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Here is a map of locations that are important to our story. Ranulf was born in Saxmundham and Acre is Ranulf’s place of death, Alnwick is the location of the Battle of Alnwick where Ranulf captured William the Lion! Bacton is one of Ranulf’s land holdings. Bristol is where Henry’s Uncle Robert Earl of Gloucestershire
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Ranulf is the anti-Becket, a loyal and highly capable minor noble who rose to become Henry’s chief justiciar (1180-1189). He was also an administrator and a military man, he was the one who captured William the Lion just as Henry did his penance for Becket, turning the tide of Henry’s luck (at least in Henry’s
Ranulf de Glanville and Henry II 