D'Harrach, count, Austrian ambassador at Spain ; anecdote of, v. 93.

Dhuleep Sing restored to power by the British, viii. 406.

Dickens, Charles, voluminousness and character of his writings, viii. 309, 317,
321.

Dickinson, John, opposes the Revenue act, vi. 123.

Dickson, sergeant, his capture of Manchester, 1745, v. 528.

Dieppe, bombarded, 1694, iv. 592.

Dillon, panic of his troops, vi. 533.

Dinners, style of, early part of the 18th century, v. 309, 310.

Diocletian, persecution of Christians in Britiau by, i. 64.

Dion Cassius, relation of the discovery of Brilian being an island, i. 41.

Disraeli, Benjamin, his acrimonious remarks on sir R. Peel, viii. 369-382, 383,
384,394.

Disruption, the, in the Scotch Church, 1843, viii, 351, 352.

Dissection of murderers, law passed for the, 1752, v. 581 ; subsequently repealed,
581.

Dissenters, the sacramental test remains in force against, 1689, iv. 467; Toleration
act for, passed, 467, 468 ; societies for the reformation of manners encouraged by
the, after the revolution, v. 47 ; feud between the Church and, 1702, 1 17, 119, 120 ;
Defoe's pamphlet on " the shortest way with the," 168, 169 ; they join the whig
political party, 168, 169 ; riots against, 1715, v. 364, 365 ; toleration measures for
the relief of, proposed, 1718, 401; they design a project for obtaining the repeal
of the Corporation and Test acts ; Walpole by a manoeuvre ma'ses the attempt
futile ; they obtain partial relief occasionally from the Indemnity act ; they
obtain the repeal they sought for, 1828, 435. -{.'if) ; they agitate for the rep. al i.Y
the Test act, 1790, vi. 498 ; clamour raised against the, 50fi ; the Birmingham
riots chiefly directed against the, 507, 510 ; bill for regulating the marriage of,
1836, viii. 192, 193.

Doddington, G. B., his share in the quarrel between the Prince of Wales and
George II., 1736, v. 462 ; treasurer of the navy ; re-signed. 57;> ; promises of offices
from the Prince of Wales, 579, 580 ; intrigues with Bute against Pitt and his
ministry, vi. 55 ; rejoices at Pitt's fall. 62.

Doehla, J. C., his account of the surrender of the American army, 1781, vi.
253, 254.

Dolben, M.P. for Liskeard, complains of the dangerous nature of Sacheverel's
sermons, 1710, v.217, 218.

Don



mines, salt-works, and fisheries noticed by, 236, 237; condition of the people in
cities and burghs shown by, 237, 238, 239 ; number of manors held by Normans
in, 239, 240 ; Norman castles enumerated by, 239, 240 ; number of churches noticed
by, 2)1.

Domestic architecture of the fifeenth century, ii. 87 ; consumption of timber in,
88.



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Dominica captured by the English, 1761, vi. CO ; by the French, 1778, 213 ; restored

to the English, 1782, 290.
Donawert. See Schellenbenr.
Donington Castle built by Wilkins, vii. 535,
Donoopew captured by sir A. Campbell, 1825, vii. 630.
Doric buildings, vii. 535.
Dorset, Lionel Cranfield, earl of ; Lord Chamberlain, iv. 461 ; implicated in the

Preston plot of 1691, 533.
Dorsetshire, agricultural improvements in ; land enclosed ; wretehed state of it

peasantry, vi. 321 ; and agricultural labourers, viii. 222, 223.
D'Orvilliers, count ; commands the French fleet ; engages the English off Usha'nt,

Dost Mahomed Khan, the usurping ruler of Afghanistan, viii. 286; estranges
himself from the British government, who declare war against him, 287, 288 :
and drive him from the kingdom ; pains a battle over British troops ; surrenders
himself prisoner to the British, 290, 291 ; released and returned to his sover-
eignty, 299.

Douay, surrender of, to the allies, 1710, v. 234.

Douglas exposes the perils of sending a Scotch colony to Darien, v. 61.

Dover, Roman lighthouse at, i. 28.

Dover Castle, ancient chapel in, doubtful statement of its having been built by
King Lucius, i. 63 ; taken by the Normals, 211.

Downie, Captain, his gallantry nt Plattsburp, 1814, vii. 379.

Downing College, Cambridge, built by Wilkins, vii. 535.

