A.

Abolition of Slavery, Act for the, 234.
Abyssinian expedition, 240.

Acre, defence of, 215; bombardment
of, 238.

Elfgifu, or Elgiva, 18.

Elfheah, or St. Alphege, Archbishop
of Canterbury, 20.
Elfthryth, or Elfrida, 19.
Ethelbald, King, 12.

Ethelbert, King of Kent, conversion

of, 9; laws of, 14.
Ethelbert, King, 12.
Ethelred I., King, 12.
Æthelred II., King, 19, 20.

Æthelstan, King, 16.

Ethelwulf, King, 12.

Aghrim, battle of, 186.
Agricola, Cnæus Julius, 3.

Aidan, St., Bishop of Lindisfarne,

IO.

Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 201, 202.
Alban, St., 4.

Albert, Prince Consort, 236.
Alexandria, battle of, 215.

Alfred, or Ælfred, King, 12; reign,
13; death, 15.

Alfred, son of Ethelred, 22, 23.
Algiers, bombardment of, 219.

American War of Independence, 212.
Amiens, Peace of, 216.
Angles, 1, 5, 9.
Anglo-Saxons, 5.

Anne, Queen (Princess of Denmark),

177, 179, 189; reign, 191; death, 195.
Anne of Bohemia, Queen (wife of
Richard II.), 83.

Anne Boleyn, Queen (wife of Henry
VIII.), 116-118.

Anne of Cleves, Queen (wife of Henry
VIII), 118, 227.

Anne Neville, Queen (wife of Richard
III.), 102, 103, 106, 108.

Anselm, St., Archbishop of Canter
bury, 41, 43, 44.

Anson, Commodore, voyage of, 200.
Antoninus Pius, Emperor, 4.
Architecture, 31, 65, 183.

Arkwright, Richard, 222.
Armada, the Spanish, 137.

Arthur, British prince, 6, 86, 113.
Arthur of Britanny, 56.

Arthur, Prince of Wales, marriage and
death of, 113.

Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury,
84, 85, 91.

Assye, battle of, 217.

Athenree, battle of, 73.

Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Roches-

ter, 198.

Augustine, St., Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 9.

Babington, Anthony, 135.
Bacon, Francis, 143, 147.

Baffin's Bay discovered by Bylot and
Baffin, 145.

Balliol, John, King of Scots, 68.
Bank of England, founded, 187; stops
cash payments, 214.
Bannockburn, battle of, 73.
Barnet, battle of, 103.
Baronet, title of, 144.
Barons, 32, 33..

Barons' Wars, with John, 58, 59; with
Henry III, 62, 64.

Beachy Head, battle of, 185.
Becket, Thomas, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, 49-51, 87, 119.

R 2

IV.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount,
194-196.
Bombay, 169.

Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London,
125, 130, 132.

Bosworth, battle of, 108.

Boyne, battle of the, 186.
Bradshaw, John, 156, 158, 167.
Bretigny, Peace of, 78.

Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, Duke
of, 222.

Brindley, James, 222.
Britons, the, 1-5.

Bruce, Edward, in Ireland, 73.

Bruce, Robert, a claimant of the
Scottish crown, 68.
Bruce, Robert, Earl of

Carrick

30.

(Robert I. of Scotland), 69, 73-
Brunanburh, battle of, 16; song of,
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke
of, 142, 143, 150.

Buckingham, Henry Stafford, Duke
of, 104-107.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, 215-218.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 132.
Byng, Admiral, shot, 202.

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,
Queen (wife of George IV.), 229.
Catesby, Robert, 141.

Catholic Emancipation Act, 230.
Cecil, Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 132,
139, 142.

Cerdic and Cynric, 6.

Charles I. King, his journey to Spain
while, Prince of Wales, 143; reign,
149; beheaded, 157.

Charles II., King, 107, 157: defeated at
Worcester, 159; escape, 160; de-
claration from Breda, 165; restora-
tion, 166; reign, 167; death, 173.
Charles V., Emperor, 116, 121, 128.
Charles IV., King of France, 74, 76.
Charles V., King of France, 79.
Charles VI., King of France, 93, 96.
Charles VII., King of France, 94, 96,

97.

Charles, King of Spain, death of, 188.
Charles XII., King of Sweden, 197.
Charles Edward Stuart (the Young
Pretender), 198, 201, 202.

Charters, 34, 45; Charter of Liberties
granted by Henry I., 43; Charter,
the Great, 58, 65, 172; Charter
of the Forest, 65; Confirmation of
the Charters, 70.
Chartists, the, 237.

Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, 200,
203, 211, 212.
Clarence,

104.

George, Duke of, 102,

Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, 80, 88.
Clarence, Thomas, Duke of, 91, 94.
Clarendon, Constitutions of, 50.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of
171, 181.

Claudius, Emperor, 2.

Clive, Robert, Lord, 203.

Cnut or Canute, King, 20-22, 27.
Cobbett, William, 232.

Cobden, Richard, 237.

Cobham, Sir John Oldcastle, Lord, 92.
Commission, the High, 133, 151, 152:

the Ecclesiastical, 176, 178.

