Part 13

Granville, 73

Harold, son of Godwine, received by William at Eu, 58; the guest of William Patey, 114, 115

Harold Blaatand, his settlement in the Côtentin, 5, 66; delivers the Norman Duchy, 60

Hauteville-la-Guichard, 90 et seq.

Helias of La Flèche, Count of Maine, at Tinchebray, 121, 122

Henry I. of England, 54; Avranchin held by, 76; wins back Saint James, 78; victorious at Tinchebray, 115, 120, 123; his treatment of Robert, 123; at Saint-Evroul, 164

Henry II. of England, homage paid him at Falaise by William the Lion, 11; his hospital at Le Mans, 209, 220

Henry I. of France, helps William against his rebellious vassals, 35; his personal experiences at Val-ès-dunes, ib.; sees the slaughter at Varaville, 61; burns Argentan, 128, 130, 171; fortress of Tillières burned by, 171; re-fortifies Tillières, ib.

Henry of Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, 91

Herbert Wake-Dog, Count of Maine, 218

Herlwin, Abbot of Saint Peter's, Orleans, pillages Abbey of Saint-Evroul, 164

Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans, ordered to pull down the towers of Saint Julian's, 132, 208

Holy Trinity, Abbey church of, at Beaumont-le-Roger, 185-187

Hubert of Rye receives William on his escape from Valognes, 114

Humfrey de Vetulis, father of Roger of Beaumont, 180

Hundred Years' War, personal nomenclature in Normandy, affected by, 5

Jublains and Silchester compared, 189-191; origin of the name, 190; its position, 191, 192; its Roman remains, 192, et seq.; numismatic evidence for date of fortress, 196-199

La Lande-Patry, 114, 115

Laigle, surname misunderstood, 154-156

Langlois, significance of the name, 5

Laval, 231, 232

Le Mans, contrasted with Chartres, 200, et seq.; Saint Julian's keeps its ancient nave, 205-207; its thirteenth century choir, 207, 208; destruction of its towers ordered by William Rufus, 208; its secondary churches, 209, 220; Henry the Second's hospital at, 220; owes its special character to its municipal history, 210-214; its analogy with Exeter, 212, 213; no existing monuments of the time of the Commune, 215; its position, ib.; Roman and mediæval walls, 216, 217, 218; position of Saint Julian's, 217, 218; early greatness of its ecclesiastical and civil rulers, 217; its buildings, 218, 219; William's fortresses at, 219, 220; birthplace of Henry the Second, 220; German occupation of, 221; ruthless destruction at, 222; menhir at, 223

Les Vieilles, faubourg of, at Roger-le-Beaumont, 180; church of, 187, 188

Lessay, 72

Lewis-from-beyond-Sea, King of the West-Franks, taken captive by Harold Blaatand, 60

Limay, 52, 53

Louise of Silly, Abbess of Almenèches, 150

Maine, its history, 224 et seq.; its modern division, 225; architectural borderland between Normandy and Anjou, 226