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KingtograntthenithefirftJMagna€JJatta,orGREATCiiAR TER and Deed of Rights, in this firft Year of his Reign, A. D. I I oo. THisKINGbuilt the great Palace ofWootijlock,and alittle one at Oxford to converfe with the Learned, and I 4 Religious Houfes ; while others built about I co fuch, befides many fine Manfions. He died A. D. I I 35' and was fucceeded by his Nephew' 4· STEPHE·N, Count of Bulloign, Son of ADELA, Daughter of Wi/Nam the Conqueror, by the Power of the Clergy. During the Civil Wars between him and MAuD the Emprtft, the Nobles and Gentry, being courted by poth, laid hold of the Occafion to build about I I oo Caftles, that proved afterwards very convenient for them in the Barons Wars; fo that the Mafons were as much employed as the Soldiers, under their c0~anb .t!Ralltt Gilbert de Clare, Marquis of 'Pembroke; by whom the King built four Abbies and two Nunneries, with St. Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Weflminjler; while others built about 90 Religious Houfes. King ... ·Stephen died without I:II'ue Male, the laft of the.£ .A. D. .· I I 54· . , Royal Normans. SAfter the Cfmque.ft 88 Years. ' ·When Stephen died, · The PLAN'fAGENE':rS of Anjou commenced, viz. I. HENRY II. Plantagenet, Count of Anjozt, became King of England, . tLD. I 154~ who fortifi~d;f~~~·stheWekb and Sc~s, built fome little Palaces, and 'X'~ ~:R.~Hgiotis Houfes 3 ·while ~thers built about I oo fuch. The Grand Mqfler of the Knights 'l'emplars eretted their Society, and built their ~entplt in ):?leetjlreet, London. The King died A. D. I 189. 2. RICHARD I, much abroad, died without lffue 1199.; yet in this Reign about 20 Religious Houfes were built. 3~ KING JoHN fucceeded hi:s Brother Richardl and fidt'made his Chaplain ~tnt de Cole-Church ~~anb .fl))alht of the Maflns in rebuilding.tandon"-BridgeofStone, which was :fini!hed by the next Mafter