Catherine of Arragon, mar- ries prince Arthur, 118. Contracted to prince Henry, 119. Marries him, 122. Henry seeks a di- vorce, 128. Divorced by Cranmer, 133. Death,
de Medicis, regent of France, 161.
of Braganza, marries Charles II., 231.
of Russia, 289. Catholic emancipation, lord Howick's bill lost, 305. Advocated by Canning, 313. Carried, 315. Cato-street conspiracy, 313. Cavaliers, 207. Caxton, 113. Ceawlin, Bretwalda, 13. Defeated Wodnes- beorg, ib. Cecil, sir William, secre- tary of state, 160. (See Burleigh.)
sir Robert, son of preceding, secretary, 179. (See Salisbury.)
Celestius, 7. Celtic words, 13. Celts, 2.
Cenimagni, 3. Ceorls (churls), 19. Cerdic, king of Wessex, 11. Cerealis, 4.
Chalgrove field, battle, 210. Chalus, castle of, 58. Chandernagore taken, 285. CHARLES I., prince of Wales, journey to Ma- drid, 191. Reign of, 193-218.
II., prince of Wales, escapes to Paris, 213. Commands the fleet, 215. Sends a carte blanche to the regicides, 217. In Scotland, 221. Crowned at Scone, ib. Defeated at Worcester, 222. Escapes to Breda,
III., titular king of Spain, 256, 264. Elected emperor, 266.
III. of Spain forms the Family Compact with France, 288. Declares war, ib.
IV. of Spain, 306. of Navarre, claim to French crown, 81.
Edward, son of pre- tender (James), 279. Ex- pedition of, 280. Charlotte, of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, marries George III., 288. Death, 311.
princess, daughter of George IV., dies, 311. Charter of Henry I., 37. Discovered by Langton, 61. Of Stephen, 39. Of John, 62. Chartists, origin, 321, 325. Chatham, ships at, burnt by the Dutch, 233.
earl of (William Pitt), 277. First ad-
ministration, 282, 286. Opposes the peace, 288. Denounces Stamp Act, 290. Created earl Chat- ham, ib. Second adminis- tration, ib. Denounces American policy, ib. 291. Last speech, 292. Illness and death, ib. Chaucer, Geoffrey, 89. Cherbourg,
against, 282. Chesterfield, earl of, lord- lieutenant of Ireland, 278. Reforms the ca- lendar, 285.
227. Proclaimed in Lon-"Chevy Chase," 87. don, ib. Reign of, 228.
the Simple, cedes Neustria to Rollo, 29.
VI., of France, 85, 93. VII., 97, 99. VIII., 116. IX. massacres the Huguenots, 161.
X. deposed, 316. V. (emperor), 125.
Child, sir Josiah, 260. Chinon, castle, death of Henry II. at, 55. Peace of, 61. Christ Church, Oxon,
founded by Wolsey, 131. Christianity in Britain, 7. T Among the Saxons, 13. Church, Anglo-Norman,
Church, English, separated from Rome, 133. King supreme head of, 134. Churchill, lord, deserts James II. 248. (See Marl- borough.) Cintra, convention of, 306. Cissa, 10.
Cissa-ceaster (Chichester),
Ciudad Rodrigo taken, 308. Clare, Richard de (Strong- bow), 48. Marries Eva, daughter of king Dermot, 48. Defeats the Irish, ib. Clarence, duke of, defeated at Baugé, 94.
George, duke of, mar- ries Warwick's daughter, 107. Deserts to Edward IV., ib. Put to death, 109. Clarendon, Constitutions of, 43. Assize of, 44.
earl of (Hyde), prime minister, 233. Advises the sale of Dunkirk, ib. Disgraced, ib. Banished, ib. His History, ib. Clarkson, Mr., 305. Claudius reduces Britain, 3.
Clement VII., pope, 127, 128. Grants a commis- sion to try Henry VIII.'s divorce, 128.
Jacques, assassinates Henry III., 178. Cleves, Anne of (see Anne). Clifford, lord, murders the earl of Rutland, 103.
sir Thomas, 234. Clifton Moor, battle, .280. Clinton, general, 291. Clive, takes Chanderna- gore, 285. Exploits, ib. Victories at Plassy, ib. Governor of Bengal, ib. Cloth of Gold, Field of, 126.
Cobden, Richard, 321. Cobham, lord (see Old- castle).
-, lord, plots against James I., 183. Cœur de Lion, 56. Coke, sir Edward, 183. Imprisoned, 191. Colchester taken, 216. Coleman, 236, 237. Colepepper, Sir John, 207. Coligny, 161.
under Edward III., 86.
