How King Edward the Confessor suffered his courtiers to rule him and the kingdom, and promised that the Duke of Normandy should be king; how some of his wise men made a book of laws; how Harold, the son of Earl Godwin, was made king; how he was killed in the battle of Hastings, and the Duke of Normandy became king 42 CHAPTER XIV. WILLIAM I.—1066 to 1087. How William the First made cruel and oppressive laws; how he took the land from the English, and gave it to the Norman barons; and how he caused Domesday Book to be written 48 CHAPTER XV. WILLIAM II.—1087 to 1100. How William the Second and Robert of Normandy besieged their brother Henry in his castle; how William was killed in the New Forest; and how London Bridge and Westminster Hall were built in his reign 51 CHAPTER XVI. HENRY I.—1100 to 1135. How Henry the First married the English Princess Maude; how his son William was drowned; and how he desired that his daughter Maude should be queen after his own death 54 CHAPTER XVII. STEPHEN.—1135 to 1154. How Stephen was made king; and of the civil wars in his reign 56 CHAPTER XVIII. HENRY II.—1154 to 1189. How Henry the Second did many good things for England; how the gentry went hawking; how Strongbow conquered a great part of Ireland; and how the kings of Scotland became under-kings to the kings of England 58 CHAPTER XIX. How the Popes wanted to be masters in England; how that led to the murder of Becket; how Queen Eleanor made her sons rebel against their father; why Henry the Second was called Plantagenet 63 CHAPTER XX. RICHARD I.—1189 to 1199. How Richard the first went to fight in foreign countries, and the evil things that happened in his absence; how the Jews were ill-treated; how King Richard was taken prisoner; how he was discovered and set at liberty; and how he was killed in battle 67 CHAPTER XXI. JOHN.—1199 to 1216. Why King John was called Lackland; how he killed his nephew Arthur; and how the barons rebelled against him, and made him sign the Great Charter 73 CHAPTER XXII. HENRY III.—1216 to 1272. Why taxes are paid; how Henry the Third robbed the people; how Simon de Montfort fought against King Henry, and made him agree not to tax the people without the consent of the Parliament 78 CHAPTER XXIII. EDWARD I.—1272 to 1307.