Eleanor de Montfort: A Rebel Countess in Medieval England

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by Louise J. Wilkinson


  food and drink xii, 9, 58, 67, 77, 111, 113, 114–15, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 151n, 163n

  beasts of the chase 120

  fish 111, 114, 121, 123, 178n

  obtained ‘by booty’ 124

  spices 114–15

  venison 39, 44, 47, 56–7, 63, 67, 77, 85–6, 121, 151n, 152n, 155n, 156n, 157n

  Forest of Dean 44, 57, 63, 157n

  Forino, Avellino, Italy 133

  Forz, Isabella de, Countess of Devon, lady of the Isle of Wight, 107–8, 110, 173n

  Fotheringhay, Northants, castle 18, 19, 144n

  Foulsham, Norf 28

  Four Books of Sentences by Peter Lombard 68

  France see Alice; Margaret; Marie

  France, butler of see Acre, John of

  France, Kings of see Louis VII; Louis VIII; Louis IX; Philip III; Philip Augustus

  France, Queens of see Agnes of Meran; Blanche of Castile; Isabella of Hainaut; Margaret of Provence

  Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor, 1, 5, 58, 64, 67, 74

  crusade 71

  wife of see Isabella, sister of King Henry III

  friars 12, 31, 83–4, 130

  see also Abingdon, William of; Bosellis, Brother Geoffrey de; Marsh, Adam

  Garbag, servant of Countess Eleanor 118

  Garbeton, Notts 77

  Gardin, William de 90

  Gascony 77–8, 80–3, 87, 89, 91, 92, 96, 133, 164n, 165n, 166n, 169n

  Gaugy, Robert de 168n

  Geoffrey the Cook 175n

  Gerhard (III), Count of Guelders 145n

  wife of see Margaret

  Giffard, Walter, royal chancellor 115, 127

  Gloucester, Duke of see Thomas

  Gloucester and Hertford, Countess of see Clare, Matilda de

  Gloucester and Hertford, Earls of see Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1230); Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1295); Clare, Richard de

  Gloucester, Glos, 123, 174n

  castle 4, 35, 57

  Gloucester, Isabella of 4, 6

  Gloucester, Robert of 106

  Gobithest, messenger of Countess Eleanor 118

  Goodrich, Heref, castle 78

  Gorham, William de 11

  Gravelines, Nord, France 125

  Gravesend, Richard, Bishop of Lincoln 114, 170n

  Green, M. A. E. xi, 43, 45

  Gregory IX, Pope 67, 68

  Gregory X, Pope 134

  Grendon, Robert de 53

  Grosseteste, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, 81, 82, 89, 91, 114, 117, 165n

  Rules of 52, 56

  Guala, papal legate, 7

  Guelders, Adelaide of 145n

  Guelders, Count of see Gerhard (III)

  Guie, Prioress of Montargis 131

  Guilot, clerk of the chapel 122

  Gunthorpe, Notts 170n

  Hailes, Glos, abbey 166n

  Hainaut see Isabella

  Hainaut, Sibyl of, 146n

  husband of see Beaujeu, Guichard of

  Haket, Ralph 120, 177n

  Hamsted Marshall, Berks 39, 40

  Harcourt, Agnes of, abbess of Longchamp 10, 11

  Harris, Barbara 88, 159n

  Hastings, Matthew of 120, 178n

  Havering, Essex 15, 53

  park 39, 44

  Havering, Agnes of, wife of Richard 91

  Havering, John of 107

  Havering, Richard of, steward of Earl Simon 53, 107, 117, 168n

  Haye, John de la 116, 120, 175n, 178n

  constable of Rye and Winchelsea 120

  Hecham (alias Heyham), Master Nicholas de, Archdeacon of Bedford 120, 178n, 182n

  Henry II, King of England 2, 10, 17, 121

  daughters of see Eleanor; Joan; Matilda

  wife of see Eleanor of Aquitaine

  Henry III, King of England xi, xii, xiii, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 24–5, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 40, 41, 43, 46, 49–51, 59, 63, 70, 74–5, 84, 86–7, 104, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128–30, 132, 138n, 140n, 148n, 149n, 153n, 157n, 161n, 163n, 164n, 165n, 168n, 172n

