INDEX
AUOTS. See under separate monasteries. Chateau Gaillard compared to Wi""-, 69 Aben, Ieaend of, at Abingdon, 98 Chaucer's son custodian of Wallincford, 6o Abingdon, g, 23, 37, 87, 88, 93, 97--1)9, 10<1, Cbertsey, foundation of, g6 ; Abbey, sack 91. 137; fate of land of, 159-165 Abill'gdoo IIDd Reading, ehallge in ratio of Cbolaey, Priory of, 109. 166 population of, •98 Chum joins Thames at Cricklade 39 Ad Pontes, Roman name of Staines._33 Civil War, destruction of \VallincfoN Alfred, his boundary neglects the Thames, Castle onder, 66; of King and Parlia· ment, 86-Sg ~ersey Island. opposite Abingdon, 99 Cluny, 102, 103 Ankerwike, nunnery of, 1~, 168 Cobham, Manor of, twenty acres possessed Anne of Cleves obtains Bisham, 163 by Cbertsey in, 1'!9 Commons, Dissolution Honse at; signlfiauat BARBARIAN invasions, go, 91, 94• 95 names in, 146, 147 Barlow, Prior of Bisham, becomes Bisbop Conquest, Normon, See of Dorchester re· of St Asapbs 163 moved to Lincoln, 52, 102 Barons give Tower to Archbishop in trust Constantine, legend of, at Abingdon, Q8 for Magna Charta, 84 Conversion of Britain, posiuon ot Dar ... Barwell obtains Cbertsey, 165 . chPster in, 49 Benedictine Order1 S
Dorchester, 32, 47·52, 107, 1o8 Henry VI., his ebllclbood passed at WalJinc· Dover, isolated defence of, 75 ford, 61 ; buried at Chertsey, 97 Drainage of swamps, monastic work in, 97, Henry VIII. lcseo the apoils of the Dissolu- g8 tion, 14' Dudley obtains Pangboume, t67 Hincbinhrooke, seat of the Williamses, 159 Durham, appearance of, before the Dis- Hind obtains Chertsey, 165 solution, compared to Reading, II4 Hinkseys fate of land of, r66 Duxford, tord at, 2Z Hoby, Edward, son of Sir Philip Hoby, 163 Hoby, Sir Philip, obtains Bisharu, 163; p....,.. E.u.rNG, tidal river passable at, 24 gnne, son of Sir Philip Hoby, 164 Eaton, mean~ of place name, 31 Honeferry Road, Westminster, 44 Economic aspect of Dissolution, ns-137; Howards, noble family of, eml'ezded pro• aspect of monastic system, n6-n8; of perty, 155 the rise of gentry, 143, 144 Huntingdon, two foundations iD, given to Edge Hill, battle of, 88 Richard Williams, 156
~:!'!~d ~~~~..'!!2:=.:.~ lord of Old ICKNIELD \VAY, 38, 4o-44 Windsor, 70 ; the Confessor rebuilds lslip1 birth of the Confessor there, 55 ; a Westminster Abbey, g6 pnvate manor oi Queen Emma, 55 Edward I., prisoner in youth at Wallingford, 6o ; his march when a prince to the Jaws in Tower, 85 Tower from Windsor, Ss Joel, Solomon, contrasted with gentry of the F..dward II. leaves the Tower, Ss Edwardes obtaius Cholsey, t66 Dissolution, rs8 Elizabeth restores purity of currency, 134 John, King, 7 t-'76 England, history of, dependent on river KELMSCOTT, loneliness of neighbourhood of, system, 1-_3. due to nature of soil, 7 Englelield, Sir Robert, obtains Cholsey, 167; Knowles obtain Cbolsey, t66 obtains Pangbourne, 167 Essex occupies Abingdon, 87 Essex, earldom of, conferred on Thomas LAN FRANC eolonises Bermondsey Abbey, IOS Cromwell, 158 Lechlade, small Priory of, 107 Eynsbam, to ; monastery of, 1&7 Lincoln succeeds Dorchester as a see, 52 Little Marlow, nunnery of, mentioned, 109 FAWLEY, parish with special water front, 9 Liulemore, example of parish with special JO, 11 Fords, 22-24, 33, 99 water front, Forest, Windsor, 70, 77, 78 London, 6s~s. 73, 86, Sz, 8g Fortifications. rareness of. along