Drake, sir Francis, naval successes or, in 1585, iii. 104 ; successful expedition of,
to Cadiz, to foil the purposed invasion by Spain, 138 ; Plymouth supplied with
water by, 139 ; early exploits of, 143 ; sails with the fleet from Plymouth on
July 19, to meet the Annnda, 102 ; captures a valuable galleon, 153 ; attacks
the Spanish fleet with fire-ships in Calais roads, 157 ; pursues the scattered
ships after the light off Gravelines, 157, 158 ; his despatch to Walsingham, 158;
assists in the destruction of the Armada in action and in its flight, 160; with sir
John Norris, heads an expedition to seat don Antonio on the throne of Portugal ,
163 ; takes Corunna, fails at Lisbon, but takes and burns Yi?o, 163 ; with sir
John Hawkins, sails in 1595 to attack the Spaniards in South America, but
fails, and dies, 192.

Drake, the English minister at Bavaria ; intrigues with France, vii. 193.

Drama, state of, in the time of Elizabeth, iii. l(-'2 ; made an instrument of for
attacking the Puritans, 183 ; the early Elizabethan, 229 ; Marlowe. Peele, Greene,
&c., 229; characteristics of Shakspere, 232 ; Prynne's " Histrio-Masti^:," a
violent attack on Stage Plays, :-;53 ; support given to, by the four Im;s of
Court, 355 ; character of the English drama, temp. Charles I., 356 ; deteriorated
in morals from that of Elizabeth, 350 ; the playhouses shut up at the commence-
ment of the Civil War in 16-12, by the influence of the Puritans, 440 ; degraded
condition of, during the time of Charles II., iv. 192 ; licentiousness of, end of 37th
century ; an order issued in 1097 to suppress it, v. 48 ; stage estimate pi the
female character in the beginning of the 18th century, 300 ; Steele's relish for
the drama, 301 ; he notices several plays, 301 ; popularity of puppet shows and
Italian operas, 300 ; the stacte becomes political, 4G6; the act for licensing plays,
by which the Lord Chamberlain's interference with theatrical representations
w'as legalised, 4(57 ; improved moral state of the theatre, 1774, vi. 400, 401 ; public
taste directed by Garrick, 400 ; Garrick's acting, 401.

Drapier. See Swift, v. 421^123.

Dresden, peace of, Dec. 25, 1785, v. 502 ; taken by Frederick, 1756 ; he spares the
art specimens, vi. 19 ; battles of, Aug. 24, 25, and 27, 1813, vii. 348.

Dress. See Costume.

Drinking in the first half of the 18th century, v. 309.

Drouet aids the French royal family in attempting to escape from France, 1791,

Druidical sacrifices, i. 23 ; punishment of offenders, 25.

Druidism, Cesar's slatement that it was originated in Britain, 1. 16 ; the system

of, as described by Cresar, 17.

Drummond, captain, his supposed murder, 1705, v. 178.
Drumirond, Peel's private secretary ; shot by mistake instead of sir K. Peel,

Drummond, Andrew, a London banker ; suspected of favouring the Pretender;

examined by Government ; found innocent ; confidence in him restored ; be-

conies the royal banker, v. 536, 537.

Drummond, George, urges a vigorous resistance to the Pretender, 1745, v. 510.
Drummond, James, joins the Pretender's son ; is by him created duke of Perth,

1745, v, 509 ; has differences with Lord Murray, 527 ; escapes from Scotland,



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1746 ; death of, 537 ; skirmishes with the country people on the retreat, 541 ;
un willingness to forsake his men, 542.

Drummond, lord John, fails in sieziiig Edinburgh Castle, 1715, v. 3C9 ; guards the
passage of the Spey; falls back on Cumberland's approach, 1740, 551.

Drummond, William, viscount Strathallan. commands the Stuart force at Perth,
v- 526 ; created viscount, 1711 ; taken prisoner at Sheriffmuir, 1715, 5'!6 ; killed
at Cullpden, April 16, 1746, 537 ; commands the Highlanders at Sheriffmuir, 545.

Drumossie. See Culloden.

Dryder., John, produces his " Absalom and Achitophel," preparatory to the
indictment of Shaf tcsbuvy for high treason, iv. 276 ; and his poem of ' The
Medal," after thu bill had been thrown out by the grand jury, 277 ; publishes
his " Hind and Panther," in 1687, 348 ; bust of, by Scheemakers, Wesminster
Abbey, v. 345.

Dubois-Cranc6, supersedes Kellermanu in his command, vii. 17.