Committee of Safety, 227. Common Pleas, court, 52. Commons, 52. House of, 67, 75. Increased power, 92. Resist James, 184. Revive impeachments, 189. Pledge to defend the Palatinate, 195. Claim freedom of debate, ib. James tears out their protestation, 191. Lead- ers of, 194. Refuse sup- plies to Charles I., ib. Impeach Buckingham, ib. Frame the Petition of Right, 195. Press a redress of grievances, 197. Impeach Strafford and Laud, 203. Proceed- ings against the clergy, 203. Committee during recess, 206. Remon- strance, ib. Charles de- mands the five members, 207. Committee at Mer- chant Tailors', ib. Seize Hull, &c., 207. Name the lieutenants of coun- ties, 208. Purged by colonel Pride, 216. Ordi- nance to try the king. 217. Name an execu- tive council, 219. De- clare James II. to have abdicated, 249. (See Parliament.) Commonwealth, 219-227. Compurgators, 20. Compurgation, 53. Comyn, Baliol's nephew, assassinated, 74. Conan, duke of Brittany, 42. Succeeded by Henry IL, 42. Condé, 161. Conformity, occasional, bill to prevent, thrown out, 266. Passed, 267. Connaught, kingdom of,
parliament, 251. solved, 252.
French, 300. Conway, general, carries address against Ameri- can war, 295. Cope, sir John, 280. De- feated at Preston Pans, ib.
by Nelson, 303. Gambier, 306. Cornish, alderman, con- demned, 245. Attainder reversed, 252. Corn-laws, league against the, 321. Abolished, 323. Cornwall, insurrection in, 118.
Cornwallis, lord, capitu- lates at York Town, 292. Corporation Act, 230. Corunna, battle of, 306. Cospatric, earl of North- umberland, rebels, 30. County courts, 53. Covenanters, Scotch, 199. Invade England, 211, 237.
Coverdale, his Bible, 139. Cranmer, Thomas, 132. Made primate, annuls Henry's marriage with Catherine, 133. Annuls Anne Boleyn's marriage, 138. Opposes the Six Articles, 140. At Henry's death-bed, 144. Execu- tor, 146. Condemned for treason, 154. Burnt, 156. Creccanford, battle, 10. Crecy, battle, 82. Crêpy, peace of, 142. Cressingham, flayed by the Scots, 74. Cromwell, Thomas, fends Wolsey, 129. Fa vours the Reformation, 137. Vicar-general, ib. Fall and execution, 140.
Oliver, first appear- ance of, 208. Defeats Rupert at Marston Moor, 211. Republican views, Obtains command of the army, 214. Views as to the king, ib. Quells the Levellers, 215.
feats Langdale and Ha- milton, ib. Proceeds to Ireland, 220. Reduces it, ib. Captain-General, 221. Invades Scotland, ib. Gains battle of Dun- bar, ib. Defeats Charles II. at Worcester, 222- Dissolves the Long Par- liament, 223. Calls an- other, 224. Made Pro- tector, ib. Reproves the parliament, 225. Sup- ports the Vaudois, ib. Refuses the crown, ib. Disinterred and hanged, 229.
Cromwell, Richard, 226. Succeeds to the Protec- torate, ib. Signs his de- mission, 227.
-, Henry, governs Ire- land, 225. Resigns, 227. Cropredy Bridge, battle,
Crown, settlement of the, 249. Crusade, 36. Of Richard L, 57.
Culloden, battle, 280. Cumberland made an Eng- lish county, 36.
duke of, at Dettingen, 278. Fontenoy, 279. De- feats the pretender at Culloden, 280. Defeated by the French, 282. Abandons Hanover, ib. Ernest, duke of, king of Hanover, 319. Cumbria, 13. Curfew, 34. Curia Regis, 52. Cwnobelin, or Cymbeline,
Cynric, II. Cyning (king), 19. Cyprus, conquered by Rich- ard 1., 57-
Dacre, lord, defeats the Scots, 127. Dalrymple, sir John, master of Stair, 254.
-, sir Hew, 356. Damnonia, kingdom of, 13. Danby, earl of, treasurer, 235. Denounces the popish plot, 236. Im-
peached, 236, 237. Pre- sident of council, 251. Danegelt, 22, 32, 53. Danes invade England, 16. Murder king Edmund, 17. Defeated by Alfred, 18. Baptized by him, ib. Incursions renewed, 22. Massacred, ib. Dangerfield concocts the Meal-tub Plot, 238. Darby, admiral, relieves Gibraltar, 293. Darcy, lord, 139. Darnley,
lord, marries Mary queen of Scots, 166, 167. David, king of Scotland, invades England, 39.
prince of Wales, ex- ecuted by Edward 1., 71.
earl of Huntingdon, descendants, 72. Davidson, secretary, de- spatches warrant for queen Mary's execution, 170. Declaration of Independ-
ence, American, 291. Deira (Deifyr), II. Delinquents, 203. Defender of the Faith, title of, 126.
