Chapter 14

37Harold, journey and capture,75;knighted by William,237;oath,83,290;asks the crown,89;crowned,98;conquers Tosti,135;meets barons in London,136;rejects Garth'B advice,142;reconnoitres,144,298;rejects William's offers,153;estimate of his army,175;wounded,198;killed,252;buried at Waltham,259;legend of his life,259,298,303Hastings,124,127,135,261;devastations round,262Hatchets, Danish,184,200Haaberk, William's, reversed,162Henry, the three kings and dukes,5Henry, king of France—see France.Herecort, sire de,241Herfort,174Herluin,102,159Herout, son of Kenut,34,37Hornet, the men and lord of,227Hontesire (Hampshire),174Horse, iron armour of,162Household officers of the Norman dukes, &c.96Hubert de Rie, saves William,13;his family,13Hugh Lupus,219,295Hugh Fitz-Grip, or of Wareham,229Humber,134,174Huon, father of Salle,30Ingulf,37Iwun al Chapel,102Jago, St.,167Jeffry, son of Rotro,205,216Jeffery of Maine,216Jehan, men of St.227,236Jort, sire de,222Karlemaine, song of,189Kent,174;the men of,250;their rights,177Kenut,33Knight, English, carrying news to Harold,133Lacie, sire de,220;a knight of,231L'Aigle, Enguerran de,218Laison, river,18Lande, William Patric de la,237Lamare, sire de,212Landing of William in England,128Laws of the Confessor,268Leicester, Rob. earl of,102,206Leun,48Lewine (Leofwin), Harold's brother,145,177Lievin,17,49Lillebonne, meeting at,105Lincoln, earl of,211Lindesie,174Lithaire, sire de,212,220Loges, Bigot's lands at,234London,70,174,182,266;bridge broken,255;Harold's meeting held there,136,141;rights of the men of,177;attack upon,265Longueville,—see Giffart.Longue-espée, William,5Magnevile, sire de,214Mahelt, William's queen,64,110,123Maine,171,217;Jeffery de,217Malet, William,206,258,302Malet, Vauquelin and William,210Malevrier, family of,232Malfossed, at Hastings,193Maltot, Bigot lands at,234Mans, bishop of,108Mantes, burning of,272;William's accident at,272Mare, sire de la,212Mareschal family,209Marmion, Roger de,223,242Margot, Huon,137Martin, sire de St.,214Martel, lord of Basquevile,229Martel, Giffrei,56,57Martel, William,215Matilda, William's queen,64,110,123Matoen,24,211Maugier,217Mesine, Giffrei de,217Meance,18Mellant,48; lineage of,208Meules, Baldwin de,222Mezi,25Mezodon,18Mitford and Bertram,227Moion, William de,223Molei, Bacon,230,242Molina, dam William des,215Monceals, lord of,230Monfichet, sire de,233Montfort, Hugh de,8;sire de,207,222Montlheri,49Montjoie, cry of,22Montgomeri, Roger de, counsels William,101;leads at Hastings,171,246;kills English knight,201Mora, William's ship,123Moretoin,49;Robert, count of, counsels William,101;at Hastings,241Mortemer, battle of,47,50Mortemer, Roger de,49Mortemer-en-Lions,54Mortemer, Hue de,169,239Mortemer, Ralf de,238Mostiers-Hubert, lord of,226Moubrai, Giffrei de,157,208;lord of,236Muriel, wife of Eudo cum capello,102,237Muriel sanctimonialis,103Neel de Cotentin, or de St. Sauveur, revolts,9,27;at Hastings,207,225;hishou,212Nehou, sire de,212Neufchâtel,241Nichole, (Lincoln),174,Noions,48Norfolk,174;two Ralfs, earls of,226Norwich,174Norman army compared with English,175,181;three companies,186;stratagem at Hastings,199Normans, shaved and mistaken for priests,147;William's character of,274Notinkeham,174Oain, St. (St. Ouen), reliques of,65;chapel of,66Odo, bishop of Bayeux, counsels William,101;his aid,108;rallies the troops,194;sister of,237;imprisoned,278Odo of Champagne,210Odo, brother of king of France,48,53Oil de bœuf,85Oismeiz,17,18Olicrosse,184Oliver, song of,189Onebac, sire de,239Orbec, dam Richard de,232Origni, sire de,236Orleans,48Orval, the men of,212,227Osbernus Episcopus,98Osgne,28,59Ou, castle and river,64,127Ou, count d',49,101,246Pacie, sire de,230Paienals (Pagenal) des Mostiers-Hubert,226Park, the duke's, at Rouen,94Perche,49Peter, St. his tooth or hair;115Pevensey,123,131Picot de Saie,236Pierre, St. sur-Dives,58Pins, sire des,215,233Pincerna, Albini,220,236Pirou, knight of,212Plessis, Grimoult