of the French king, 301 ; declines to surrender Maine and Anjou to his brother
INDEX. 557
Geoffrey, and gives him a pension Instead, 306 ; compels Malcolm of Scotland
to surrender Cumberland and Northumberland, 306 ; invades Wales, and is un-
cket
and
the persecution of heretics, 323 ; meets Becket at Touraine, in 117o', and a hollow
peace is effected, 325 ; Becket returns to England and is murdered. 325-327 ; con-
trast of the characters of Henry and Becket, 327 ; lirst landing of the Anglo-Nor-
mans in Ireland in 116!t, 328 ; commands Strongbow to return to England, who
obeys, 330 ; goes himself to Ireland, and receives homage as feudal superior,331 :
swears his innocence of Becket's murder before the pope's legate, and is absolved,
332; facts of the story of Rosamond Clifford, 332; rebellion of his sons, SB;
imprisons his wife Eleanor, 333 ; insurrection in England repressed, 334 ;
William king of Scotland, invades England. 33* ; and is taken prisoner, 335 ; is
liberated on doing homage to Henry, 33? ; Henry does penance at the tomb of
Becket, 335 ; is reconciled to his eldest son, 33~> ;" important reforms in the ad-
ministration of justice effected by, 33G : mission from Jerusalem in 1185 to urge
him to undertake its relief, 337 ; resolves to take the cross in 1188, a38 ; his sons
Richard and John join the king of France in a war against him, 338 ; dies on
July 6th, 1189, 339.
Henry III. succeeds his father John on Oct. 18, 1216, when only ten years old, and
is crowned at Gloucester, Oct. 28, i. 394 ; the battle of Lincoln gained against
the French army of prince Louis, 395 ; the regent Pembroke dies in 1219, and is
succeeded by Hubert de Burgh, 39G ; redress of grievances obtained by the
right preserved by the people to grant supplies, 3;)7 ; the Charters continued
for a third time in 1225 in order to obtain supplies, 397 ; declares himself of age
in 1227, and asserts his right to govern of his " own free will," 308 ; denial of
this doctrine by one of his judges, 398 ; quarrels with DeBnrgh, but together
with the pope continues his exactions on the people, 398 : satirical and political
songs, 399 ; marries Eleanor, daughter of the count of Provence, in 1230, 400 ;
extortions of, 400, 401 ; tyrannical exercise of the privilege of purveyance, 401 ;
sale of justice by, 401 ; oppressions on the Londoners by, 401 , disaffection oc-
casioned, 403 ; repeated violation of the Charters by, 404 ; swears again to o!>-
serve them, 406 ; ill success of his foreign enterprises, 406 ; condition of the na-
tion under, 407 ; value of money, and fluctuating prices of provisions in the
reign of, 408, 409 ; taxation of the industry of the people by, and resistance mrde
to by the clergy, 410 ; famine in 1258, 410 ; parliament mee.ts at Westminster, and
demands the appointment of a commission, 411 ; the " Provisions of Oxford," 4lii;
obtains a dispensation from the pope to violate them, 413 ; a civil war takes
place headed by Simon de Montford, 413 ; prince Edward commands for his
father against the barons, 414 ; taken prisoner at the battle of Lewis, 415 ; the
queen collects troops abroad, but does not attempt to land in England, 416 ;
burgesses summoned to parliament in 1264, by Simon de Montford, 416 ; re-
leased by the issue of the battle of Evesham, in which de Montford is slain, 417 ;
Award of Kenilworth, and efforts of the parliament to restore tranquillity, 419 ;
continued resistance of Simon de Montford the younger, 420 ; dies, Nov. 16,
1272, 423.
Henry IV. [see Hereford, duke of] ascends the throne, Sept 30, 1399, i. 587 : con-
federacy of nobles against, 590 ; revolt of the Welsh under Owen Glendower
against, 491 ; is repulsed by Glendower, 592 ; accused of the murder of Richard
II., 593 ; persecutes the followers of Wycliffe, 595 ; statute " de heretico cpm-
burendo " passed for the suppression of the Lollards, 595 ; burning William
Salter, 596 ; the Commons pray for repeal of the statute, and he rejects the
prayer, 597 ; signs a warrant for burning John Badby,597 ; France and Scotland
refuse to acknowledge him as king, 597 ; war with Scotland, and battle of
Homildon Hill on Sept. 14, 1402, 598 ; revolt of the Percies against, and its prob-
able causes, 599 ; battle of Hateley Field at Shrewsbury, 599, 600 ; politic clem-
ency of Henry,' 600 ; hostilities with France, 601 ; revolt of Archbishop Scrope
and others. 602 ; suppression of the revolt, and execution of Scrope and Not-
tingham, 602 ; continued struggle of the Welsh, under Owen Glendower, 602 ;
invades France. 603 ; dies, March 20, 1413, 604.
