Robert III., king of Scotland, 295.

Robert, Earl of Gloucester, his power in the West of England, 133;
declares for Matilda, 134;
taken prisoner, and exchanged for Stephen, 135;
death of, _ib._

Robert, Duke of the Normans (father of William the Conqueror), 88.

Robert, Duke of the Normans (son of William the Conqueror),
incapacity of, 114;
rebellion in England in favour of, 115;
goes on the first Crusade, 121;
fails to overthrow Henry I., 124;
defeat, imprisonment, and death of, 125.

Robert of Belleme, cruelty of, 119;
becomes Earl of Shrewsbury, 121;
expelled by Henry I., 124;
imprisonment of, 125.

Robert of Jumieges, Archbishop of Canterbury, 87.

Robin Hood, legend of, 275.

Rochester, foundation of the bishopric of, 40;
Odo besieged in, 115.

Rockingham, Council at, 118.

Roger, Archbishop of York, crowns the young Henry, 149.

Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, Minister of Henry I., 126;
quarrels with Stephen, 134.

Roger, Earl of Hereford, takes part in the Rising of the Earls, 110.

Roger of Hoveden, 167.

Roger, son of Roger of Salisbury, 134.

Roman Empire, the establishment of, 12;
continuance of, in the East after its destruction in the West, 27.

Romans, the, invasion of Gaul by, 10;
invasion of Britain by, 11;
commencement of the conquest of Britain by, 12;
massacre of, 15;
complete conquest of the greater part of Britain by, 17;
civilisation introduced into Britain by, 21;
end of their rule in Britain, 26;
persistency of their civilisation in Gaul, 37.

Romney Marsh divides Jutes from South Saxons, 27.

Roosebeke, battle of, 278.

Roses, Wars of the, _see_ Wars of the Roses.

Rothesay, Duke of, death of, 295.

Rouen occupied by Hrolf, 80;
surrenders to Henry V., 304;
retaken by the French, 320.

Rutland, Earl of (son of the Duke of York), accompanies his
father to Ireland, 326;
murdered, 328.

St. Albans (_see_ Verulam), architecture of the nave of the
abbey of, 171;
meeting of a national jury at, 180;
the first battle of, 324;
the second battle of, 328.

St. John, Knights of, 157.

St. Michael's Mount, Henry besieged at, 119.

Saladin takes Jerusalem, 157.

Saladin tithe, the, 157.

Salic law, the so-called, 232.

Salisbury, great Gemot at, 113;
cathedral at, 207.

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