Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . eat them fairly and to do his best to be a good he had been as strong as he was agreeable, England would have been savedmany years of trouble,but his reign was nothingbut turmoil from be-ginning to end. Matildawould not abandon herclaim to the crown, andStephen was neitherpowerful nor wise enoughto oppose her success-fully. 44. Behaviour of theEnglish barons.—Thebarons supported nowone and now the fact, they did not caremuch who was
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . eat them fairly and to do his best to be a good he had been as strong as he was agreeable, England would have been savedmany years of trouble,but his reign was nothingbut turmoil from be-ginning to end. Matildawould not abandon herclaim to the crown, andStephen was neitherpowerful nor wise enoughto oppose her success-fully. 44. Behaviour of theEnglish barons.—Thebarons supported nowone and now the fact, they did not caremuch who was on thethrone, if they were onlyfree to do what theychose. More and morecastles were built, as Stephen was too weak to preventtheir erection. Every baron was a king over the districtaround him, and most of these barons were Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which stops with the reignof Stephen, says: Every rich man built castles anddefended them against all, and they filled the landwith castles. They greatly oppressed the wretchedpeople by making them work at these castles, and whenthe castles were finished, they filled them with devils. PoRCHESTER Castle, BuiltAbout 1150 Iia5-54J THE NORMANS 49 and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspectedto have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both menand women, and put them in prison for their gold and silver,and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never wereany martyrs tormented as these were. They plundered andburned towns. Then was corn dear and flesh and cheese,for there was none in the land. They spared neither churchnor churchyard, nor the lands of abbots or priests. It wassaid openly that Christ and his saints slept. 45. Contest with Matilda.—All this time Matilda waspressing her claims to the throne. Her uncle, David, King ofScotland, came to her assistance, andthree times invaded England. The thirdtime he was defeated by a brave priest,Thurstan, the old Archbishop of York, atthe Battle of the Standard. A t
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