Molay, Jacques de, grand master of the Templars;
his trial;
his cruel treatment and death.
Monteil, Adhemar de, Bp. of Puy,
takes the Cross at the Council of Clermont.
Montfort, Guy, lawless conduct of;
murders Henry d'Almayne;
his excommunication and subsequent fate.
Montfort, Henry, lawless conduct of;
his death at the battle of Evesham;
ballad lore version of his fate.
Montford, Simon, the elder, history of;
his death.
Montford, Simon, the younger,
marries a sister of Henry III.;
his popularity;
the king's jealousy of him;
his dispute with the king;
his conduct in taking the oath to the Acts of Oxford;
in the Barons' war;
his behavior in prosperity;
violence and lawlessness of his sons;
his death at the battle of Evesham;
his noble character;
fate of his family.
Montford, Simon (3d),
his conduct at the siege of Northampton;
his lawless conduct;
sacks Winchester;
his escape from Kenilworth;
murders Henry D'Almayne.
Montgomery, Roger,
messenger of Duke William of Normandy.
Monthermer, Ralph de, his marriage to Joan of Acre.
Montmirail,
conference between Henry II. and Becket at.
Morkar, the grandson of Leofric;
the enemy of Harold;
submits to William the Conqueror;
joins the Camp of Refuge;
ends his life in captivity.
Morogh O'Brien, King of Ireland;
sends William Rufus oak for Westminster Hall.
Mortimer, Roger, at the battle of Lewes;
aids the escape of Prince Edward from Hereford.
Mortimer, Roger, senior and junior,
join the Barons against the Despensers;
taken prisoners by Edward II.;
sentenced to perpetual imprisonment;
death of the elder in the Tower.
Mortimer, Roger, the younger,
his escape from the Tower;
Queen Isabel's affection for him;
anger of the nation at his display and presumption;
his arrest at Nottingham;
execution at Tyburn.
Morville, Hugh, murderer of Becket;
his armorial bearings.
Neustria, the district in France conquered by Rollo;
ceded to him by the king;
afterward termed Normandy.
New Forest, formation of, by William the Conqueror;
Richard, son of Robert Courtheuse, killed there;
death of William Rufus in.
Nicaea, Robert the Magnificent dies at;
the crusading army at.
Norham, conference at,
respecting the Crown of Scotland.
Norman Barons,
their character at the accession of Duke William.
Normandy, origin of its name;
sad state of, under William Rufus;
its troubles under Robert Courtheuse;
invasion and conquest of, by Henry I.;
lost to the English by John.
Normans, the, character of;
their exploits in Apulia;
put in possession of English estates;
beneficial effect of this on the English race;
their opinion of Hereward;
their rapacity in England;
support the popes against the emperors.
Northampton, council of,
proceedings against Becket at;
besieged by the Barons.
Northmen, the, account of;
their character as pirates;
as settlers;
gave the name to Normandy;
change in their character;
their inroads on Ireland.
See Normans.
Northumbria, the earldom of.
O'Connor, Roderick. King of Ireland;
his opposition to the invaders.
Odo, Bp. of Bayeux,
joins William the Conqueror in his invasion of England;
commands the reserve at Hastings;
representation of him in the Bayeux tapestry;
