The history of England: from the earliest times to the death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith. ... [pt.2]

INDEX.

A

• ACHAMBER, John, heads a rebellion, 288—ta|ken prisoner, and put to death, 289
• Acon, in Palestine, the siege of, raised, 2
• Albans, St. first battle of, 224—second battle of, 229
• Alençon, count de, slain in the battle of Cressy, 100
• Ardevelt, James, account of, 89
• Arras, treaty of, 189
• Arthur, prince of Wales, married to Catharine of Spain, 313—his death, ib.
• Artillery, used by Edward III. at the battle of Cressy, 97
• Askew, Anne, put to the torture, 411—condemned to the flames, ib.
• Assassins, who, 2—their detestable character, ib.—under|take to murder prince Edward, ib.—disappointed and their emissary slain, 3
• Audley, lord, joins the Cornish insurgents, 299—taken and executed, 300
• Aumale, duke of, betrays a conspiracy formed against Henry IV. 158
• Azincourt, battle of, 183

B

• BAINHAM, James, burnt for his religion, 369
• Baliol, John, claims the Scottish throne, 17—acknow|ledges the superiority of Edward, 19—renews his oath of fealty, 20—placed on the throne of Scotland, ib.— is summoned to appear at Westminster, ib.—revolts from Edward, 21—enters into a treaty with Philp, ib.

• —summoned to appear before the parliament of Eng|land, 21—is assigned a council of twelve noblemen, 22—makes his peace with Edward, 24—resigns his crown into that prince's hands, ib.—carried prisoner to London, ib.—banished to France, and dies in a private station, ib.
• Baliol, Edward, claims the crown of Scotland, 83—is supported by Edward III. ib.—gains a considerable victory, ib.—crowned at Scone, ib.—defeated by Ar|chibald Douglas, ib.—takes refuge in England, 84— reinstated by Edward, 85
• Banister, betrays his benefactor, the duke of Bucking|ham, 268
• Bosworth-field, battle of, 271
• Banockburn, battle of, 61
• Bards, the Welsh, massacred, 15
• Barnet, battle of, 240
• Beaufort, Henry, bishop of Winchester, opposes the duke of Gloucester, 212—gains the ascendant, 214—is ac|cused of the death of that nobleman, 215—his death, ib.
• Becket, Thomas, his shrine demolished, 375—his name struck out of the breviary, ib.
• Bedford, duke of, brother to Henry V. appointed pro|tector of England, 197—totally defeats the dauphin, 198—retires into England, ib.—causes Henry VI. to be crowned at Paris, 205—burns the maid of Orleans at Rouen, 208—his death, 209
• Bible translated into English, 376
• Bigod, Roger, refuses the command of an army, 32
• Bilney, Thomas, burnt for supporting the protestant te|nets, 369
• Bloreheath, action of, 225
• Bloody Statute, what, 376
• Bohun, Humphry, refuses to take the command of an army, 32
• —, Henry de, killed by Bruce, 61
• Boxley, crucifix at, exposed, 374
• Bristol made a bishopric, 375
• Bruce, Robert, claims the Scottish throne, 17—acknow|ledges

• Edward's superiority, 19—his claim dismissed, 20—submits to Edward, 22—secretly favours Wal|lace, 36—resigns the pleasing hopes of delivering Scot|land to his son, 44
• Bruce, Robert, the younger, resolves to free his country from the English yoke, 45—makes his escape from England, ib.—stabs Cummin, 46—expels the English forces, ib. —crowned at Scone, ib.—defeated by Ay|mer de Valence, 47—flies to the Western islands, 48 —his sister shut up in a wooden cage, ib.—defeats Ay|mer de Valence, 53—gains a great victory at Banock|burn, 61—kills Henry de Bohun, ib.
• —, David, invades England, 107—defeated, and taken prisoner, 108
• Buchan, countess of, shut up in a wooden cage, 48
• Bullen, Anna, account of, 353—privately married to Henry VIII. 364—favours the reformation, 367—con|fined to her apartment, 378—accused of incontinence, 379—sent to the Tower, ib.—her letter to the king, 381—tried by a jury of peers, 384—her noble defence, 385—her protestations of innocence, 386—her execu|tion, 387
• Burdet, Thomas, executed for a trifling exclamation, 248
• Burgundy, duke of, assassinates the duke of Orleans, 189 —is himself assassinated by the dauphin of France, ib.
• ——, the young duke of, joins with Henry V. to re|venge the death of his father, 189—continues his en|gagements with the duke of Bedford, 197—breaks his treaty with the English, 209—several of his subjects murdered, ib.
• Burley, Sir Simon, condemned and executed, 137

C

• CABOT, Sebastian, discovers the Northern parts of America, 317
• Cade, John, account of, 219—heads a rebellion in Kent, ib.—his demands, ib.—cuts to pieces a detachment of the royal army, 220—enters London, ib.—puts lord Say, the treasurer, to death, ib.—is abadoned by his

• followers, 221—flies into the Wolds of Kent, ib.— slain by Alexander Eden, ib.
• Caen, taken and plundered by the English, 95
• Calais, famous siege of, 102—made a mart for wool, &c. 104
• Catharine, princess, married to Henry V. 191
• —— of Spain, married to Arthur prince of Wales, 313—married to Henry prince of Wales, 314—cited before the ecclesiastical court, 356—her pathetic intrea|ties to the king, ib.—refuses to appear before the court, 365—retires to Ampthil, ib.
• Chalons, count of, foiled by Edward, 6—his ungenerous behaviour, ib.
• Charles, the wise, ascends the throne of France, 118— leads an army of banditti into Castile against Peter the Cruel, 118
• ——, dauphin of France, assassinates the duke of Or|leans, 189—gains an advantage over the English, 192 —is driven beyond the Loire, 193—his deplorable si|tuation, 197—defeated at Vernueil, 198—assisted by Joan of Arc, 200—crowned at Rheims, 203—becomes very successful, 204—applies himself to cultivate the arts of peace, 210—invades Normandy, 211—drives the English out of France, ib.
• Chester made a bishopric, 375
• Chivalry, its advantages in England, 123
• Clarence, duke of, defeated, 192—drowned in a butt of malmsey, 249
• Cleves, Anne of, contracted to Henry VIII. 395—her marriage celebrated, 396
• Clifford, Sir Robert, joins Warbeck, 294—gained over by Henry, 295—accuses Sir William Stanley, 296
• Cobham, lord. See Oldcastle, Sir John.
• Combat, single, ceremonies of, 142
• Commons, origin of the house of, 28
• Companions, who, 118
• Cranmer, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, some ac|count of, 358—supports the protestant tenets, 368 — intercedes ineffectually for Anne Bullen, 380—in|forms Henry of Catharine Howard's incontinence, 401

• —the council ordered to enquire into his conduct, 408—restored to favour, 409—attends Henry VII in his last moments, 418
• Cressingham, his avaricious conduct, 34—persuades War|renne to attack Walace, 37—is slain in battle, ib.
• Cressy, battle of, 98
• Cromwell, Thomas, account of, 367—favours the refor|mation, 368—placed at the head of a commission for inspecting the monasteries, 372—negociates a mar|riage for Henry with Anne of Cleves, 396—his great preferments, 397—condemned for high-treason, 398 —his execution, 399
• Cummin of Badenoch, opposes Wallace, 38—made regent of Scotland, 41—seconds the interests of Bruce, 45— betrays the secret, ib.—stabbed by Bruce, 46—killed before the altar, ib.

