out of several Mannors Insomuch that * Fol. 523 Ordericus Vitalis says William the Ist had coming in L 1061-10-1 â— per diem of Sterling Money which the Value of Money in those Days consider'd was a prodigious Income †Jervais of Tilbury says indeed That at * Jerv Tilb. Dial. de Scacc. that time all the King's Tenants paid their Rents in Kind But this will appear manifestly otherwise to any one that looks into Dooms-Day-Book And tho' Ordericus may have given us an Account somewhat too large yet considering the Number and Value of his Mannors and the Number of Knights Fees which were Sixty thousand out of which Escuage might be Levy'd in times of Action he had without doubt a very great Revenue either for Peace or War * Cotton Post pa. 179. Sir Robert Cotton says The Article of Terra Regis in Dooms-Day-Book consisted in such Lands as K. William found Edward the Confessor had been in Possession of and that to Alienate this Revenue from the Crown was held Impious by our Fore-Fathers Most certainly in this Universal Survey there was inserted whatever the Kings had claim'd to the time of Edward But there was good Reason to think that he added to the Terra Regis such Lands as he pretended were Forfeited by those who had ingag'd in the Battel of Hastings and the Estates of the Barons and other great Men who afterwards from time to time Revolted from him Part of which Lands he annexed to the Crown distributing the rest with a reservation of certain Quit-Rents among his Norman Followers By this Accompt it appears That this Founder of our present Government left to succeeding Kings a fair Inheritance sufficient to maintain their Estate and Dignity at Home and capable to Defend the Realm against Invasions from Abroad But this Model of a Politick Constitution easie both to King and People was somewhat shaken even by his next Successor William Rufus who not only wasted the vast Treasure left by his Father but also run into such Profuseness as forc'd him to Harrass the whole Kingdom He alienated the Crown-Lands And * Dan. p. 44. Daniel says He was compell'd to resume his own Grants William of Malmsbury speaking of this Prince says * Will. Malms p. 122. Plures Patrimonia sua effudere inconsulte largiendo Quid vero est stultius quam quod libenter facias curare ne diutius facere possis It aque quidem cum non habent quod dent ad Rapinas convertuntur majusque odium assequntur ab iis quibus auferunt quam beneficium ab iis quibus contulerunt Henry the Ist who succeeded had all the Qualifications belonging to a Wise and Provident Ruler He brought to Punishment Ranulphus Bishop of Durham who had been the chief Adviser of all the Irregularities Profusions and Exactions of the last Reign * Ord. Vit. Fol. 822. He likewise took into his own Possession all his Father's Lands and Lordships in Normandy which his Brother had squander'd away and by the Judgment of Wise Men made those Gifts void which imprudently had been bestow'd upon undeserving Persons After the Death of Henry Stephen the Third Son of the Earl of Blois by Adela the Fourth Daughter of William the I was Elected King He found in his Uncle's Treasury 100000 l. besides Plate and Jewels of an immense Value Having no good Title to the Crown he was forc'd to purchase the good Will of the Principal Men by Gifts * Will. Malms Hist Nov. pa. 180. Multi siquidem quos vel Nobilitas generis vel magnitudo animi vel potius viridioris aetatis audacia ad illicita praecipitabat a Rege hi Praedia hi Castella postremo quaecunque semel collibuisset petere non verebantur And with these Grants he bought the dissembled Affection of his Courtiers * ibid. Malmsbury calls it †Simulatam ad tempus Pacem for all this Liberality could not make the Nobles faithful to him his whole Reign having been nothing but a Scene of Treachery and Bloodshed At last he was forc'd to come to Terms of Agreement with his Kinsman Henry Fitz-Empress of which one Article was That he should resume those Grants * M. Par. p. 86. Regalia passim a Proceribâ—s usurpata Rex in sua Recipiet And persuant to this Agreement did Henry the II. act when he came to the Crown which is to be the more admir'd in him because he was a Stranger born Son of the Earl of Anjou and succeeding by Maud his Mothers Title and because the Crown Revenue was got into powerful hands able to give him strong Opposition but nothing could stand before his Courage and Perseverance He resumed the Lands which King Stephen had given among his Followers William Earl of Albemarl pretended to oppose him in Northumberland but he brought him to restore what belong'd to the Crown as he did likewise Hugh Mortimer * Chronicon Johannis Brompton Col. 1046. Considerans autem Rex quod Regni redditus Dominica per Molliciem regis Stephani ad Dominos multos jam devenissent praecepit ea cum omni integritate infra tempus certum a quibuscunque detentoribus resignari in jus statumque revocari He also took upon him to banish Foreigners particularly the Flemings who had nested here in hopes of Booty under a loose Reign †Rex tenuit * Gerva Chron. Col. 1377. Curiam suam apud Beremundesiam uhi cum Principibus suis de statu Regni pace reformanda tractans proposuit animo alienigenas gentes de Regno propellere Matthew Paris speaking of this Prince says * M. Par. p. 92. Qui continuo in Regem promotus caepit in jus proprium revocare Vrbes Castella Villas quae ad Coronam spectabant Alienigenas maxime Flandrenses de Regno expellendo quosdam Pseudocomites quibus Rex Stephanus pene omnia ad Fiscum pertinentia minus caute contulerat deponendo So that we have here the Instance of a Warlike King for such a one Henry was greater in Revenue and Extent of Foreign Dominion than any of his Predecessors who thought it no Derogation to his Honour to look into these Matters And this provident Care of his had such an Effect that his Son and Successor Richard the I. at his coming to the Crown found in the Treasury above L. 900,000 besides Plate and Jewels * M. Par. 152. Inventa sunt plura quam nongenta Millia librarum in auro argento praeter Vtensilia Jocalia lapides pretiosos But this and much more was presently consum'd in the mad Humor which at that time had seized all the Princes of Europe of making War for the Holy Land To furnish himself for this Expedition Richard sold several Parcels of the Crown Revenue †Hoved. p. 658. Hoveden says Rex exposuit venditioni omnia quae babuit scil Castella Villas Praedia But the Lands thus granted away