  almsgiving by, 59

  and Barons’ War 109

  birth 5, 6

  and captivity after battle of Lewes 103, 114, 115

  childhood and upbringing, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 141n

  nurse of 140n

  coronation (first), 7

  death 134

  gifts and concessions to Eleanor his sister 39–40, 41, 43–4, 47, 52–3, 55–7, 59–60, 67–8, 70, 75, 76–7, 79, 85–6, 87, 91–2, 99, 101, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n, 156n, 157n, 163n, 164n, 168–9n

  corresponds with her after battle of Evesham 124

  sorrow at William Marshal (junior)’s death 37, 150n

  insolvency 79–80, 92, 95, 169n

  marriage 17

  children of see Edmund; Edward I; Katherine; Margaret

  wife of see Eleanor of Provence

  and reform movement 95–6, 102–3

  relationship with Simon de Montfort 61–2, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71–2, 73, 74–5, 76, 81–3, 91, 105, 162n

  sisters of see Eleanor; Joan; Isabella

  and Treaty of Paris 96–102, 105, 170n

  Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony 27

  wife of see Matilda, daughter of King Henry II

  Henry the Young King 17

  Hereford and Essex, Earl of see Bohun, Humphrey de

  Hereford, Heref 107, 109, 116

  Hertford, Earl of, and Gloucester 78

  see also Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1230); Clare, Gilbert de (d. 1295); Clare, Richard de

  Hicqe the Tailor 118, 122

  Hide, Walter de 154n

  History of William Marshal 22–4, 33–4

  Hohenstaufens 92 see also Frederick II

  Holden, A. J. 23

  Holland, Count of see William (I)

  Holland family 26

  Holy Land 74

  hospitality xii, 111, 112, 119–21

  Howell, Margaret xiii, 26–7, 63

  Huby, Yorks 170n

  Hungerford, Berks, park 77

  hunting 59, 120

  see also under food and drink

  Huntingdon, honour 144n

  Huntingdon, Earl of see David

  Hurepel, Philip, son of King Philip Augustus 62

  wife of see Mahaut (II)

  Hykedun, John son of Thomas 163n

  Hythe, Kent 117

  Ildebrandino, Count Palatine of Pitigliano 133, 134

  Inkberrow, Worcs 39, 43, 50, 151n

  Isabella, nurse of William de Briouze 107, 118

  Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England, wife of (1) King John, (2) Hugh (X) de Lusignan xi, 2, 3–8, 28–9, 132, 138n, 140n, 141n, 148n

  burial at Fontevrault 130

  dower 7, 148n

  reputation 65

  second marriage 8, 14, 30–1, 58, 64, 92

  Isabella of Hainaut, Queen of France, wife of Philip Augustus 146n

  Isabella, sister of King Henry III, wife of Emperor Frederick II xi, 63, 67, 97, 138n, 141n

  birth 5

  childhood and upbringing 8, 10, 11, 14

  death 59

  lineage 1–2

  marriage 11, 46, 47, 64

  Isabella, sister of King Louis IX of France 10–11, 59, 142n

  Jerusalem 74

  Jews 40–1, 76, 95, 96, 101–2

  Joan, Countess of Flanders, daughter of Count Baldwin (IX), wife of Ferrand of Portugal 62, 159n

  Joan, daughter of King Henry II, wife of (1) King William II of Sicily, (2) Raymond (VI), Count of Toulouse 27, 46

