ame of, 28.
Garter, the order of the, institution of, 246.
Gascoigne, Chief Justice, 299.
Gaul, trade of Britain with, 8, 12;
persistency of Roman civilisation in, 37;
renewal of trade with, 38.
Gauls arrive in Britain, 8.
Gaveston, Piers, favoured by Edward II., 224;
execution of, 226.
Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, marries the Empress Matilda, 131;
conquers Normandy, 136.
Geoffrey Fitz-Peter, Justiciar, 163.
Geoffrey, son of Henry II., marries the heiress of Brittany, 155;
dies, 156.
Gesiths, the, personal devotion of, 30;
their relation to the Ceorls, _ib._;
their name changed to that of Thegns, 31.
Gewissas, the, combine with Jutes, 28;
_see_ West Saxons.
Ghent, Jacob van Arteveldt at, 235;
Philip van Arteveldt at, 278.
Giraldus Cambrensis, 167.
Glanvile, Ranulf de, captures William the Lion, 154;
writes the first English law-book, 167.
Glastonbury, Dunstan, abbot of, 65;
proceedings of Dunstan at, 106.
Glendower, Owen, heads the Welsh, 293;
decline of the power of, 296.
Glevum (Gloucester), Saxon conquest of, 35.
Gloucester, Duke of (brother of Edward IV.), _see_ Richard III.
Gloucester, Duke of, Humphrey (brother of Henry V.), appointed
Protector, 307;
marries Jacqueline of Hainault, 308;
quarrels with Cardinal Beaufort, 309, 314;
his relations with Eleanor Cobham, 315;
advocates a war policy, 317;
death of, 318.
Gloucester, Duke of, Thomas, son of Edward III., heads the
opposition to Richard II., 279;
driven from power, 280;
murdered, 282.
Gloucester, Earl of (Gilbert de Clare), allies himself with Earl
Simon, 200;
becomes one of the three Electors, 201;
joins Edward against Simon at Evesham, 203.
Gloucester, Earl of, _see_ Robert.
Gloucester, Earl of (Richard de Clare), quarrels with Earl
Simon, 199;
joins Earl Simon, and dies, 200.
Gloucester, _see_ Glevum.
Godfrey of Bouillon, 121.
Godwine becomes Earl of the West Saxons, 84;
supports Harthacnut, 85;
charged with the murder of AElfred, 86;
governs under Eadward, 87;
outlawed, 88;
return and death of, 89.
Goidels, the, a branch of the Celts, 6;
languages spoken by the descendants of, 7.
Good Parliament, the, 262.
Granada, conquest of, 349.
Graupian Hill, the, battle of, 17.
Great Council, t
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