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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 February 2021
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Royal Household
William of Longchamp
Title/s Royal chancellor, regency council, royal justiciar, papal legate, bishop of Ely, castellan of Cambridge castle
Notes Richard I's chancellor when count of Poitou, made chancellor of England (1189). Great Council at Pipewell (1189). Papal legate (1190). Related to Stephen, Osbert, and Henry of Longchamp.
Sources Devizes, pp. 4, 7, 13; Diss, Vol. 2, pp. 96, 100–1; Gesta Regis, Vol. 2, pp. 35, 105–6, 108, 207, 210–15, 225, 239–40, 243–4; Itinerarium, pp. 145, 333; Landon, Itinerary, nos. 1–3, 5–12, 15–16, 19–22 etc.; PR2 RI (1190), p. 26; Wendover, pp. 167, 172, 175, 194.
Walter of Coutances
Title/s Archbishop of Rouen, regency council
Notes Brother to Roger Fitz-Reinfrid and uncle to Gilbert Fitz-Reinfrid. Former member of Young Henry's household. Helped formulate Saladin Tithe at Le Mans (1188). Invested Richard I as Duke of Normandy. Geddington (1189). Rouen (1190). Vézelay (1190). Lyon-sur-Rhône (1190). Messina (1190). Laid aside his crusading vow to return to England at Richard I's behest (1191).
Sources A.W. Lewis, ‘Six Charters of Henry II and his Family for the Monastery of Dalon’, EHR, 110 (1995), no. 6; Devizes, pp. 22, 27–8, 32; Diss, Vol. 2, pp. 68, 90, 663; Gesta Regis, Vol. 2, pp. 30–2, 45–6, 68–70, 73, 79, 101, 128, 153, 158, 212–13, 223, 225–6, 237, 247–8; Itinerarium, pp. 170, 176; Landon, Itinerary, nos. 2–8, 10–11, 33–55, 61, 72–6, 104, 115, 129, 132, 135–6, 148–52, 164–5, 183, 186–93, 196–202, 208–10, 226–48, 251–9, 264–5, 284, 321–6, 328–30, 344, 347; Rigord, p. 83; RHF, XXIII, pp. 359, 362; Wendover, pp. 152, 164–6, 204.
John of Alençon
Title/s Vice chancellor, archdeacon of Lisieux
Notes Vézelay (1190). Arrived in Holy Land with news of the grave situation in England.
Sources Ambroise, line 9414; Itinerarium, pp. 358; Landon, Itinerary, nos. 6–8, 147, 156, 207–10, 214–16, 219–20, 217, 219–20, 222–3, 225–34, 236–8, 263, 268, 272–8, 283–4, 286, 288–90, 292, 295, 298–304, 306, 308, 310, 312–18, 321, 324, 326, 328–9, 331.
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