History of England . y soon drove her out. In the autumn Stej^henwas exchanged against the Earl of Gloucester, andthe war being renewed, he besieged the Empress inOxford Castle. The garrison being straitened for food,Matilda shortly before Christmas, 1142, made herescape. The ground being covered with snow, sheone night wrap])ed herselfin a white cloak so as notto attract attention, and attended by three knights shepassed through the posts of the enemy, crossing theriver on the ice, and reached Wallingford Castle insafety. Wearied out at last, in : 147 she left England,and about the same time
History of England . y soon drove her out. In the autumn Stej^henwas exchanged against the Earl of Gloucester, andthe war being renewed, he besieged the Empress inOxford Castle. The garrison being straitened for food,Matilda shortly before Christmas, 1142, made herescape. The ground being covered with snow, sheone night wrap])ed herselfin a white cloak so as notto attract attention, and attended by three knights shepassed through the posts of the enemy, crossing theriver on the ice, and reached Wallingford Castle insafety. Wearied out at last, in : 147 she left England,and about the same time Earl Robert died. The wardragged on until in 1153 the bishops brought about apeace, by which Stephen, who had recently lost hiseldest son Eustace, was to keep the kingdom for hislife, and was to be succeeded by Henry, the eldestson of Matilda and Geoffrey. The next year, Oct25th, 1154, Stephen died. His wife, Matilda ofBoulogne, who had valiantly supported him in hiswarfare, had died two years earlier. To faaSaat) CS. Stcmfordt Or^^^Estah^.ii Ouxrmg Cr«H^ HOUSE OF ANJOU. 69 CHAPTER XIII. -(- HENRY II. flenry of Anjoii (i)—Thomas of London; Constiiutionsof Claj-endon; flight, vttiirn, and 7nurder of Thomas(2)—rebellioji of Henrys sons ; Henrys penance j cap-tin-e of Williavi the Lion {t,)—further rebellions ojHenrys sons; death of Henry; his go7iernnientj trialby jiay (4)—conquest of Irelandj Strongbow andhis comrades J Henry acknowledged by the tiative chief-tains j co,dition nf the countiy (5). 1. House of Anjou. Henry II., 1154-1189.—Even before he succeeded, at the age of twenty-one,to the English Crown, Hairy was a powerful was a vassal of the King of France, but had gotso many fiefs into his hands that he was stronger thanhis lord and all the other great vassals of the FrenchCrown put together. Anjon and Maine he had fromhis father, Nonnandy from his mother, and the Countyof Poitou and Duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony hehad gained by marrying the
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