The United kingdom; a political history online

468 ; marries Charles I., i. 470 ; comes
to England, ib. ; religious difficulties
in connection with, 470, 471 ; her at-
tempt to overawe parliament, 520;
betrays the projected arrest to five
members, 528; infuses spirit into
the war, 537 ; advises Charles from
Paris, 549.

Henry of Essex. See Essex, Henry of.

Henry I., gallops to Winchester on his
father's death, i. 57; has himself
elected king, ib.; publishes a char-
ter, ib. ; recalls Anselm, 58 ; impris-
ons Flambard, ib ; his character, 58,
59 ; makes a treaty with Robert, 59,
60 ; marries Matilda, 60 ; his prefer-
ence for Normans, ib. ; his struggles
with the baronage, 00, 61; defeats
Robert de Belesme, 61 ; his quarrel
with Anselm, ib. et sq. ; the question
referred to the pope, 62 ; seizes the
estates of the archbishopric of Can-
terbury, 65; banishes Anselm, ib.;
his choice of ministers, 68; his re-
sort to espionage, ib.; the charac-
ter of his rule, ib.; his services to
commerce, 68, 69; goes to Nor-
mandy, 70 ; dies of a surfeit of lam-
preys, 71; his absences from Eng-
land, 119.

Henry, Bishop of Winchester (Ste-
phen's brother), his shifting policy,
i. 71, 73, 74.



Henry II., his appearance, i. 76; his
activity, ib. ; his disposition, ib., 77 ;
his possessions, 77 ; his sovereignty,
ib. ; organizes the kingdom, 78 ; in-
stitutes scutage, 79; his political
aim, ib. et sq. ; his finance, 84; his
attitude towards Becket, 93 ; under-
takes the conquest of Ireland, 99 et
sq. ; overthrows conspiracy, 103;
takes William, king of Scots, pris-
oner, ib. ; his sons Richard and John
plot against him, 104; overpowered
by them and by the king of France,
105 ; dies at Chinon, ib.

Henry, Prince (son of Henry II.), dies,
i. 104.

Henry III., crowned, i. 149; his minor-
ity, 151; his character, 151, 152; his
predilections and tastes, 152; wars
upon Gascony, 154 ; renews the
Great Charter, 157; gets into the
pope's debt, 158; pawns his king-
dom, ib. ; swears to the provisions
of Oxford, 158, 159; civil war openly
breaks out between the king and the
barons, 159 ; defeated at Lewes, 161 ;
ratifies reforms, 164 ; dies, ib.

Henry (son of Richard, Earl of Corn-
wall), murdered, i. 164.

Henry IV., of England (see also Lan-
caster, Henry, Duke of) , his right to
the crown compared with that of
William III., i. 243; his coronation,
243, 244 ; copes with Welsh disaffec-
tion, 248; his energy, 249 ; most con-
stitutional monarch, ib. ; his char-
acter, 245; his struggles with con-
spiracy, 245, 246 ; his relations with
parliament, 249, 250; his character
and government, 253, 254 ; effects of
his policy, 254.

Henry v., i. 249; his character, 255
his claim to the crown of France
258 ; attacks France, 259.

Henry VI., his coronation, i. 263; his
character, ib. ; murdered, 273.

Henry VII., Richard III.'s rival, i. 274 ;
his title to the crown, 281 ; his strug-
gles with pretenders to the throne,
282 ; with rebellion in the north, 283 ;
in Cornwall, ib. ; with general dis-
order, ib.; his political aims, ib.;



INDEX



455



his character, ib. ; his diplomacy,
288 ; fosters trade, 293 ; his alliances,
ib. ; his choice of ministers, 299, 300 ;
his craving for money, 300; his ex-
actions, ib. ; becomes odious, ib. ;
his funeral, ib.; his Irish policy,
311, 312; his relations with Scot-
land, 411.

Henry, Prince, son of Henry VII.,
afterwards Henry VIII. {q. v.), affi-
anced to Catherine of Aragon, i. 289.