Du Chaila, persecutor of the Cevennes Protestants, v. 120.

Duckworth, sir J. T. ; vice-admiral of the white ; knight of the Bath, vii. 253,
254 ; failure of his expedition to the Dardanelles, 254.

Ducos, a member of the French Directory, vii. 135 ; consul, 1799, 137.

Dudley, lord, introduces the smelting of iron with coal, iv. 396.

Dudley and Ward, viscount, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Canning
ministry, vii. 618 ; one of the Wellington ministry, 1828, viii. 16 ; resigns, being
succeeded in his secretaryship by the earl of Aberdeen, 25 ; his speech on the
Reform Bill, 1831,85.

Duelling, prevalence of, first half of 18th century, v. 310.

Dugommier, replaces Carteaux in the command of the army before Toulon, 1793,
vii. 22.

Dulwich gallery of pictures, vii. 543.

Dumont, Anthony, his part in Grandval's plot against William III., 1692, iv.
565, 568.

Dumont, his remarks on the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the abolition
of feudal rights, vi. 484 ; on Mirabeau, 503, 504 ; on the French constitution of
1791, 516 ; his visit to England, 1791-1792, 522, 523 ; remarks on the September
massacres, 1792, 548.

Dumouriez, C. F., minister of Foreign Affairs, 1792, yi, 531 ; advocates war against
Austria ; plans the campaign, 532 ; advises the dismissal of Holland, 5o3 ; op-
poses the duke of Brunswick, 549 ; concludes a secret agreement with him, 550 ;
the Austrians raise the siege of Lille on his approach ; he gains the battle of
Jemappes, Nov. 6, 551 ; the Austrians retreat before him ; enters Antwerp, Nov.
30, 552. 589 ; marches into Holland ; hatred of, by the Jacobins ; takes Breda,
Klundert, Gertruydenberg ; is defeated at Neerwinden, March 18, 1793, 590 ;
deserts the Convention ; makes overtures to join the prince of Coburg in re-es-
tablishing the constitutional monarchy ; his army forsakes him ; lives an exile
in England till 1823, 591.

Duncaiis Adam, admiral, deserted by several of his ships in the blockade of the
Texel, vii, 83 ; stratagems for deceiving the Dutch, 93 ; sights the enemy on
Oct. 1 1, 1797, and gives them a signal defeat in the Battle of Camperdown, 92, 93.

Duncan, Rev. H., established a savings bank at Ruthwell, 1810, vii. 446.

Duncannon, viscount, helps to prepare the Reform bill, viii. 70 ; lord privy seal ;
first commissioner of the land revenue, 203.

Duncanson, major, his share in the Gleucoe massacres, iv. 547.

Duncombe, Thomas, his motion for hearing the petitioners on presenting the
People's Charter rejected, viii. 342.

Dundas. See Melville, lord.

Dundas, sir David, commands the allied troops at Toulon, 1793, vii 22 ; second in
command of the troops in Holland, 50 ; takes part in the British expedition to
Holland, 1799, 138 ; commander-in-chief , March 18, 1809, 291 ; discourages the
expedition to Walcheren, 291.

Dundee, viscount, wishes to make a compromise with William III., iv. 486 ; the
king refuses to do so, and upon the Convention giving an order to arrest Dun-
dee, he escapes and raises the clans, 489 ; meeting general Mackay, at the pass
of Killiecrankie, he there defeats him, 492 ; but falls in the hour of victory,
July 27th, 1689, and with him the cause of James II., 492, 493.

Dundonald, earl of, lord Cochrane ; his account of the state of the navy, 1793,
vii. 40, 41 ; his opinion of Nelson, 104 ; M.P. for Westminster. 1809 ; his enter-
prise in the Aix roads, April 11, vii. 283.

Dunkirk taken by the French under Turenne and the English under Loekhart,
in 1658, and delivered to the English, iv. 100 ; sold by Charles II. to the French
in 1662, 160 ; failure of the English to take, 1793, vii. 15.

Dunning holds aloof in the proceedings against Wilkes, 1769, vi. 107 ; his motion
on the influence of the crown 226, 227 ; pension granted to. 268.