D

• DAVID, brother of Lewellyn, prince of North Wales, takes Sir Roger Clifford prisoner, 12—is obliged to fly to the mountains, 14—is executed as a traitor, 15
• Denny, Sir Anthony, informs Henry VIII. of his ap|proaching end, 118
• Despenser, Hugh, becomes the favourite of Edward II. 64 —marries the king's niece, ib.—sentenced to exile by the parliament, 65—his pride and rapacity, 67—put to an ignominious death, 72
• Douglas, Sir William, joins Wallace, 36—submits to the English, ib.
• ——, Archibald, attempts to sieze Edward III. 79— defeats Edward Baliol, 83—slain in battle, 84
• Dudley, one of Henry's ministers, 312—account of, 313 —examined before the council, 321—condemned and executed, 322
• Dunbar, battle of, 22

E

• EDEN, Alexander, kills John Cade, 221—made go|vernor of Dover-castle, ib.
• Edward I. engaged in the holy wars, 1—arrives at the city of Acon in Palestine, ib.—relieves that place, 2 —obtains many victories, ib.—is in danger of being murdered, 3—wrests the weapon from the hands of the assassin, and stabs him, ib.—receives a wound in his arm with a poisoned dagger, 4—his life in danger, ib —makes his will, ib.—is cured by an English sur|geon, ib.—his recovery ascribed to the piety of his wife Eleanora, ib.—concludes a truce with the soldan of Babylon, ib.—sets sail for Sicily, 5—arrives safely at that place, where he first hears the news of his father's death, ib —is greatly afflicted at his loss, ib.—his an|swer to the king of Sicily, who expressed great surprize at his grief, ib.—passes over to France, ib.—receives great honours there, ib.—gives proofs of his bravery at a tournament, 6—comes off victorious, ib.— does ho|mage to Philip king of France, ib.—sets out for Gas|cony, ib —arrives in England, ib.—is crowned king of England at Westminster, 7—his great popularity, ib. —receives homage of the king of Scotland and other princes, ib.—is esteemed by all ranks of people, ib.— his prudent conduct, 8—corrects the abuses which had crept in during his father's reign, ib.—redresses all grievances, ib.— his prejudice to the Jews, ib.—exer|cises great severity again that people, 9 — resolves to march against Lewellyn, prince of North Wales, ib.— levies an army against that prince, and marches into Wales, 10—penetrates into Lewellyn's retreat, 11— reduces him to the greatest distress, ib.—obliges that unfortunate prince to submit, ib.—imposes hard terms of accommodation on Lewellyn, ib.—goes again to war with Lewellyn, 12—assembles a considerable force, and marches into Wales, ib.—part of his army defeat|ed by the Welsh, 13—obtains a complete victory over them, 14—orders the Welsh bards to be massacred, 15

• —leaves his queen, who was pregnant, to be delivered in the castle of Caernarvon, 16—presents the child, Edward, to the Welsh lords as their appointed prince, ib.—unites the government of Wales to that of Eng|land, ib —is made arbitrator in the dispute concerning the Scottish throne, 17—his artful conduct in that af|fair, ib.—lays claim to the crown of Scotland, and ad|vances to the frontiers of that kingdom with a formid|able army, 18—convenes the Scotch parliament to meet him in the castle of Norham, ib.—produces the proofs of his superior claim to the throne of Scotland, ib.—his superiority acknowledged by the Scotch barons, 19— puts John Baliol in possession of the kingdom of Scot|land, 20—his arbitrary proceedings with regard to the king of Scotland, ib.—summonses that prince to ap|pear before him at Westminster, ib. — requires Ba|liol to perform the duty of a vassal, 21 — orders him to appear before the parliament at Newcastle, ib.—his commands disregarded by Baliol, 22—marches with a considerable army into the kingdom of Scotland, ib — receives the submission of Robert de Bruce and his son, ib.—takes Berwick by assault, ib.—makes the governor prisoner, and puts the garrison to the sword, ib. —lays siege to Dunbar, ib.—obliges that castle to surrender, and obtains a complete victory, 23—reduces the whole southern parts of the country, ib.—reinforces his army in order to subdue the northern parts, ib.—receives the submission of Baliol, who resigns his crown, 24—re|duces the whole Scottish nation to obedience, ib.— destroys all their records and monuments of antiquity, ib.—deprives them of that ancient stone called Jacob's pillow, ib.—breaks the great seal of Baliol, and sends that unhappy prince prisoner to London, ib.—makes preparations for a war with France, 26—orders his ter|ritory of Guienne to be put in a posture of defence, ib. —forms a treaty with several neighbouring princes, ib. —collects an army from the jails, ib.—his army re|pulsed by Charles, brother to the king of France, ib.— his attempts upon France defeated, ib. — gives his daughter Elizabeth in marriage to John earl of Hol|land,