Henry VIII., i. 289; his appearance,
301 ; his character, ib, ; his extrava-
gance, 302 ; his popularity, ib. ; his
debts repudiated by act of parlia-
ment (21 Hen. VIII. c. 24; 36 Hen.
VIII. c. 12), 302, 303; his proclama-
tions declared to have the force of
law (31 Hen. VIII. c. 8), 303; his
diplomacy, 308; his Irish policy,
312; receives the title of Defender
of the Faith, 317 ; his attitude tow-
ards Roman Catholicism, 317, 318:
the sole cause of his secession, 318;
his attempts to obtain a divorce
from Catherine of Aragon, 318 sq. ;
marries Anne Boleyn privately, 322 ;
falls in love with Jane Seymour,
323; declared supreme head of the
church (26 Hen. VIII, c. 1), 324, 327;
marries Jane Seymour, 325 ; extorts
money from the clergy in the form
of penalties of Praemunire (22 Hen.
VIII. c. 15), 326, 327; his " Institu-
tion of a Christian Man," 328; his
extravagance, 336 ; his wavering re-
ligious policy, 337; holds a public
disputation, 338; marries Anne of
Cleves, ib. ; authorizes a translation
of the Bible, 339; the upshot of his
ecclesiastical policy, 340; his creed
and ritual, .340, .341 ; his will, 340,
403 ; not a religious reformer, ib. ;
bequeaths the kingdom, 342 ; acts of
his executors, 342, 343 ; futility of
his attempts to settle the succession,
357; his dealings with Scotland, 411.

Henry IV., of Germany, i. 86.

Henry VI., Emperor of Germany, cap-
tures Richard I., i. 112.

Henry IV., of Navarre, i. 384, 424, 426
etsq., 442.



Henry, Prince, eldest son of James I.,

of England, i. 455.

Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester,
third son of Charles I., of Eng-
land, too young for the throne, i.
559.

Heptarchy, the, i. 6.

Heralds, college of, i. 174.

Heraldry, becomes a science, i. 211.

Herbert, Arthur, Earl of Torrington,
Admiral, invites William of Orange
over, ii. 70.

Herberts, the, origin and politics of,
i. 334.

Hereditary system, instance of the
weakness of, i. 263.

Hereford, Henry, Duke of (afterwards
Duke of Lancaster and Henry IV.,
q.v.).

Heresy, statutes against, i. 252, 253,

Heretics, treatment of a company of,
from Germany {temp. Henry II.), 1.
98,

Hereward, defeated by William I,, i,
20.

Hickes, George, ii. 89.

High commission, court of, how
formed {temp. Elizabeth, 1 Eliz. c.
1, Stat. 18), i. 374; composition of,
396, 401, 491 ; abolished by the long
parliament (16 Car. I. c. 11), 515.

Highlanders of Scotland, i. 193.

Highlands of Scotland, early condition
of, i. 410 ; clan system reigns in, ib. ;
Gaelic the speech, ib. ; antagonism
to lowlands, ib.

Hildebrand, i. 18; his designs on be-
half of the church, ib. ; the effect of
his ecclesiastical designs in Ger-
many, 18, 19 ; abets the invasion of
England, 19 ; introduces reforms in
England, 31 ; calls on William I. to
do homage to his kingdom, 32; his
ambition for the church, 34; hum-
bles Henry IV, of Germany, 86.

Hill, Abigail, supplants the Duchess of
Marlborough, ii. 147.

Hill, Rowland, ii. 376.

Hillsborough, Wills HiU, Earl of, ii.
212.

History of England, chief interest of,
i. 1.



456



INDEX



Hobbes, Thomas, his philosophy, ii. 2 ;

his scepticism, 20.
Hobrigge, Gervase, i. 141.
Hoche, Lazare, invades England, ii.

287.
Hofer, Andreas, murder of, ii. 309.
Hohenlinden, battle of, ii. 300.
Holland, protestantism in, i. 424;

hegemony of, 573.
Hollands, the (Sir John and Sir

Thomas, half-brothers of Richard

n.),i. 238.
Holies, Denzil, i. 510, 556, 563.
Holy Alliance, the, ii. 309, 311, 324.
Holy water, discarded, i. 346.
Home rule, i. 5.

