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Title: A short history of England and the British Empire
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nd came to seek aid at Henrys court.This was at the time of the Becket controversy and the kingfelt that it would be unwise to leave his French possessionsjust then, as his old enemy and overlord, who was Becketshost, was eagerly awaiting an opportunity to relieve his vassalof his lands in France. Henry, however, permitted the Irish exile to enlist supportamong the Norman-English barons, and several of thesecrossed over from Pembroke in Wales to southeastern Irelandand seized considerable territories along the eastern coast.The chief of these was Richard of Clare, earl of Pembroke,Strongbow in commonly known as Strongbow. Richard Strong-Ireland. )D0W was preparing to join the earlier adventurersduring the same month that saw the reconciliation of theking and the archbishop. At first he had some success, butsoon troubles thickened around him, and he was compelledto return to England to seek assistance from King Henry. 1 Innes, I, 99-101. 2 Cheyney, No. 101. THE ANNEXATION OF IRELAND 87
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88 THE CHURCH AND THE BARONAGE The king had already planned an expedition to Ireland. Two motives were apparent: first, the fear that Strongbow and his wild Norman associates might win a expedition to kingdom for themselves in Ireland; second, the Ireland. hope that by forcing the Irish church into more 1171-1172. F , , . . , -r. complete submission to the Roman see he mightwin the popes gratitude and succeed in securing more favor-able terms when the time should come for a formal reconcilia-tion with the head of Christendom. Henry II was in Irelandduring the autumn and winter of 1171 and 1172. He did notattempt a complete conquest; the native high-king remainedin his strongholds in the southwest and did not come in tomake submission. But a large part of the eastern shore-landwas actually secured.1 A colony was founded in Dublin,and garrisons were placed in that city and in Wexford andWaterford. A justiciar was appointed to represent the kingin his absence; the office still exists, th

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