; HENRY. : 
have afferted, andit has been generally credited, that hefelt more eafily remitted to th: exchequer. the 
a great repugnance to this ceremonial, and entertained a pre- tcarcity of coin would render that commutation difficult to 
3 C «gh aie gg tae 
fentiment of fome fatal accident conneéted with it; acircum- be executed, while at the fame time’ p not be 
fent to a diftant quarter of the kingdom. ‘This affords 
on the {pot the revenue of their feveral demefnes.’’ Hume's 
ift 
Hewry II. the firft of the Plantagenets, born in Nor- 
united,”’ fays Henault, “ to extreme franknefs the moft dex- mandy in 1132, was the fon of Geoffrey, count of Anjou, 
i e 
in 1068, and fuc- Becket’s tomb at Canterbury. n-1170 he. caufed his 
' ceeded to the crown of England upon the death of his bro- eldeft fon to be crowned king of England. After this he 
t Rufus, in the year 1100, at which time his elder bro- conquered Ireland, and the following year his fons rebelled 
ther Robert was in Normandy. Robert, unwilling to be againft him, being inftigated to this unnatural conduct by 
difpofleffed of his right, invaded the kingdom, but at length their mother, on account of Henry’s attachment to fair 
agreed with Henry to furrender his claim on condition o Rofamond Clifford, the theme of popular ballads and ro- 
yearly tribute being paid to him ; each brother, by this mances, not forgotten even at this diltant period. The fons 
i f the king, in their ufurpations, were affifted by the kings = 
een 
Ps) 
treaty, was to inherit the dominions of the other in cafe of © 
death without iffue, and the adh f both were tore- France and Sco‘land, till a peace was conclude t 
ceive full pardon. Hen owever, when the danger was the parties. In 1182 his fon Henry died, being in his 20th 
ver, made no fcrup'e of infringing the latter part of the year, and fhortly after his third fon Richard again took up 
covenant, and the ruin of fome great families was the confe- arms againit his father, and was fupported in his b 
ce. He nov nto meditate offenfive meafures, in- the xin of France ng defeated ‘in Normandy, 
vaded No: dy, defeated his brother Robert, made him was obliged to fubmit to difgraceful terms. H 
prifoner, and reduced the whole duchy. It is to his difgrace 1189, in the 56th year of his age: Such is the outline of 
ernment as if they were the fame people ; and, on many 
s, the legiflatures feem not to have been diftinguithed. 
As the king and all the Englifh barons were of French ex- 
overned his y 
fence, and though he firmly maintained his authority, t 
i i 5. raéter,’? fays our hiftorian 
gree life, a almot without a blemifh, and he feems to have pof- 
He died in Normandy in 11355 and 
the moft mplifhed ceo Terese : 
filled + aioe? f ‘gape : ie te forei and princes n : 
ee Ly Englifh throne : he poffeffed pd gre gor peaaen their differences to his judgment. He abolithed 
fit him for fo hi ftati Be Rae teat pit refs in lite. the barbarous cuftom of confifcating fhips which had been 
Oe nee ok te ectete ta the leh. hosed on he on, and’ be Ot wp Stel to the ociowe te 
ithed the curfew-bell, and eftablithed a ftandard of aed tao at kuik TON; was born tai 120% and 
aid tiedfuree.’ fe ie obferved by Mr. Hume, (to | Huxay ti. ish & > cn aelonpe —ete Sop 
iftory we fhall h: fe recou = for faéts in the following fucceeded to the crown of England in«1216. ° 
arti : oR ie «: rie y : ee, grit é from in- this prince is | k Eng i ut it 18 not 
gen pa nen Oe i, Sots i tn us 
ich were formerly paid in kind, into-money, which was nee AMP proach 