• 27—forms another design against France, ib.— finds it difficult to raise the necessary supplies, ib.— comes to an accomodation with Philip of France, ib.— submits his dispute with that monarch to the arbitration of the pope, ib.—cements his union with Philip by a double marriage, ib.—marries his son Edward to Mar|garet of France, and the prince of Wales to Isabella, ib.—recovers Guienne from the French king, ib.— new models his parliament, 28—exacts supplies from his parliament, 29—his demands refused, 30—his ri|gorous proceedings against the clergy, ib.—obliges them to submit, 31—lays a duty of forty shillings a sack up|on wool, ib.—greatly oppresses his people, ib.—excites a general disgust among the poor, ib. — his orders opposed by Humphry Bohun, and Roger Bigod, 32— his speech to that baron, ib.—desires to be reconciled to his barons, to the church, and to his people, ib.—sets out for Flanders, 33—promises to redress the grievances of the nation when he returns, ib.—his council, during his absence, obliged by the people to sign Magna Char|ta, ib.—signs it himself in Flanders, ib.—confirms the liberties of his people on his return, ib.—another re|bellion formed against him in Scotland, 34—returns hastily to England, 37—endeavours to recover his po|pularity, 38—restores to the citizens of London the power of electing their own magistrates, ib.—quiets the murmurs of his people, ib.—marches into the North, at the head of a considerable army, ib.—makes a furious attack on the Scots, 39—receives a fall from his horse, ib.—obtains a complete victory, 40—another insurrec|tion formed against him, 41—his army again attacked by the Scots, ib.—assembles an army, and enters the frontiers of Scotland, ib.—equips a fleet against the Scots, 42— ravages their country, and takes their castles, ib.—obtains a complete victory, ib.—his seve|rity to that nation, ib —takes Wallace through the treachery of his friend, ib.—sends that unfortunate warrior to London, 43—his severity to Wallace, ib.— another insurrection formed against him in Scotland, 44—determines to reduce the rebels, 47—sends an

• army to oppose them, 47—enters Scotland at the head of a powerful army, 48—his lenity to the poor, ib.— exposes the sister of Bruce, and the countess of Buchan in cages, ib.—is taken ill at Garlisle, 49—his death and character, ib.—his issue, 50
• Edward II. succeeds to the throne of England, 53—his character, ib.—neglects the war with Scotland, ib.— his pusilanimous conduct, ib.—recalls Gavestone, 54 —takes him into his particular favour, ib.—endows him with the whole earldom of Cornwall, ib.—marries him to his niece, ib.—grants him a considerable sum of money, ib.—excites the indignation of his barons, 55 —takes a journey to Paris in order to espouse the princess Isabella, ib.—appoints Gavestone guardian of the realm during his absence, ib.—is obliged, by his queen and barons, to send his favourite out of the kingdom, 56—appoints Gavestone lord lieutenant of Ireland, ib.—obtains a dispensation from the pope, and recalls his favourite, ib.—goes down to Chester to meet him, ib.—calls a parliament, ib.—his partiality to Gavestone resented by the queen and nobles, 57— is obliged to comply with the demands of his parlia|ment, ib.—signs a commission, by which he entirely gives up his authority for the space of six months, ib. —his favourite banished by the parliament, 58—re|moves to York, ib. —recalls Gavestone, and reinstates him in all his former splendour, ib.—a confederacy formed against him, ib.—his dispirited conduct, ib.— embarks at Tinmouth with Gavestone, ib.—lodges his favourite in the castle of Scarborough, and returns to York, ib.—his behaviour with respect to the death of Gavestone, 60—assembles an army, and marches a|gainst the Scots, 61—his army totally defeated, and himself obliged to fly, 62—returns with disgrace to England, 63—his unhappy situation, ib.—continues the barons in the government of the kingdom, 64— adopts Hugh Despenser his favourite, ib.—marries this young nobleman to his niece, ib.—makes very considerable settlements upon him, 65—his barons again revolt against him, ib.—is requested by them to

• dismiss his favourite, 65—recalls young Despencer and his father, 66—raises an army to oppose the barons, and advances to the borders of Wales, ib.—obtains a complete victory over the rebel barons, 67—takes Lancaster prisoner, ib.—orders that nobleman to be beheaded, ib.—is threatened by the king of France with a confiscation of all his foreign dominions, 68— sends an embassy to that monarch to dissuade him from his purpose, ib.—his terms of accommodation refused by the king of Frances, unless he in person did homage for his dominion, ib — refuses to comply with the French king's proposals, ib.—resigns the dominion of Guienne to his son, ib.—sends the young prince to do homage to the king of France, ib.—requests his queen to return, which she refuses, 69—a strong conspiracy formed against him by his queen, 70—endeavours in vain to raise a force to oppose her, 71—is obliged to leave his capital, ib.—his distressed situation, ib.—is deprived of his favourite, who is inhumanly slain, 72— flies for refuge into Wales, 73—is driven from thence by his pursuers, ib.—embarks for Holland, ib.—is driven back by contrary winds, and falls into the hands of his enemies, ib.—is cruelly treated by them, ib.— is conducted to the capital, amidst the insults of the people, ib.—is confined in the Tower, ib.—is deposed by his parliament, ib.—is sent from prison to prison, and treated with the greatest inhumanity, ib.—is used with the utmost cruelty by his keepers, 74—is put to death in the most shocking manner, 75—his issue, ib.
• Edward III. ascends the English throne, 77—his great abilities, ib.—heads a considerable army against the Scots, 78—is disgusted with Mortimer his mother's favourite, ib —is in the utmost danger of being killed, 79—his intrepid bravery, ib.—concludes a peace with Scotland, 80—resolves to destroy the power of Mor|timer, 81—forms a design of seizing Mortimer, and the queen, in Nottingham castle, ib.—gets Mortimer into his power, and orders him to be hanged, 82—dis|cards the queen from all power, and confines her for life, ib.—resolves to gain the affection of his people, ib.

• —declares war against the Scots, 83—places Edward Baliol on the throne of Scotland, ib.—raises an army against the Scots, 84—prevails on his parliament to grant him a supply, ib.—enters Scotland, and lays siege to Berwick, ib.—obtains a complete victory over the Scots, ib.—returns in triumph to England, 85—again repairs to Scotland to quell another insurrection, ib — repairs a third time to Scotland, ib.—lays claim to the regency of France, 88—is opposed by Philip Valois, who is appointed regent of that kingdom, ib.—does homage to Philip, ib.—disputes the crown of France with Phi|lip, 89—declares war against him, ib.—is assisted, in his designs against against France, by one James Ar|develt, a brewer of Ghent, ib.—receives a supply from his parliament, ib.—sails over to Flanders, 90—asserts his claim to the crown of France, ib.—receives, and accepts a challenge from Philip, to fight him in single combat, ib.—his naval forces meet with great success, ib.—concludes a truce with France, ib.—again declares war against France, at the instigation of the count de Montfort, 91—all his hopes frustrated by the imprison|ment of Montsort, ib —is assisted by Jane of Flanders, ib.—sends succours to Jane, 92—lands at Morbian, with an army of twelve thousand men, 94—besieges some of the most capital of the enemies fortifications, ib.—forms a truce with France, ib —breaks the truce, sends the earl of Derby to defend the province of Guienne, ib.—is obliged, by Philip, to give up most of his conquests, ib.—embarks at Southampton with a considerable sleet for France, ib.—takes with him his eldest son, the prince of Wales, surnamed the Black Prince, 95—lands at la Hogue with a numerous army, ib.—spreads devastation through the whole country, ib.—takes the city of Caen, ib —is vigorously opposed by Philip, ib.—narrowly escapes a snare laid for him, 96—determines to give the French battle, ib.—his prudent disposition of his army, 97—his exemplary behaviour before the battle, ib.—attacks the enemy, 98—his remarkable message to the prince of Wales, 99 —obtains a complete victory by means of his son, 101

