Ranulph Flambard, _see_ Flambard.

Recognitions, 147.

Reginald elected Archbishop of Canterbury by the monks, 177.

Regni, the, join Aulus Plautius, 13.

Regular clergy, the, 65.

Rent, land let for, 321.

Representative institutions, _see_ Parliament.

Retainers substituted for vassals, 281;
increase of the number of, 321.

Rich, Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, 189.

Richard I., as Duke of Aquitaine, 155;
takes the cross, 157;
becomes King of England, 159;
sells the homage of Scotland, _ib._;
his Crusade and imprisonment, 161;
is liberated, 162;
his short visit to England, _ib._;
death of, 165.

Richard II., proposal to set aside, 261;
his minority, 266;
meets the insurgents, 268;
offers to head them, 269;
marries Anne of Bohemia, 278;
his favouritism, _ib._;
superseded in his authority by a Commission of Regency, 279;
regains power and governs constitutionally, 280;
makes an alliance with France, and marries Isabella, 282;
makes himself absolute, _ib._;
banishes Norfolk and Hereford, 283;
goes to Ireland, 284;
forced to abdicate, 285;
murdered, 291;
alleged reappearance of, 293;
buried at Westminster, 299.

Richard III. (_see_ Duke of Gloucester) is created a duke, 329;
character of, 337;
becomes Protector, 338;
has Hastings executed, 340;
is crowned king, 341;
his government, 342;
defeated and slain, 343.

Richard, Earl of Cornwall, leads the barons against Henry III., 192;
deserts the barons, 195;
takes part in summoning knights of the shire to Parliament, 196;
is chosen king of the Romans, 198;
hides himself after the battle of Lewes, 201.

Richard Fitz-Nigel writes the _Dialogus de Scaccario_, 167.

Richard the Fearless, Duke of the Normans, 80.

Richard the Good, Duke of the Normans, 81.

Richmond, Earl of, _see_ Henry VII.

Riding on horseback, 273.

Ripon, architecture of the choir of, 171.

Rising of the Earls, the, 110.

Rivers, Earl, becomes Lord Constable, 331;
imprisoned, 338;
executed, 340.

Roads, making and repair of, 272, 273.

Robert I. (Bruce), king of Scotland, allied with Edward I., 223;
slays Comyn, and is crowned King of Scotland, 224;
defeats Edward II. at Bannockburn, 226;
leprosy of, 231;
death of, 232.

Robert II., king of Scotland, 295.