Henry V. knighted by Richard II. in 1399, when eleven years old, i. 583 ; commands
in Wales against the insurgents in 1402, 592 ; joins his father to oppose the
revolt of the Percies, 599 ; is wounded at the battle of Shrewsbury, 599 ; obtains
a victory over the Welsh in 1405. 601 ; early character of, 603 ; made Captain of
Calais, 604 ; proclaimed king. March 21, 1413, ii. 13 ; clemency of, 13 ; alleged
conspiracy of the Lollards, headed by sir John Oldcaatle in 1414 against, 15 ;
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suppressed. and all the conspirators pardoned except Oldcastle and eleven others,
15 ; claims the crown of France and the restoiation of the old English posses-
sions, 16 ; injustice of the demands, 17 ; preparations for the invasion of France,
17; conspiracy of the earl of Cambridge, lord Scrope, and others against, 18 ;
lands near Hartieur, Aug. 14, 1415, IK ; nature of the forces, 18 ; siege of H arfleur,
19 ; sickness of the English army, 20 ; march from Hariieur, 20 ; passage of the
Somme, 22 ; description of Agincourt and its locality, 23 ; battle ofAgiiicourt
on Oct. 25,1415, 25, 26; rejoicings in London on arrival of the news, 28; triumphant
entry of, into London, 28, 21) ; the factions in France a cause of his >.(< CFS,
29; second expedition against France in 1417, 30; takes Caen, 30; besieges
Rouen, 31 ; it surrenders after severe famine, 32 ; ineffectual <onferences at
Meulan, 33; the duke of Burgundy murdered at an interview with the Dauphin
at Montereau, 33 : concludes a treaty with Philip, the younp duke of Burgundy,
34 ; and the treaty of Troyes with Charles VI. on May "21, 1420, by which he was
to marry Katherine and be recognized as heir to the crown on the death of
Charles, 34; Henry and his queen return to England, 35; ill effects of his con-
quests 011 the condition of England, 35 ; the duke of Clarence killed, 16; le-
leases James I. of Scotland, who accompanies him in his expedition to Fiance
in' 1421, 37 ; besieges and takes Meaux, 37 ; dies Aug., 31, 1422, 38 ; estimate of
the character of, 39.
Henry VI., born Dec. 6, 1421, ii. 37 ; succeeds his father, Sept. 1, 1422, ard the
dukes of Bedford and Gloucester are appointed Protectors by the parliament.
40 ; Charles VI. of France dies, and Henry is proclaimed king, 40 ; vie ton- or
Verneuil gained by the duke of Bedford, 41 ; tutelage of, under the carl of
Warwick, 43; apparent severity of Warwick's discipline, 43, 44; sit ge of Or-
leans commenced, 46 ; Orleans is relieved by Joan of Arc, 50 ; is crowned king
of France, at Paris, on Dec. 17, 1430, 57 ; death of the duke of Bedford, 8 ; con-
tinued disgraces and losses in France, 58 ; marries Margaret of Aiijou. and
surrenders or loses all the possessions in France, 59 ; the duke of Suffolk lakes
the side of cardinal Beaufort against the duke of Gloucester, 62 ; Gloucester
and Beaufort die, 62, 63 ; rise of the house of York, 102 ; power of the duke of
Suffolk, 102; impeachment and banishment of Suffolk, 104 ; his murder, 104 ;
insurrection of Jack Cade in 1450, 105 ; other revolts in England, 107 ; nnpoj u-
larity of Somerset, on account of his losses in France, 108 ; Henry becomes im-
becile, 109 ; intrigues of the queen and Somerset to secure their jower, 109;
the duke of York elected Protector by the peers, 110; the king recovers liie
faculties, 111 ; selfishness of the barons, 111 ; Somerset is released from arrest,
and York superseded, 111 ; York marches towards London, 111; tmt battle of
St. Albans, on May 22, 1455, and death of Somerset, 112 ; is conducted to Lon-
don by York, 112 ; a parliament summoned, and York made Protector a
second time, 113 ; the parliament not revolutionary, but influenced by a desire
to remove oppressive taxation, 114 ; the Protectorate superseded in 145C, 114 ;
attempts to reconcile the Lancastrian and York factions, 115 ; commencement
