Eleanor de Montfort: A Rebel Countess in Medieval England
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Life of 45
Abingdon, William of, friar 68
Acaster, Roger of 9, 141n
Acre, John of, butler of France 129
Adelaide, wife of Arnoul (III), Count of Loos and Graf of Rieneck 19, 145n
Adomar, Count of Angoulême 3
wife of see Courtenay, Alice de
Agnes of Meran, Queen of France 62
husband of see Philip Augustus
Aldobrandesca, Margherita 133
husband of see Montfort, Guy de
Alexander II, King of Scotland 8, 18–19, 141n, 144n
sisters of see Margaret; Marjorie
wife of see Joan, sister of King Henry III
Alexander III, King of Scotland 29, 81
wife of see Margaret, daughter of King Henry III
Alfonso VIII, King of Castile 27
wife of see Eleanor
Alice of France, Countess of Ponthieu 146n
Alice, Lady, nurse of Eleanor of Provence 90
Almain, Henry of, son of Earl Richard of Cornwall 98, 166n
captivity after battle of Lewes 103, 105, 106
murder 33–4
wife of see Béarn, Constance de
almsgiving 58–9, 85, 117–18, 118–19, 123–4
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers 81, 104
Alrewas, Staffs 84
Amesbury, Wilts, priory 113
prioress of 113
Amiens, Somme, France, Mise of (1264) 103
Andrew the Butler 118
Angeli, Brother J. 119
Angoulême see Isabella
Angoulême, Count of see Adomar
Anjou, Charles of 130, 133, 134, 182n
Annandale, Scotland, 114
Apulia 74
Aquitaine see Eleanor
Archer, Rowena 64
Arcy, Philippa d’, wife of Ralph 120, 178n
Arcy, Ralph d’ 120, 128, 175n, 178n
Arden, Richard of 107
Arienzo, Caserta, Italy 133
Arnoul (III), Count of Loos, Graf of Rieneck 19
wife of see Adelaide
Arthur, Duke of Brittany, son of Geoffrey 139n
Arundel, Countess of see Aubigny, Isabella d’
Asaji, Keizo xii
Ash, Thomas of 101
Assisi, St Francis of 12
Astley, Thomas of 114
Atripalda, Avellino, Italy 133
Aubigny, Isabella d’, Countess of Arundel 45
Aubigny, Philip d’ 9
Aumale, Counts of 26, 31, 35, 148n
Avellino, Italy 133
Avranches, Master Henry of 9–10
Awre, Glos 49
Axholme, Lincs, Isle of 127
Badgeworth, Glos 39, 49, 51
park 157n
Baldwin (IX), Count of Flanders, daughter of see Joan, Countess of Flanders
Balliol, Ingelram de 120
Balliol, John de 99
Barons’ War (1263–5) xi–xiv, 103–25
Basset, Gilbert 43
Basset, Philip, royal justiciar 100, 112, 174n, 179n
Bath, Hugh of 151n
Béarn, Constance, daughter of Gaston 134
husband of see Almain, Henry of
Beauchamp family, Earls of Warwick 147n
Beaujeu, Alice of, daughter of Guichard 146n
Beaujeu, Guichard of 22, 146n
wife of see Hainaut, Sibyl of
Beaulieu, Hants, abbey 166n
Beaumont, Adam de 144n
Beaumont, Amicia de 61
Beaumont, Robert (IV) de, Earl of Leicester 61
Beauvais, Vincent of, De eruditione filiorum nobilium of 142n
Becket, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury 37, 121
Bedford, Archdeacon of see Hecham (alias Heyham), Master Nicholas de
Bémont, Charles 124
Bere Regis, Dors 170n
Berenguela, Queen of Castile 138n
Berkhamsted, honour of 36
Berkhamsted, Herts, castle, constable of 4
Bernwood forest 44, 57, 157n
Béthune, Alice de, daughter of Baldwin 26, 32, 35, 148n
Betteshanger, John of 175n
Bezill, Mathias 53
Bigod, Hugh, Earl of Norfolk 34
wife of see Marshal, Matilda
Bigod, Hugh, justiciar 101
Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk 51, 79, 154n
Bigorre, Countess of see Montfort, Petronilla de
Bigorre, France 169n, 170n, 182n
Birrel, J. 152n
Biset, Manasser 142n
Biset, Margaret 11, 142n
Blaauw, William H. xi–xii
Blanche of Castile, Queen of France 10, 92, 142n
Bluet (or Bloet) family 156n
Bluet (or Bloet), Ralph 52, 54
Bluet (or Bloet), William 51, 54, 154n, 155n
Bodiham, Simon of 175n
Bohun, Humphrey de, Earl of Hereford and Essex 161n
Bohun, Matilda de 78, 164n
husband of see Marshal, Anselm
Bolett, messenger of Countess Eleanor 118
Bordeaux, Gironde, France, Dominican priory, chapel of St Peter the Apostle in 84
Bosellis, Brother Gregory de, friar 82, 166n
Bosham, Sussex 47, 153n, 154n
Boulogne, Count of 145n