Commons, House of, first formed, 64.
Cook, Captain, 221.

Copenhagen, battle of, 215, 226; bom.
barded, 217.

Corn Laws, 236.

Cornwallis, Earl, 212, 221.

Corporation Act, 168, 231.

Council of the North, 150, 152.

Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Can-

terbury, 116, 120, 126, 130.

Crécy, battle of, 76.

Crimean War, 239.

Cromwell, Oliver, 154, 156; in Ireland,
159: wins the battles of Dunbar and
Worcester, ib.; turns out the Long
Parliament, 161; becomes Lord
Protector, 162; his death, 163;
character, 164; insult to his corpse,
167.

Cromwell, Richard, 164.

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex,
118-120.

Culloden, battle of, 201.
Cumberland, Ernest Augustus, Duke
of (King of Hanover), 234.
Cumberland, William, Duke of, 201.
Cuthbert, St., Bishop of Lindisfarne,

10.

D.

Danby, Earl of, 178, 179.

Danegeld, 20.

Danes, the, 11, 27.

David I., King of Scots, 47.

David II., King of Scots (David
Bruce), 77.

David of Wales, 67.
Davis, John, 136.

Davy, Sir Humphry, 235.
Dermot, King of Leinster, 52.
Despenser, Sir Hugh le, 73, 74.
Dettingen, battle of, 200.
Devonshire, Earl of, 178, 179.

Dissenters, 176, 189, 231. See also
Nonconformists.

Domesday, 37.

Dover, Treaty of, 171.

Drake, Francis, 136-138.

Druids, 2, 3.

Dudley, Edmund, 114, 115.

Dunbar, battle of, 159.

Dunstan, St., Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 17-19.

Edward the Martyr, King, 19.
Edward the Confessor, King, 23, 24,
28; his laws, 43.

Edward I., King, 62-65; reign, 66;
death, 69; Confirmation of the
Charters obtained from, 70; expels
the Jews, 71; story of his massacre
of the bards, 68, 209.

Edward II., King, 67, 69; reign, 71;-
deposition, 74; murder, 75.

Edward III., King, 74; reign, 75;
death, 80.

Edward IV. King (Duke of York),
100; reign, 101; death, 104.
Edward V., King, reign, 104; dis-
appearance of, 106; supposed re-
mains of, discovered, 107.

Edward VI., King, 118, 121; reign,
122; death, 125; schools and hos-
pitals, 126.

Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black
Prince), 77-80.

Edward, Prince of Wales (son of
Henry VI.), 100-103, 110.

Edwin, or Eadwine, King of the
Northumbrians, 9.

Edwy, or Eadwig, King, 17.
Egbert, or Ecgberht, King, II.
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen (wife of
Henry II.), 49, 51.

Eleanor of Castile, Queen (wife of
Edward I.), 67, 70.

Eleanor of Provence, Queen (wife of
Henry III.), 61, 63.
Eliot, Sir John, 150.

Elizabeth, Queen (daughter of Henry
VIII.), 118, 121, 127-129; reign,
131; death, 139; literary acquire-
ments, 147.

E izabeth Wydevile, Queen (wife of
Edward IV.), 102, 105.

Elizabeth of York, Queen (wife of
Henry VII.), 108, 111.

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (daugh-
ter of James I.), 143, 190.

Elizabeth (daughter of Charles I.),
157, 158.

Empson, Richard, 114, 115.
England, name of, 1, 5.

English, the, origin of, 5; religion, 6;
government, 7; converted to Chris-
tianity, 8; manners and customs of,

26.

English language, 85.

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of,
138.

Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of,

153. 154.

Evesham, battle of, 64.

F.

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 154, 156.
Falkland, Lucius Carey, Viscount, 154.
Faukes, Guido or Guy, 142.

Feudal or military tenures, 32; abo-
lished, 33, 167.
Fitz-Gerald, Maurice, 52.
Fitz-Osborn, William, 36.
Fitz-Stephen, Robert, 52.
Flamsteed, John, 182.
Flodden, battle of, 115.

Folkland, or public land, 7, 33.
Fontenoy, battle of, 200.
Forests, 38, 46.

Fox, Charles James, 213, 223.
Fox, George, 164.

Francis I., King of France, 115.
Franklin, Sir John, 241.

Frederick, Prince of Wales, 199, 204.
Frobisher, Martin, 136, 137.
Fyrd, 7.

G.

Gardiner, Stephen, Bishop of Win-
chester, 120, 125, 128.

Gaunt, John of, see Lancaster, Duke
of.

Gaveston, Piers, 71-73.

Geoffrey, son of Henry II., 51.
George I., King (Elector of Bruns-
wick-Lüneburg), 194; reign, 195,
death, 198.

George II., King, 198; reign, 199;
death, 204.

George III., King, 204; reign, 210;
death, 219; displeased at his bro-
thers' marriages, 220; opposed to
the Roman Catholic claims, 230.
George IV., King (Prince Regent),
213, 219; reign, 229; death, 231.
George, Prince of Denmark, 177, 191.
Gibraltar, 192, 194, 212.
Gilds, 34

Ginkell, General (Earl of Athlone),
186.