Derby, earl of (lord Stan- ley), secretary at war, 319. Premier, 326. Re- signs, ib. Premier again, ib. Dermot Macmorrogh, king of Leinster, 48. Derwentwater, earl of, supports pretender, 272, 273.
Despenser, Hugh le (Spen- Dykvelt, 247.
Dettingen, battle, 278.
Digby, sir Everard, joins Gunpowder Plot, 185, 186.
Digges, sir Dudley, a leader
of the commons, 194. Diocletian, 5. Dissenters, promoted by
James II., 246. Dispensing power, 246. Dogger Bank, action off the, 293. Domesday-Book, 32. Dominica taken, 288.
Ealdormen (aldermen), 19. East India Company found- ed, 186. Progress of, 284. Abolished, 326.
French, their settle- ments, 284. East Sexe (Essex), king- dom of, II. Ecclesiastical commission, court of, 246.
Edgar, reign of, 21. Edgar Atheling, 26. Sub- mits to William, 30. Rebellion and flight, 31. Retires to Rouen, 31. Captured at Tenchebray. 37.
Edgehill, battle, 210. Edinburgh, tumult at, 199. Editha, daughter of God-
win, marries Edward the Confessor, 26. Edmund, king, saint, and martyr, 17.
the Elder, 21. Ironside, 22.
son of Edmund Iron- side, 25. Edred, king, 21. Edric, duke of Mercia, 23. Edward the Confessor, son of Ethelred, 26. Reign of, 26, 27. Laws, 27.
the Elder, succeeds Alfred, 20.
V., reign of, 110. - VI., reign of, 145-150. prince, son of Henry VI., 103. Edwin, king of Northum- bria, 11. Bretwalda, 14. Reign, ib. Slain, 14. -, grandson of Leofric, governor of Mercia, 27. Rebels, 30, 31. Edwy, king, reign of, 21. brother of Edmund Ironside, 26. Egbert, king of Wessex, 14. Unites the Anglo- Saxon kingdoms, 15. Conquests, 16. Death, 17. Egerton, lord-keeper, 179. Egmont, count, executed, 172.
Egypt, French in, 301, 303 . Expedition to, 305. Elba, Napoleon ban' to, 308.
Ethelburga, wife of Edwin,
Eldon, lord, chancellor, 303. Eleanor of Guienne mar- ries Henry II., 40, 49. Ethelfrith (defrid), 14. of Provence marries | Ethelred, king, 17. Henry III., 65. Elfrida kills her step-son Edward, 22.
Elgiva, wife of Edwy, 21. Eliot, sir John, remon- strance of, 198. Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII., 115, 119. ELIZABETH, princess, 148. Supports queen Mary, 153. Imprisoned, 155. Queen, 159. Reign of, 159-180.
daughter of James I., marries Elector Palatine, 182. Ella, 10. Bretwalda, 13. —, king of Deira, 11. Ellenborough, lord, 311. Elliot, general, defends Gibraltar, 293. Emigration, 313. Emma of Normandy, 22. Marries Canute, 24. Empson, minister of Henry VII., 119. Executed,
Enghien, duc d', murdered,
the Unready, king, 22. Massacres the Danes,
Ethelwold, son of Ethelred, joins the Danes, 20. Ethelwolf, king, succeeds Egbert, 17.
Eugene, prince, co-operates with Marlborough, 264. Defeated, 269. Eustace, count of Boulogne,
Evesham, battle, 67. Exchequer court, 52. Exclusion bill, 239. Exhibition, Great, 325. Exmouth, lord, bombards Algiers, 311.
Fairfax, lord, parliament- ary general, 210, 211.
sir Thomas, 212. Commander of parlia- mentary forces, 212, 213. Falaise, 59.
Episcopacy abolished in Falkirk, battle, 74.
Falkland, lord, 203. Sup- ports Strafford's attain- der, 205. Opposes the Remonstrance, 206. Kill. ed, 210. Family Compact, 288. Fayette, marquis de la,
Fawkes, Guy, 185, 186. Felton, John, affixes the bull of excommunication against Elizabeth, 168.
stabs Buckingham, 196. Executed, ib. Fenwick, sir John, joins Barclay's conspiracy,255. Ferdinand VII. of Spain, 306, 309.
of Brunswick recovers Hanover, 282. Feudalism, Anglo-Norman, 50. Feversham, earl of, com- mands against Mon- mouth, 245. Fiefs, 50. Finch, sir John, speaker, 197. Lord keeper, 203.