Boulogne, Countess of see Mahaut (II)
Bouvines, Nord, France, battle of (1214) 3, 19
Boyon, Brother G. 13, 119
Brabant, Duke of see Louvain, Henry de
Brabourne, Kent 28, 41, 51, 117, 123, 135, 151n
Braden forest 57, 157n
Bradenstoke, Wilts, priory 149n
Bramber, Sussex, castle 175n
Brech, Andrew de la 77, 156n, 163n
Bretun, Richard le 176n
Brill, South Holland, Netherlands 163
Brindisi, Apulia, Italy 74, 162n
Briouze, William de 107
Briouze, William de, son of Reginald 34
Briouze, William de, son of William 107, 118
nurse of see Isabella
wife of see Marshal, Eva
Bristol, Glos 6
castle 4, 58
Friars Preacher of, prior of see Walter
St Augustine’s Abbey in 140n
Bristol, Bonevie of, Jew 40–1
Bristol, Lynn of, Jew 40
Brittany, Counts and Dukes of 30, 144n
see Arthur; Dreux, Peter of
Brittany, Eleanor of, daughter of Geoffrey 9, 47, 58, 152n
Bromhall, Berks, priory 165n
Brus, Agnes de, 174n
husband of see Fauconberg, Walter de
Brus, Robert de 114, 120, 177n
Buckden, Cambs 81
Buckholt forest 150n
Burgh, Hubert de, Earl of Kent, justiciar 18, 19, 20, 21–2, 24, 25, 36, 40, 51, 57, 141n, 144n, 146n, 154n
fall of 41–2
nephew of 22
wife of see Margaret, sister of King Alexander II
Burgh, Raymond de 36
Burgh, Richard de 36, 41
Burgundy, Duke of 101
Burstal, Ralph de 101
Burton, J. de 120
Burton, Peter de, and his wife 120, 121, 177n, 178n
Caerleon, Monm 23
Canterbury, Archbishops of see Abingdon, Edmund of; Becket, Thomas; Langton, Stephen
Canterbury, Kent 53, 84, 86, 101, 121
Christ Church cathedral priory in 37, 38, 57, 58
St Augustine’s Abbey in 24
Canterbury, Master Ralph of 84
Cantilupe, Mabel de 44, 152n
Cantilupe, Thomas de, baronial chancellor 113, 114
Cantilupe, Walter de, Bishop of Worcester 82, 101, 106, 114, 166n
Cardigan, Card, castle 22
Carlisle, Bishop of 154n, 161n
Carmarthen, Carm, castle 22
Carpenter, David 21
Cartmel, Lancs, priory 32
Castel Cicala, Nola, Italy 133
Castile see Blanche; Eleanor
Casti
le, King of see Alfonso VIII
Castile, Queens of see Berenguela; Eleanor
Castile, St Dominic of 12
Caversham, Oxon 49, 112
Chabnais, Esquivat de 169n, 170n
Chalton, Hants 114
Champagne, Count of see Thibaut (V)
Châteaurenard, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 3
Chelefeld’, Simon de 52
chess 59
Chester, Earl of see Ranulf (III)
Chichester, Bishop of see Neville, Ralph de
Chichester, Sussex 118
Chilham, Robert of 175n
Chippenham, Wilts 77
Christopher, clerk of Countess Eleanor 110
Chronica majora by Matthew Paris 38
Chute forest 39, 44, 47, 55, 56, 57, 86, 157n
Chute, Wilts 55
Cigogné, Engelard de 167n
Cilgerran, Pemb, castle 22
Cinque Ports 66, 111, 120
warden of see Montfort, Henry de
Clare, Bogo de 119
Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1230), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 34, 35–6, 159n
wife of see Marshal, Isabella
Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1295), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 109, 119
Clare, Isabella de, daughter of Richard fitz Gilbert, Countess of Pembroke 17–18, 32, 33, 34, 149n
husband of see Marshal, William (senior)
Clare, Matilda de, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, wife of Richard 112
Clare, Richard de, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 36, 66, 78, 79, 98, 99, 102, 164n
Clarendon forest 57, 150n, 157n
Clarendon, Wilts, palace 77
Clatford, Upper, Hants 49, 50
Clement IV, Pope 128–9, 132, 181n
Cleybroke, Simon, vicar of 182n
Clifford, Roger de 52
cloth, clothing and furs 6, 9, 10, 38, 58, 59, 69–70, 85, 113, 115, 118, 122, 123, 125, 140n, 167n, 175n, 176n
church views on 12–13
Colin the Farrier 118
Colin the Marshal 118
Collingbourne Ducis, Wilts 54
Compton, Long, Warw 49
Constable, Fulk 117–18, 120, 176n
Corbet, Robert 120, 175n
Corfe, Dors, castle 4, 5, 8, 139n, 173n
Cornwall, Earl of see Richard
Courtenay family 28
Courtenay, Alice de, wife of (1) Andrew of La Ferté-Gaucher, (2) William of Joigny, (3) Adomar, Count of Angoulême 3, 28, 138n.