Glendower, Owen, 89, 90.

Gloucester, Gilbert of Clare, Earl of,
64.

Gloucester, Henry, Duke of, 157, 158.
Gloucester, Humfrey, Duke of, 91, 97,
98.

Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, see
Richard III.

Gloucester, Robert of Caen, Earl of,
47-49, 86.

icester, Thomas of Woodstock,
ke of, 80, 83, 84.

Godwin, Earl of the West Saxons, 23.
Great Britain, King of, 144; United
Kingdom of, 193.

Gregory the Great, Pope, 8.

Grey, Lady Jane, 125, 127, 128, 146.
Gunpowder Plot, 141.

Guthrum, Danish King of East-An-
glia, 13, 14.

H.

Habeas Corpus Act, 172, 175.

Hadrian, Emperor, 4.

Hamilton, Duke of, 156, 158.

Hampden, John, 151-153.

Harold I., King, 22.

Harold II., King, 24-26.

Harold Hardrada, King of the
Norwegians, 25.
Harthacnut, King, 22.
Harvey, William, 182.
Hastings, battle of, 25, 27.
Hastings, Lord, beheaded, 105.
Hastings, Marquess of, 221.
Hastings, Warren, 220.
Havelock, General Henry, 239.
Hawkins, John, 136, 137.

Hengest and Horsa, legend of, 5.
Henrietta Maria, Queen (wife of
Charles I.), 149, 153.

Henry I., King (son of William I.),
grants of charters, 34, 43, 45;
attacked by his brothers, 40; reign,
42; death, 45; confusion after his
death, 46.

Henry II., King, 33, 48; reign, 49;
death, 52.

Henry III., King, 60; reign, 61;
death, 65; begins to rebuild West-
minster, 24, 65.

Henry IV., King (Duke of Hereford
and Duke of Lancaster), banish-
ment and return of, 84; made King,
85; reign, 88; death, 91.

Henry V., King, story of his imprison-
ment for contempt, when Prince of
Wales, 90; present at the burning
of Badbee, 91; reign, 92; death, 94;
tomb, 95.

Henry VI., King, 95; reign, 96;

deposition, 100; flight and capture,
IOI restoration, 102; death, 103.
Henry VII., King (Earl of Richmond),
107, 108; reign, 111; death, 114:
his chapel at Westminster, 66, 107,

114.

Henry VIII., King, 113; reign, 115;

Ida, King of the Northumbrians, 6.
Independents, 133, 154, 155.
Indulgence, Declarations of, 176, 177.
India, 14, 139, 203, 217, 220, 234, 239.
Ine, King of the West Saxons, 11, 14.
Innocent III., Pope, 57-59.
Ireland, 1; Danes in, 12; slave-trade

with, 28; English conquest of, 52;
Bruce in, 73; Simnel in, 111; Ireland
raised to the rank of a kingdom,
122; Church of Ireland, 133; Ty-
rone's rebellion, 138, 139; planta-
tion of Ulster, 144; rebellion of 1641,
152; Cromwell in, 159; united with
the English Commonwealth, 163;
settlement of, 169; Tyrconnel in,
176; Irishry and Englishry, 184;
war in, 185; Irish forfeitures, 188;
obtains an independent Parliament,
220; rebellion in, ib.; Union with
Great Britain, b.; Catholic Asso-
ciation, 231; Reform Bill passed
for, 233; famine in, 237 ; recent legis-
lation for, 241.

Ireton, Henry, 156, 159, 167.
Isabel of France, Queen (wife of Ed-
ward II.), 72, 74, 76.

J.

Jacobites, 184, 194, 197; conspiracy
for the assassination of William III.,
187 insurrection of 1715, 196; of
1745, 201.

Jamaica, taken by the English, 163.
James I., King of Scots, 94.

James IV., King of Scots, 113, 115.
James V., King of Scots, 120.
James I. of England and VI. of Scot-
land, King, 134, 139; reign, 140;
death, 143

James II., King (Duke of York), 157,
168, 170, 172, 173; reign, 174; abdi-
cation, 180; lands in Ireland, 185;
at the Boyne, 186; death, 188.
James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old
Pretender), 177-179, 188, 194, 197.
Jane Seymour, Queen (wife of Henry
VIII.), 118.

Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor, 175, 176,

Kalendar, reform of the, 204.
Katharine of Aragon, Queen (wife of
Henry VIII.), 113, 116.

Katharine of Braganza, Queen (wife
of Charles II.), 169.

Katharine of France, Queen (wife of
Henry V.), 94, 95, 107.

Katharine Howard, Queen (wife of
Henry VIII.), 118.

Katharine Parr, Queen (wife of Henry
VIII.), 118, 123.

Kent, people of, 2; kingdom of, 5.

L.

Labourers, Statutes of, 78, 98.
La Hogue, battle of, 186, 188.
Lambert, John, 165.

Lancaster, Henry of Bolingbroke,
Duke of, see Henry IV.

Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Duke of,
79, 80, 84, 87.