  Joan, sister of King Henry III, Queen of Scotland xi, 4, 57, 58, 63, 138n, 141n, 150n, 157n

  birth 5, 138n

  childhood and upbringing 10, 11, 14, 140n

  death 15, 59, 69

  lineage 1–2

  Lusignan betrothal 3, 7, 8

  Scottish marriage 8, 14–15, 18–19, 21, 27, 46

  John, King of England xi, 2–3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 18, 28–9, 55–6, 64, 65, 85, 86, 96, 135, 139n, 145n, 152n, 166n

  death 8

  tomb 57
r />   wife of see Isabella of Angoulême

  John the Scot 117–18, 118–19

  Joigny, Gaucher of, wife of see Montfort, Amicia de

  Joigny, Peter of, 3

  Joigny, William of, wife of see Courtenay, Alice de

  Juvene, Bartholomew le 182n

  Karrok, Nicholas 175n

  Katherine, daughter of King Henry III 168n

  Kemsing, Kent 28, 41, 51, 53, 55, 83, 135, 151n

  Kemsing, Michael of 175n

  Kemsing, Richard the chaplain or rector of 119, 175n, 177n

  Kenilworth, Warw, castle 67, 69, 70, 76, 86–7, 90, 106, 109, 112, 115, 117, 118, 123, 127, 128, 168n

  Dictum of (1266) 129

  Kent, Earl of see Burgh, Hubert de

  Kidwelly, Carm, castle and lordship 22

  Kilkenny, Ireland, 33, 164n

  Dominican friars of 31

  Kingshawe, Notts 170n

  Kinnersley, Hugh of 54

  Kintbury Eagle, Berks, hundred 163n

  Kinwardstone, Wilts, hundred 51

  Kjær, Lars xii, 121

  Labarge, Margaret W. xii, 104

  Lacock, Wilts, abbey 156n, 174n

  Lacu, William de 175n

  Lacy, Henry de, grandson of Margaret 112, 164n

  Lacy, Hugh de 14, 25, 26

  Lacy, John de, Earl of Lincoln 66, 154n

  Lacy, Margaret de, Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke xiii, 38, 52, 78, 80, 112, 164–5n

  husbands of see Lacy, John de; Marshal, Walter

  La Ferté-Gaucher, Andrew of, wife of see Courtenay, Alice de

  La Marche, Counts of see Lusignan, Hugh (IX) de; Lusignan, Hugh (X) de; Lusignan, Hugh (XII) de

  Lambeth, Treaty of (1217), 7

  Langley, Geoffrey of 154n

  Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury 24

  La Réole, Gironde, France 81

  Latymer, William le 170n

  Leff, Henry 122

  Leicester, honour 62, 63, 64, 127

  Leicester, Earls of see Beaumont, Robert (IV) de; Montfort, Simon de

  Leicester, Leics, Black Friars of 84

  canons and hospitallers of 73

  Friars Minor of 84

  St Mary de Pre Abbey in 85

  Leicester, John of, cook 83

  Leicester, William of, clerk 117, 119, 175n, 176n

  Leinster, Ireland, lordship 26, 44

  Lewes, Sussex, battle of (1264) xi, 103, 105, 107, 109, 114, 173n, 174n

  Mise of (1264) 103

  Lichfield, Bishop of see Stavenby, Alexander de

  Licoricia, wife of David of Oxford, Jewess 76

  Life of St Edmund [of Abingdon] by Matthew Paris 45

  Lincoln, Bishops of see Gravesend, Richard; Grosseteste, Robert

  Lincoln, Countess of see Lacy, Margaret de

  Lincoln, Earl of see Lacy, John de

  Lincoln, Lincs, battle of (1217) 18, 54, 148n

  Lincoln, Alexander fitz Giles of 163n

  Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales 136

  wife of see Montfort, Eleanor de

  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (the Great), Prince of North Wales 18, 22, 40, 144n

