. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . hpiSAt^cnfcr^fT^tCQ^.^fjfi o - o,-- ij^ Vv^i^V^? <,^ VVVVV<^V^^^VVVVVTTVVVTVV^VV^V^TVV&; 5^*^-5 ^ TEPHEN, the only monarch of that namewho has ruled over England, now seized uponthe crown which his uncle had so fondlyimagined he had secured to his daughterMaude. He was the third of the four sonsthat Henr^^s sister Adela, had borne to herhusband, the Earl of Blois. Sailing from Whitsand, he landedon the Kentish coast, and although repulsed from Doverand Canterbury, by the suspi
. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . hpiSAt^cnfcr^fT^tCQ^.^fjfi o - o,-- ij^ Vv^i^V^? <,^ VVVVV<^V^^^VVVVVTTVVVTVV^VV^V^TVV&; 5^*^-5 ^ TEPHEN, the only monarch of that namewho has ruled over England, now seized uponthe crown which his uncle had so fondlyimagined he had secured to his daughterMaude. He was the third of the four sonsthat Henr^^s sister Adela, had borne to herhusband, the Earl of Blois. Sailing from Whitsand, he landedon the Kentish coast, and although repulsed from Doverand Canterbury, by the suspicions or foregone knowledge ofthe inhabitants, he was welcomed by the citizens of Lon-don, who immediately proclaimed him king. Winchester alsowas brought over to liim by the influence of the bishop, hisbrother, and here too he was joined by the Archbishop of Can-terbur}^, by Roger, Bishop of Sarum, and by William de PontdArche, who surrendered to him the keys of the castle and ofthe royal treasures. A Uttle casuistiy, such as is usually sup-plied in these cases, absolved him as well as others, from theprevious oath of allegiance to Matilda, while if the primate feltany scruple, it was removed at once by the
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