101:
He was alleged to have dropped the royal standard in a Welsh ambush during Henry II's campaign into Wales of 1157. As royal constable, his office required that he hold the standard to indicate the king's position during any military engagement. Dropping the standard seemed to signal the king's
54:
by right of his second wife, which office included the duty of bearing the royal standard to indicate the location of the king when on campaign or in battle. In 1163 he was convicted as a traitor, having been defeated in trial by battle, and took the habit of a monk, spending his last years at
102:
death. At the royal court held at Easter, 1163, Henry was accused of treason for that act by Robert de
Montfort, a claimant to the Montfort estate of Haughley. The two men fought a judicial duel a few months later. Jocelin details Henry's
122:, but he survived and took the Benedictine cowl. As he was a convicted traitor, however, his estates and offices were forfeit, and his family was disgraced. Henry was allowed to remain as a monk at Reading Abbey for the rest of his life.
141:; they had least at two sons, Henry and Hugh. His second wife was Alice, probably the daughter and heiress of Robert de Ver, the royal constable (d. circa 1151). It is unknown which wife was the mother of Henry's daughter,
91:
257:
437:
472:
457:
452:
467:
380:
375:
492:
146:
142:
482:
280:
406:
98:, as well as being his constable. Henry participated in the king's Toulouse campaign in the spring and summer of 1159.
359:
Amt, Emilie, "Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)", Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
324:
Amt, Emilie, "Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)", Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
86:. His influence at the royal court was greatest during the reign of Stephen, but it continued into the early years of
442:
477:
169:
L. F. Salzman, in his biography of Henry II, considers it probable that it was a trumped up charge by De
Montfort
447:
47:
350:
DeAragon, R., "Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford", Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 6, p. 467.
462:
487:
31:
432:
83:
76:
43:
87:
51:
251:
115:
276:
138:
72:
337:
103:
68:
35:
125:
Henry of Essex is thought to have died at
Reading Abbey in the same year that Archbishop
107:
150:
118:. Henry's body was carried senseless from the site of the duel by monks of the nearby
426:
308:
126:
119:
56:
27:
385:
111:
67:
Henry was the son and heir of Robert fitz Swein of Essex, a descendant of the pre-
360:
325:
95:
297:
Feudal
Assessments and the Political Community under Henry II and His Sons
39:
42:
in
Suffolk (by right of his second wife). He served as one of the royal
106:
with Robert de
Montfort (a rival for Henry's wife's inheritance) on
186:
English
Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327
82:
Henry is mentioned in several chronicles, including that of
275:(2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 292.
338:"Parishes: Braborne | British History Online"
8:
92:Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
390:
256:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
137:Henry married firstly Cecily, daughter of
177:
162:
273:Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216
249:
386:The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond
7:
438:12th-century English Navy personnel
14:
38:in Essex (by inheritance) and of
473:High sheriffs of Buckinghamshire
153:, but Cecily seems most likely.
458:Lord high constables of England
453:People from Reading, Berkshire
407:Lord High Constable of England
217:Governance of Medieval England
1:
468:High sheriffs of Bedfordshire
493:12th-century Christian monks
94:from 1156 to 1159, and as a
271:Poole, Austin Lane (1954).
46:during the reigns of Kings
509:
16:Norman nobleman in England
413:
404:
398:
393:
299:(Berkeley, 1983), p. 259.
219:(Edinburgh: 1963), p. 196
77:King Edward the Confessor
90:'s. He served Henry as
483:English Christian monks
242:Salzman, L. F. (1917).
215:Richardson and Sayles,
26:(died c. 1170) was an
361:accessed 10 June 2017
326:accessed 10 June 2017
313:The Complete Peerage,
188:, Oxford, 1960, p.139
315:vol. 10, pp. 199-207
129:was murdered, 1170.
84:Jocelin of Brakelond
75:who was favoured by
381:Becket and Saltwood
73:Robert fitz Wimarch
376:A list of Sheriffs
443:People from Essex
421:
420:
414:Succeeded by
139:Roger de Valognes
30:nobleman who was
500:
478:Trials by combat
399:Preceded by
394:Honorary titles
391:
363:
357:
351:
348:
342:
341:
334:
328:
322:
316:
306:
300:
293:
287:
286:
268:
262:
261:
255:
247:
239:
233:
226:
220:
213:
207:
204:
198:
195:
189:
182:
170:
167:
508:
507:
503:
502:
501:
499:
498:
497:
448:Norman warriors
423:
422:
417:
410:
402:
372:
367:
366:
358:
354:
349:
345:
336:
335:
331:
323:
319:
307:
303:
294:
290:
283:
270:
269:
265:
248:
241:
240:
236:
227:
223:
214:
210:
205:
201:
196:
192:
183:
179:
174:
173:
168:
164:
159:
135:
65:
17:
12:
11:
5:
506:
504:
496:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
460:
455:
450:
445:
440:
435:
425:
424:
419:
418:
415:
412:
403:
400:
396:
395:
389:
388:
383:
378:
371:
370:External links
368:
365:
364:
352:
343:
329:
317:
301:
288:
281:
263:
234:
230:Thomas Becket,
228:Frank Barlow,
221:
208:
206:Sanders, p.120
199:
197:Sanders, p.120
190:
184:Sanders, I.J.
176:
175:
172:
171:
161:
160:
158:
155:
151:Earl of Oxford
147:Aubrey de Vere
145:, who married
134:
131:
64:
61:
24:Henry de Essex
20:Henry of Essex
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
505:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
463:Anglo-Normans
461:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
446:
444:
441:
439:
436:
434:
431:
430:
428:
409:
408:
397:
392:
387:
384:
382:
379:
377:
374:
373:
369:
362:
356:
353:
347:
344:
339:
333:
330:
327:
321:
318:
314:
310:
309:G. E. Cokayne
305:
302:
298:
292:
289:
284:
278:
274:
267:
264:
259:
253:
245:
238:
235:
231:
225:
222:
218:
212:
209:
203:
200:
194:
191:
187:
181:
178:
166:
163:
156:
154:
152:
148:
144:
140:
132:
130:
128:
127:Thomas Becket
123:
121:
120:Reading Abbey
117:
113:
109:
105:
104:judicial duel
99:
97:
93:
89:
85:
80:
78:
74:
70:
62:
60:
58:
57:Reading Abbey
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
488:Norman monks
405:
355:
346:
332:
320:
312:
304:
296:
291:
282:0-19821707-2
272:
266:
243:
237:
229:
224:
216:
211:
202:
193:
185:
180:
165:
136:
124:
112:River Thames
108:Fry's Island
100:
81:
66:
32:feudal baron
28:Anglo-Norman
23:
19:
18:
433:1170 deaths
427:Categories
411:1150–1154
295:T. Keefe,
157:References
71:landowner
44:constables
252:cite book
246:. London.
96:justiciar
244:Henry II
149:, first
88:Henry II
69:Conquest
52:Henry II
40:Haughley
36:Rayleigh
416:Unknown
401:Unknown
116:Reading
110:in the
48:Stephen
279:
232:p. 57.
133:Family
143:Agnes
277:ISBN
258:link
63:Life
50:and
114:at
34:of
22:or
429::
311:,
254:}}
250:{{
79:.
59:.
340:.
285:.
260:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.