The Norman Conquest (83 page)

Lambeth (Surrey),
42

Lancashire,
121

land: English dispossessed of,
202
,
215
,
217
,
221
,
234
–
5
,
238
,
251
; English allowed to buy back,
202
,
241
; Normans rewarded with,
202
,
215
,
221
,
234
–
5
; nature of redistribution,
277
–
87
,
310
,
337
–
8

Lanfranc, abp of Canterbury (1070–89) early life,
88
; prior of Bec,
88
; quarrel with WTC,
88
; advisor and mentor to WTC,
88
,
92
–
3
,
112
; attends Leo IX (1049–50)
92
; abt of St Stephen’s, Caen (1063–70) Leofwine, bp of Lichfield
370
; teacher of Alexander II,
143
; becomes abp of Canterbury,
255
–
6
; vicegerent for WTC,
256
,
268
–
70
; reform of English Church,
256
–
7
,
339
; rebuilds Canterbury cathedral,
257
–
8
; suspicious of English saints at first,
259
–
60
; softens his stance later,
346
; punishes rebellious monks,
262
; impartiality,
263
; describes English as barbarous,
265
; letters to Earl Roger (1075),
268
–
9
; advises Waltheof (1075),
271
; attends dedication of St Stephen’s (1077),
273
; complains to WTC of Odo’s usurpations,
286
; insists WTC bans slave trade,
295
,
338
; relations with Gregory VII,
301
; counsels dispersal of mercenary army (1085),
305
; asked to crown Rufus (1087),
330

language,
9
,
13
,
121
,
199
–
200
,
246
,
260
–
1
,
341
,
347
–
8
,
351
,
353

law, laws: of Cnut,
41
,
130
; of WTC,
295
–
6
; WTC’s promises to uphold existing English,
199
,
201
,
238
,
241
,
335
; Church,
256
; Forest,
291
,
333
; Common,
338
,
351
)
353
; see
also
murdrum

Lawrence of Durham,
339

Leo IX, pope (1049–54),
67–8
,
70
,
80
–
1
,
91
–
2
,
98
,
112
,
238

Leofric, bp of Crediton and Exeter (1046–72)
98
,
216
,
365
,
369
,
383

Leofric, earl of Mercia (d. 1057),
29
–
31
,
65
,
72
,
75
,
101
,
104
–
6
,
250
,
321

Leofwine, bp of Lichfield (1053–70)
239

Leofwine, ealdorman (d. 1023), father of Earl Leofric,
29

Leofwine Godwineson (d. 1066),
72
,
77
,
107
,
136
,
189
,
202
,
212

Leominster, abbess of,
65

Lewes (Sussex),
295
; castle and rape,
215

Liber Eliensis
,
249

Lichfield, bp of,
240
,
258
;
see also
Leofwine

Life of King Edward
,
63
,
108
,
342
–
3

Lillebonne (Seine-Mar.),
143

Lincoln,
128
,
313
; bp of,
258
,
319
;
see also
Alexander; castle,
220
,
258
,
313
; cathedral,
258
,
298

Lincolnshire,
15
,
17
,
128
,
148
,
227
–
8
,
243
,
248
,
278
,
297
; sheriff of,
see
Mærleswein

Lindisfarne,
125
–
6
,
246

Loire, river,
46

London,
15
,
19
,
32
,
36
,
39
,
42
,
69
,
72
,
77
–
8
,
96
,
122
,
154
,
161
–
3
,
168
,
172
–
6
,
191
–
6
,
198
,
200
–
1
,
207
,
211
,
278
,
335
,
344
,
379
; bridge,
194
; Tower of,
198
–
9
,
201
,
297
,
334
; St Paul’s Cathedral,
24
,
106
,
334
,
344
; council of,
257
–
8
; bp of,
319
;
see also
Robert of Jumièges; William

Lotharingia (Lorraine),
98
,
368

Lothen and Yrling, Viking raiders,
66
,
68

Lothian,
121

Lugg, river,
209

Lulach, king of Scots (1157–8)
125

Lumphanan (Aberdeens), battle of,
125

Lyfing, bp of Worcester (d. 1046),
39

Lyre (Eure), monastery,
89

Macbeth, king of Scots (1140–57)
95
,
103
,
125

Magna Carta,
307
,
352
–
3

Magnus I, king of Norway (d. 1047),
60
–
2
,
64
–
66
,
157

Magnus II, king of Norway (d. 1069), son of Harold Hardrada,
157
,
160

Magnus, son of Harold,
220

Magyars,
45

Maidstone (Kent),
285

Maine,
80
–
1
,
93
,
111
,
151
,
234
,
254
–
5
,
274
,
289
,
304
,
316
; count of,
81
;
see also
Herbert; Walter

Mainer, abt of St Evroult,
298
–
9

Mainz (Germany), cathedral,
298

Maitland, Frederick William (d. 1906), historian,
317

Malcolm III, king of Scots (1058–93),
125
–
6
,
148
,
158
,
160
,
220
,
222
,
251
–
3
,
267
,
289
–
90