Homildon, battle of, i. 248, 407.
Homilies, the, published, i. 346.
Hood, John, ballads, i. 135.
Hooker, Richard, i. 399, 428.
Hooper, John, Bishop of Worcester,

objects to vestments, i. 345, 364.
Hothams, the, i. 540.
'* Hotspur," See Percy, Sir Henry.
House-carls, i. 14.
Howard, Catherine, wife of Henry

Vm., i. 329.
Howard, John, ii. 369.
Howard, Lady Frances (afterwards

Countess of Essex, then Countess

of Somerset) , i. 451 et sq., 538.
Howard, William, third Lord Howard

of Escrick, betrays Russell and Sid-
ney, ii. 49.
Howe, William, General, ii. 216.
Howell, the good, i. 190.
Hubert, Archbishop, i. 118, 120.
" Hudibras," i. 542 ; delights the court,

ii. 2.
Hudson's Bay Company, the, ii. 402.
Huguenots, the, i. 424, 583.
Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. See

Lupus.
Hugh, St., Bishop of Lincoln, i. 121,

130.
Hull (the town), i. 536; gates of,

closed against Charles L, 539, 540.
Humbert, J.-R-.M., general, ii. 287.
Humble petition and advice, i. 617.
Hume, David, i. 191, 612.
Hume, Joseph, ii. 362, 373.
Hundred, the, i. 30.



Hundred court, i. 81.

Huntly, George Gordon, second Mar-
quis of, i. 585.

Husbandry, the care of, i. 350, 351.

Huskisson, William, ii. 317 ; his policy,
ii. 328, 338, 339, 371.

Huss, John, i. 313, 425.

Hutchinson, John, Colonel, i. 496, 497.

Hyde, Anne (daughter of the Earl of
Clarendon), marriage of, ii. 25.

Hyde, Edward. See Clarendon, Earl
of.

Hyder, Ali, ii. 420.



Images of saints, discarded, i. 346.

Impeachment, i. 296; right of, as-
serted by Commons, 464.

Impositions, the Commons raise the
question of, i. 446.

Imprisonment, arbitrary, i. 437.

Indemnity and Oblivion, Act of (12
Car. II. c. 11), dissatisfaction with,
ii. 13.

Independents, i. 544; their severance
from the Presbyterians, 547; aims
of, 555.

India bill (see also East India Com-
pany), (of Fox and North), ii. 417;
(of Pitt), 418.

India, English rule in, ii. 233 et sq.,
411 et sq.

Indulgence, declaration of {temp.
Charles II.), ii. 26,30.

Inglis, Sir Robert, ii. 336.

Innocent III., Pope, i. 122; his char-
acter, ib., 123; his policy, 123 ; lays
an interdict on England, 124; ex-
communicates John, 125, 127 ; annuls
the Great Charter, 140; suspends
Langton, 142 ; dies, 144.

Inquisition, the, i. 35, 348, 424.

Instrument of government, the, i.
605 et sq.

Intendant, king's. See Sheriff.

Intercursvs magnus, the, i. 293.

Interdict, the (see also under Inno-
cent III.), i. 124 ei s^.

Inventions {temp. George IV. and
William IV.), ii. 322,326.

lona, islet of, i. 100.



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467



Ireland, Henry II. undertakes to con-
quer it, i. 99; escapes Roman and
Saxon conquest, 100; obstacles to
unification of, 101 ; invasion of, by
Strongbow and others, ib., 102 ; is
annexed by Henry II., 102; gov-
erned by John de Grey, 126; its
bitter fate, Ii09; under Henry VII.,
312; the war of races, 417 et sq.;
Strafford's administration of (see
also Strafford), 487 et sq. ; catholic
rebellion and massacre of protes-
tants (1G41), 524; internecine char-
acter of the civil war {temp.
Charles I.) in, 532, 579; Cromwell's
policy with regard to, 627 ; union of,
with England {temp. Protectorate),
ii. 21 ; James II. 's policy in, 61, 62 ;
the revolution of 1688 in, 94 et sq. ;
the racial and religious conflict in,
98, 99; condition of {temp. Anne),
142, 143; neglected by Walpole,
179 et sq.; condition of {temp.
George III.), 222 et sq. ; under Pitt,
241, 242; condition of {temp.
George III.), 283 et sq.; united to
Great Britain (39 and 40 George III.
c. 67) , 293 ; condition of, as described
by Cornwallis {temp. George III.),
290, 291; after the union, 332; con-
dition of {temp. William IV.), 376
et sq.

Ireton, Henry, 1. 556; draws up the
agreement of the people, i. 574.

Irish brigade, the, i. 683.

Ironsides, the, i. 546.

Isabel of Angouleme, i. 119, 152.

Isabella (daughter of Charles VI. of
France), second wife of Richard II,,
i. 241.

Islands, the British, situation of, i. 1,
2, 3; dedicated to freedom, 2.

Italy, untouched by the Reformation,
i. 424 ; republics of medieval, 573.