Thames, Longchamps surrenders Tower, 84 47; on Thames, examples of, 47; theory Long Wittenbam, ford at, 23 of, 62, 63 ; medizval, never urban, 66, Lords, House of, 111terl7 transformed by urban, Louvre an example of, 67 Dissolution of monastertes, zst Louis of France called in by barons, 75 Fosse Way1 38, 44 Fuller obtams Chertsey1 165 Fylield, example ofpansb with specisl water MAGNA CHARTA, og, 71-'!6, 84 front, xo Maidenhead, probable origin of name, 32; growth of, '9""'94 GENTRY, territorial, their ori~ns before Re· Mandeville holds Tower, 8~ formation, 141-143 ; See Ohgarchy Manors, iu monastic hands tn Thames Valle7, Godstow, nunnery of, mentioned, 109 124-126 ; English, probably Roman 1n Goring, track of lcknield Way through, 42 origin, certainly Saxon, Iii• 142 ; ro~al Gundulph, Bishop of Rochester, 83 ]apse of, 144 ; mutability of ownership m, after Dissolution, 161-16g HAMMOND obtains Chertsey, 164 Matilda, fealty sworn to, at Windsor, 70 Harold, his council at Oxford, 56 Medmenbam, Priory of, tog Henley, growth of, t87-190 Mill, family of, succeeds Hobys at Bisbam, Henry I. enlarge.• WindJor, 70 t64 Henry II. at Wallingford, 37 Monasteries, system of, 91--23 Henry Ill., his mi..Cortunes connected with Monastic foundations on Thames, list of, the Tower, 83 :rn, 123 INDEX 203
MonMtie pooeessions in Thames Valley, list Priory of Medmenbam, 109 of, u~-1:16 Puritans, their massacre of the women after Monasuc system, ro8, u6, 117. 1271 148, 150 battle of Philipbaugh, 88, 89 Montlbtry, originally dominated Paris as Windsor London, 67 RADLEY, fate of land of, 165, 166 Mont St Michel, connection with Cholsey, Rxmsey Abbey, given to Richard Williams, 166 157 ; value of, 158 Morgan, first known oftbe William>eS, 152 Reading, 64, 88, 103, 1041 II3, I14, 129, t66, •~ Mota de Windsor,'" 70 167, t82 Mortimer holds Wallingford, 6o Reading and Abingdon, change in ratio of Municipal system, English, different from population of, typical of nineteenth cen that of other countries., 170-175: Roman, tury, rQ8 171 ; ia RomaD Britain, 172 Religious, numbers of, at time of suppression, 123, 123 NASRBY, battle of, women massacred after', by Richard Williams or "Cromwell" born at Puritans, 88, 8o LJanishen, 15~ Norman Conquest, s::r, 82, 93 Riches obtained Cbolsey, 166 Normandy, modern boundaries of, fixed by Rivers, importance of, in English history, J·- Diocleuan, 33 3 ; as early highwa}'ll, 5-8 ; military valne N uneham Morren, example of parish with of, •6, 47 special water front, 1 x Roads, anginal, of Britain, four in connec tion with Thames Valley, 37 ; original in Thames Valley, 38 0RSB'RVANTS at Richmond, 93 Rochester, Bisbop or, builds Tower for the Ock, River, original marsh at mouth of, 8 Conqueror, 83 Offa, Wallingford mentioned under, 37 Roman, place names disappeared in Thames Oilei builds Osney, tos VaUey, 34; occupation of Britain, thorou.~h Old Windsor, 6g, 70 ness of, 45,46; origins of WallingforJ, 6o; Oliprchy rose on ruins of Catholicism, work, none certain in Tower, i9; origins 14Q-I5t: of Tower discussed, 79, Sr, 8;a ; origin of Orby obtains Chertsey, 164 English manors probable, 141, 142; forti· Osney, Abbey of, at Oxford, xos ; loot or, fication, urban, 66 ; occupation o( Wind by Henry VIII., 1o6; appearance of, sor, 65 ; municipal ststem, 171 before Dissolution, n:z, 113 Roman Britain, munic1palsystem of, 172 Owen obtains Hinksey, 166 Roman roads, 68 Oxford, ••• 3'• 53. 