Dunstan, St., early life and rise -, i. 153 ; becomes the chief adviser of Edred



533

154 ; enforces celibacy on the clergy, and renders the national church more
Romish, 1;>4 ; outrage of, at the coronation feast of Kdvvy, 156 ; banishment of
157 ; miracles attributed to, 1GO ; chief minister during the rei^n of Edcar'
161 ; state of the church at the time of, 162, ct seq.; alterations effected in bv'
1<>4 ; reforms effected by, 165 ; despotic but vigorous government of 168 'irb'i-
trary power of, 169 ; disputation with bishop Beornhelm at Calne aiid asserted
miracle, 170 ; crowns and curves Ethelred, 172, dies in 988 173

Dunwallo, king, formation of roads in Britain by, i. 21.

Dupin signs the protest against the royal proceedings against the French press

Duple'ix, Joseph ; governor of Pondicherry, v. 503 ; aids the nizam of the Deccan
593 ; he is compelled to give way before Clive, 595.

Dupont, a French general, defeated at Baylen, by Castanos, vii 272

Durand, col., commands the garrison at Carlysle Castle, v. 525.

Durham Cathedral, foundation of, i. 2f 5.

Durham, low state of agriculture in, 1750-1800 ; famous for its breed of cattle,
vi. 329.

Durham, earl of ; lord privy seal, 1830, viii. 67 ; helps to prepare the Reform
bill, 70 ; hostile speeches of, against lord Brougham, 1834, 165 ; appointed lord
high commissioner for appeasing the Canadian grievances, 234 ; his govern-
ment and policy, 235, 236 ; lord Brougham's attack on his measures causes him
to resign, 236 ; dies broken-hearted ; his report on the affairs of British North
America, 236.

D'Usson , a French general, surrenders Gal way, 1691, iv. 535.

Dutch, diifereiices of the, with the Long Parliament, iv. 18 ; war with Englar4
commenced, 19 ; Dattles of Van Tromp and Ruyter with Blake, in 1652, 22, 24 ;



enters the Meclway, burns the ships there, and blockades London, in June,
1667, 194 ; defeated in Southwold Bay by the duke of York, 216.

Dwyer reveals the C'ato-street conspiracy to the home office, vii. 556.

Dyer, John, his poem of the " Fleece " referred to, giving an account of a weaver's
labours, iv. 387 ; other quotations from, vi. 344, 345.

E.

EARTHQUAKE at Lisbon, 1755, Nov. 28, v. 602.

Earthenware, the Staffordshire potteries the chief seat of the trade, iv. 401 ; state
of the trade at the beginning of the 18th century, 1774, and 1857, vi. 356 ; chiefly
promoted by Wedgwood and Cooksworthy, 356.

East India Company, charters granted for the incorporation of, iii. 280 ; first
English factory at Surat founded in 1612, 280; a new company is established,
and called " The English Company," 1698, y. 44 ; the two are amalgamated four
years afterwards, 45 ; siezes a vessel belonging to the Darien (African and I ndian)
Company, 177, 178 ; retrospect of their affairs in India, 1745, 592-596 ; the French
Company becomes their rival, and attack Madras, 1746, 592, 593 ; and nearlj
undermine the English power ; Clive enters the army, 593 ; organizes an attack
upon A root, which he takes ; he is besieged by rajah Sahib, 594 ; who relinquishes
the siege, 5!)5 ; Clive takes Trichinopoly in conjunction with major Lawrence ;
hostilities suspended, 595 ; Pitt institutes an inquiry into their atTairs, vi. 100 ;
their pecuniary affairs in disorder ; they petition parliament for a loan of a
million and a half ; a committee appointed to inquire into their affairs, 152 ;
the directors quarrel ; things go to ruin ; matters mended by dive's judicious
measures, 153; their rotten financial position, 154; the Regulation Act;
Warren Hastings, first governor-general .; allowed to export teas free of duty to
the American colonies, 151 ; Clavering, Monsell, and Francis appointed mem-
bers of the council, 177-i, 420 ; Fox proposes that the authority of, be transferred
to a board of commissioners, 442 ; they refuse to bear the expenses of sending
troops to India ; they ave compelled to do so by the passing of Pitt's Declara-
tory bill, 573 ; inquiry made into their affairs by the House of Commons, 1813 ;
which results in several important measures, v'ii. 623 ; renewal of their charter
for twenty ye:irs ; important alterations in the charter provisions ; ceases to be
a commercial Company, 1834, viii. 148 ; its trade with China abolished; effects
of the abolition, 278, 279.

Enst India House designed by Holland, vii. 534.

East Indies, Thomas Coryat's account of the countiy, iii. 281 ; embassy of Sir
Thomas Roe to Agra, 1615-19, 282; his account of 1h Mogul rulers of Hindostan,
282 ; contrasted with the present state, 284-

Eastlake, sir C., sketching Napoleon, 1815, vii. 406.



