest, sworn, in London, 98–100.
• ——, of 1212, 268, 273, 274.
• Insula, Robert de, 286.
• Interdict under John, 267.
• Ipra (Ypres), William de, 100.
• Ireland, the Conquest of, 137 et seq.
• Ireland, its golden age, 137–140, 165, 166, 169.
• ——, Scandinavian settlers in, 140, 144.
• ——, Norman invaders of, 140, 156 et seq.
• ——, feudal settlement of, 143, 155, 159, 160.
• ——, poem on conquest of, 141 et seq.
• ——, Henry II. in, 150–152, 189, 192–194, 199–200.
• ——, internecine conflict in, 159.
• ——, policy of see-saw in, 163–164.
• ——, failure of its conquest, 164, 167.
• ——, corruption of church in, 165–166, 175.
• ——, publication of ‘Laudabiliter’ in, 181, 192, 194.
• ——, Henry II. recognised as king in, 184–185, 187; see also Howth; ‘Laudabiliter.’
• Ireland, scutage of, 129, 131, 134.
• Irish, tendencies of, 138–139, 164–165, 168–170.
• ——, mode of warfare of, 156–158.
• ——, their character impugned, 174, 175, 183–187, 197, 199, 200.
• Islington, Newington Barrow in, 106.
• Italian citizens of London, 110.