Jacobins, the, compared with those
who tried Charles I., i. 568.

Jacobites, 1. 334, 335 ; ii. 101 et sq., 164,
165.

Jacquerie, the, i. 214, 233.



Jamaica, rising in, in 1865, i. 133 ; ii.
381, 382, 406 et sq. ; slavery in, 407;
insurrection in, 409.

James I., of England (as James VI., of
Scotland), i. 417 (as king of Eng-
land), 432 et. sq.; bred a Calvinist,
436; sides with the Anglican hie-
rarchy, 437 ; his papal leanings, 440 ;
his extravagance, 443 ; his lavishness
towards parasites, ib. ; his financial
fembarrassments, 448 et sq. ; his
court, 450, 451 ; his leanings towards
Spain, 453; his foreign policy, 460
et sq. ; his restoration of Episcopacy
in Scotland, 504, 505.

James II., of England (as Duke of
York), i. 559; marries Anne Hyde,
ii. 25 ; resigns the oflice of high ad-
miral, 31 ; publicly avows his Roman
Catholicism, 40; attempted exclu-
sion of, 42, 43 ; marries Mary of Mo-
dena, 43; (as king) his character,
54, 55; his policy, 56, 57, 62; how
put into force, 63, 64; revives the
court of high commission, 65; his
attempts to pack parliament, 69; a
son born to him, 70; his change of
front on the landing of William, 75 ;
his flight, 77, 78 ; was virtually de-
posed, 80; lands in Ireland, 95; his
party, 104 ; dies, 127.

James I., of Scotland, i. 406.

James II., of Scotland, i. 406.

James IV., of Scotland, i. 408.

James VI., of Scotland, afterwards I.,
of England, q. v.

Jedbrugh law, i. 408.

Jefferson, Thomas, ii. 213, 324.

Jeffreys, George, first Baron of Wem,
judge, ii. 61, 68.

Jena, battle ©f, ii. 304.

Jenkins, ii. 183, 184.

Jerome, of Prague, i. 313.

Jesuits, the, i. 377, 424, 425 {temp.
James I.), 440, 441; {temp. Charles
II.), ii. 40, 55, 56.

Jewel, John, Bishop of London, i. 482.

Jewry, the, a source of revenue, i.
84.

Jews, the, how treated by William II.,
i. 46 ; an anti-semitic movement
sweeps over Europe, 108 ; their ad-



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diction to usury, ib. ; an object of
religious aversion, ib. ; generally
hated, 109; lived apart, ib. ; sus-
pected of siding with the infidel,
110; massacred, ib.; clauses relat-
ing to, in the Great Charter, 137;
oppressed by Henry III., 154; ban-
ished by Edward L, 185; clip the
coin, ib. ; own land, ib. ; amass
wealth, ib. ; results of their banish-
ment, ib.

Joan of Arc, i. 261.

Joan of Kent. See Bocher, Joan.

John, of Bretagne, i. 199.

John, of Creraa, i. 66, 67.

John, king of England (as prince), his
father's vicegerent in Ireland, i.
102; plots against his father, 104;
(as king), his character, 118, 119;
disloyal to his brothers, 106, 119;
marries Hadwisa, 119 ; marries Isa-
bella, ib. ; loses Normandy, ib. ; de-
fies the pope, 121 ; threatened with
an interdict, ib. ; his free thinking
and impiety, 121, 122 ; invades Scot-
land, 125 ; is excommunicated, ib. ;
flies to Wales, 126; flies to Ireland,
ib. ; crushes the De Lacys, ib. ; sub-
mits to the pope, 127; musters his
forces to oppose Philip, of France,
on Barham Down, ib. ; his abuses
and exactions, 128; takes an army
to France, 129; temporizes with the
barons, 130; meets the barons at
Windsor, 132 ; sends abroad for sup-
port, 140; devastates the country,
141 ; largely deserted, 143 ; is forced
northward, 144 ; loses his treasure,
ib. ; dies, ib. ; is buried, ib.

John, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, i.
213; marries Constantia, daughter
of Pedro the Cruel, 228 ; his lineage,
ih. ; his Lancastrian claims, ib. ; his
claim to the kingdom of Castile and
Leon, ib. ; seizes the government,
lb., 229; leader of the Oligarchs,
239, 243, 265.

John, of Leyden (Johann Bockelson or
Bockold),i. 351,545.