58, 86, sr. Ia6, !SJ-186 Rowland, Thomas, last Abbot of Abingdon, Oxford Street, Roman mihtary road into 139 Lon®~>, 68 Royal manors, lapoe of, •H Runnymede, conjectured etymology of, 75; PAHGBOURNB, ford ,at, 3• ; beld of Reading meetiu_g of barons and John at, 75 Abbey, 167 ; fate of land of, 167 Rupert, Prince, attempts to recapture Abing Paris, dominated by Montlhery as London don, 87 by Wmdsor, 67; an example of fortifica tion following residence, 77 ST At:GUSTIN& begins the civilisation of Eng· Pariohes, shape of, 8, u land, 91 Penda, his opposition to Christianity, 51 St Frideswides receives new Protestant bisb· Peregrine Hoby, 16• opric of Oxford, 1o6 Perrots obtain Hinksey, 166 Saxon Chronicle, first mention of Oxford in, Philipbaugb, battle of, massacre of women 5• .• after, by Puritans, 119 Saxon or•cm of first _part of place names on Place names, on tbe Thames, JO. 32, 33 ; Thames, 31 ; of Oxford Castle, s. ; of Celtic, rant in Thames Valley, 30 ; Roman, English manors probable, I.fi 1 142 disap.J""''"!d iu Thames Valley, 32 Seymour, obtains Chertsey, 165 ; obtains Pole, hiS est;mate of,POPillation, 196 Radley, 165 Population, of Abingdon and Reading, Sheen, monastery of, late foundation of, ro8 tyt>ical of cban~o in ninet.,.ntb century, Sinodun Hills, fortification of, 48 ; geolo~ical 198 ; of Oxford ID early times, s6, 57 parallel to Windsor, 66 Pric:cs aad values at time of DissOintion com Sir Philip Hoby obtain• Bisbam, 163 pared wida modern, 130-136 Somerford Keynes, ford at, •• 20-f. INDEX
Sonning, fate of land of, 168, 16g Towns of Thames Valley, 16<}-199 S~1ires, EnJlisb, their origins and rise before Reformauon, 140-143 VAN SITTARTS succeed Kills at Bisbam, Staines, 45_, 68, 69, 74, 194, 19_6 S-r.ephen, Civil Wars under, Tower besieged 164 durin&, 83 Stonchou5e obtains Radley, 165 WAGES a basis (or calculation of prices, IJJ, Stow, in Lincolnshire, mother house at IJ4 Eynsham, 1o6 Watte obtains Chertsey, 164 Stratton, monastic lands of, sold by Oliver Wallingford, 22, 2.4, 37, ss-62, 75, 76, 117- Williams, 161 •82 Streatley, 33, )4, 42 Waste land, social and strategical importance Sweyn at Oxford, 55 of, in Europe, 75, 76 Water front, examples of parishes seekin~, 8- T AXBS a basis for calculation of prices, :r33, n 1J4 Watling Street, 38 ; place of crossing Thames Tenant right under monastic system, 150 by, 44 ; identical with Edgware Road, 44 Thames, s-urface soil of valley of, 7-9; estuary Weldon obtains Pangbourne, 167 of, unimportant in early bistory1 13; pro· Welsh land left to Cbertsey, 97 ba bl y a boundary under Diocleuan, 33 ; a Westminster Abbey, 65-<}7, 136, 137 boundary between counties, 34; points at Westminster, 95, ~~ 93, 95, g6, 1,30
which it is crossed, 36 37; traffic npon, White Tower, i91 82, 83 begins after entry of Churn at Cricklade, William the Conqueror, crosses at Walling 39, 40 ; absence of traces of Roman bridges ford, 37; his choice of Windsor Hill, 6s; on, 46; military value of, t6, 47; imagin.. exchanges Windsor with monks of West ary voyage down, before Dtssolution, xu- minster, 6c) ; builds Tower of London, 82; a1.ointed at Westminster, g6 Th.~~'"" Valley, in Civil Wars, 86-il
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