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Ebrington, M. P. for Devonshire, moves that the principles of the rejected Re-
form hjll be not given up, viii. 88 ; moves that the king be implored to call a
reform ministry, 1U3.

Ecclesiastical power, rapid growth of, in England from the Conquest to the time
of Stephen, i. 283 ; numerous religious foundations established, 2s>4 Cistercian
abbeys erected, 285 ; churches and cathedrals, 285 ; such foundations a sub >ti-
tute for personal service in the crusades, and a commutation for crimes 286

Eckmuhl, battle of, April 22, 1809, vii. 288.

Economical Reform bill br ujjht forward by Burke, 1780 ; his speech, vi. 223, 224 ;
other motions proposed, 225-227 ; practical measures of Burke's bill rejected,
227; the bill is again introduced, 17*2, 267 ; passed, 268.

Eddystone lighthouses, their fates and constructors, iv. 394.

Eden, secretary for Ireland ; moves for the repeal of the act asserting the inde-
pendence of Ireland, 1762, vi. 275 ; his account of the anarchy in Frame, 17i,
485.

Edgar, accession of, in 960, i. 160 ; Dunstan the chief minister during the reign of.
160; peaceful reign of, 165 ; licentiousness of, and story of Elfrida, I0t>, 107 ;
rowed down the Dee by kings, 167; arbitrary power of, 16:>; death of, in !;75, 170.

Edgar Atheling chosen king t>y the Londoners, i. 211 ; submits to 'William the
Conqueror, and is treated with kindness, 212 ; flies to Scotland, 218; invades
England, with Sweyn, 219, 220; becomes a pensioner of William, 228; iigain
fli.-s to Scotland, 251.

Edgehill, battle of, on Oct. 23, 16i2, iii. 458.

Ed f ;eworth, abb4, attends Louis XVI. at his execution, vi. 569,

Edgeworth, Miss, her delineations of the Irish, vii. 516, 517.

Edinburgh, Charles Edward's entry into, 1745, v. 511.

Edinburgh Castle held by the duke of Gordon for James II., 1689, iv. 485-488 ; he
surrenders it, 491.

Edinburgh Review started, 1802 ; its services to literature, vii. 517.

Edmund, St., king of East Anglia, defeated and slain by the Danes, in 870, i. 110 ;
buried at St. Edmund's Bury, 113.

Edmund the Etheling, accession of, in 940, i. 152 ; murdered, 152.

Edmund Ironside, accession of, in lolC, i. 180 ; successes of, against Canute, If ;
divides the kingdom with Canute, and dies in ?.016. 180.

Edred, succession of , in 940, i. lot ; revolt in Northumbria subdued by, 154 ; death
of in 956, 151.

Edric, treachery of, to Ethelred and Edmund Ironside, i. 178, 170, ISO.

Education, low state of, among the people in the beginning of the eighteenth
century, v. 28(5 ; and also among ladies in higher grades of x ietv, 298 : Swift's
remarks upon ladies' education, 302, 303 : Sunday-schools originated by Kaikcs,
424 ; inquiry into the state of, moved for by Henry Brougham, IH1C, vii. 444 ;
the Education Commission, 444 ; it merges into the Charity Commi sion ;
extent of instruction in 1816, 445; schoolmaster abroad, 1828, v'iii. 19; benefits
derived from the endowed grammar schools, 19, 20 ; schools and scholars, 1818
and 1833- Sunday-schools and free schools, 19 ; diffusion of kjiowledge \>\ the
establishment of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, a cheap
and sound literature, the London Mechanics' Institution and others similar to
it, the London University and King's College, 20, 21 ; increased popular
for sound literature as 'shown by the circulation of the " Penny Ma a/ine," 121 ;
lord Brougham's education resolutions, 177, 178; Walker's school, in the Devil's
acre, the origin of the London ragged-schools; grants in aid of , 1834-1807, 224,
225 ; the board of education constituted, 1839 ; general state of, in 1839, 226 ; in-
crease of schools and scholars, 1831-1841. 227 ; neglect of, in the Boughton dis-
trict, 244 ; sir J. Graham compelled to withdraw his education clauses in the
Bill for regulating labour in factories, 3C6 ; government grant to Maynooth
College ; establishment of the three Irish secular colleges of Cork, Galway, and
Belfast, 384, 385.

