Mortaigne, Alice de: daughter of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic. Mortaigne, Ancel and Robert de: twin sons of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic.
Mortaigne, Emmette de: daughter of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic.
Mortaigne, Geoffrey de: son of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic. Mortaigne, Joanna de: daughter of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic. Mortaigne, John de: son of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic. Mortaigne, Raife de: Earl of Pengraic. The most powerful of the
Marcher Lords, and one of the most important of the Norman aristocracy.
Mortaigne, Rosamund de: daughter of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic.
Mortaigne, Stephen de: eldest son of Raife de Mortaigne, Earl of Pengraic.
Old People: the ancient peoples of Britain before the arrival of the Celts and Celtic culture in the millennium before the Common Era. Genetic testing shows that a small percentage of British people (and of British descent) still carry some DNA from the Old People.
Osbeorn: steward to Sir Godfrey Langtofte.
Owain, Brother: priest at the chapel in Pengraic Castle.
Palfrey: a highly prized riding horse, usually one which could amble (see Amble).
Pen Cerrig-calch: the mountain that backs Pengraic.
Peverel, Ella: a Norman woman of good family.
Plough Monday: the first Monday after Twelfth Day of Christmastide celebrations. It traditionally marked the return to agricultural work after the Christmastide celebrations.
Portreeve: see City of London governance.
Privy chamber: a private chamber meant for the use of a lord and his family.
Roche, Walter de: Earl of Summersete. His main base in central England is Walengefort Castle, just south of Oxeneford.
Richard, Prince: second son of King Edmond and Queen Adelaide.
Saint-Valery, Ranulph: a knight from Lincolescire, attached to King Edmond’s court. Saint-Valery is a renowned poet.
Sewenna: a wet nurse in Pengraic Castle.
Small beer: weak beer, generally less than 1% alcohol. Most people drank small beer in preference to water.
Solar: a solar was a private day chamber found in many great houses. It was somewhere the lord and more particularly his lady could retreat and be alone (be sole) from the bustle and lack of privacy of the typical medieval household.
Taillebois, Ivo: Pengraic Castle steward.
Teulu: the bodyguard of Madog ap Gruffydd.
Tilla: a woman from Crickhoel.
Tisson, Charles: valet to the Earl of Pengraic.
Tosny, Roger de: a lord with manors and lands in Redmeleie, Glowecestre. Evelyn Kendal’s daughter has a place within his household.
Uda: a nun at Godstou Abbey.
Vellum: a fine parchment made of the skin of calves or lambs.
Wards: in the twelfth century London was divided into twenty-four wards, each separate administrative areas.
Warenne, Ralph de: a Norman nobleman, and brother to the Earl of Sudrie.
Welsh Marches: a military frontier zone between Norman England and the Welsh territories, ruled over by powerful Marcher Lords. See also Marcher Lords.
West Cheap: Cheapside in London.
Wicker gate: a smaller door-like gate set into the much larger defensive gates of a castle.
William: steward at Rosseley Manor.
Wolves: Britain still had wolves during the Norman period, although the Normans eventually hunted them to extinction.
Wulfsige: the Earl of Pengraic’s head huntsman.
About the Author
SARA DOUGLASS has worked as a nurse and has a Ph.D. in early modern European history. Her first fantasy adventure, The Axis Trilogy, had an overwhelming response from readers (Starman won the 1996 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel). This was followed by the bestselling Wayfarer Redemption Trilogy, and other works of both epic and historical fantasy. Sara lives in an 1880s–era house, Nonsuch, in Hobart, Tasmania.
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THE AXIS TRILOGY
BattleAxe (1)
Enchanter (2)
StarMan (3)
Threshold
Beyond the Hanging Wall
THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION
Sinner (1)
Pilgrim (2)
Crusader (3)
THE CRUCIBLE
The Nameless Day (1)
The Wounded Hawk (2)
The Crippled Angel (3)
THE TROY GAME
Hades’ Daughter (1)
God’s Concubine (2)
Darkwitch Rising (3)
Druid’s Sword (4)
DARK GLASS MOUNTAIN
The Serpent Bride (1)
The Twisted Citadel (2)
The Infinity Gate (3)
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