William Stubbs

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By 1106, King Henry I of England was not just sitting comfortably at the top of the Anglo-Norman world, he was at last ready to push forward with his ultimate plans for the kingdom, which, now I should add, included his father's Duchy of Normandy.

We've seen the last five years, since Robert's first invasion of England, how Henry has overcome obstacle after obstacle, ultimately culminating in the Battle of Tinsprey, where he not only captured not one, but two claimants to his crown, Robert Curdhose and Edgar Effling.

But he sent a serious pain in the backside, scampering away toward those beautiful Norman Hills, this being the dreaded Robert of Belem.

He was also a witness to Henry's Charter of Liberties in 1101.

That guy was kind of everywhere.

Maud's father gave William Daubeney access to vast lands out east in Norfolk.

But I find her mother's side equally interesting.