• —his affectionate reception of his son after the battle, ib. —lays siege to Calais, 102—determines to reduce it by famine, ib.—takes Calais after a twelvemonth's siege, 103—resolves to punish the obstinate resistance of the townsmen, ib.—agrees to spare their lives on certain conditions, ib.—makes a cruel determination against them, ib.—consents to pardon them at the intercession of the queen, 104—orders all the French inhabitants to leave Calais, and peoples it with English, ib.— makes it the market for wool, ib.—is in danger of los|ing Calais by the treachery of an Italian, 105—takes a bloody revenge on the French, ib.—his kingdom de|populated by a pestilential disease, 106—a rebellion formed against him in Scotland, 107—his queen Phil|lippa, heads an army against the Scots, and comes off victorious, 108—breaks the truce with France, 110— sends Edward the Black Prince into France with a con|siderable army, ib.—enters France, and ravages the country, ib. — endeavours to bring the dauphin to battle, 115—concludes a peace with France, 116— sets the king of France at liberty, ib.—loses all his conquests in France, 119—becomes contemptible at home, 121—endeavours to find comfort in the arms of his mistress, ib.—his grief for the loss of the prince of Wales, ib.—banishes his mistress, Alice Pierce, ib.—takes her again, ib.—his fallen situation, 122— his death, ib.—his institution of the order of the gar|ter, 123—his issue, 124
• Edward IV. opposes Henry VI. and claims the crown, 230—his great popularity, 231—is proclaimed king by the people, ib.—heads an army of forty thousand men to oppose Margaret, ib.—obtains a complete victory, 232—is seated on the throne of England, and his title acknowledged by parliament, 234—his disposition, 235 —consents to marry Bona of Savoy, ib.—marries Eli|zabeth Widville, ib.—quarrels with the earl of War|wick, ib.—a combination formed against him by War|wick, ib.—heads a numerous army against the rebels, 236—obtains an advantage over Warwick, who flies to France, 237—is overpowered by the strength of the

• rebels, and obliged to fly the kingdom, ib.—embarks on board a small fleet at Lynn, 238—lands in Hol|land, ib.—assembles a force and lands in Yorkshire, 239—repairs to London, where the inhabitants open their gates to receive him, ib.—marches to give War|wick battle, ib.—obtains a complete victory, ib.—a rebellion formed against him, headed by the earl of Pembroke, 242—obtains a complete victory, at Tewks|bury, and takes the queen and her son prisoners, 243 —his barbarous usage of the young prince, ib.—his cruel proceedings, 246—enters into a war with France, 247—has a conference with Lewis, and agrees to re|turn with his army to England, ib.—his tyrannical behaviour, 248 — his inconsistent conduct, 49—his death, character, and issue, 250
• Edward V. mounts the English throne, 251—is taken by his uncle, the duke of Gloucester, from under the care of the earl Rivers, 252—is conducted by Glou|cester to London, 253—is conveyed by his uncle to the Tower, ib.—his coronation prevented by Glou|cester, 254—his death, 264
• ——, the Black Prince, attends his father into Nor|mandy, 95—commands the first line at Cressy, 96— his astonishing behaviour, 99—sent into France at the head of an army, 110—penetrates into the heart of France, ib.—defeats the French army, 113—conducts his royal captive, the French king, thro' London, 114— defeats the French in Castile, 118—attacked by a con|sumptive disorder, 119—his death and character, 121
• Egremont, sir John, chosen leader of the rebels, 288— defeated and flies to the dutchess of Burgundy, 289
• Empson, one of Henry's ministers, account of, 312— examined before the council, 321 —condemned and executed, 322

F

• FALKIRK, battle of, 39
• Fisher, John, bishop of Rochester, his unmerited sufferings, 370—beheaded for denying the king's su|premacy, ib.
• Fitz-Alan, archbishop of Canterbury, banished the king|dom, 141
• ...

• Flammock, Thomas, heads the Cornish insurgents, 299— taken and executed, 300
• Flodden-field, battle of, 330
• Frontrailles, his intrepid behaviour, 326

G

• GAM, David, rescues Henry V. 185—is slain, ib.—
• Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, supports the popish tenets, 368—attempts to sieze Catharine Parr, 413
• Garter, order of, instituted, 123
• Gascoigne, sir William, his noble behaviour on the bench, 171—commits the prince of Wales to prison, 172
• Gavestone, Piers, account of, 54—recalled from exile, ib.—his haughty behaviour, 55—appointed guardian of the kingdom, ib.—sent lord as lieutenant to Ireland, 56—recalled, ib.—left in the castle of Scarborough, 58—submits, and is sent to Doddington castle, 59—is beheaded, 60
• Gisors taken by the English, 189
• Glendour, Owen, account of, 162
• Gloucester, duke of, his character, 126—Appears at the head of an army, 135—is arrested, and sent to Calais, 140—is dispatched in that prison, 141
• ——, made a bishopric, 376
• Gordon, lady Catharine, married to Perkin Warbeck, 297 —taken prisoner, 302—kindly treated by Henry, ib.

H

• HALLIDOWN-Hill, battle of, 84
• Harfleur taken by storm, 181
• Hastings, John, claims the Scottish throne, 17—acknow|ledges Edward's superiority, 19—his claim dismissed, 20
• ——, lord, his answer to the charge of the duke of Gloucester, 256—beheaded in the Tower, 257
• Hennebone, besieged by Charles le Blois, 92—relieved by the English, 93
• Henry IV. when duke of Hereford, deprived of his inhe|ritance, 146—takes the title of duke of Lancaster, 147 —lands in Yorkshire, ib.—is joined by a powerful ar|my,

