of the, 29. Language, ib. Amalgamate with the Saxons, 63. Norris, sir John, 177. Northampton, council of, 44.
-, battle, 103. North, lord, chancellor of exchequer, 290. Prime minister, ib. Measure respecting tea, ib. At- tempts to conciliate the Americans, 291. Resigns, 295. Secretary, 296. Dismissed, ib.
American colonies, described, 289. Discon- tents in, 289, 291. War breaks out in, 291.
Briton paper, 289. No. Forty-five, ib.
Northmen (Danes, &c.) land in Northumbria, 16. Manners, 16. Ravage England, 17. Northumberland, earl of, rises against Henry IV., 91. Second rebellion, ib.
earl Warwick be- comes duke of (see War- wick), 149. Ruins So- merset, ib. Deserted, 153. Executed, ib. -, earl of, conspires to liberate the queen of Scots, 168. Northumbria, 9, 11. Nottingham, royal standard erected at, 208.
castle, Isabella and Mortimer seized at, 80. Burnt, 317.
earl of, secretary, 251. Nuncio, received by James II., 246.
Oak, royal, 222. Oates, Titus, history, 236. Pensioned, 237. Fined and imprisoned, 242. Fined, whipped, and pil- loried, 243, 244. O'Brien, Smith, trans- ported, 325. Ochita, 10. O'Connell, Daniel, 314. Organises Catholic Asso-
ciation, ib. Returned for Clare, 315. Advo- cates repeal of Union, 319. Supports lord Mel- bourne, ib. O'Connor, Roderick, king of Connaught, 47, 48. Odin (see Woden). Odo, archbishop of Canter- bury, brutality to El- giva, 21.
-, bishop of Bayeux, 30. Offa, king of Mercia, 15. Officers, council of, 227. Restores the Long Par- liament, ib. Expels it, ib. Oldcastle, sir John (lord Cobham), heads the Lol- lards, 92. Executed, ib. Orange, prince of, founds the Dutch republic, 172. Assassinated, 173.
William, prince of (William III.), defence of Holland, 235. Insur-
rection in favour of, ib. Marries princess Mary, 236. Invitation to Eng- land, 247. Declaration, ib. Lands in Torbay, 248. Marches to London, 249. Summons a conven- tion, ib. Crown settled on, ib. (See William III.) Ordeals, 20. Abolished, 53. Orford, earl of (Russell),
258. (See Russell.) Orleans, besieged by Eng- lish, 98. Relieved by Joan d'Arc, 98. -,Maid of, 98. (See Joan d'Arc.)
duke of, regent, 273. Ormond, duke of, lord-lieu- tenant in Ireland, 211. Delivers Dublin, &c., to parliament, 220. Suc- cesses and reverses in Ireland, ib. Conspires against Cromwell, 226.
duke of, commands in Flanders, 269. Im- peached and attainted, 272. Oswy, king of Northum
bria and Bretwalda, 14. Otho, king of Greece, 314. Otterbourne, battle, 87. Oudenarde, battle, 266. Overbury, sir Thomas, 186. Oxford, provisions of, 66. Occupied by Charles I., 210. Parliament at, 211.
Pale, English of the, join the Irish rebellion, 206. Palmerston, lord, 307. Foreign secretary, 317. Premier, 326. Pampluna, taken, 308. Pandolf, papal envoy, 61. Papists, fire of London ascribed to, 233. Paris, evacuated by the English, 99.
-, peace of (1763), 288. --, entered by allies, 308, 309. Peace of (1814). Parker, archbishop of Can- terbury, 160, 162.
sir Hyde, admiral,
293. Parliament, Anglo-Nor- man, 52. When assem- bled, ib. Mad, 66. Leicester's, 67. Long, 201. Subjected by army, 214. Proposals to the king, 215. Rump, 216. Dismissed by Cromwell, 223. Barebone's, 224. Restored by the officers, 227. Expelled, ib. Re- stored, ib. Renounces military authority, 230. Bill for Septennial, 277. -, Irish, independence acknowledged, 295. Parnell, sir H., 317. Parma, duke of, commands
the Spanish army of invasion, 176. Parr, Catherine, marries Henry VIII., 141, 142. Marries Lord Seymour, 148. Parsons, Jesuit, 168. Parties, court and country,
238. Partition treaty (Spanish), first, 256. Second, ib. Disapproved by pe meut, 258. Passaro, action o Patrick, St., 47
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, 190. 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, +7.
"Conservatives,"
mother of Arthur of Brittany, 59. Constantine the Great, 5. Constantius Chlorus, 5.
Convention, 249. 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. Copenhagen,
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, 212. Obtains command of the army, 214. Views as to the king, ib. Quells! the Levellers, 215. L'e-
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, 11. 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. Damuonia, 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, 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 queen Mary's execution, 170. Declaration of Independ- ence, American, 291. Deira (Deifyr), 11. 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. Desborough
Donauwerth taken, 264. Dort, synod of, 196. Douglas, lord, 80.
earl, fights with Hotspur against Henry IV., 91. Dover, treaty of, 234. Drake, Francis, sails round the world, 174. Destroys the Spanish shipping,
175. Drapier's Letters, 274. Druidism, 2 sq. Duckworth,
admiral sir
John, 305. Dubois, cardinal, 273. Dudley, minister of Henry VII., 119. Executed,
Dudley, lord Guildford, marries lady Jane Gray, 152. Beheaded, 155. -, lord Robert, favourite of Elizabeth, 173. (See Leicester.) Duke, title of, 86. Dumouriez, 300. Dunbar, battle, 73, 221. Duncan, king of Cumber- land, reduced by Canute,
-, admiral viscount, de- feats the Dutch off Cam- perdown, 301. Dundee, viscount, opposes William III., 252. Kill- ed, ib. Dunkirk surrendered to Cromwell, 225. Sold to France, 231. Dunstan, St., 21. Arch- bishop of Canterbury, 21. Dutch, war with the, 223, 231.
guards, 251. Dis- missed, 256.
Despenser, Hugh le (Spen- Dykvelt, 247.
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 banished to, 308.
Eldon, lord, chancellor, 303. Eleanor of Guienne mar- ries Henry II., 40, 49. of Provence marries 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,
Ethelburga, wife of Edwin,
Ethelfrith (Edefrid), 14. Ethelred, king, 17.
the Unready, king, 22. Massacres the Danes, ib.
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, 26.
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, 291.
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,
Fines (feudal), 53. Finisterre, battle off, 304. Fishguard Bay, French malefactors landed at, 301.
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 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. Resigns, 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,
Habeas Corpus, 62, 237. Hadrian, rampart of, 4. Hale, sir Edward, collusive trial of, 246. Halidown Hill, battle, 80. Halifax, marquess of, 237. Opposes Exclusion bill, 239. Sent to prince of Orange, 248. Speaker of the peers, ib. Tenders the crown to William and Mary, ib. Privy seal, 251. Hallelujah victory, 6. Hamilton, duke of, raises men in support of Charles I., 215. Defeated, ib. Executed, 219.
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