of the Civil War, in 1459, 116 ; battle of Blore Heath, 116 ; is taken prisoner at
the battle of Northampton, in 1160, 117 ; a parliament assembled at West-
minster, and York claims the crown, 118 ; the peers effect a compromise, that
York should succeed on Henry's death, 119 ; the queen resists the compromise,
and assembles an army, 119 ; battle of Wakefield, and death of York, Dec. 31 , 14CO,
119 ; Margaret advances to London. 119 ; defeats Warwick in the second battle
of St. Albans, and recaptures the king, 120 ; Henry is deposed by parliament,
and Edward IV. proclaimed, March 4, 1161, 120 ; battle of Towton, 122, 123;
attainted in parliament for the death of Eichard, duke of York, 1.6 ; renewed
attempt of queen Margaret, in 1462 ; repulsed, 127 ; story of her throwing her-
self and son on the protection of an outlaw, 127 ; renewed attempt against
Edward, and loss of the battle of Hexham. 129 ; the king is recaptured, and
committed to the Tower, and Margaret retires to the Continent, 133 ; Margaret
is reconciled to Warwick, 133 ; invades England with Warwick and Clarence.
Edward is deserted, and Henry restored, 137 ; Warwick and Clarence appointed
Protectors, 138 ; is taken prisoner at the battle of Barnet, and re-committed to
the Tower, 142 ; queen Margaret lands at Weymouth. assembles forces, and is
defeated at the battle of Tewkesbury, 143 ; she is taken prisoner, 145 ; death cf
Henry, in May, 1471, and doubts as to the duke of Gloucester having been his
murderer, 145.
Henry VII. (earl of Richmond! taken by his uncle, the earl of Pembroke, to
Brittany, after the battle of Tewkesbury, ii. 147 ; the duke of Buckingham ard
bishop Morton put themselves in communication with, previous to their revolt
against Richard III., 177 ; assembles soldiers for a landing in England, 177 ; is
prevented by a storm, 17"< ; leaves Brittany to avoid being delivered up to
Richard, 183 ; receives some forces from the king of France, and lands at Mil-
ford Haven, Aug. 7, 1485, 186 ; battle of Bosworth, Auc;. 22, 187 ; crowned on
the field of Bosworth, 190; parliamentary title to the crown given him, ltd ;
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marries Elizabeth of York, 192 ; suitableness of the character of, for his times,
193 ; aversion of, to the House of York, 193 ; imprisons the earl of Warwick,
son of George, duke of Clarence, 194 ; insurrection against, headed by Lambert
Simnel, who pretended to be earl of Warwick, 195 ; suppression of the insurec-
tion at the battle of Stoke, on June 4, 1487, 195 ; alleged harsh treatment of the
dowager queen Elizabeth, 196 ; exhibits the real earl of Warwick to the people,
198 ; timid foreign policy of, 198 ; allows France to annex Brittany, 200 ; insur-
rection in the northern counties on account of oppressive taxation, 200 ; the
earl of Northumberland killed, but the insurrection suppressed by the earl of
Surrey, 200 ; invades France, in 1492, and Invests Boulogne. 201 ; concludes a
hurried peace on receiving a large sum of money from Charles VIII., 201; prob-
able motives for the peace, 201 ; demands the surrender of Perkin Warbeck
from the duke of Burgundy, but compliance is evaded, 207, 208 ; execution of
sir William Stanley, and others, for corresponding with Warbeck. 209 ; con-
cludes a treaty with the duke of Burgundy, by which Warbeck is compelled to
go to Scotland, 210 ; statute of treason passed providing that subjects are bound
to serve the king tie facto, 210 ; employment of spies by, 211 ; letters of Both-
well to, describing the position of Warbeck in Scotland in 1496, 212 ; is attacked
by Warbeck and James IV-, but they are compelled to retreat, 215 ; insurrec-
tion in Cornwall against renewed taxation, 215 ; suppressed, 216 ; concludes a
truce with James IV., by which Warbeck is forced to leave Scotland, 216 ;
Warbeck lands in Cornwall, attacks Exeter, and is repulsed, 216 ; is deserted,
