While on the left side, nearer the entrance, the Earl of Salisbury and Archbishop Baldwin stand together, observing the growing crowd.

"Bravo, Bravo!" the good-natured, if clueless, Earl of Salisbury calls out from his table, as the confused Ardennes Albatross bows his gratitude and, casting his eyes about in consternation, makes his way back to his seat.

And beside the Earl of Essex comes the Earl of Salisbury, a youngish man dwarfed by the fame of the man beside. He bears a scepter of gold topped with a soaring dove, also in gold. His hands seem to shake slightly with the weight of it. Just behind them comes still another clergyman, this one in the...

William, Earl of Salisbury, is the son of the far more famous Patrick who was awarded the Earldom for services to Empress Matilda during the Anarchy. He is the cousin of William Marshal, and has the right to bear the golden scepter during the coronation. However, he is known to be a man of little am...