Barons, English, their attitude after Richard’s death, 64; swear obedience to John, 104; grievances against him, 122–125, 131; refuse foreign service, 186, 189; meet John at Wallingford, 191; refuse to pay scutage, 210; relations with Langton, 211, 212, 218, 219; meeting at S. Edmund’s, 221; demand Henry I.’s charter, _ib._; appeal to the Pope, 225; assemble in arms, 226; their “schedule,” 227; defy the king, 228; besiege Northampton, _ib._; Bedford surrendered to, 229; refuse arbitration, _ib._; win London, _ib._; plunder the Jews, 230; take Exeter, _ib._; evacuate it, 231; besiege the Tower, 232; seize Lincoln, _ib._; break their promise to John, 236; insolence to him, 238; prepare for war, 239; spoil the forests, 241; meet bishops, 242, 243; usurp sheriffdoms, 243; propose to elect a new king, 244; advance against John, 248; retreat, _ib._; attempt relief of Rochester, 250; negotiate with John, 252; offer crown to Louis, 253, 254; northern, do homage to Alexander, 259; of the Irish March, support John, 172, 173; of Poitou betray John, 201 Barri, William de, footnote 600 Beauchamp, William de, 229 Beaufort, John and S. Hugh at, 60 Beaumont, Adam de, 272 Bedford surrendered to the barons, 229 Belvoir surrendered to John, 256 Berwick taken by John, 260 Béthune, Robert de, 230, 255 Bishops, English, their flight, 130; restoration and restitution, 188, 190, 191, 206; claim free election for churches, 192; confer with barons, 242, 243; proclaim excommunication of “disturbers,” 243 Blanche of Castille, 73 Bolton, meeting of John and William the Lion at, 132 Boulogne, Reginald, count of, 68, 70, 107, 108, 185, 202, 203 Bourges ceded to France, 73 Bouvines, battle of, 203 Boves, Hugh de, 202, 203, 241, footnote 1112 Brabant, duke of, 202 Braose, Giles de, bishop of Hereford, footnote 989, 288 Braose, Margaret de, 140, 281 Braose, Maud, wife of William de, 149–152, 155, 156, 288 Braose, Maud de, wife of Griffith ap Rees, 140 Braose, Philip de, 15, 139 Braose, Reginald de, 152, 288 Braose, William de, 139–141, 144–147, 149–151, 155, 156, 287, 288 Braose, William de, the younger, 152, 156, 288 Bréauté, Falkes de, 232, 247, 255, 281, 285 Brewer, William, 222, 255, 285 Brezolles, siege of, 54 Britanny, Alice of, 200 Britanny, Arthur of, _see_ Arthur Britanny, Constance of, _see_ Constance Britanny, Eleanor of, 196 Britanny, Geoffrey of, _see_ Geoffrey Britanny, Peter, count of, _see_ Dreux Brus, Peter de, 263, 273 Buck, Walter, 255 Burgh, Hubert de, 80, 90, 231, 233, 237, 252, 269, 274, 280, 281 Burgh, William de, 138, 139, 141, 142 Caermarthen, Rees and John at, 25 Cambridgeshire ravaged, 257, 278 Camville, Gerard de, 31, 33, 35