Courtenay, Peter de, Latin Emperor 137n
Courtenay, Robert de 25, 27–8, 148n
wife of see Vernon, Marion de
Courtenay, Robert de, son of Robert 148n
Coventry, Brother Gregory of 119
Coventry, Brother Walter of 119
Craiwell, Christiana de, damsel 90, 118, 175n, 176n
Crek, Bartholomew de 54, 156n
Crek, Margery de 112, 113, 174n
Crendon, Long, Bucks 50, 51
Crevequer, Thomas de 175n
Crouch, David 23, 34
Crowcombe, Godfrey of 154n
crusades 61, 70–1, 73–4, 87, 89, 92, 133, 134, 151n, 161n, 162n, 170n
Daglingworth, Glos 52
damsels 59, 90, 117, 118, 175n, 176n
David, Earl of Huntingdon 18, 144n
Derby, Earl of see Ferrers, William de
Desford, Leics, 87
Desford, Walter of 87
Despenser, Hugh de, justiciar 107
slain at Evesham (1265) 123
wife of 113, 124, 174n
Deusaye, son of Isaac of Winchester, Jew 40
Devon, Countess of see Forz, Isabella de
Dikering, Yorks, wapentake 176n
Dilwyn, Heref 170n
Diqon, messenger of Countess Eleanor 118
disparagement 21–4, 47
Dover, Kent, 81, 125, 176n
castle xiii, 103, 105, 106, 109, 110, 116–17, 118, 119–22, 123, 124, 127, 128, 135, 176n, 178n, 182n
constable of see Montfort, Henry de
surrender of (1265) 115–16, 125, 175n
hospital of, prior of 120, 124
Dover, John of, and his wife 120
dower 6, 7, 38–41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49–51, 68, 70, 75–6, 78–80, 92, 98, 99–100, 103, 106–7, 130, 135, 136, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n, 163n, 164–5n, 172–3n, 183n
Dreux, Count of see Robert
Dreux, Peter of, Count of Brittany 61n
drink see food
Druval, Mabel de 59–60, 163n
Dublin, Ireland, Archbishop of 25
see also Luke
Dublin, Ireland, St Thomas’s Abbey in 32
Duisk, Ireland, abbey 32
Dumas, Ireland 50
Dunstable, Beds, priory 167n
annalist of 20, 26, 106, 128, 145n, 167n, 182n
Earley, John of 22
Easingwold, Yorks 170n
Edmund, son of Earl Richard of Cornwall 115, 175n
Edmund, son of King Henry III 92, 95, 127
education 8, 9–11, 58, 89
Edward I (the Lord Edward), King of England xii, 59, 91, 95, 98, 101, 102, 103, 109, 115–16, 120, 123, 124, 125, 127, 133, 134, 135, 136, 168n, 182n, 183n
accession 134
birth 6, 29
baptism 70
captivity after battle of Lewes 103, 105, 106, 111, 114, 115
crusade 133, 134
escape from Montfortian custody (1265) 109, 110, 112, 114, 116
wives of see Eleanor of Castile; Margaret of France
Eleanor, daughter of King Henry II, wife of King Alfonso VIII of Castile 27
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, wife of King Henry II 2, 4, 27, 142n
Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, wife of King Edward I 105
Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, daughter of Count Raymond-Berengar (V) of Provence, wife of King Henry III 11, 15, 29, 58, 64, 69, 86–7, 89–90, 130, 138n, 157n, 165n, 168n
churching 6, 71
coronation 57, 62
exile 104, 105, 128, 180n
marriage 57–8, 62
nurse of see Alice
religious and literary interests 10, 84
Savoyard relations of 70, 92
see also Margaret of Provence, Provence, Sanchia of; Savoy, Beatrice of; Savoy, Peter of; Savoy, Thomas of; Savoy, William of
Eleanor, sister of King Henry III, wife of (1) William Marshal (junior), (2) Simon de Montfort xi–xiv, 107, 109, 140n, 150n, 153n, 157n, 167n, 172n, 178n, 181–2n
birth 2, 5–6
building work by 55, 86
character 12–13, 15
childhood and upbringing, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 58
correspondence, 107–8, 112–15, 118, 133
