INDEX. ABERDEEN, Earl of, prime minister, Amusements stopped by Puritans, 426; resigns, 433 "Addled" parliament, the, 203 Aghrim, battle of, 284 Agriculture, improvements in, 343 Akbar Khan, commander of the "Alabama," the privateer, 418 Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, 434 241, 248 Anderida, site of, 9 Angles, their origin, 7; conquest by, Anne, Queen, succession settled on, - of Cleves, married to Henry VIII., Anselm, appointed archbishop of Alexander III., King of Scotland, Arkwright, inventions of, 344 successor to, 74 Alfred the Great, chosen king, 20; "All the Talents," ministry of, 368 Amiens, peace of, 363 Arlington, minister of Charles II., 254, 256 Armada, the preparation of, 180; de- Ashley, minister of Charles II., 254 Augustine, St., first archbishop of Austria opposes Russia, 427 duke of, arrests Richard I., 57 BABINGTON Conspiracy, 180 Badajoz, capture of. 381 Baffins Bay, discovery of, 175 Balaclava, battle of, 430 Bail, John, 91 Bonaparte-Continued. 39: in Spain, 373; in Russia, 382; Boston, tea thrown overboard at, Balliol, John, crowned King of Scot- Boulogne, camp at, 365 land, 76; deposed, 76 Ballot act, 453 Bannockburn, battle of, 82 Bantry Bay, French fleet at, 358 Baptists in Cromwell's army, 234 "Barebones" parliament, 241 Barnet, battle of. 123 Beachy Head, battle of, 284 Bow, use of the, 77 Boyne, battle of the, 284 Bribery, cases of, 306, 396 Bridgewater canal, 343 Bright, John, aids Anti-corn-law League, 420 Becket, Thomas, becomes archbish- Brindley, James, introduces canals, Beaconsfield Lord, 456 op. 51; murder, 52 Bede, 26 Benevolences, 123, 134 Rengal, 325 Berlin, treaty of. 456 Bible, translations of the, 147, 196 Bishops abolished in Scotland, 223 the Seven, 274 Black Death, the, 41 Black Prince, his bravery, 87; cru elty. 88; death, 93 Black Sea, naval war in, 427; Russia not to have a fleet in, 434 Blake, Admiral, 241 Blanketeers, the, 389 Blenheim, battle of, 295 Blockade-runners, 447 Bloody Assizes, 269 Boleyn, Anne, married to Henry Henry of, 100 [see Henry IV.] Bombay, 323 Bonaparte, Napoleon, rise of, 351; in Egypt, 355; becomes civil ruler, 361; plan for invading England, 366; exclusion of British goods, 343 Britain, Roman conquest of, 5; English conquest, 7, 9 Britons,the, effect on, of conquest by Romans, 5; - of their withdrawal, 6: fate of, 11 "Broad-bottomed " administration, 310 Browning quoted, 457 Bruce, Robert, claimant to Scotch crown, 74 Bruce, Robert, grandson of preceding, murders his competitor, 79; is crowned, 80; defeats English army, 82 Brydon, Dr., 419 Buchan, Countess of, 80 Buckingham, Duke of, rebellion and death, 129 Buckingham, Duke of, favorite of James I., 201; goes to Spain with Prince Charles, 210; influence over Charles I., 213; is impeached, 215; his French expedition, 216; is murdered, 217 Buckingham, Duke of, minister of Charles II., 254 Bulgaria, English army in, 420 Bunker Hill, battle of, 831 Bunyan, John, 249 Burghley, Lord, minister of Eliza- | Catesby, plot of, 199 beth, 189 Burgoyne, surrender of, 333 Burgundy, Duke of, murder of, 111 Burke, Edmund, wisdom of, 328 Byron, Lord, death of, 398 CABAL ministry, 254 Cabinet, origin of the, 300 Cabul occupied by British army, 417; Calais, siege of, 87; loss of, 164 Calcutta, foundation of, 323; seized by natives, 325 California visited by Drake, 174 Catherine of Arragon, married to persecution of, under Elizabeth, 177; conspiracy of, against James I., 199; toleration promised, 212; refused under Charles II., 255; persecution under Charles II., 260; preferred to Puritans, 263; illegal toleration by James II., 271; are represented at Oxford, 273; tolerated under William III., 279; persecution in Ireland. 