Johnson, Samuel, his estimate of
Charles II., ii. 3.

Journalism, iwlitical, birth of, 1. 539.



Joyce, Cornet, carries off Charles I.,

i. 562.
Judges, itinerant, i. 137.
Judges, status of {temp. James I.), i.

448 ; arbiters of the constitution, ib.

servility of {temp. Charles I.), 4!I2

independence of, established, ii. 83

payment of, 362.
Judicature, advance of, i. 137.
Judiciary, the {temp. Henry II.), i. 80 ;

{temp. Edward 1.), 181, 182; {temp.

Henry VII.), 296; of Scotland, 407;

James I. assails the independence

of, 458; corruption of {temp. James

I.), 459.
Judith, niece of William I., i, 39.
Julius II., Pope, i. 313, 320.
"Junius," the letters of, ii. 225, 226.
Juries, untrustworthy {temp. Henry

VII.), i. 286.
Jurisprudence, birth of, i. 82, 83.
Jury trial, i. 137, 296.
Justices in eyre, established by Henry

n., i. 80.
Justices of the peace, i. 184, 227.
Justiciar, the, i. 26 ; growing influence

of, 120, 184.
Jutes, migration of, i. 3.
Juxon, William, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, i. 486.



Kane, Donald, i. 311.

Keble, John, i. 428.

Ken, Thomas, Bishop of Bath and
Wells, ii. 89.

Kenil worth, i. 163.

Kenyon, Lloyd, first Lord Kenyon,
ii. 273, 277, 280.

Kerne, i. 213.

Keroualle, Mme. de. See Portsmouth,
Duchess of.

Kett, Robert, rebellion of, i. 351; is
hanged, 352.

Kett, William, is hanged, i. 352.

Khalsa, the, ii. 425.

Kildare, Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of,
i. 312.

Killiecrankie, battle of, ii. 93.

Killigrew, Thomas, ii. 26.

Kilwardby, Robert, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, i. 178.



INDEX



459



King, functions of the, in Saxon times,

i. 8; election of, in Saxon times, 9;

mode of coercing (temp. Jolm), 139.
" King's cabinet opened, the," i. 551.
King-worship in England (temp.

Henry VIII.), i. 302.
King's evil, touching for, revived

{temp. Charles II.), i. 648.
" King's friends," ii. 197.
Kirkaldy, Sir William, of Grange, i.

416.
Kirke, Colonel, ii. 60, 61.
Kitchin, Anthony, Bishop of Llandaff,

i. 375.
Knighthood, i. 29.
Knights, protest of, for reforms

{temp. Henry III.), i. 159 ; four from

each shire summoned to parliament

{temp. Henry III.), 161, 162, 170,

171, 172, 298.
Knolles, i. 218, 220.
KnoUys, Sir Francis, i. 369, 383.
Knox, John, i. 357, 386 ; his character,

412; organizes Calvinism, ib., 506.
Krudener, Madame, ii. 311.



Labour, statutory legislation of (see
Labourers, Statutes of), first regu-
lated by parliament in 1349, 226;
forced, giving way to hired, 233.

Labourers, the {temp. William I.), i.
38; statutes of (23 Edw. III. stat. 2),
225, 233 ; scarcity of, ih. ; discontent,
233, 234 ; statutes of {temp. William
IV.),ii. 373, 374.

Lafayette, Marquis de, ii. 217.

La Hogue, victory of, ii. 119.

Lake, John, Bishop of Chichester,
ii. 90.

Lake, Sir Thomas, i. 452.

Lally, T.-A., Count of, ii. 412.

La Marche (Hugh IX.), Count de,
i. 119, 152.

La Mare, Peter de, i. 229.

Lambert, John, Henry VIII. argues
with, i. 338.

Lambert, John, Major-General, i. 611.

Lambeth Articles, the, i. 345, 476, 482.

Lambeth, treaty of, i. 150.

Lancaster, Henry (son of John of



Gaunt) , Duke of (afterwards Henry
IV.), his quarrel with the Duke of
Norfolk, i. 242; is banished, ib.;
returns, 243 ; mounts the throne as
Henry IV. {q. v.), ib.

Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Duke of.
See John of Gaunt.

Lancaster, line of, i. 268; its adhe-
rents, 269 ; were leaderless, 271.

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, grasps at
powers, i. 205 ; his party splits, 207 ;
is defeated, ib.; is venerated by the
people, ib.

