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 Anselm asks for help in his reforms; he asks leave to hold a synod; his appeal against the fashionable vices     451-453

Grievances of the Church; wrongs of the church tenants     454

He prays the King to fill the vacant abbeys; their relation to the King; hostile answer of Rufus     454-456

Comparison of Lanfranc and Anselm; estimate of Anselm's conduct     456-457

Anselm tries to recover the King's favour; the bishops advise him to give more money; his grounds for refusing     457-460

The King more hostile than ever; Anselm leaves Hastings     460

March 19, 1094

William crosses to Normandy     461

Vain attempts to settle the dispute between William and Robert; verdict of the guarantors against William     461

Castles held by William; taking of Bures     462-463

Robert calls in Philip; siege and surrender of Argentan; ransom of the prisoners     463-464

Robert takes La Houlme     465

Difficulties of Rufus; further taxation; levy of English soldiers; Flambard takes away the soldiers' money     465-466

Rufus buys off Philip     466-467

Contemporary notices of the campaign; differences between England and Normandy; private wars go on in Normandy     467-468

Relations between Rufus and Henry; war at Saint Cenery; the castle taken by Robert of Bellême     468-469

Henry and Earl Hugh summoned to Eu     469

October 31

They go to Southampton and keep Christmas in London     470

December 28

The King comes to England; William and Henry reconciled     470

February, 1095

Henry goes to Normandy; his warfare with Robert     470-471

Norman supporters of William     471-474

Wretchedness of England; causes for the King's return; affairs of Scotland and Wales; plots at home     474-475

§ 4. ''The Council of Rockingham. December, 1094-March, 1095.''

Notes of the year 1095; councils of the year     476

Jan., Feb., 1095

Movements of William; alleged Welsh campaign     476-477