• 148—his interest espoused by the duke of York, 149—his proud answer to Richard II. 150—elected king, 152—a rebellion formed against him, 158—en|deavours to quell the tumult, 159—orders some of the principal rebels to be beheaded, 160—concludes a truce with France, 161—rebellions formed against him in Scotland and Wales, 162—his impolitic conduct with respect to the duke of Northumberland, who raises a re|bellion against him, 163—obtains a complete victory over the rebels, 165—pardons the duke of Northumber|land, 166—a second rebellion formed against him, head|ed by Northumberland, 167—quells the insurrection 168—puts to death the archbishop of York, and the earl of Nottingham, ib.—sides with the church, 169 —signs a writ for burning William Sawtre, an he|retic, 170—endeavours to acquire popularity, ib.—is distressed at the behaviour of the prince of Wales, 171— is seized with a fit before the shrine of Edward the Con|fessor, 173—his death and character, 174—his issue, ib.
• Henry V. when prince of Wales, his excesses, 171— strikes one of the judges on the bench, ib.—is com|mitted to prison, 172—takes the crown from his fa|ther's pillow, 173—ascends the English throne, 174 —his behaviour to his former companions, 176—fa|vours his fathers friends, ib.—orders the funeral obse|quies of Richard II. to be performed with royal solem|nity, 177—his peace disturbed by the clergy, ib.— endeavours to convert lord Cobham, 178—gives that nobleman up to the fury of his enemies, ib.—quells a dangerous tumult, 179—determines on a war with France, ib.—sends an embassy to Paris, 180—his de|mands refused, 181—assembles a great fleet, and sets sail from Southampton, ib.—lands at Harfleur, at the head of a considerable army, ib.—takes Harfleur, and puts all the garrison to the sword, ib.—his army great|ly weakened by a contagious distemper, ib.—challenges the dauphin of France to single combat, 182—is op|posed by a numerous army of the French, ib.—is ob|liged to retreat, ib.—is intercepted, and obliged to to give the enemy battle, 183—his desperate situation, ib —his spirited speech to his army, 184—attacks the French army, ib.—is in danger of losing his life, 185

• —is rescued by David Gam, ib.—rewards his deliverer with knighthood, 186—obtains a complete victory, 187 —arrives in England with his prisoners, 188—receives fresh supplies from his parliament, ib —lands with an immense army in Normandy, 189—enters into a lea|gue with the duke of Burgundy, ib.—obtains consi|derable conquests throughout the country, ib.—forms a remarkable treaty with France, 190—marries the princess Catharine of France, 191—turns his arms against the dauphin, ib.—is obliged to return to Eng|land, ib —is refused the necessary supplies by his par|liament, ib.—lands with a considerable force at Calais, 192—takes up his residence at Paris, ib.—his great power in France, 193—his resigned behaviour during his illness, 194—his death and character, ib. — his issue, 195
• Henry VI. ascends the crown of England, 196—is so|lemnly invested with legal power by legates from Paris, 197—is crowned king at Paris, 205—his disposition, 214—marries Margaret of Anjou, ib.—is despised by his subjects, 216—is opposed by the duke of York, ib. —banishes Suffolk, 218—a rebellion formed against him, 219—opposes the rebels, 220—his pusilanimous conduct, ib.—receives an address requesting him to remove his evil counsellors, 221—refuses to comply with more than part of the address, 222—has a parley with the duke of York, ib.—orders York to be appre|hended, 223—is seized with a violent distemper, ib.— is incapable of holding the reins of government, ib.— recovers from his complaint, 224—endeavours to re-as|sume his power, ib.—is opposed by the duke of York, ib.—his distressed situation, ib.—again endeavours to recover his authority, 225—gives the rebels battle, ib. —gains some advantages, ib.—is once more strongly opposed by the rebels, 226—is taken prisoner, 227— his cause espoused by the Welsh, 229—is treated with the greatest indignity by Warwick, ib.—is opposed by young Edward, who claims the crown, 230—flies with his queen and son to Scotland, 232—is assisted by the French king, ib.—is obliged by his queen once more to try to recover his power by arms, ib.—his sleet dispersed by a storm, 133—is separated from his queen,

• ib.—is taken prisoner and confined in the Tower, 233 —is released, and again placed on the throne, 238—is again dethroned, 239—is obliged to submit to be a spectator of the battle between Edward and Warwick, 240—his death, 243
• Henry VII. ascends the throne of England, 277—marries the princess Elizabeth, 278—issues a general pardon, 281—an insurrection formed against him, ib.—quells the insurrection, 282—a rebellion formed against him in Ireland, 283—a pretender to the crown set up in opposition to him, ib.—confines his mother in law in a monastery, 284—takes young Warwick from the Tower, and shews him to the people, ib.—gives the rebels battle, 286—obtains a decisive victory, ib.—his gene|rous treatment of Simnel, ib.—his assistance requested by the distressed Bretons, 288—calls a parliament, ib. —obtains the necessary supplies, ib.—his subjects in Yorkshire rebel, and refuse to pay the tax, ib.—quells the rebellion, and takes their leader prisoner, 289— —lands at Calais with a considerable force, ib.—makes an advantageous peace with France, 290—the quiet of his kingdom again disturbed by an imposture, who personated the duke of York, 291—his subjects revolt to Perkin, 293—takes many of the ringleaders, 295 —his artful conduct with respect to sir William Stan|ley, 296—commits that nobleman to custody, ib.— condemns Stanley to lose his head, ib.—a rebellion formed against him in Scotland, at the instigation of Perkin, 298—his kingdom invaded by the rebels, ib. an insurrection formed against him in Cornwall, 299 quels the tumult, and hangs many of the insurgents, 300—a second rebellion formed in Cornwall, headed by Perkin, 301—his lenity to the rebels, ib.—his ge|nerous treatment of the wife of Perkin, 302—gets Per|kin into his possession, 303—grants him his life, ib.— confines Perkin in the Tower, 304—quells a distur|bance in Kent, and hangs Wilford the ringleader, 305 —causes Perkin and his adherents to be executed, ib.— beheads young Warwick, ib.—disgusts his subjects by these acts of cruelty, 306—grants to the nobility the power of selling their estates, 307—regulates the ser|vants of the nobility, 308—enforces the execution of

