. Henry II . eegolden leopards; CJvron. Maj. (Bolls Ser.), vi. 473. This bearsevery mark of being an exceptionally early instance of differencing,and makes it more than probable that Henry II. bore the red shieldwith the three golden leopards, which has ever since been the armsof England. 174 HENRY II [1189 calling William Marshal and Maurice de Craon tohim, strode out of the church. In a few words heshowed that he bore no ill-will towards his fathersloyal adherents and then departed, to return nextday for the funeral. Henry had never cared muchfor the outward pomp and circumstance of kings,an
. Henry II . eegolden leopards; CJvron. Maj. (Bolls Ser.), vi. 473. This bearsevery mark of being an exceptionally early instance of differencing,and makes it more than probable that Henry II. bore the red shieldwith the three golden leopards, which has ever since been the armsof England. 174 HENRY II [1189 calling William Marshal and Maurice de Craon tohim, strode out of the church. In a few words heshowed that he bore no ill-will towards his fathersloyal adherents and then departed, to return nextday for the funeral. Henry had never cared muchfor the outward pomp and circumstance of kings,and such* emblems of royalty as he may have hadwith him in his last days seem to have been eitherlost at Le Mans or stolen at the time of his so when he was being robed for burial it was withdifficulty that the royal insignia of crown, ring andsceptre could be improvised, and he who had beenthe greatest of the princes of Europe was laid torest with less ceremonial splendour than many anobscure CHAPTER IX LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OFTHE BEIGN The reign of Henry II. is of particular importancein English constitutional and legal history. It wasa period of evolution, of crystallisation, a period oftransition. As in architecture we have at this timethe transition from Norman, or Romanesque, toGothic, so we have the transition from oral traditionand custom to written law and formula. As theSaxon blood was blending with the Norman to formthe English people, so Saxon law was assimilatingRoman law and the theories of the Canonists toform English law. The genius of Henry lay ratherin organisation than in initiative. Possessing aninnate love of justice and an instructed appreciationof legal forms, he set himself to evolve method andorder from the somewhat chaotic confusion of con-flicting customs. Under his hand the young plantof English law was pruned, trained, and bent in thedirection in which it was to grow during the suc-ceeding centuries. His natural inclinati
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