The Anarchy - 1138 to 1153

This was a period of history after the White Ship Disaster. It is related to the situation that existed as a consequence of the "power struggle" between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda.

The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153.

Many Motte and Baily castles were built and subsequently ordred destroyed as a consequence of the Treaty of Wallingford - 1153

The relevance to Belchamp Walter's history is that the region "changed hands" many times possibly as a consequence of who supported whom at the time.

Geoffrey de Mandeville, first Earl of Essex, held the land as he was given it as a marriage settlement when he married Roshe De Vere in 1144?

Background to this page

Having seen some of my history pages being found by those making an Internet search I have decided to add a bit more context on how the pages came about.

Treaty of Wallingford - 1153/p>

The Constitutions of Clarendon - 1164

See henry_2.html

Ranulf Flambard - 1060-1128

Ranulf Flambard was Bishop of Durham. He worked for Odo of Bayeux and was influencial in the government of WIlliam Rufus. He was probably the architect for the Doemsday Survey. Flambard fell from favour when Rufus died and Henry I imprisioned him in the Tower of London in 1100.

Flambard escaped the Tower, or was allowed to by William de Mandeville, and joined Robert Curthose and was part of the unsuccessful atempt in taking England in an abortive invasion in 1106. Henry I defeated his older brother, Robert Curthose, at the Battle of Tinchebray.