• the laws, ib —abridges the privilege of sanctuaries, 309 —his remarkable answer to the pope, 310—extends the privilege of the people, ib.—represses the desire of civil war, 311—endeavours to promote trade and com|merce, ib.—endeavours to implant a just sense of fru|gality in the minds of his subjects, 312—is induced, by avarice, to oppress his people, 313—marries the prince of Wales to the Infanta of Spain, ib —his treat|ment of Philip duke of Castile, 314—receives a visit from Philip at Windsor, 315—makes an advantageous treaty of commerce with Philip, ib.—sees his endea|vours, for the good of his kingdom, crowned with suc|cess, ib.—his death and character, 316
• Henry VIII. succeeds his father in the throne, 319—his great advantages, 320—his disposition, ib.—has Dud|ley and Empson taken into custody, 321—causes them to be executed, 322—enters into a treaty with the pope, ib.—his headstrong conduct, 323 —his ill suc|cess at sea, 324—lands at Calais with a considerable army, 325—his great imprudence, 326—obtains a small victory, 327—besieges Tournay, 328—concludes a truce with France, and returns to England, ib —a complete victory gained by his arms over the Scots during his absence, 331—causes the body of James to be interred, ib.—neglects the advice of his father's friends, and attaches himself to Wolsey, 332—makes Wolsey privy counsellor, 333—confers on him the office of chancellor, 336—delivers up Tournay to the French, 337—has an interview with the French mo|narch, 338—his great magnificence, ib.—presents the French king with a collar of pearls, 339—enters as competitor with Francis at tilt and tournament, 340— excites the murmurs of his people, 341—oppresses his subjects, 342—levies a heavy tax on his subjects, 343 — reproves Wolsey, 344—obtains the title of defender of the Faith, 350—begins to think lightly of the pope, 351—his passion for Anne Bullen, 353—applies to the pope to divorce him from his queen Catharine, 354 —is cited to appear with his queen before the pope's le|gate, 356—is enraged against Wolsey, 358—discards that prelate, and takes Cranmer into his favour, 359— seizes the effects of Wolsey, ib.—banishes the cardinal

• to his country seat, 360—orders Wolsey to be arrested for high treason, and to repair to London to take his trial, 361—applies to the universities for their opinion respecting the validity of his marriage with Catharine, 362—his marriage declared illegal, 363—abridges the power of the pope, 364—marries Anne Bullen, ib.— totally destroys the power of the pope, 366—receives the oath of supremacy from his subjects, ib.—deter|mines to work a reformation in the church, 368—exer|cises the utmost cruelty towards the heretics, 369— causes Fisher to be beheaded for denying his suprema|cy, 370—totally abolishes the religious houses, 373— acquires immense riches, ib.—exposes the deceit of the Romish relics, 374—destroys the shrine of Thomas à Becket, 375—erects six new bishoprics, ib.—causes the Bible to be translated, 376—becomes tired of Anne Bullen, 377—his attachment to Jane Seymour, 378— confines the queen to her apartment, ib.—sends her to the Tower, 379—refuses any intercession on behalf of the queen, 380—receives a letter from her, 381—pro|nounces sentence against her, 385—causes her to be beheaded, 387 — marries lady Jane Seymour, 388 —takes Cromwell into his particular favour, 391— his religious disputation, 392—his unbounded cruelty, 394—marries Anne of Cleves, 395—is disgusted with the person of the queen, 396 — is incensed against Cromwell, 397—places his affection on Catharine Howard, 398—signs a commission for apprehending Cromwell, ib.—signs the warrant for beheading Crom|well, 399—declares his marriage with Catharine Ho|ward, 400—receives undoubted proofs of the queen's incontinency, 401—determines to throw the odium of her death on the parliament, ib.—consents to her execution, and that of several of her relations, 403— composes a book of religion, 404—procures on act whereby all spiritual supremacy was declared to be in|vested in him, ib.—publishes a book, ib.—publishes a second book, 405—his tyrannical proceedings, ib.— marries Catharine Parr, 406—goes to France at the head of thirty thousand men, 407—obliges the town of Boulogne to capitulate, ib.—returns to England, ib.— the revenues of the two universities, &c. bestowed up|on

• him by parliament, ib.—orders the council to make enquiry into the conduct of Cranmer, 408—takes that prelate into greater favour than ever, 409—his cruel|ty to Anne Askew, 410—is offended with the queen, 412—is reconciled to her, 413—prevents her being taken into custody, ib.—his false orations to the par|liament, 414—his implacable cruelties, ib.—orders the duke of Norfolk, and his son to be arrested, 415—re|ceives the news of his approaching dissolution with an appearance of serenity, 418—his death and charac|ter, ib.
• Hereford, duke of, accuses the duke of Norfolk, 142— is banished the kingdom, 144
• Howard, sir Edward, his intrepid conduct, 324—pe|rishes in the sea, ib.
• ———, Catharine, married to Henry VIII. 400—Her execution, 403
• Humphry, duke of Gloucester, appointed regent of the kingdom during his brother's absence, 197—is op|posed by the bishop of Winchester, 212—his dutch|ess accused of witchcraft, 214—accused of treason, and imprisoned, 215—found dead in his bed, ib.
• Huntington, earl of, joins in a conspiracy against Henry IV. 158—beheaded at Cirencester, 160

I

• JANE of Flanders, her heroic conduct, 91
• Jews, many of them put to death, 9
• Joan of Arc, account of, 119—undertakes to raise the siege of Orleans, 201—raises the siege, 203—takes the earl of Suffolk prisoner, ib —conducts the dau|phin to Rheims, ib.—is taken prisoner, 206—tried for witchcraft, 207—abjures her former errors, 208— is burnt alive at Rouen, ib.
• John, son of Edward I. death of, 5
• ——, earl of Holland, marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward I. 27
• ——, king of Bohemia, account of his death, 101
• ——, son to Philip the Fortunate, ascends the throne of France, 108—marches against Edward the Black Prince, 110—defeated, and taken prisoner, 113—set

• at liberty, 116—returns to England, 117—dies in the Savoy, 118
• Joseph, Michael, heads the Cornish insurgents, 299— taken and executed, 300
• Isabella of France, married to Edward II. 55—joins in a conspiracy against Gaveston, ib.—repairs to Paris, 68—refuses to return, 69—falls in love with Morti|mer, ib —lands on the coast of Suffolk, 70—is join|ed by the malecontents, 71—puts the two Spensers to death, 72—appointed regent, 73—shares her power with Mortimer, 77—discarded from all power, and confined to the castle of Risings, 82

K

• KENT, earl of, joins in a conspiracy against Henry IV. 158—beheaded at Cirencester, 160
• Kirkpatrick, Sir Thomas, murders Cummin at the al|tar, 46

L

• LAMBERT, John, denies the real presence in the sacrament, 391—his remarkable trial, 393—con|demned to the flames, 394
• Lancaster, earl of, joins in a conspiracy against Gave|ston, 56—is pardoned, 60—opposes the Spensers, 64 —defeated by Sir Andrew Harcla, 67—beheaded, ib.
• Lassels, accuses Catharine Howard of incontinence, 401
• Leo, the tenth, grants a commission for selling indul|gencies, 348
• Lewellyn, prince of North Wales, commanded to do homage for his territories, 10—refuses the summons, ib —retires to the mountains of Snowdon, ib.—sub|mits to Edward, 11—has again recourse to arms, 12 —is slain in battle, 14—his head sent to London, and there treated in a very brutal manner, ib.
• Lollards, who, 178
• Lovel, lord, heads a rebellion, 281—escapes to Flan|ders, 282—joins Simnel, 285
• Luther, Martin, account of, 348—inveighs against the pope's authority, 349—protected by the elector of Saxony, ib▪—burns the pope's bull publicly, ib.