and flies to sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey, 217 ; his treatment of Warbeck after
his surrender, 218 ; Warbeck attempts to escape, is retaken, and confined in the
Tower, 218 ; exhibited to the public, and reads his confession. 218 ; the earl of
Warwick accused of treason, and of joining in conspiracy with Warbeck, 219 :
they are both executed, in Nov. 1499, 220 ; commits Edward de la Pole, earl of
Suffolk, to the Tower, 221 ; marries his- eldest son, Arthur, to the princess
Catherine of Arragon, in 1501, 222 ; account of the royal court, 222 ; his fond-
ness for jewels, 223 ; erection of his palace at Richmond, and chapel at West-
minster, 223 , encouragement by, of Cabot and his sons, 223 ; passion of, for
wealth, 225; concludes a treaty with Scotland, and gives Margaret, his daughter,
in marriage to James IV., in 1502, 225 ; his son Arthur dies, 225 ; marries
Arthur's widow to his next son, Henry, after obtaining the pope's dispensation,
225 ; his queen Elizabeth dies, 226 ; seeks for an advantageous marriage for
himself, 226 ; dies on April 21, 1509, 227 ; extortions of Henry through the
agency of Empson and Dudley, 227; depression of the aristocracy by, 228;
originates the Star-chamber court, 230 ; few parliaments held during his reign,
230 ; progress of maritime discovery in his reign, 237.
Henry VIII. succeeds his father, April 22, 1509, ii. 245 ; Empson and Dudley con-
victed and executed for extortion, 246 ; marriage of, to Catherine of Arragon,
246 ; remarkable modification of the coronation oath by, 246 ; skill of, in music,
248; interferes in favour of pope Julius II. in a war against France, 249 ; revives
the claim to the crown of France, 250 ; claims a feudal superiority over Scot-
land, 250 ; retains his sister's legacy, in order to compel her husband, James
IV. of Scotland, to abandon the French alliance, 251, an army sent to Spain to
invade Guienne, 251 ; Wolsey, the almoner, acts as war-minster, 252 ; rise of
Wolsey, 253 ; the army returns form Spain without effecting its object, 254 ;
naval warfare, and mut'ial ravages on the coasts of France and England, 254 ;
despotic measures of, for the security of the coast, 254 ; expedition of, to
France, in 1513, 255 ; ostentatious display of magnificence, 255 ; the emperor
Maximilian takes military service under him, 256 ; wins the Battle of the
Spurs, 256 ; Terouenne and Tournay surrender, 257 ; war with Scotland, 257 ;
battle of Flodden Field, on Sept. 9, 1513, and death of James IV- of Scotland,
259 ; ravages on both sides of the Scottish border, 261 ; attack by the French
on Brighton, 261 ; peace with France, and marriage of the princess Mary to
Louis XII., 261 ; death of Louis, and accession of Francis, 26^ ; Henry asserts
the rights of the crown against the claims of the clergy, 266 ; desires to be
chosen emperor, and sends Pace on a mission to Germany, 268 ; Henry and
Francis meet in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 271 ; meets Charles V.
at Gravelines, 273 ; conviction and execution of John Stafford, duke of
Buckingham, 275; increasing despotism and cruelty of. 276; writes a book
against Luther, "On the Seven Sacraments," 278 ; Leo X. bestows on him, in
1521, the title of " Defender of the Faith," 278 ; concludes a league with Charles
V. against Francis I., 279; arbitrary measures of. to raise money. 280; riot Of
the Londoners on "Evil May Day'" against the Flemish traders, 280 ; parlia-
ment summoned, in 1523, and earnest debate on the granting of a subsidy, 283-
28 1; opposes the endeavour of his sister Margaret to obtain a divorce. 28 >>
Scotland is invaded to enforce the removal of the d;ike of Albany from the
regency, 286; the earl of Surrey destroy* Jedburgh, and ravages the borders,
287 ; the duke of Suffolk sent with an army to France, hi 1523, which devastate!
