CHAPTER X.

THE EARLDOM OF ESSEX 227

APPENDICES.

A. STEPHEN'S TREATY WITH THE LONDONERS 247

B. THE APPEAL TO ROME IN 1136 250

C. THE EASTER COURT OF 1136 262

D. THE "FISCAL" EARLS 267

E. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPRESS 278

F. THE DEFECTION OF MILES OF GLOUCESTER 284

G. CHARTER OF THE EMPRESS TO ROGER DE VALOINES 286

H. THE "TERTIUS DENARIUS" 287

I. "VICECOMITES" AND "CUSTODES" 297

J. THE GREAT SEAL OF THE EMPRESS 299

K. GERVASE DE CORNHILL 304

L. CHARTER OF THE EMPRESS TO WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP 313

M. THE EARLDOM OF ARUNDEL 316

N. ROBERT DE VERE 326

O. "TOWER" AND "CASTLE" 328

P. THE EARLY ADMINISTRATION OF LONDON 347

Q. OSBERTUS OCTODENARII 374

R. THE FOREST OF ESSEX 376

S. THE TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE EARLS OF HEREFORD AND GLOUCESTER 379

T. "AFFIDATIO IN MANU" 384

U. THE FAMILIES OF MANDEVILLE AND DE VERE 388

V. WILLIAM OF ARQUES 397

X. ROGER "DE RAMIS" 399

Y. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISITS OF HENRY II. TO ENGLAND 405

Z. BISHOP NIGEL AT ROME 411

AA. "TENSERIE" 414

BB. THE EMPRESS'S CHARTER TO GEOFFREY RIDEL 417

EXCURSUS. THE CREATION OF THE EARLDOM OF GLOUCESTER 420

ADDENDA 437

INDEX 441