M

• MACKREL, prior of Barlings, heads an insur|rection in Lincolnshire, 389—taken, and put to death, ib.
• Magna Charta, signed by Edward I. 33
• Margaret of Anjou, account of, 213—suspected of be|ing privy to the murder of Gloucester, 215—prevails on the king to depose the duke of York, 225—be|comes the acting general of the royal army, 227— totally defeated, ib.—flies into Wales, 228—routes the duke of York's army, 229—summons the city of London, 230—is obliged to retire, 231—flies into Scotland, 232—escapes to France, 234—takes sanc|tuary in the abbey of Beaulieu, 241—totally defeated at Tewksbury, 242—taken prisoner, 243—ransomed by the king of France, ib.—her death, 244
• Maudlin, one of Richard's servants, personates that prince, 159
• Maximilian, the emperor, visits Henry VIII. 325
• Methuen, battle of, 47
• Monasteries, the lesser, suppressed, 373—the greater in|volved in the same ruin, ib.
• More, Sir Thomas, his amiable character, 370—be|headed for denying the king's supremacy, 371
• Morbec, Dennis de, takes the French king prisoner, 113
• Mortimer, account of, 69—beloved by queen Isabella, ib.—becomes the ruler of the kingdom, 77—opposes young Edward, 78—concludes a peace with Scot|land, 80—causes the earl of Kent to be seized, and executed, ib.—is seized at Nottingham, 81—condemn|ed and executed, 82
• Mowbray, Thomas, duke of Norfolk, accepts the duke of Hereford's challenge, 142—is banished, 144— dies at Venice, 145

N

• NORHAM, a Scottish parliament convened at, 18
• Northampton, battle of, 227

O

• OLDCASTLE, Sir John, baron of Cobham, sup|ports the doctrines of Wickliff, 178—is indicted

• for heresy, ib.—makes his escape, ib.—put to the most cruel death, 179
• Old man of the mountain, who, 2
• Order of the garter, instituted, 123
• Orleans, famous siege of, 201
• ——, maid of. See Joan of Arc.
• ——, duke of, assassinated by the duke of Burgun|dy, 189
• Ormesby, his cruelty, 34—all his effects seized, 35
• Osbeck, the imposture. See Warbeck.
• Oxford, made a bishopric, 375

P

• PARR, Catherine, married to Henry VIII. 406— her artful conduct, 413
• Paris, surrendered to Henry V. 191
• Patay, battle of, 203
• Pavie, Aymer de, his treachery, 105
• Percy, earl of Northumberland, takes the earl of Dou|glas, and others prisoners, 162—receives an injurious message from Henry, 163—forms a conspiracy against that prince, ib.—is pardoned by Henry, 166—joins in a second rebellion, 167—flies into Scotland, and is slain there, 168
• ——, Hotspur, takes the command of his father's troops, 164—his prodigious valour, 165—is slain in battle, ib.
• Perkin Warbeck. See Warbeck.
• Pestilence, a dreadful one, 106
• Peterborough, made a bishopric, 375
• Philip, the Fortunate, ascends the throne of France, 88 —receives the homage of Edward III. 89—challenges that prince to single combat, 90—his behaviour at Cressy, 100
• Philip, arch-duke of Castile, arrives in England, 314— concludes a treaty of commerce with Henry, 315
• Philippa, queen to Edward III. defeats the Scots, and takes their king prisoner, 108
• Pierce, Alice, married to Edward III. 121
• Pierre, Eustace de St. his generous offer, 104
• Pinkey-house, battle of, 409
• Poictiers, battle of, 112
• ...

• Pontoise, taken by the English, 189

R

• REFORMATION in England, account of the rise, 345—begun in England, 366
• Reliques, great numbers exposed, 374
• Richard II. mounts the English throne, 125—his sub|jects inflamed by the levy of a poll-tax, 129—takes shelter in the Tower, 150—presents himself before the mob, ib.—complies with their request, ib.—an|other insurrection formed against him, 131—invites Wat Tyler, the head of the mob, to a conference, ib. —meets that rebel in Smithfield, ib — his intrepid be|haviour to the mob, 152—grants them a charter, which is revoked by parliament, ib.—confers consi|derable gifts on Robert Vere, earl of Oxford, ib.— gives his cousin in marriage to this nobleman, 134 —an association formed against him by his nobles, ib.—is deprived of all authority, 135—his nobles take up arms against him, ib.—is treated with the greatest insolence by Gloucester and his adherents, 136—summons a parliament, ib.—many of his friends put to death, 137—declares himself of age to govern, ib.—meets with the approbation of his parliament, 138 —removes the duke of Gloucester, &c. from his coun|cil, ib.—his popular conduct, ib.—loses the affection of his people, 139—orders Gloucester to be arrested, and sent to Calais, ib.—summonses a parliament at Westminster, ib.—annuls the commission of fourteen, 141—impeaches Gloucester's party, ib.—issues a war|rant for the bringing over the duke of Gloucester, ib. —increases the discontents of his people, 142—at|tends the combat between the dukes of Norfolk and Hereford, 143—prevents the combat, 144—banishes the two dukes, ib.—his moderate behaviour to the duke of Hereford, 145—prevents that nobleman's marriage, ib.—breaks his promises to the duke, 146— passes over into Ireland to revenge the death of the earl of Marche, 147—an insurrection formed against him in England by the duke of Lancaster, ib.—his interest espoused by the duke of York, 148—receives the account of the rebellion, 149—returns to Eng|land,

