ments, 73, 78; church policy, 79; Fenians, 451
death, 80
Edward II., weakness of, 80: quarrels
with nobles, 82; defeated by
Scotch, 82; dethroned and mur-
dered, 83
Edward III., claim on French
throne, 85; his victories, 86, 87;
death, 92
Edward IV., claim of, 117; popular-
ity, 121; deposition, 122; restored,
123; his forced loans, 122; death,124
Edward V., 125; murder of, 128
Edward VI., 156; death, 160
Egbert, 18
Egypt offered to England, 427
Elfheah, 27
Eliot, Sir John, 218
Elizabeth, Queen, imprisoned, 163;
accession, 165; church policy, 166;
interference in Scotland, 167;
rebellion against, 169; prosperity
under, 169; helps the Dutch, 178;
conspiracy against, 180; financial
system, 191; death, 192
Elizabeth, Princess, 199; becomes
Princess Palatine, 307
Elphinstone, General, 418
England [see Britain], its division,
10, 20; union, 18, 24; projected in-
vasion of, 364, 366
English, the [see Angles, etc.], their
government, 11; religion, 12; con-
version, 14; inferiority to Nor-
mans, 31
Essex, Earl of, 189, 190
Ethelred, 26
Evesham, battle of, 70
Excise bill, 307
Exclusion bill, 261
Exhibition of 1851, 424
FAIRFAX, Lord, 235, 237
Falkirk, battle of, 313
Falkland, Lord, 233
Fawkes, Guy, 200
Feudal system, 30; under William
I., 38
Fitzgerald, “Flogging," 360
Fitzwilliam, Lord, 357
Five Members, arrest of the, 230
Flanders, importance of,to England
Flax culture in Ireland, 224
Flogging, domestic, 145; in navy, 35%
Foreign policy, liberal, 393
Forest, Friar, 151
Fotheringay, Mary Stuart at, 185
Fox, Charles James, leader of the
Whigs, 336; hatred of George III.
for, 365; final success and death,
368
France, dominions of English kings
in, 55, 89; loss of, 92; renewal of
struggle for, 107; war with, 294;
struggle in America, 317; aid of, to
American colonies, 334; revolution
in, 347; war in consequence of,
349; Syrian difficulty, 415; com-
mercial treaties with, 339, 446; Ital-
ian war, 414; German war, 454
Francis I., 138
Frederick, Prince Palatine, 207
Frederick II., 320
Free trade, 394; advantages of, 339
416
French revolution, 347; effect ir
England, 350
Frobisher, Martin, 175
GARIBALDI, 445
Gascoigne, 106
Gascony, 84
Gaveston, Piers, 81
George I., reign of, 303-307
George II., reign of, 307–326
George III., his struggle against par-
liamentary dictation, 327, 337; in-
sanity of, 341, 379; popularity, 342;
prevents Catholic emancipation,
357, 369; death, 391
George IV., character, 342, 379; | Henry III., 64-70; bad character, 66;
Gibraltar, capture of, 279; defence
of, 337
Gladstone, Mr., improves taxation,
446; disestablishes Irish Church,
452; fall, 455
Glasgow, church parliament at, 223
Glass, use of, 170
Glencoe, massacre of, 280
Glendower, Owen, 104
Gloucester, Dukes of, 100, 126
Goderich, Lord, ministry of, 398
Godfrey, Sir E. B., 260
Godfrey of Bouillon, 56
Godwin, Earl, 32
Gold, search for, 175, 205
"Good Pennyworths," 153
Goods, English, excluded from Con-
tinent, 369
"Grand Remonstrance," the, 229
"Great Commoner," the, 318
Great Mogul, the, 436
Greece, independence of, 398
Greenwich Hospital, 288
Grenville, Lord, 366
Grenville, George, 327
Grenville, Sir Richard, 187
Grey, Lady Jane, 160, 161
Guerillas, 380
Gunpowder Plot, 198
HALIFAX, Lord, 261
Hampden, John, 222; death, 233
Hampton Court, conference of, 196;
Charles I. at, 235
Harfleur, 107
Hargraves, 344
Harley, 301
Harold, 33
Hastings, [see Senlac], Lord, 126
Havelock, 440
Hawke, Admiral, 321
Henrietta Maria, 212, 255
Henry I., reign, 43, 44
Henry II., reforms of, 48; temper,
