8 Hen, I. Naval Expeditions, &c. oj the English, Book I*

1105.

no Opposition. This done he returnedtriumphantly to England , resolving topursue his Conquests the ensuing Cam-paign. (e) Ord. Vita', fays, thatHenry went over to Normandy , with agreat Army, in the Year 1104, andhaving, after some Success, madePeace with his Brother, returned be-fore Winter to England.

This Y ear Henry went again intoA r s>r-mandy , in the Month of July ,with a moreW\Gemmet numerousFleet,than the Year before,andHuntingd. accompanied with the principal Nobilitye/Tinche? of the Kingdom. The Battle of Einche-bray. bray, in which Robert,with a great Num-ber of Persons of Distinction, and tenRobert ta- Thousand Soldiers, were madePrifoners,

1166.

Ord. Vital.Brompton

hen Prisoner ,

and Nor-mandy re-duced.

put an End to the Quarrel, and gave

1107.

Henry Possession of the wholeDuchy. Hereturned again in Triumph, and Robert,who had stood in a fair Possibility oftwo Crowns, was obliged to submit toan Imprisonment, in which he languish-ed six and twenty Years, till Death putan End to his Misfortunes.

In the Year 1107. (as we find inHackluyt, Part II. p. 13. from the Je-rusalem Chronicle) a very great warlike, Fleet of the Catholick Nation of Eng-

Hackluyt.

c s a great land, to the Number of about sevenFleet of En- Thousand (J? er sonss) having with them^dTatfo' more Men of War of the Kingdom ofpa.

IIO9.

Huntingd,M. Paris.

Daughtermarried tothe Empe-rour.

mi.

Ord. Vital.III3.

Put an Endto.

Seldeni (s) Selden gives us an Instance of this King’sMareClau- asserting his Dominion over the Seas; when hesum. commanded his Butsecarli (so certain Sea-Officers

were then called, tho’ he Word, in it’s Original,signifies no more than Seamen, or rather Boat-men) to guard the Sea, and take Care that noPerson, from the Parts of Normandy , approach’dShe English Coast,

to Eng-

its

1119.

1120.

Denmark, of Flanders, and of Antwerp,arrived, with Ships, which they calledBusses, at the Haven of the City offaphet, (Joppa ,) in Order to go toferusalem. (See the Continuation oftheir Adventure in Hackluyt, I. c.)

In the Year 1109. Henry espousedhis Daughter Matilda to the Emperour,The Ring’s Elenry IV, and the Year following shewas sent over to Germany in greatState. (/)

In the Year mi, Henry was oblig-ed again to cross the Sea, to put a StopNew Trou- to the Progress of Fulk, Earl of Anjou,lies in Nor- who had caused the City of Cons anc e,mandy ; ^ j n Normandy, to revolt. He returned,rompton. crowned with Success: But in 1113.

new Disturbances in Normandy calledhim thither again. He soon madePeace with the Earl of Anjou, and allhis Neighbours, beyond the Seas, And,having totally subdued Normandy, re-

turned once more victoriousland .

In the Year n 15, (g) Henry took 1 un-shipping, and went into Normandy, Milmsb.with his Son William, then a Prince o i fealty jwerttwelve Years of Age, and made the YViiHamtStates of the Country swear Fealty tohim: And the Year following he did 1116.the fame in England . About the fame Or J. Vital.Time, Henry having given Assistance to /

his Nephew 'Theobald, Earl of Blots, Francesagainst the King of France, that Prince vades Nor-joined with the Earls of Flanders and man fo ;Anjou, and resolved to dispossess himof Normandy, in Favour of IViiliam, T x 17.

Duke Roberto Son. Henry was not idle, Withoutbut, having got a considerable Body of Success.Forces together , went over himselfwith them ; (h) And joining with theDuke of Bret ague, and his Nephew,loon drove his Enemies to a lhamefulRetreat. The French made anotherAttempt upon Normandy, in II19, butwith as little Success.

In the Year 1120. (/) happened amost unlucky Accident at Sea, which s - Dimelm-occasioned an inconceivable Sorrow to Earnerthe King, and the whole Nation. Henry, Brompton.having been now four Years in Norman- Huntingd.dy, resolved to return to England. He ^NNtoembarked on the six and twentieth of Enfoand.November at Barfleur, and set Sail with °a numerous Fleet, and a noble Retinue.

Prince JVilliam, the Joy of his Father,and the Hopes of the Nation, beingthen near eighteen Years of Age, hadordered a new Ship to be built forhim, for this Passage: And, to render itmore agreable, took all the young andgay Nobility of both Sexes with him.

Being ambitious of out-failing the Shipthe King was in, and of being fo Eng-land before him, he promised a Re-ward to the Sailors, if they procuredhim this Satisfaction. The Pilot, inOrder to get the Start, keeping toonear in with the Shoar, occasioned theShip’s striking on a Rock. The Sea-mens first Care was to get out the Boatand lave the Prince, and he was out ofDanger, when the Cries of his naturalSister, Matilda, wrought upon him toreturn and take her in. His Approachgave the fame Opportunity to others to

crowd

C/) Brompton places this Marriage in 1113. Brompton-

(g) Rapin places this in 1x14. Rcpm■ .

(h) Tindal s Notes on Rapin, from the Saxon Rind. F otAnnals, fay he was there already, and had been on Rapin-from the foregoing Year.

(t) Daniel, by Mistake., places this Accident Daniel-

ist in<5,