  Lombard, Peter, Four Books of Sentences of 68

  London, Bishop of 161

  see also Sandwich, Henry of

  London 84, 85, 102, 103, 106, 116, 118, 122, 127, 176n, 179n

  New Temple in 18, 31, 32, 36, 42, 163n, 164n

  St Paul’s cathedral in 32, 104

  Tower of 72, 105, 124, 172n

  London, Master J. of 120, 121

  Longchamp, near Paris, France, abbey of 10

  abbess of see Harcourt, Agnes of

  Longespée, Ela, Countess of Salisbury 22, 145n

  Longespée, Margaret 164n

  Longespée, William, Earl of Salisbury 22, 145n, 146n

  Louis VII, King of France 2

  Louis VIII, King of France 3, 6, 18, 22, 144n, 146n

  Louis IX, King of France 26–7, 59, 72, 80, 92, 104, 121, 125, 128–9, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137n, 181n

  and Mise of Amiens 103

  sister of see Isabella

  and Treaty of Paris 96–102, 135, 171n

  wife of see Margaret of Provence

  Louvain, Henry (I) de, Duke of Brabant 19, 145n

  daughters of see Adelaide, wife of Arnoul (III); Margaret, wife of Count Gerhard (III); Marie, wife of Emperor Otto IV; Mathilde, wife of Floris

  wife of see Marie of France

  Lovel, Catherine, wife of John 113, 174n

  Lucca, Luke de, merchant 122

  Luke, Archbishop of Dublin 50, 152n

  Ludgershall, Wilts, castle 20

  Lugwardine, Heref 170n

  Lusignan family 82, 91–2, 95, 132

  Lusignan, Geoffrey de 104, 132

  Lusignan, Guy de 81, 104, 181n

  Lusignan, Hugh (IX) de, Lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche 4

  Lusignan, Hugh (X) de, Lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, 4, 7, 8, 14, 30–1

  wife of see Isabella of Angoulême

  Lusignan, Hugh (XII) de, Lord of Lusignan, Count of La Marche 104, 132

  Luton, Beds 28, 41, 51, 85, 151n, 182n

  Lynn of Bristol, Jew 40

  Maddicott, John xi, 15, 62, 66, 75, 85, 88, 92, 96, 164n

  Magna Carta 2, 3, 5, 18

  on disparagement 21

  on widows 38–9, 41, 153n, 155n

  Magor, Monm 50, 154n

  Mahaut (II), Countess of Bolougne, wife of Philip Hurepel 62

  Mansel, John, treasurer of York 98, 99, 100–1, 174n

  Marden, Heref 170n

  Margaret, daughter of King Henry III, Queen of Scotland 29, 81, 93

  husband of see Alexander III

  Margaret of France, Queen of England 59

  husband of see Edward I

  Margaret of Provence, Queen of France 96, 100, 101, 105, 128, 131, 135, 142n, 171n

  husband of see Louis IX

  Margaret, sister of King Alexander II of Scotland, 19, 20, 21

  husband of see Burgh, Hubert de

  Margaret, wife of Count Gerhard (III) of Guelders 145n

  Marie of France, wife of (1) Philip, Marquis of Namur, (2) Henry (I) de Louvain, 19, 145n, 146n

  Marie, wife of (1) Emperor Otto IV, (2) William (I), Count of Holland 145n

  Marisco, Hereward de 114

  Marisco, Rametta de, wife of Hereward 114

  Marjorie, sister of King Alexander II, Countess of Pembroke 51

  husband of see Marshal, Gilbert

  Mark, Philip 8

  markets 55

  Marlborough, Wilts, castle 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 25, 43, 49, 50, 144n, 151n

  Marsh, Adam, friar 12–13, 15, 73, 80–2, 83–4, 87, 89, 90, 114, 165n, 166n, 170n, 178n

  Marshal, Anselm 78, 164n

  wife of see Bohun, Matilda de

  Marshal, Eva, daughter of William (senior), 34, 78

  husband of see Briouze, William de, son of Reginald

  Marshal, Gilbert 45, 49–51, 54, 57–8, 63, 67–8, 70, 153n, 154n, 156n

  death 75

  rebellion of 66, 67

  wife of see Marjorie, sister of King Alexander II

  Marshal, Isabella, daughter of William (senior), wife of (1) Gilbert de Clare, (2) Richard, Earl of Cornwall, 34, 35–6, 46, 51, 78, 82, 159n, 160n, 161n, 162n, 166n, 170n

