APPENDIX ITINERARY OF HENRY II
Reading edition
This itinerary is based upon Eyton’s monumental work, the sources being, first, the definite statements of the chroniclers; secondly, the evidence of records, more particularly the Pipe Rolls, which prove the presence of the king at certain places in the course of the year but do not as a rule give an exact date; and thirdly, royal charters, which can be dated within certain limits by the names of the witnesses. Where the name of a place is given with a date in brackets, it indicates that the place was visited during the year under which it appears, but that the exact date is problematic. In cases where charters given at a particular place can be assigned with reasonable probability, but not with certainty, to a particular year, the place name is put in brackets.
1154
December 7Barfleur
” 8 Coast of Hampshire
(Henry lands)
Winchester
” 19Westminster
(coronation)
” 25Bermondsey
1155
January 13Oxford
[January, [Northampton]
February,York
March]Scarborough
[Lincoln]
[Peterborough]
[Thorney]
[Ramsey]
Nottingham
March [c. 27]London
April 10Wallingford
[May, June]Cleobury
Wigmore
Bridgnorth
July 7Bridgnorth
[July, August, [Worcester]
September] [Salisbury]
September 20Winchester
[October,Cricklade
November,Woodstock
December]Windsor
December 25Westminster
1156
January 2-10Dover
”[11-31]Wissant
[St Omer]
February 2Rouen
” 5 near Gisors
[February-August]Anjou
Mirebeau, in
Poitou
Chinon, in
Touraine
Loudun, in
Touraine
[September 1]Saumur
[October]Limoges
December 25Bordeaux
1157
[January-March]Normandy
April [c. 8]Barfleur
Southampton
London
[May]Ongar
May 19 Bury St.
Edmunds
” 23-28Colchester
[June] [Thetford]
[Norwich]
July 17Northampton
[July] The Peak
Chester
[August] North Wales
December 13Gloucester
” 25Lincoln
1158
[January]Carlisle
[February, [Blythe]
March] [Nottingham]
The Peak
April 20Worcester
[April-August] [Evesham]
[Tewkesbury]
Gloucester
Wells
Cheddar
Brill
Clarendon
[Westminster]
Brockenhurst
Winchester
August 14Portsmouth
(Henry
crosses to
Normandy)
[August] near Gisors
September 8Argentan
[September]Paris
September 29Avranches
October [c. 9]Nantes
[October]Thouars
[November] Le Mans
November 23 Mont St.
Michael
[November,Avranches
December]Bayeux
Caen
Rouen
December 25Cherbourg
1159
[? April] Blaye in
Guienne
Poitiers
May 21-23 Bec Hellouin
” 24Rouen
June 6-8Hilliricourt
” 24Poitiers
” 30Perigueux
July 1-3Agen
”[c. 5]Auvillards
July-SeptemberToulouse
[c. 26]
[October]Uzerche
Limoges
Beauvais
[November]Guerberoi
Estrepagny
December 25Falaise
1160
Normandy
JulyNeufmarché
November 2Neufbourg
December 25 Le Mans
1161
Normandy
March 1 Mortimer-en-Lions
[March] [Lions-la-Forêt]
Le Mans
[May, June] The Vexin
near Chateaudun
July-August Châtillon (? on
10 the Garonne)
[October]Fréteval
December 25Bayeux
1162
February 25Rouen
[March]Lillebone
Fécamp
[April]Rouen
[May]Falaise
Normandy
[September] Choisi on the
Loire
[December]Barfleur
December 25Cherbourg
1163
January 25Southampton
[February]Oxford
Salisbury
March 3-6London
” 8Westminster
” 17Canterbury
” 19Dover
” 31Windsor
AprilReading
Wallingford
[May]Wales
[June]Carlisle
York
Northampton
July 1Woodstock
[July, August]London
Windsor
October 1, 2Westminster
[October-Northampton
DecemberLincoln
The Peak
Gloucester
Oxford
December 25Berkhampstead
1164
January 13-28Clarendon
[March]Porchester
Woodstock
April 12London
” 19Reading
c. August 24-c.Woodstock
September 10
September 14Westminster
October 6-20Northampton
December 24-26Marlborough
1165
[February] [Westminster]
[March]Normandy
April 11Gisors
” [15]Rouen
MaySouthampton
Surrey
Rhuddlan
Basingwerk
[July]Shrewsbury
Oswestry
[August]Powys
Chester
[September-Westminster
December]Woodstock
December 25Oxford
1166
FebruaryClarendon
