The flow of my History pages
Having looked at this website with a view that I was a visitor who had found the site by making a search I still find that I have trouble in finding information.
Seeing as I have used the work of Thomas Wright and his history of Essex as a starting point for both Belchamp Walter and the surrounding area I am now starting to fill in some of the blanks. Having attempted to get the layout of pages correct I failed to follow-up on the muliple names that he quotss for all of the villages.
The early histories of the 12th and 13th centuries is paricularly difficult to follow for an individual village but as a whole there are common themes that connect the various regions of North Essex. The fame and fortunes of the de Veres and the relationship to other important families such as the de Beauchamps.
Events from the 12th and 13th Centuries
Thomas Wright often makes reference to a Treaty or Constitution in regard to the change in stewardship of an area.
An example:
The significance of "paying their compostions in pursuance of the Dictum of Kenelworth" needs to be explained. Other examples are:
- Treaty of Wallingford - 1153 - King Stephen and the Empress Matilda ensuring Henry II became the next king. It effectively signified the end of the Anarchy
- The Constitutions of Clarendon - 1164 - Henry II to curb the power of the church
- Dictum of Kenelworth - 1266 - a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Second Barons' War with the royal government of England