i. 469;

dies, ii. 147

Matthew, tutor to Henry Fitz-Empress, i. 375; chancellor, 376

Maude, “Good Queen,” i. 66. _See_ Matilda

Mauléon, _see_ Savaric

Maurice, son of Geoffrey Greygown, i. 134, 135; regent of Anjou, 153, 156, 194

Maurice Fitz-Gerald, ii. 100, 102

Maurice de Prendergast, ii. 102, 110, 111

Maurienne, ii. 131, 132. _See_ Alice, Humbert

Mayenne or Maine, river, i. 97

Mayenne, _see_ Geoffrey

Measures, Assize of, ii. 348

Meiler Fitz-Henry, ii. 101

Melgueil, i. 463

Melisenda, queen of Jerusalem, i. 246, 361

Melun, i. 149, 189, 190

Merania, _see_ Agnes

Mercadier, ii. 383, 390

Merlin’s prophecy, its fulfilment, ii. 429

Merton priory, i. 51, 67

Messina, Richard at, ii. 294–296; treaty of, 368, 369

_Metalogicus_, i. 504

Metz, _see_ Chrodegang

Metz (in Gâtinais?), i. 168

Meulan, _see_ Robert, Waleran

Middle Kingdom, i. 99, 120

Middlesex, sheriffs of, i. 46

Miles Beauchamp, i. 320

Miles Cogan, ii. 105, 106, 184

Miles Fitz-David, ii. 101

Miles of Gloucester defies Stephen, i. 295; joins the Empress at Oxford, 324; earl of Hereford, 327; slain, 334

Mirebeau, castle built by Fulk Nerra, i. 139, 151; siege of, by Geoffrey Plantagenet, 267; bequeathed to Geoffrey Plantagenet II., 394, 444; Eleanor besieged in, ii. 406; Arthur captured at, _ib._

Mohun, _see_ William

Molêmes, abbey of, i. 69, 70

Monmouth, _see_ Geoffrey

Montbazon, i. 151, 163

Montboyau, i. 161, 163

Montcontour or St. Jouin-de-Marne, battle of, i. 174

Montferrat, _see_ Conrad, Jane, William

Montfichet’s Castle, i. 44

Montfort, _see_ Almeric, Bertrada, Robert, Simon

Montlouis, battle of, i. 186

Montmartre, conference at, ii. 71

Montmirail, conference at, ii. 61, 62, 69; razed, 365

Montpellier, _see_ William

Montrésor, i. 151

Montreuil-Bellay, siege of, i. 384–387. _See_ Gerald, Grecia

Montrichard, i. 151

Mont-St.-Michel, siege of, i. 5. _See_ Robert

Moorfields, i. 47

_Mort d’ancester_, ii. 172

Mortain, _see_ John, Stephen, William

Mortemer, _see_ Hugh, Roger

Morville, _see_ Hugh, Richard

Mountmorris, _see_ Hervey

Mowbray, _see_ Robert, Roger

Munster conquered by the Geraldines, ii. 183. _See_ Brian, Donell, Murtogh, Terence

Murdac, _see_ Henry

Murtogh Mac-Murrough, ii. 109, 111

Murtogh O’Brien, king of Munster, ii. 89, 90

Murtogh O’Lochlainn, king of Aileach, ii. 90, 97, 98

Nantes, i. 101; ceded to the Bretons, 102; Angevin claims on, 116, 117; attacked by Normans, 117; counts and bishops, 121, 122; seized by Conan, 146; won by Fulk, 148; Geoffrey Martel’s dealings with, 212; union with Rennes, 449; again independent, _ib._; seized by Conan IV. and claimed by Henry II., 450; surrendered to Henry, 451; significance of its acquisition, 452, 453; Henry and Geoffrey at, ii. 58. _See_ Alan, Drogo, Geoffrey, Guerech, Hoel, Judicaël

Nest, daughter of Rees Ap-Tewdor, ii. 100, 453

Neubourg, i. 282, 470

Neufmarché, council at, i. 502

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i. 37

Newark, i. 304

Niall of the Nine Hostages, ii. 84

Nicolas Breakspear or of Langley, i. 475, 476, 481. _See_ Adrian

Nigel, bishop of Ely and treasurer, i. 302; defends Devizes, 304; chancellor, 418; treasurer again, _ib._

Nomenoë, king of Britanny, i. 101

Nonancourt, treaty at, ii. 213

Nonant, _see_ Hugh

Norfolk, _see_ Hugh Bigod

Normandy, duchy of, i. 111; confusion under Robert Curthose, 11; campaigns of Henry I. in, 11–13; relations with England, 13, 23, 24; with France, 24; invaded by Henry of France, 210, 213; claimed by Matilda, 276; invaded by Geoffrey, 281, 306–308; offered to Theobald of Blois, 282, 337; Stephen in, 286; granted to his son, _ib._; conquered by Geoffrey, 338–342; ceded to Henry Fitz-Empress, 369, 377; attacked by Louis VII. and Eustace, 385, 386, 394; inquest on ducal demesnes, ii. 128; rebels in (1173), 138, 139; attacked by Louis etc., 143; loyal barons in (1173), 146; Henry’s administration in, 192–194; laid under interdict, 315, 380; submits to Philip, 424, 425; dukes of, their claims upon Maine, i. 124, 203, 216. _See_ Geoffrey, Henry, Hrolf, John, Richard, Robert, William

Normans destroy Fleury, i. 112; attack Nantes, 117; fusion of Normans and English, 24, 48, 49; ii. 489, 490

“Normans” and “English,” different meanings of, i. 23, 24

Northallerton, i. 289

Northampton, Ralf of Chester seized at, i. 336; Henry II. at, ii. 23, 143; priory of S. Andrew at, 37; meeting of justiciars and barons at, 391; Assize of, 172, 173; councils at, i. 136; ii. 32–40, 172, 427. _See_ David, Simon

Northmen, their work in Frankland and in England, i. 100; enter the Loire, 101; sack Nantes, _ib._; attack Toulouse, Paris, Bordeaux, 102; defeated at Aclea, _ib._; sack Tours, _ib._; seize Angers, 103; driven out, 104; besiege Paris, _ib._; defeated by Rudolf, 115; attacks on Tours, 181, 182. _See_ Ostmen

Northumberland, Scottish claims upon, i. 286

Norwich, i. 40, 41; sacked, ii. 155, 156; massacre of Jews at, 289; castle, i. 284, 430. _See_ Herbert, John

Nostell priory, i. 68

Nottingham, i. 320; council at, ii. 329

O’Briens, their rivalry with the O’Neills, ii. 86. _See_ Donell, Murtogh, Terence

O’Conor, _see_ Roderic, Terence

Octavian, cardinal, _see_ Victor IV.

Odelin de Umfraville, ii. 145, 153, 160

Odo, count of Paris, duke of the French and king of West-Frankland,