March [c. 20]Southampton
[April]Maine
Alençon
Roche-Mabille
April 24Angers
May 10-17 Le Mans
June 1Chinon
” 28 near Fougères
July 12-14Fougères
[August,Rennes
September]Rédon
Combour
Dol
Mont St Michel
Thouars
[October,Caen
November]Touques
Rouen
Caen
November 18Tours
” 20Chinon
December 25Poitiers
1167
JanuaryGuienne
February, MarchGascony
AprilAuvergne
MayNormandy
June 4 The Vexin
[July]Chaumont
[August] The Vexin
Rouen
SeptemberBrittany
October [Valognes]
Caen
November 26-December 4Argentan
[December] Le Mans
December 25Argentan
1168
JanuaryPoitou
[March]Normandy
April 7Pacey
MayBrittany
Vannes
Porhoet
Cornouaille
JuneDinan
St. Malo
Heddé
” 24Bécherell
Tinténiac
” 25Leon
[July] La Ferté Bernard
[AugustPonthieu
September]Brueroles
Neufchâtel
Norman frontier
[October]Perche
December 25-31Argentan
1169
January 1Argentan
” 6Montmirail
March St. Germain-en-Laye
Poitou
[April] St. Machaire
May-JulyGascony
AugustAngers
” 15Argentan
” 23, 24Damfront
” 31Bayeux
September 1, 2 Bur-le-Roi
3-OctoberRouen
November 16 St. Denis
” 18Montmartre
December 25Nantes
1170
JanuaryBrittany
February 2Séez
” [c. 25]Caen
March 3Portsmouth
April 5Windsor
” [c. 10]London
June 11London
” 14, 15Westminster
”[c. 24]Portsmouth
Barfleur
”[c. 30]Falaise
[July]Argentan
July 6 La Ferté Bernard
” 20, 22 Vendome near
Fréteval
August La Mote Garnier,
near
Damfront
September Roque Madour
OctoberTours
” 12Amboise
Chaumont
Chinon
[November]Loches
November 23 Mont Luçon
” 26Bourges
December 21Bayeux
” 25 Bur-le-Roi
” 31Argentan
1171
January 1-February [c. 10]Argentan
February [c. 11-25] Pont Orson
[March, April] [Brittany]
May 2-16 Pont Orson
[June, July]Normandy
Valognes
August 2Portsmouth
” [c. 5]Winchester
September [c. 8] Welsh border
” 25Pembroke
” 27 St. David’s
” 29-October 15Pembroke
” 16 Milford Haven
” 17-31Waterford
November 6Cashel
” 11-December 31Dublin
1172
January, FebruaryDublin
March, April 1-16Wexford
April 17Portfinnan
” [19]Haverfordwest
” 21Pembroke
” 22Cardiff
April 23Newport
” 24Talacharn
May [c. 12]Portsmouth
Barfleur
” 16 Gorram, in
Maine
” 17Savigny
” 21Avranches
[June-August]Brittany
September [c. 29]Caen
[December] Le Mans
” 25-31Chinon
1173
[January] Montferrand,
in Auvergne
February 21-28Limoges
March [c. 1]Vigeois
” 5Chinon
” 7Alençon
” [c. 10]Gisors
April 4 St. Barbe
” 8Alençon
April-JuneRouen
[June, c. 25]Northampton
JulyRouen
August 6, 7Conches
” 8 Bréteuil,
Conches
” 9Verneuil
” 10Damville
”[c. 12-20]Rouen
” 22-29Dol
September 8-15 Le Mans
” 25, 26Gisors
[November]Anjou
November 30Vendome
December 25Caen
1174
January-AprilNormandy
April 30 Le Mans
May 12Poitiers
[May]Saintes
June 11Ancenis
” 24Bonneville
July 7Barfleur
” 8Southampton
” 12, 13Canterbury
” 14-17Westminster
” 20, 21Huntingdon
” 24, 25Seleham
”[27]Brampton
” 31Northampton
August 8Portsmouth
Barfleur
” 11-14Rouen
September 8Gisors
” c. 22Poitiers
” 30 Mont Louis,
near Tours
[October]Falaise
December [c. 1]Falaise
” 8Valognes
” 25Argentan
1175
JanuaryAnjou
February 2 Le Mans
” 24Gisors
” 26Rouen
MarchAnjou
” 25Caen
April 1 Bur-le-Roi
”[c. 3]Valognes
” 13Cherbourg
” 22Caen
May 8Barfleur
” 9Portsmouth
” 18Westminster
” 28Canterbury
June 1Reading
[June]Woodstock
June 24Oxford
” 29Gloucester
July 1-8Woodstock
” 9Lichfield
August 1Nottingham
” 10York
[September] [Stamford] [Northampton]
London
Windsor
October 8Windsor
” 31Winchester
NovemberWindsor
” 26Eynsham
” c. 30Winchester
December 25-31Windsor
1176
January 26Northampton
March 14London
April 4Winchester
May 25Westminster
”[c. 30]Winchester
[June-August]Clarendon
Ludgershall
Titgrave
Marlborough
Geddington
Nottingham
Feckenham
Bridgnorth
[Shrewsbury]
August 15Winchester
September 21Winchester
” 28Windsor
October, c. 9Feckenham
” 17Cirencester
November 12Westminster