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the country, but has no other success, 288 ; resistance of the people to taxes
levied without the authority of parliament, 290-291 ; insurrection in Suffolk
occasioned by, 291 ; the levy revoked, and the insurgents pardoned, 292; his
opinion as to the war between the emperor and the pope, in 1527, 292 ; first
agitation of the question of divorce from queen Catherine, 299 ; sends supplies
to the pope while in confinement, 302 ; growing attachment of, to Anne Boleyn,
304-305; war declared against the emperor, 305; the pope sends a commission
for Wolsey and cardinal Campegius to inquire into the validity of his marriage,
396; interview of the legates with Catherine, 309 ; unpopularity of the divorce
with the people, 310 ; opening of the Jcgatine commission, on June 18, 1529,
311; Catherine refuses to acknowledge its jurisdiction, 312 ; is declared contu-
macious, 312 ; "Wolsey is deprived of the Great Seal, on Oct. 17, 1529, 313 ; creates
sir Thomas More chancellor, 316; the parliament passes statutes against eccle-
siastical abuses, 319 ; opposition of the clergy to the reading of the scriptures,
320; the king is released from his debts by act of parliament, 323 ; Christmas
amusements of. and large sums lost by, at gambling, 323 ; sends the earl of
Wiltshire and Cranmer to obtain the pope's consent to the dissolution of
his marriage, 325; opinions of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in
favour of the divorce, 326 ; hypocrisy of the plea of conscience for desiring
a divorce, 327 ; grants a general pardon to Wolsey, who retires to his see, 328;
causes him to t>e arrested for high treason, 330 ; unfeeling conduct of,
on hearing of Wolsey's death, 331 ; commencement of the Reformation in
England, 332 ; prosecutes the clergy for having submitted to Wolsey as legate,
333; fears being cited to Rome on the divorce cause, 333 ; threatens the pope
with the loss of his power in England, but persecutes reformers, 334 ; requires
Frith and Tyndale to renounce their errors and to return from the Nether-
lands to England, 334 ; the payment of annates to the see of Home abolished
by, in 1533, 335; increased cruelty ancl tyranny of, after the death of Wolsey,
335 ; severe laws passed against poisoners, gipsies, vagabonds, and for
punishing wanderers by death on a third offence, 337-340; goes with Anno
Boleyn to France in 1532, to meet Francis, 341 ; marries Anne Boleyn ; 342 ;
Cranmer pronounces sentence of divorce, on May 23, 1533, 344; description
of the coronation of Anne Boleyn, by Cranmer, 344 ; Catherine steadily re-
fuses to renounce the title of queen, 346 ; princess Elizabeth born, Sept.
7, 1533, 3-18 ; statute iorbidding appeals to Rome passed, 349 ; statute for the
punishment of heresy, 350 ; Frith burnt, 351 ; statute vesting the succession in
the issue of queen Anne, 351 ; the Holy Maid of Kent and her visions, 352 ; she
is tried and executed fo_r treason, 352; Fisher, bishop of Rochester, and sir
Thomas More, included in the charge, 353 ; they are sent to the Tower for re-
fusing to swear to the illegality of the king's first marriage, 256 ; Act of Su-
premacy passed, 358 ; Act of Succession passed, with new definitions of trea-
son, 358 ; execution of the monks of the Charterhouse for refusing to take the
oath of supremacy, 361 ; Hollanders burnt for heresy, 361 ; the act allowing the
free importation of books repealed, 361; Fisher and More tried for treason,
convicted, and executed, 362, ?63 ; Cromwell appointed vicegerent, 366 ; visita-
tion of the monasteries, in 1535, 367 ; statute for the dissolution of the smaller
monasteries, 370; statutes passed for the regulation of trade and prices, 372 ;
death of Catharine on Jan. 7, 1536, 373 ; Anne Boleyn suspected of heresy, 373 ;
May-day at Greenwich, 1536, 374 ; Anne Boleyn sent to the Tower, 375 ; her letter
to the king, 377,389 ; Cranmer's letter to the king, 378 ; true bills found against
Anne Boleyn and others, 380 ; her trial and execution on May 19, 1536, 382 ; her
dying speech, 382; marriage of Henry to Jane Seymour, on May 20, 383; doubts as
to the guilt of Anne, 385, 386; new law of succession passed, 387 ; state of Ireland,
391-395 ; rebellion of the Fitzgeralds in Ireland in 1534, 395 ; it is suppressed,