52; foreign dominions, 54
favoritism, 67; subservience to the
popes, 67
Henry IV., Bolingbroke, 101-105; his
claims, 101; rules by a parliament-
ary title, 103
Henry V., 105, 106; war with France,
106
Henry VI., 111-117; crowned king of
France, 111; bad government, 115;
deposed, 117; restored, 122; death,
123
Henry VII., 130-136; shrewdness an
thrift, 130, 131, 131; protects th
people, 135; increases royal power,
136
Henry VIII., 136-156; his wars on
the Continent, 138; quarrels with
the Pope, 142; his divorce, 144; his
tyranny not unpopular, 145, 15%
church policy, 153
Henry VI., the Emperor, 57
Herbert, Sidney, 432
Heretics [see Lollards], 103
High Commission court, 220
Highlanders, insurrection of, 281,
311
Hill, Sir Rowland, 411
Holmby House, Charles I. at, 235
Hotspur, Sir Harry, 105
Howard, Catherine, 156
Howard of Effingham, Lord, 182, 189
Howe, Lord, 353
Hudson's Bay, 175
Hundred Years' war, 83
Huskisson, reforms of, 394
Hyde Park, meeting at, 450
IMAGES, destruction of, 150, 157
Impositions, 202
Inclosures, 139, 159
Independents, 233
India, routes to, 175; conquest of
322; mutiny, 435-441
Inkermann, battle of, 430
Innocent III., 60
Interdict laid on England, 60
Iona, missionaries of, 16
Ireland, conquest of, 54, 190; trou- | LABORERS [see Peasants], miserable
bles in, 201, 356, 451; rebellions, 228, condition of, 410; improvement in,
238, 282, 358; cruelty in suppres-
sion of, 358; government, 284; Pro-Laborers, Statute of, 91
testant ascendency, 284, 356; par-
liamentary independence, 357; its
rejection of liberal propositions,
357; the union, 360; famine, 421;
church disestablished, 452; land
act, 453
La Hogue, battle of, 287
Lancaster, House of, 101
Lands, division among Normans, 37;
taxation, 40
Langton, Stephen, 60
La Rochelle, relief of, 216
Italy, Bonaparte in 364; war in, Latimer, supports Henry VIII.'s
church policy, 151; preaches
against the nobles, 160, burned, 164
JACOBITES, the, 290; risings of, 304, Laud, William, his church policy,
310
James I., his ancestry, 195; trouble Lauderdale, minister of Charles II.,
with Puritans, 196; with the
Commons, 198, 202, 208;- with the
Catholics, 199; favoritism, 203; ef-
forts to get money, 202, 204; war
in the Palatinate, 207, 210, 212;
death, 213
Lawlessness, mediæval, 118
Lawrence, Sir Henry, 440
Lawrence, Sir John, 437
Laws [see Criminal law, Punish-
ment], early, 13; of Alfred, 23
Learning, revival of, 138
Leicester, Earl of, 178
Leipzig, battle of, 384
Lewes, battle of, 69
Lewis, Prince, 64
Lewis XIV., influence over Charles
II., 255, 259; opposed by William
III., 287, 289, 294; recognizes
"James III.," 294
Lewis XVI., 347, 348
Lewis XVIII., 384
Liberals, party name, 406
Limerick, capture of, 284
Limoges, siege of, 88
Lincoln, Abraham, 447
Liveries, 118, 133
London, fire of, 251; charter for-
feited, 265
London, Tower of, 38, 127
Londonderry, siege of, 282
Long Parliament, 226; corruption
of, 239; disruption of, 240
Lords, House of, origin, 78; under
Cromwell, 242
Lundy, governor of Londonderry,
McNaughton, Sir William, 417
Madras, 323
Magdalen, Fellows of, 273
Magellen, Straits of, 172
Magenta, battle of, 444
Magna Carta, 62
Mahometans, 56
Maid of Norway, 74
Malplaquet, battle of, 299
Malta, 355, 364
Mamelukes, 355
Manchester massacre, 390
Mansfield, 212
Marlborough, Duke of, 296, 299, 300
Marlborough, Duchess of, 296, 301
Marston Moor, battle of, 233
Martyrs, Catholic, 145, 151; Protes-
tant, 163
Mary I., restores Catholicism, 161;
marries Philip II., 162; death, 164
Mary II., married to Prince of Or-
