THE RIVAL HEIRS:
Being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune;
by Rev. A. D. Crake.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE ANGLO-SAXON HALL.
CHAPTER II. THE BLACK AND DARKNIGHT.
CHAPTER III. THE WEDDING OF THE HAWKAND THE DOVE.
CHAPTER IV. THE NORMAN PAGES.
CHAPTER V. A FRAY IN THE GREENWOOD.
CHAPTER VI. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER VII. FRUSTRATED.
CHAPTER VIII. VAE VICTIS.
CHAPTER IX. A HUNT IN THE WOODS.
CHAPTER X. EVEN THE TIGER LOVES ITSCUB.
CHAPTER XI. ALIVE--OR DEAD?
CHAPTER XII. THE ENIGMA SOLVED.
CHAPTER XIII. "COALS OF FIRE."
CHAPTER XIV. THE GUIDE.
CHAPTER XV. RESTORED TO LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. RETRIBUTION.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ENGLISH HEIRTAKES POSSESSION.
CHAPTER XVIII. AT THE ABBEY OFABINGDON.
CHAPTER XIX. AN INTERVIEW WITH THECONQUEROR.
CHAPTER XX. THE MESSENGER FROM THECAMP OF REFUGE.
CHAPTER XXI. TWO DOCUMENTS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE CHAPTER HOUSE OFABINGDON.
CHAPTER XXIII. "GUILTY OR NOTGUILTY."
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CASTLE OFOXFORD.
CHAPTER XXV. IN THE FOREST OFLEBANON.
CHAPTER XXVI. "QUANTUM MUTATUS ABILLO HECTORE."
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRIENDS WHOONCE WERE FOES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. AESCENDUNE ONCEMORE.
PREFACE.
This little volume, now presented to the indulgence of thereader, is the third of a series intended to illustrate the historyand manners of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, whom a great historianvery appropriately names "The Old English:" it does not claim themerit of deep research, only of an earnest endeavour to be true tothe facts, and in harmony with the tone, of the eventful period of"The Norman Conquest."
The origin of these tales has been mentioned in the prefaces tothe earlier volumes, but may be briefly repeated for those who havenot seen the former "Chronicles." The writer was for many years thechaplain of a large school, and it was his desire to make theleisure hours of Sunday bright and happy, in the absence of thesports and pastimes of weekdays.
The expedient which best solved the difficulty was the narrationof original tales, embodying the most striking incidents in thehistory of the Church and of the nation, or descriptive of thelives of our Christian forefathers under circumstances ofdifficulty and trial.
One series of these tales, of which the first was Aemilius, atale of the Decian                         
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