CHAPTER I.

The regency of William marshal.

19 Oct., 1216.  Death of King John
Position of parties
The Church on the king’s side
28 Oct.  Coronation of Henry iii
11 Nov.  Great council at Bristol
12 Nov.  The first charter of Henry iii
1216-17.  Progress of the war
1217.  Rising of Wilkin of the Weald
Louis’ visit to France
22 April.  Return of Louis from France
Sieges of Dover, Farnham, and Mount Sorrel
20 May.  The fair of Lincoln
23 Aug.  The sea-fight off Sandwich
11 Sept.  Treaty of Lambeth
6 Nov.  Reissue of the great charter
Restoration of order by William Marshal
14 May, 1219.  Death of William Marshal
His character and career

CHAPTER II.

The rule of Hubert de Burgh.

1219.  Pandulf the real successor of William Marshal
July, 1221.  Langton procures Pandulf’s recall
Ascendency of Hubert de Burgh
Jan.-Feb., 1221.  The rebellion of Albemarle
July, 1222.  The sedition of Constantine FitzAthulf
1221-24.  Marriage alliances
1219-23.  War in Wales
April, 1223.  Henry iii. declared by the pope competent to govern
June, 1224.  Revolt of Falkes de Breaute
20 June-14 Aug.  Siege of Bedford
Fall of Falkes
Papal and royal taxation
April, 1227.  End of the minority
Relations with France during the minority
The Lusignans and the Poitevin barons
1224.  Louis viii.’s conquest of Poitou
1225.  Expedition of Richard of Cornwall and William
Longsword to Gascony
Nov., 1226.  Accession of Louis ix. in France
1229-30.  Henry iii.’s campaign in Brittany and Poitou
21-30 July, 1230.  Siege of Mirambeau
1228.  The Kerry campaign
2 May, 1230.  Death of William of Braose
1231.  Henry iii.’s second Welsh campaign
Aug.  Death of Archbishop Richard le Grand
Gregory ix. and Henry iii.
1232.  Riots of Robert Twenge
29 July.  Fall of Hubert de Burgh
1231.  Death of William Marshal the Younger
1232.  Death of Randolph of Blundeville, Earl of Chester

CHAPTER III.

The alien invasion.

1232-34.  Rule of Peter des Roches
Aug., 1233.  Revolt of Richard Marshal
23 Nov.  Fight near Monmouth
1234.  Richard Marshal in Ireland
1 April.  Defeat and death of the Earl Marshal near Kildare
2 April.  Edmund Rich consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury
9 April.  Fall of Peter des Roches
Beginning of Henry iii.’s personal government
Character of Henry iii. 
The alien invasions
14 Jan., 1236.  Henry’s marriage to Eleanor of Provence
The Savoyards in England
Revival of Poitevin influence