Edward, succeeds his father Alfred in 901, i. 142; insurrection of Ethel wold against,
142 ; repels the Northmen and the Welsh, and subdues East Anglia, 143; death
of, in 924, 141.

Edward the Martyr, accession of, in 975, i- 170 ; assassination of, in 978, 171.

Edward the Confessor, son of Ethelred, brought up in Normandy, i. 179, 184 ;
brought over to England by Hardicanute, 185 ; succeeds Hardicanute in 1042,
187 ; marries earl Godwin's daughter and neglects her, 187, 188 ; abolishes the
Dane-gelt, 189 ; introduces Norman adherents and customs, 190 ; is opjwsed by
carl Godwin in his wish to punish summarily the rioters against carl Eustace
of Boulogne, 191; banishes Harold and Godwin, 192; imprisons Ins vr
triumph of the Norman party, 192 ; is forced to restore Godwin and Harold,
19-5 : death of, in 106fi, 203.

Edward I., born in 12:59. i. 400 ; swears to the " Provisions of Oxford " in 125S, 412;
refuses to bo absolved by the pope from observing his oath, 413 ; commands his



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father's forces in the civil war against the barons, 414 ; is defeated at the battle
of Lewes, 415; wins the battle of Evesham, on Aug. 4, 12G5, 417 ; storm on the
Day of, 419 ; crusade undertaken by, in 1201), 4^1 ; attempted to be assassinated
at Jaffa, 422 ; his wife Eleanor of Castilo sucks the poison from the wound, 422 ;
concludes a truce with the sultan, and return.-* to Europe in 1272, where ho




Llewellyn is slain, and his brother executed, 431 ; flnal subjection of the Welch,
and birth of prince Edward at Caernarvon, who i? created prince of Wales in
1284, 4;i2 ; statute passed by, for the settlement of Wales, 432 ; condition and



cces-

land, 457 ; Statute of Confirmation of the Charters, giving the sole right of
raising supplies to the people, on October 10, 1207, 458 ; is appointed umpire of
the claimants to the Scottish crown, 400 ; demands an acknowledgment of his
superiority as liege lord. 4G1 ; it is not given by the states, but assented to by
Bruce and Balliol, and the crown is awarded to Balliol who does homage, 402 ;
sub lues an insurrection in Wales, 4C2 ; invades Scotland, and compels Bal-
liol to resign his crown to him, 401 ; receives the homage of the bishops and peers
of Scotland, 464 ; revolt of Wallace against, 4C5 ; defeats the Scots at Falkirk,
467 ; the pope demands that the dispute should be left to his decision, and the
claim is indignantly r jjectcd by the parliament of Lincoln, 4G9 ; constitution
of the parliament of Lincoln, 470 ; again invades Scotland, and concludes
a treaty excluding Wallace, 470 ; besieges and takes Stirling, 470 ; causes Wal-
lace and Fraser to be executed, 471 ; Robert Bruce the younger, heads another
revolt in 1305, 472 ; assembles an army to attack Bruce, but dies before he
rcaehes Scotland, on July 7, 1307, 473.

Edward II. succeeds his father in 1307, i. 474 ; conduct of, in his youth, 475 ; is
crowned Feb. 24, 1308, 475 ; recalls Gaveston, whom his father had banished, and
marrieo Isabella of France, 475 ; appoints Gaveston governor of Ireland, 475 ;
discontent occasioned by the favour shown to Gaveston, 476 ; Gaveston is ex-
iled and again recalled, 470 ; is taken prisoner and hung in 1312, 477 ; successes
of Robert Bruce against, 478 ; reconciles himself to tho barons and marches
into Scotland, 480 ; battle of Bannock burn on June 24, 131 I, 482, 483 ; famine
in England, 483 ; riso of the Dispensers and wealth of, 48-1 ; insurrection of the
barons, by whom the Dispensers are banished, 485 ; the sentence against the
Dispensers annulled by a parliament at York, 480 ; overcomes the barons, and
causes the enrl of Lancaster to be executed, 483 ; invades Scotland, suffers
from want of provisions, is obliged to retreat. 487 ; concludes a truce with
Bruce, 4S7 ; order of Knights Templars suppressed in England in 130*, 4S7 ; tho
queen goes to France to conclude a treaty with Philip in 1325, 490 ; Roger Mor-
timer joins tho queen at Paris, and returns with her and prince Edward in arms
against tho king in 1326, 493 ; Edward is deposed and imprisoned, and the Dis-
pensers are hung, 493 ; is murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327, 493 ; wretched