284; partial emancipation, 357; further efforts for, 360, 395; final success, 400 Cato Street conspiracy, 392 Campbell, Sir Colin, commands in Charles I. plan to marry the Infanta, India, 441 Campbell, Thomas, quoted. 362 Camperdown, battle of, 355 Canada, conquest of. 319 Canals, introduction of, 313 Candia offered to England, 427 Canning, George, his effort against Napoleon, 370, 372; withdraws from ministry, 377; his liberal foreign policy, 392; favors Catholic emancipation, 395; becomes prime minister, 398; opposes parliamentary reform. 397; death, 398 Canning, Lord, governor-general of India, 437; his moral courage, 439 Cannon, introduction of, 130 Canterbury, first archbishop of, 16 Cape St. Vincent, battle of, 351 Cardigan, Lord, 430 Carisbrook castle, Charles I. impris- Cartagena, ransom of, 179 204; visit to Madrid, 210; failure of plan, 211; marries Henrietta María, 212; becomes king, 213; quarrel with Parliament, 214. 215; his forced loans, 215; war with Spain, 214; with France, 216; assents to Petition of Right. 216; quarrels with Puritans, 217; — about taxes, 219; governs without a parliament, 219; imprisons parliamentary leaders. 219; offends Puritans, 220; legal persecution by, 220; levies ship money. 221; marches against Scotland, 223; efforts to raise money, 224; war with Scotch, 225; sets up his standard, 231; surrenders to the Scotch. 235; escape, 236; trial and death, 237 Charles II., crowned in Scotland. 389; defeat and escape, 239: becomes king. 244; character, 244; religion, 246; means of getting money, 253; accepts it from French king, 255, 267; death, 267 Charles V., Emperor, and Henry | Clergy [see Monks, Popes], reve VIII., 138, 142 Charles VI., Emperor, claimant to Charles VII. of France, 111 Chatham, first Earl of, popular and honest, 318; success as war-minister, 319 resignation, 326; speech against peace with America, 334; death, 334 -, second Earl, 376 Chaucer, 98 Chichester, Sir A., 201 Chimneys, introduction of, 170 nues taken, 42; their character, 50; not subject to civil courts, 50; property seized, 61; taxation of, by Pope, 67; refuse civil taxes, 79; civil offices filled by, 92; idleness, 142; permitted to marry, 158; trials of, 220 Clifford, minister of Charles II., 254, 256 Clive, Robert, 323-325 Coal, inaccessibility of, 343 446 Colonies [see America], development of, 315 Commerce [see Free Trade], early, 4; development of, 170; with Spanish colonies, 308; British commerce injured by Napoleon, 369 Commercial treaties, 339, 446 Christianity, introduced, 6, 14; its Commons, House of [see Reform], effect, 16 Chronicle, the English, 26 Church in England, the [see, also, Catholics, Clergy, Popes, Prayerbook, Protestants, Puritans, etc.], interdict under John, 60; the king to be head of, 147; property seized, 158; uniformity enforced, 119; proposed voluntary system, 236; church re-established, 248; toleration act, 278 Ciudad Rodrigo, battle of, 381 Civil war in England, against Stephen, 45; - Henry II., 54;-Edward II., 82; York and Lancaster, 116; Charles I. and Parliament, 281 Clare election, 399 Clarence, Duke of, 123, 124 Clarendon. Earl of, 250, 254 Clarkson, Thomas, 340 origin, 78; corruption in, 306, 337; proceedings made public, 338 Commonwealth, the, 238 Communion-table, position of, 220 Compurgation, 13 Comyn, murder of, 79 Connaught, Irish driven to, 238 Conservatives, the name, 406 Conspiracy law, 351 Copenhagen, battle of, 361 Corn laws, 416, 419 Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, 335; in Ireland, 360 Cotton famine, 448 Counties, origin of names of, 10 Courts of law [see Juries], early, 11; reform in, 49; injustice of, 51, 120 Covenant, the, 223 Cranmer, Thomas, divorces Queen Catherine, 144; is burned for heresy, 164 |