• ib.—is abandoned by his army, ib.— acknow|ledges himself ready to submit to any terms, 150— has a conference with Hereford, ib.—is obliged to ride through several towns amidst the insult of his people, 151—is confined prisoner in the Tower, ib —signs a deed, by which he renounces his crown, 152—is so|lemnly deposed by the parliament, ib.—is confined in the castle of Pomfret, 153—his death, ibid.
• Richard III. his wicked disposition, 252—gets himself appointed guardian of Edward V. ib.—conducts the young king to London, 253—gets the king's brother into his possession, ib.—sends them both to the Tower, ib.—defers Edward's coronation, 254—destroys all the young king's friends, ib.—summons a council in the Tower, ib.—pretends he his bewitched, 256— orders lord Hastings to be beheaded, 257— his bar|barous treatment of Jane Shore, 358—openly aspires to the throne, 259—endeavours to prove Edward and his brother bastards, ib.—pretends reluctantly to re|ceive the offer of the crown, 262—is seated on the throne, 263—orders the young king and his brother to be smothered in the Tower, 264—is crowned at London and York, 265—is opposed by Buckingham, 267—gets that nobleman into his power, and has him put to death, 268—brings over the parliament to his interest, 269— is disappointed in a scheme against the duke of Richmond, ib.— his cruel treatment of his queen, 270—is opposed by the earl of Richmond, ib.—meets his enemy in Bosworth-field, ib.—his desperate situation, 273—his death, 274—his body treated with the greatest marks of detestation, ib.— state of the laws, arts, &c. during his reign, 275
• ——, duke of York, prefers his claim to the crown, 216—foments the discontents of the people, 221— marches towards London, 222—demands a reforma|tion of the government, ib.—retires to Wigmore, 223—appointed protector of the kingdom, ib—stripped of his power, 224—has recourse to arms, ib.—defeats the royal army at St Alban's, ib.—takes the king pri|soner, ib.—discharged from his office, 225—flies to Ireland, 226—claims the crown, 227—defeated and slain, 229
• ...

• Robertsmen, who, 312
• Rose, red and white, what, 217
• Rouen, city of, taken by the English, 189
• Rutland, earl of, proposes a conspiracy against Henry IV. 158—his detestable conduct, 161

S

• SALIC law, what, 86
• Sawtre, William, a follower of Wickliff, burnt for his religion, 169
• Seymour, Jane, married to Henry VIII. 388—her death, 390
• Shore, Jane, account of, 246—accused of witchcraft, 255—her punishment, 257
• Shrewsbury, battle of, 165
• Shrine of Thomas à Becket demolished, 375
• Simnel, Richard, account of, 283—personates the earl of Warwick, ib.—proclaimed king of Ireland, ib.— is crowned with great solemnity, 285—lands in Lan|cashire, ib.— defeated, and taken prisoner, 286 — degraded to a scullion in the king's kitchen, ib.—
• Simon, Richard, trains up a person to personate the young earl of Warwick, 283
• Snowdon, mountains of, described, 10
• Somme, river of, famous passage over by Edward III. 96
• Spencer, lord, joins in a conspiracy against Henry IV. 158—beheaded at Cirencester, 160
• Spurs, battle of, 327
• Stanley, lord, suspects the duke of Gloucester's designs, 254—narrowly escapes with his life, 256—joins the earl of Richmond, 273
• Stanley, sir William, joins Warbeck, 294—accused by sir Robert Clifford, 296—condemned and beheaded, ib.
• Statute, the bloody, what, 376
• Sterling, battle of, 37
• Suffolk, duke of, takes the lead in the ministry, 217— beheaded in a long boat at Dover, 218
• Supremacy, oath of, taken by the clergy, 366
• Surry, earl of, his great accomplishments, 414—con|demned and executed, 416

T

• TEROUANE, besieged by Henry VIII. 326—relieved by Frontrailles, 327—surrenders to the English, 328
• Tewksbury-Park, battle of, 242
• Tournay, besieged by Henry VIII. 328
• Touton, battle of, 231
• Tresilian, Sir Robert, condemned and executed, 136
• Trollop, Sir Andrew, deserts from the duke of York, 225
• Troye, treaty of, 190
• Tyler, Wat, rebellion of, 129—encamps on Blackheath, 130—marches into Smithfield, 131—is slain, 132
• Tyrrel, Sir James, murders Edward V. and his brother in the Tower, 264

V

• VENDOME, count of, takes the Maid of Orleans prisoner, 206
• Vere, Robert, earl of Oxford, acquires an ascendency over Richard II. 133—marries the king's niece, 134—flies to Flanders, 136
• Vernueil, battle of, 198

W

• WALES, made a principality, 15
• Wallace, William, some account of, 34—opposes the English government in Scotland, 35—his army submits to the English, 36—marches to the northward, ib.—defeats the earl of Warenne, 37—offers to resign his command, 39—retires behind the Carron, 40—re|signs the regency, 41—defeats the English at Roslin, ib. takes shelter in the mountains, 42—is betrayed, ib.— sent in chains to London, and executed as a traitor, 43
• Warbeck, Perkin, an imposture, who, 291—sent to Ire|land, and personates the duke of York, 292—invited to the court of France, ib.—resides at the court of Burgundy, 293—attempts to land in Kent, 297— marries lady Catharine Gordon, ib. — protected by James of Scotland, 298—retires to the fastnesses of Ireland, 300—lands in Cornwall, 301 —takes the title of Richard IV. ib.—marches to Taunton, 302—takes sanctuary in the monastery of Beaulieu, ib.—surrenders himself to justice, 303—committed to the Tower, 304

• —enters into a correspondence with the earl of War|wick, ib.—condemned and executed, 305
• Warenne, earl of, commands an army in Scotland, 22— defeats the Scots at Dunbar, 23—governs that country with great prudence, 34—resigns his office, ib.—sur|prises the Scottish army, 36—overtakes Wallace near Sterling, ib.
• Warwick, earl of, escapes to Calais, 226—marches to London at the head of an army, ib.—defeats the king's army, 227—is routed at St. Alban's, 230—fixes Ed|ward IV. on the throne, 234—affronted by that prince 235—joins the party of queen Margaret, 237—drives Edward from the throne, ib.—acquires the title of king-maker, 238—defeated and slain, 241
• ——, the young earl of, confined in the Tower, 283 —personated by Simnel, ib.—shewn publicly at St. Paul's, 284—joins with Warbeck, 304—convicted of high-treason and beheaded, 305
• Welsh, some account of, 9, 15
• Wenlock, lord, killed by the duke of Somerset, 243
• Westminster, made a bishoprick, 375
• Wickham, William of, made chancellor, 138
• Wickliff, begins the reformation in England, 154—is protected by John of Gaunt, ib.—his death, 155
• Wilford, Ralph, personates the duke of York, 305—taken and executed, ib.
• Wolsey, cardinal, account of, 332—becomes the favourite of Henry VIII. 334—his preferments, 335—made le|gate to the pope, 336—loads the people with taxes, 342—reproved severely by Henry, 344—presents York palace to the king, ib.—founds two new colleges at Oxford ib.—is commissioned to examine the validity of Henry's marriage, 355—his temporizing conduct, 357 —his estates sequestered, 359—repairs to his seat, 360 —arrested for high-treason, ib.—his death, 362
• Woodville, Elizabeth, married to Edward IV. 235

Y

• YORK, duke of, his character, 126