with Adam Marsh 12–13, 15, 73, 80–2, 83–4, 87, 89, 90, 165n, 178n
with King Edward I (the Lord Edward) 111, 124
with King Henry III 124
with Earl Simon 111, 122
with Simon (junior) 112, 122, 124
dealings with Jews 40–1, 76
death 135–6
tomb 1, 137n
households 9, 25, 31, 51–8, 82–3, 85–6, 156n, 163n
(in 1265) xi–xiii, 107–8, 109–25
clerks of see Christopher; Eudes
damsels of 59, 117, 118, 176n see also Craiwell, Christiana de, Watham, A. de, Wortham, Hawise de
messengers of see Bolett; Diqon; Gobithest; Slingwai; Wilecok
servant of see Garbag
inheritance in Angoulême 104, 132, 181n
lineage 1–2
Marshal marriage 17, 20–36
consummation of 28–9, 30
Montfort marriage 61–72, 159n, 160n
chief executor of Earl Simon’s will 97, 132
children of see Montfort, Amaury de; Montfort, Eleanor de; Montfort, Guy de; Montfort, Henry de; Montfort, Richard de; Montfort, Simon de (junior)
dowry 75, 76, 162n
and flight in 1239 72, 73
and Gasco
ny 80–3, 87, 89, 91, 165n, 166n
motherhood 13–14, 63, 67, 69, 70, 73, 74, 84, 88–9, 90, 107, 148n, 167n
and reform movement 95–6, 102–3
and royalist captives after battle of Lewes 105–6, 114–15
seduction by Simon 64–5, 71–2
and Treaty of Paris 96–102, 105, 170n
relationship with Eleanor of Provence 90–1
relationship with King Henry III 43–4, 47, 52–3, 55–7, 59–60, 67, 75, 76–7, 85–6, 87, 91–2, 99, 104–5, 130, 132, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n, 156n, 157n, 163n, 168–9n
relationship with mother 28, 30–1
religious and literary interests and almsgiving 11–14, 47, 58–9, 83–5, 87, 117–18, 118–19, 130–1, 158n
seal 43, 51, 83, 131, 133, 154n
widowhood, 37–47, 49–60, 51–8, 123–5, 127–36, 156n
dower 38–41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49–51, 68, 70, 75–6, 78–80, 92, 98, 99–100, 103, 106–7, 130, 135, 136, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n, 163n, 164–5n, 172–3n, 183n
in exile (1265–75), 127–36, 180n, 181–2n
surrenders Dover Castle (1265) 115–16, 125, 175n
vow of chastity 37–8, 45–7, 61, 63, 66, 68, 150n, 153n, 155n
will of 132, 136, 183n
Embleton, Northumb, barony 114
England, Kings of see Edward I; Henry II; Henry III; John; Richard I
England, Queens of see Eleanor of Aquitaine; Eleanor of Castile; Eleanor of Provence; Isabella of Angoulême; Margaret of France
English History by Matthew Paris 66
De eruditione filiorum nobilium by Vincent of Beauvais 142n
Essex, Earl of 4
see also Bohun, Humphrey de
Eudes, clerk of Countess Eleanor 110
Everleigh, Wilts 54, 86
Evesham, Worcs, battle of (1265) xi, 109, 114, 115, 122–3, 124, 127, 130, 131, 132, 135, 176n
Exeter, Bishop of 154n
Exeter, Devon 4, 28
castle 148n
St Nicholas’s Priory in 28
fairs 55
falconry 59
Fauconberg family 113, 174n
Fauconberg, Avicia de, nun 113
Fauconberg, Walter de 90–1, 113, 174n
wife of see Brus, Agnes de
Fawley, Bucks 36
Feckenham forest 56, 77, 151n, 157n
Fernham, Simon de 175n
Ferrand, son of King Sancho I of Portugal, wife of see Joan, Countess of Flanders
Ferrers, William de, Earl of Derby, wife of see Marshal, Sibyl
fitz Giles, Alexander, of Lincoln 163n
fitz Hugh, Adam 54
fitz Nicholas, Ralph 31, 154n
fitz Richard, Ralph 51, 54
fitz Robert, Eudo, of Metheringham 163n
Flanders, Count of 145n
see also Baldwin (IX)
Flanders, Countess of see Joan
Flixton, Suff, priory 174n
Florence, Italy, vicar of see Montfort, Guy de
Floris, son of Count William (I) of Holland 145n
wife of see Mathilde
Fontevrault, near Chinon, France, abbey 130–1