du,11,30Plessis, in the Cotentin,11Poitevins,171Poix,171Pont-Audemer,45Pontfract,136Ponthieu,48,78,117,238;Enguerran de,44,103;Guy de,44,48,53,79Port, sire de,222Praels, the lord of,230Praeres, lord of,231Pratis, Fulk de,208Preaux, lord of,229Prebends of Bayeux,5Presles, lord of,231Priests, Norman, their position during the battle,183Provens,48Quevilly, the park of,94Raol de Gael,118,225Raol de Conches,168Raol de Montdidier,49Raol Tesson at Valdesdunes,19,50;at Hastings,223,239Raol, son of Main,208Rebercil, sire de,242Reliques brought to Caen,65;to swear Harold,85;of St. Valery,120Renouf de Benin, or Briqueaart,9,16,207Renchevalles (Roncesvalles),189Reviers, sire de,222Richard I. duke,5;his standard,303Richard II. duke,5;grand council,243Richmond, honor of,244Rie, Hubert de,13Risle, river,28Robert, duke,6Rollo,5Rollo and Rognevald,189Rollant, the song of,189Rollant and Oliver,189,257Romare, dam Will, de,211,300Rome,68Romenel (Romney),262Rouen and Roumeiz,17,49,94,271Rubercy, sire de,242Sacie, lord of,231Saens, St.,228Saie, lord of,236Seint-cler, sire de,239Sainte-paix, church of,66Sainteals, lord of,230Saint-Jean, men of,227,236Saire, St. (Salvius),228Salle, knight called,30Salebierre,174Sanzaver,208Sap, sire de,232,301Sauveur, Neel de St.27,207,228Saxon—carousals,156;armour,175,176;entrenchment,176Saxon chronicle, its character of William,283Seizin of England given William on landing,101Seine,48Semillie, lord of,207,228Senlao, battle of,178Senz,49Serlon the poet,103Seule,59Sever, St., cry of,22;lord of,207,229Shields variously painted, vii;worn at Valdesdunes,22Ship, description of William's,123Ships furnished by the barons,108;Taylor's list of,108,123;Waco's further account of,120;dismantled at Hastings,131Shrine of St. Valery,120Sinclair family,239Soissons,48Solignie, sire de,219,231Somme, river,117Sonles, (sole) the men of,227Spain, king of—sends horse to William,168Spies' report to Harold,147Stamford,174Standard,—see gonfanon.Stephen, St. abbey at Caen,64Stigand, archbishop,264,266Suffolk,174Summerset,174Surrie,174Sussex,174Taillefer's exploits,189,299Tafflou,41Tancharville, chamberlain of,213,301Tateshall, Sir Robert,229,301Taylor's MS. list of Norman ships,108,123Tesson, Raol,19,50,223,239Tesson, Jourdain,208Thames,71,266Thorigny,10,22,25Thorn-ei (Westminster),71Tillieres, the holder of,208Toarz, viscount of,118,167,171,218,295Tony, Raol de,168Torneor, lord of,231Tornieres, de,232Toroigne,48Tosti,35; killed,134,174,296Tostein, Fits Rou,170,244Touke, sire de,212Toz-Sainz, church of,66Tracie, aire de,220Tregos, lord of,232Trinity abbey at Caen,64Trossebot, lord of,237Truce of God,65Tur-aie, cry of,21Turstain-Goz,244Turstain Halduc,103,235Turstain Fits Rou,170,244Urinic, lord of,23Vaacie, lord of,231Val de Saire, sire de,220Val de roil (Vaudreuil),226Valeran, brother of Guy of Ponthieu,53Valeri, St. meeting at,117;reliques of,120;sire de,246Valdesdunes, battle of,18Valmerei, St. Briçun de,19Valognes, William's flight from,11,29;journey from to Arques,44Varaville, rout of,59,289Varham (for Waltham),259Varemna, river,217Varenne, hamlet of,217Vastineiz,48Velquesin,49Vernon,10,29,212,213Vermandeiz,48Vez-pont William de,207Vihot, Vigot, &c.,235Vimou,101,117Vire, the fords of,13,45Vitrie, lord of,220,236,301Vortigern and Rowena,156Vow of the Normans before the battle,157Wac, Hugh,242; Jeffry,244Wace, his prologue and history,4;his father's account of the ships,120;information as to the comet,115;fairy hunting in Brittany,119;testimony as to comparative strength of the armies,175Walkelin de Ferrieres,8Wallingford,266Waltham abbey,259,298,303Walther von der Vogelweide,4Walter Flandrensis,113Warren, William,217,238,243,295Wassail,156Westminster abbey restored,70;William's charter to,71;its organ,289Wibetes,198Wiestace d'Abeville,214William the duke,passim—see table of contents.Wincant,34Winchester,33,174,182Wircester,174Wismeis,50


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