  Marshal, Joan, daughter of William (senior), 34, 78

  husband of see Munchensy, Warin de

  Marshal, John 25, 152n

  Marshal, John, father of William (senior), 17, 144n

  Marshal, Matilda, daughter of William (senior), wife of (1) Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, (2) William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey 34, 78

  Marshal, Richard, Earl of Pembroke, 19, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42–3, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53–4, 68, 79, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n

  executors of 47

  rebellion of xiii, 43, 44, 53, 56, 57, 153n

  death during 44

  Marshal, Sibyl, daughter of William (senior), wife of William de Ferrers, 34, 78
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  Marshal, Walter, Earl of Pembroke 38, 75–6, 112, 154n, 163n

  death 78

  wife of see Lacy, Margaret de

  Marshal, William (junior), Earl of Pembroke xiii, 17, 18–21, 53, 54, 78, 99, 112, 144n, 145n, 147n, 149n

  in Brittany 30–1, 35, 148n

  death 12, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 52, 59, 150n, 151n, 152n, 154n, 155n

  marriages 17, 20–36, 64, 148n

  wives of see Béthune, Alice de; Eleanor, sister of King Henry III

  Marshal, William (senior), Earl of Pembroke, 7, 17–18, 31, 32, 33, 144n, 148n, 149n

  History of William Marshal 22–4, 33–4

  wife of see Clare, Isabella de

  Martival, Anketin de, steward of Earl Simon 114

  Mathilde, wife of Floris of Holland 145n

  Matilda, daughter of King Henry II, 27

  husband of see Henry the Lion

  Matilda, Empress 138n

  Maulay, Peter de, 8, 9, 43, 139n, 141n

  Maule, Joan, wife of Peter de 113

  Meath, Ireland 25

  Melbourne, Notts 170n

  Melksham, Wilts 77

  Melrose chronicler 15

  Melun, near Paris, France 134

  Ménestrier, Claude-François 1

  Merton, Walter of, royal chancellor 134

  Metheringham, Eudo fitz Robert of 163n

  Minsterworth, Glos 170n

  Monmouth, John of 149–50n

  Montargis, Loiret, France, Dominican priory 3, 109, 130–1, 134, 135, 136, 181n

  prioress of see Guie

  Monteforte, Avellino, Italy 133

  Montfort l’Amaury, Yvelines, France 61, 73

  Montfort, Amaury de (d. 1241), son of Simon 61, 62, 73, 171n

  Montfort, Amaury de (d. 1300), son of Earl Simon 88, 89, 111, 113, 120, 122, 125, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 183n, 184n

  treasurer of York 132

  Montfort, Amicia de, wife of Gaucher de Joigny 130

  Montfort, Eleanor de, daughter of Earl Simon 13–14, 88, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 127, 133, 136, 179n, 183n

  corresponds with Edward I (the Lord Edward) 115

  husband of see Llywelyn ap Gruffudd

  Montfort, Guy de (d. 1228) 133

  Montfort, Guy de (d. c. 1291), son of Earl Simon 88, 111, 127–8, 129–30, 133–4, 173n, 182n

  captured at Evesham (1265) 123

  vicar-general of Tuscany, vicar of Florence 133

  wife of see Aldobrandesca, Margherita

  Montfort, Henry de, son of Earl Simon 67, 69, 70, 74, 80, 85, 88, 89, 103, 107, 111, 173n

  constable of Dover Castle 105, 111, 117

  drafting father’s will 97

  knighted 102

  slain at Evesham (1265) 109, 123, 130, 133

  warden of the Cinque Ports 111

  Montfort, Peter de 82, 101, 107, 113, 166n

  slain at Evesham (1265) 123

 

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