December 24,25Nottingham
1177
January, c. 15Northampton
” 20Windsor
February 2Marlborough
” 22Winchester
March 9Windsor
” 13Westminster
” [c. 20]Marlborough
April 17Reading
” 21Canterbury
” 22Dover
” 23, 24Wye
” c. 26London
May 1 Bury St. Edmunds
” 2Ely
MayGeddington
Windsor
Oxford
” 22Amesbury
” 29Winchester
June [c. 10]London
” 11Waltham
” 12London
” c. 16Woodstock
July 1Winchester
” 9 Stokes, near
Portsmouth
” 10-17 Stanstead, in
Westbourne
July c. 17-August 15Winchester
August 18Portsmouth
” 19Caplevic
September [c. 1]Ivry
” 11Rouen
” 21 Near Ivry
” 25Nonancourt
[October]Verneuil
Alençon
Argentan
Berri
” 9Châteauroux
La Châtre
Limousin
Berri
[November]Graszay
Grammont
December 25Angers
1178
March 19 Bec-Hellouin
April 9Angers
July 15 “Dighesmut,”
on English
coast
[July]Canterbury
London
August 6Woodstock
December 25Winchester
1179
[January-March]Winchester
Windsor
Gloucester
April 1Winchester
” 10Windsor
August 23Dover
Canterbury
” 26Dover
” 27Westminster
[October]Windsor
Worcester
December 25Nottingham
1180
[January]Oxford
[April]Reading
April [15]Portsmouth
Alençon
” 20 Le Mans
[May]Chinon
June 28Gisors
[July-September]Quillebœuf
Bonneville
Argentan
Caen
Bur-le-Roy
Valognes
Cherbourg
Tenchebray
Damfront
Mortain
Gorron
Lions-la-Forêt
Driencourt
Falaise
September c. 29 Gisors
December 25 Le Mans
c. 31Angers
1181
[March] [Ivry]
Grammont
March 5Valasse
April 5Chinon
April 27 near Nonancourt
[May]Barfleur
[July]Gisors
July 26Cherbourg
Portsmouth
[August]Canterbury
Nottingham
Pontefract
York
Knaresborough
Richmond
Lichfield
Feckenham
September 6Evesham
” 12Winchester
December 25Winchester
1182
January 6Marlborough
[February] [Arundel]
February 21, 22 Bishops Waltham
March, c. 10Portsmouth
Barfleur
[March-May]Senlis
Poitou
Grammont
St. Yriez
Pierre Buffière
June 24Grammont
July 1Perigueux
” c. 6Limoges
December 25Caen
1183
January 1 Le Mans
[February]Limoges
Aixe
March 1Limoges
” 8Poitiers
MarchAngers
Mirebeau
April 17-June 24Limoges
Le Mans
July 3Angers
December 6Gisors
” 25 Le Mans
1184
[January-May]Limoges
Evreux
Rouen
June, c. 5Choisi
” 10Wissant
Dover
” c. 12Canterbury
” c. 13London
July 22Worcester
” c. 25Winchester
August 5Reading
” 16Woodstock
” c. 21Dover
Canterbury
London
October 21-23Windsor
December 1-13Westminster
” 14Canterbury
” 15,16London
” 25Windsor
” c. 31Guildford
1185
January 1-6Winchester
” 25Melkesham
[February]Chipping
Campden
March [c. 10]Nottingham
” 17Reading
” 18Clerkenwell
Westminster
” 31Windsor
April 10-16Dover
” 16Wissant
” 21Rouen
May 1Vaudreuil
November 7Aumâle
” 9Belvoir
December 25Damfront
1186
[February]Gisors
March 10, 11Gisors
April 27Southampton
” c. 30Merewell
Winchester
May 25Eynsham
Oxford
July 1Northampton
” 15Feckenham
[July]Carlisle
September 5Woodstock
” 9-14Marlborough
October 20Reading
November 30Amesbury
December 25, 26Guildford
1187
January 1Westminster
February 10Chilham
” 11Canterbury
” 14-17Dover
” 17Wissant
February 18Hesdin
” 19Driencourt
” c. 20Aumâle
April 5 Gué St. Remy,
near Nonancourt
June 23Châteauroux
August 28Alençon
[September]Angers
Brittany
Montreleis
[November] Bur-le-Roy
December 25Caen
1188
January c. 4Barfleur
” 13-21Gisors
” 23 Le Mans
” c. 25Alençon
” 29Dieppe
” 30Winchelsea
[February]Oxford
Northampton
” 11Geddington
Bury St.
Edmunds
” 29-March 1Clarendon
[Cirencester]
[March-April] Kingston-on-Thames
[March-April]Winchester
Woodstock
June 5London
” 14Geddington
July 10Portsea
” 11Barfleur
”[12]Alençon
” 16-18Gisors
” 30Mantes
SeptemberIvry
October [c. 1] [Gisors]
” 7Châtillon
November 18Bonmoulins
DecemberGuienne
” 25Saumur
1189
February 1-3 Le Mans
March 20 Le Mans
May 19 Le Mans
June 4-9 La Ferté
Bernard
” 10-12 Le Mans
” 12Frenelles
” 18Savigny
July 3Azay
” 4Colombier
” 5, 6 Chinon: death
of King
Henry