Fines (feudal), 53. Finisterre, battle off, 304. Fishguard Bay, French malefactors landed at,
Fisher, bishop of Roches- ter, 132. Made a cardi- nal, 136. Executed, ib. Fitz-Gerald, Maurice, as- sists king Dermot, 48.
lord Edward, conspi- racy and death, 302. Fitzherbert, Mrs., 297. Fitz-Osborne, William, 30. Fitz-Stephens, 38.
Robert, takes Water- ford, 48. Fitz-Urse, Reginald, 45. Five-mile Act, 231. Fleetwood, Cromwell's son- in-law, 226.
Flemings, the, invade Eng- land, 49.
Fleurus, battle, 301.
Flodden, battle, 124.
Folc-land, 19.
Fontainebleau, Napoleon abdicates at, 308. Fontenoy, battle, 279. Fontevraud, Henry II.
buried at, 55. Forest laws, 33.
-, New, 33. Forfeitures (feudal), 53. Foss, the, 6.
Foster, Mr., supports the pretender, 272. Surren- ders, ib. Fox, Henry, 282.
Pay- master of the forces, ib. Made lord Holland, 289.
Charles James, se- cretary, 291. Resigus, 296. Secretary, ib. Dis- missed, ib. Foreign se- cretary, 305. Death, ib. France, provinces of, pos- sessed by Henry II., 42. Edward III.'s claim to, 81. Religious wars of, 161. Revolution in, 298. Alliance with, against Russia, 326. Francis I. courts Wolsey, 125. Meets Henry VIII. at Calais, 126. Captured at Pavia, 127. Recovers his liberty, ib.
II., husband of Mary queen of Scots, 160.
, emperor, 279.
Franklin (freeholder), 51. -, Dr., at Paris, 294.
Gage, general, 291. Galgacus, 4. Gambier, admiral, bom-
bards Copenhagen, 356. Gardiner, bishop of Win- chester, 140. Opposes Reformation, 147. De- prived, 148. Restored, 153. Favours persecu- tion, 155. Garibaldi, 326. Garter, order, instituted, 84. Gauls, 2.
Gaunt, Mrs., 245. Gaveston, Piers, 76. Germain, St., of Auxerre, 6. Geoffrey (Plantagenet) of Anjou, marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I., 38, 40. -, son of Henry II., 49, 54.
natural son of Henry II., 55. GEORGE I., reign of, 271- 275.
II., reign of, 276-286. III., reign of, 287-311. IV., prince of Wales, dissipation and extrava- gance, 297. Regent, 308. Reign of, 312-315.
prince, of Denmark, marries Anne, 248. Georgia, disputes
Spain respecting, 277. Ghent, treaty of, 309. Gibraltar taken, 265. Re-
linquished by Spain, 269. Memorable siege, 293. Gifford, reveals Babington's conspiracy, 169. Gilds, Anglo-Saxon, 20. Ginkell, 253. Takes Ath- lone, ib. Besieges Lime- rick, ib. Gladstone, chancellor of the exchequer, 326.
Glencoe, massacre of, 254. Glendower, Owen, 90, 91. Gloucester, duchess of, does penance for witchcraft,
earl of, leader of the barons, 66. Guardian, 70. duke of, uncle of Richard II., regent, 87.
duke of, guardian of England, 97, 100. Mur- dered, ib. --, Richard,
duke of, assists in the murder of prince Edward, 108. Re- gent, 110. Seizes Ed- ward V., ib. Named protector, ib. Accepts the crown, ib. (Richard 111.)
, duke of (son of Anne), death, 258.
-, statute of, 70. Goderich, viscount, premier, 314.
Godfrey, sir Edmondsbury, 236. Murdered, ib. Godolphin, lord, treasurer, 263, 267. Impeaches Sa- cheverell, 267. Godwin, earl, 25, 26. Gondomar, 183, 189. Gordon, duke of, opposes William III., 252. lord George, riots,
295. Goring, 205. Governor of Portsmouth, 207. Gourdon, Bertrand de, wounds Richard I., 58. Grafton, duke of, deserts James II., 248. duke of, 290. Graham's Dyke, 5. Graham
of Claverhouse, 238. (See Dundee.) -, sir James, home-se-
cretary, 319. Grand Coûtumier, or Great Customary, 52. Grattan, Henry, 296. Graves, admiral, 293. Great Britain, name of
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