and the Fitzjjeralds executed, in violation of a promise given, 401 ; assumes
the title of king of Ireland, 402 ; proclamation of, against holidays. 408 ; insur-
rection in Lincolnshire in 1536, occasioned by the proclamation, and the sup-
pression of monastic establishments, 409 ; rude answer of, to the Lincolnshire
petitioners. 409 ; the insurrection suppressed, 410 ; insurrection in Yorkshire,
headed by Robert Aske, 410 ; crafty instructions of, to the duke of Norfolk, as
to treating with the insurgents, 411 ; dissatisfaction of, with Norfolk, for grant-
ing a free pardon on their dispersion, 411 ; renewal of the insurrection in York-
shire in 1537, 413 ; the insurgents repulsed from Carlisle and Hull, martial
law proclaimed, and many hung, 4!3 ; execution of many of the leaders in Lon-
don, 414 ; orders martial law to be proclaimed, which is to apply to monks and
canons that be faulty, 414 ; executions at Windsor for sympathy with the in-
surgents of the North, 415 ; birth of Edward VI., and death of queen Jane Sey-
mour, 415 ; negotiations abroad for a new wife, 416 ; sanctions the printing of
Coverdale's Bible, 417 ; disputes in Westminster Hall with John Lambert on
the eucharist, 418 ; Lambert is burnt, 418; Act of 1539, for the dissolution of
abbeys, 419 ; assigns pensions to the abbots, monks, and others who surrender,
INDEX. 561
423 ; wasteful disposal of the possession of the religious houses, 425; destruction
of the buildings, 425^ subscrviencyof the parliament summoned in 1539,427; Acts
indow
their
John, -130 ; passing of the intolerant and atrocious statute of ~the"sijTArticlc8,
jig written aga
vorce,435; the aged countess of Salisbury, Pole's mother, executed in 1541,
435, 436 ; marries Anne of Cleves, 438 ; dislikes her, 439 ; the marriage declared
invalid, 440 ; causes Cromwell to be arrested, 441 ; and attainted of high trea-
son, 441 ; Cromwell is executed, July 28, 1540, and on the same day Henry mar-
ries Catherine Howard, 442 ; heretics burnt for affirming the legality of his mar-
riage with Catherine of Arragon, and for denying his supremacy, 443 ; the prof-
ligacy of Catherine Howard revealed to him by Cranmer,444 ; promises her life
on confession, but breaks the promise, 445 ; she is attainted and executed, Feb. 12,
1541, 4-16 ; and another new treason declared by the Act of attainder, 446 ; mar-
ries Catherine Parr, in July, 1543, 44i> ; endeavours to effect a marriage between
his son Edward and Mary of Scotland, 419 ; sends the earl of Hertford to Scot-
land, who ravages it, burns Leith, and other places, 4EO, 451 ; is opposed by car-
dinal Beaton in his claims to supremacy, and in his attempt on the indepen-
dence of Scotland, 453 ; sanctions a proposal to assassinate Beaton, 453 ; invades
France with great pomp, having obtained a subsidy and a second extinction,
of his debts from parliament, in 1544, 455 ; besieges and takes Boulogne, 456 ;
wants funds for providing land defences against a projected invasion by
France, 457 ; peace concluded with France and Scotland, 458 ; continued per-
secution for heresies under Act of the Six Articles, 459, 460 ; relieves Cranmer
from an accusation of heresy, 462 ; Anne Askew and others burnt, 463 ; queen
Catherine Parr suspected of heresy, 464 ; the duke of Norfolk and earl of Sur-
rey arrested on charges of high treason, 465 ; Surrey beheaded, and Norfolk re-
mitted for execution, but escapes owing to the King's death, 466 ; death of
Henry on Jan. 28, 1547, 46G.
Henry IV., of France, succeeds to the throne in August, 1589. iii. 184 ; Eng-
lish expedition sent in aid of, 185 ; abjures the Protestant religion, 191 ; con-
cludes a separate treaty with Spain, 207 ; sends Sully to congratulate James I.
on his accession, 240 ; is assassinated in 1610, 285 ; scheme of, for an European
confederacy, 285.
Henry, Patrick, his early career, vi. 85 ; his eloquence in opposing the Stamp
act,' 1765, 86.
Heptarchy, little interest afforded by the events of the, i. 88 ; incessant wars dur-
ing the, 89.
Hereford, Henry duke of (afterwards Henry IV.), quarrel of, with the duke of
Norfolk, i. 579 ; is banished, 581 ; his patrimony seized by Richard II., 582 ;
lands at Kavenspur, July 4. 1399, 583 ; interview of, with Richard II., 584 ; en-