UUlf the portreeve,353,354Umfraville, Gilbert de,382Usury.SeeMoney-lendingV"Vadimonium" (or "Vadium"),214,236,305,369,370Valderi, Richard de,320Valoines, Peter de (I.),39————, Peter de (II.),172,183————, Robert de,172————, Roger de,172,264;Maud's charter to,286Venoiz, Robert de,171Vercorol, Richard de,231Vere, Aubrey de (I.), great chamberlain, his pedigree,389,392;father-in-law of Geoffrey de Mandeville,388;"justiciar of England,"390;slain (1141),81,147,188,389;mentioned,180,187,262,263,265,297,298,309,378,388-391————,————, his wife, Alice de Clare,390————,————, his brothers, Roger de (brother of Aubrey (I.)),189,389;——Robert de,389,391;——William,389————, Geoffrey (fitz Aubrey) de,182,190,390————, Robert (fitz Aubrey) de,147,182————, William (fitz Aubrey) de,182,195,231,389,390.SeeChancellors————, Alice de,169,390————, Aubrey de (II.), Earl of Oxford,154,172,195,230,231,270,271,402;brother-in-law to Earl Geoffrey de Mandeville,178;his charter from the Empress,179-195;to be Earl of Cambridgeshire,181,191-193;his charter from Henry of Anjou,186;was Count of Guisnes,188,189,240;became Earl of Oxford,194,239;his charter from St. Edmund's,189,439;from Henry II.,237,239;his wife Beatrice,188,189,397;his arms,394-396;his connection with De Rames,401Ver, Robert (fitz Bernard) de,46,144,147,148,158,201,262,263,326————,————, his wife, Adeline de Montford,326WWac (Wake), Hugh,159,160Wace, authority of,344Walden.SeeSaffron WaldenWalden Abbey, chronicle of,38,45,203,205,210,388,390,393,395————————, William, prior of,224,226Walensis, Ralf,419Wallingford, Stephen besieges,188,281;Empress escapes to,198,199,406;young Henry at,419;charter of Henry II. to,200Walterville, Geoffrey de,314,381Waltham (Essex),236,323,324;forest,377Waltham Abbey, Geoffrey's doings at,323;avenged,222————————, Chronicle of,322-324,439Waltheof, Earl,192,276Wareham,165;captured by Stephen,196,407;besieged by Earl of Gloucester,198;captured by him,199,405;Baldwin lands at,279;its defences,332;besieged by Stephen,406,407Warenne, William, Earl,120,143,145,158,206,262,263,265,430Warranty,182,230Warwick, Henry, earl of,329————, Roger, earl of,65,125,159,262,263,265Warwickshire, "tertius denarius" of,291Waters, Mr. Chester, on the family of De Raimes,403;on the earldom of Gloucester,421,432;his authority,432Way, Mr. Albert, on the styles of the Empress,70,73Welsh, levity of the,386Westminster, charters tested at,18,53,86,95,262-264,286,302,306,329,428,433————, Herbert, abbot of,265Weston,314Wherwell, Empress at,57;burning of,127,129-131White Ship, loss of the,423,428,429,434Wickham Bonhunt (Essex),90,140Wilton, the Empress at,65;affair of,146,276,407Wiltshire, earldom of,181,194,271Winchester, Stephen received at,4,47;Henry I. at,421,430,432;Empress received at,57-64;importance of its possession,60;its castle and treasury,62,63,125,128,386,407;election of the Empress at,69;its siege by the Empress,124-132;its royal palace,126,127————, William (Giffard), bishop of,329————, Henry, bishop of (and papal legate),265;receives Stephen as king,3,4;attends his coronation,5;with him at Reading,11;at Westminster,262;at Oxford,263;at Arundel,55;receives the Empress,57;his mandate to Theobald,260;conducts Maud's election,69;escorts her,82,83,93;opposes her as to William Cumin,85;deserts her and joins the Queen,121,122;besieged by the Empress,125;his palace,126;burns Winchester,127;restores Stephen,136;at his court,143;with him at Wilton,407;opposed to Nigel of Ely,413;goes to Rome,208;his letter to Brian Fitz Count,261;his covenant with Henry,386;papal letters to,412Windsor, Maurice de (dapifer of St. Edmund's),190,439———— Castle,169;Henry I. at,429Wiret, Ralf de,53Wood Walton,211Woodham Mortimer (Essex),141Worcester, Stephen at,48,282;sacked by Miles,282;its "third penny,"290————, Castle,313,328————, Simon, bishop of,262,263,265————, Theowulf, bishop of,432Worcestershire, earldom (?) of,271————, shrievalty of,313Worth (Wilts),229,233Writtle (Essex),140,149,214————, Godebold of,214Wymondham, the foundation at,318YYork, Stephen visits,157,409————, Roger, archbishop of,236————, Thurstan, archbishop of,262,263,265,427,428,433————, earldom of,270,271,276————, earl of.SeeAumâleYpres, William of, in England,45,52,144,158,201;not an earl,146,270,275;in charge of Kent,147,275;burns Wherwell,129,131,132;tries to burn St. Albans,206;robs Abingdon,213;persecutes the Church,271;grants to him,269,275
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