ange, 259; crown settled on, 278;
death, 287
Mary Stuart, married to French
prince, 157; rivalry with Elizabeth,
167; her claims, 168; plots in favor
of, 169, 177; death, 180
Mars, last celebration of, 169
Massena, Marshal, 379
Matilda, 45
Medway, Dutch fleet in the, 254
Meerut, 436
Mehemet Ali, 415
Melbourne, Lord, 407, 409
Menteith, 78
"Merry Monarch," 244
Middle Class, oppression of, 119
Militia, 230
Minorca, loss of, 317
Missionaries, 16, 176
Monasteries, suppression of, 148,
158
Monk, George, 243
Monks, origin of the, 17; character,
26
Monmouth, Duke of, 262, 268
Monopolies, granted to favorites,
191, 208
Montcalm, 320
Montfort, Simon de, 68, 70
Moore, Sir John, 374
More, Sir Thomas, 140, 145
Mountjoy, Lord, 190
Murder, punishment for, 12
NAMES of places, Roman, 5; Danish,
20
Namur, siege of, 289
Nana Sahib, 439
Naples, kingdom of, 445
Napoleon III., 425; attempt to kill,
442; distrust of, 444
Naseby, battle of, 235
Navy, started by Alfred, 22; revived
by Charles I., 221; mutinies in,
353, 354
Nelson, Lord, 352, 361, 367
Netherlands [see Dutch, Flanders],
struggle in, 171, 178
Newburn, battle of, 225
Newcastle, Duke of, 310, 317
New England, settlement of, 316
New Forest. devastation of, 39
"New Model," the, 235
New York, occupation of, 333
Nicholas, the Emperor, 426
Nightingale, Florence, 432
Nile, battle of the, 356
Nobles, oppression by, 46, 160; cease
to give military service, 48; gov-
ernment by, 68; retainers, 119; sub-
jection to crown, 131, 133
Nore, mutiny at the, 354
Norfolk, Duke of, 100, 169
Norfolk, insurrection in, 158
Normandy separated from England, | Paston family, 119, 145
41; reunited, 44; becomes French,
58
Normans, the, 29; in England, 32;
conquest by, 33; estates, 37; union
with English, 49
North of England, politics, 346, 389
North, Lord, 330
Northmen, 19
Northumberland, Earl of, 130
-, Duke of, 159
-, Kingdom of, 10
Norwegians, invasion by, 33
Nottingham, 231
OATES, TITUS, 260
Occasional Conformity, 295, 302
O'Connell, Daniel, 394, 399
O'Connor, Feargus, 423
Offices, votes gained by distribution
of, 327
Ohio River, 316
Orange, Prince of, 178
Orange, Prince of, 259; invitation to,
276 [see William III.]
Ordeal, 13
Orinoco, expedition to, 205
Orleans, relief of, 112
Oudenarde, battle of, 299
Oudh, 437
Outram, Sir James, 440
Oxford, provisions of, 68
PALATINATE, war in the, 207, 209
Palmerston, Lord, foreign policy,
414; prime minister, 433-442; sec-
ond ministry, 443-449
Pandulph, 61
Parliament [see Commons, Lords],
beginning of, 68, 69; division into
two houses, 78; Scotch representa-
tives, 78; indifference to popular
welfare, 122
Parma, Duke of, 181, 184
Parr, Catherine, 156
Peasants, oppression of the, 31, 91;
rebellions, 95, 115
Peel, Sir Robert, reforms crimina)
law, 393; home secretary, 393, 398;
against Catholic emancipation,
395; prime minister, 407; favors
free trade, 416; defeated by Pro-
tectionists, 422; death, 425
Pelham, Henry, 310, 315
Pembroke, Earl of, 65
Peninsular war, origin, 371: difficul-
ties of British, 374, 375; causes of
French failure, 377
Pepper seizure, 225
Perceval, Mr., 369, 377, 388
Percy family, 104
Persecution [see Catholics, Martyrs,
etc.], 104; under Henry VIII., 144,
151; under Mary, 163, suspended
under Charles II., 256
Peter the Hermit, 56
Petition and Advice, 242
Petition of Right, 216
Pevensey, 9
Philip II. of France, 61
Philip VI. of France, 87
Philip II. of Spain, marries Mary,
162; persecution of Protestants,
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