Landed aristocracy, growth and im-
portance of, ii. 154 et sq.

Landen, battle of, ii. 119.

Land tax. See Carucage.

Lanfranc, Archbishop, i. 91 ; his char-
acter, 33; his fitness for his post,
ib.; crowns William II., 42; curbs
William IL, 44.

Langland, William, i. 219; his descrip-
tion of his era, 233.

Langside, battle of, i. 417.

Langton, Stephen, i. 121 ; goes to Pon-
tigny, 124; releases John from ex-
communication, 127; the political
movement against John, 128, 129;
produces a copy of Henry I.'s char-
ter, 130; mediates at Windsor be-
tween John and the barons, 133 ; his
influence in the framing of the Great
Charter, 138; leaves England, 142;
goes to Rome, ib. ; is suspended, ib. ;
steadfastly upholds the cause of
order, 150.

Language, the English, effect of the
Conquest on, i. 21, 22, 23.

Latimer, Hugh, Bishop of Worcester,
quoted, i. 2^)5, 350; driven from his
see, 338; his character, 344; con-
dones persecution, 363.

Latimer, Thomas Osborne, Viscount.
See Danby, Earl of.

Latimer, William, fourth Baron, 1. 229.

Latitudinarians, ii. 86.

Laud, William, Archbishop, i. 479;
his religion, 484, 485; his appear-
ance, 485; his rise, ib. ; pope of the
state church, 48(>; head of the gov-
ernment, ib. ; puts ecclesiastics into
secular ofSces, ib. ; the character of



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his government, 489, 490, 494; sets
about the suppression of Puritanism ,
600; extends uniformity to Scotland,
i. 504 et sq.; is impeached, 514; is
executed, 645.

Lauderdale, John Maitland, second
Earl, and first Duke of, his adminis-
tration of Scotland, ii. 23, 27, 29.

Law, in primitive times, i. 28; emer-
gance of, 82, 83; the study of, 83;
development of {temp. Edward I.),
180, 181; forms of, preserved {temp.
Henry VIII.), 305.

Law, Brehon. See Brehon Law.

Law, canon. See Canon Law.
' Law, common. See Common Law.

Law, ecclesiastical, new code proposed,
i. 348.

Law, Jedburgh. See Jedburgh Law.

Law, Scotch, as compared with Eng-
lish, i. 415.

Lawrence, Sir Henry, ii. 413, 421.

Laws, penal. See Penal Laws.

Laws, sumptuary, i. 226.

Lawyers, the feudal, i. 83; exaspera-
tion against {temp. Richard II.), 236.

Laymen, ousting ecclesiastics in high
oflBces, i. 220.

Learning, birth of, in England, i. 7.

Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of.
See Dauby, Earl of.

Legates, papal, appear in England, i.
31; introduce reforms, ih., 67.

Legislation {temp. Henry II.), i. 82,
83; advance in {temp. Edward I.),
180, 181 ; commercial {temp. Edward
III.), 224.

Leicester, Philip Sidney, third Earl of.
See Lisle, Viscount.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, goes
as commander to the Netherlands,
i. 384, 389.

Leicester (the town), sacked, i. 532,
55L

Leighton, Alexander, indicted, i. 503.

Leighton, Robert, Archbishop of Glas-
gow, his futile attempts at media-
tion, ii. 24, 25.

Lenthall, William, speaker of the
House {temp. Charles I.), i. 529, 554.

Leo X., Pope, i. 313, 317.

Leofric, the house of, i. 16.



Leon, princes of, i. 123.

Leopold, Duke of Austria, captures
Richard L, i. 112.

Leopold, Prince, of Belgium, ii. 329.

Lerme, Francis de Roxas de Sandoval,
Duke of, i. 435.

Leslie, Alexander, first Earl of Leven,
i. 500.

Leslie, David, i. 546 ; defeats Montrose
at Carbisdale, 585 ; encounters Crom-
well at Dunbar, i. 588 ; forms a new
army, i. 589; invades England, ih.;
is defeated at Worcester, ih.

L'Estrange, Sir Roger, made censor of
the press, ii. 12.

Levellers, the, i. 555; their demands,
559, 560; the most formidable dis-
turbers, i. 575; mutiny amongst,
575, 576.

"Leviathan," Hobbes's, ii. 2.

Lewes, occupied by Henry III,, i, 160;
battle of, 161,

Lewis, Charles, Elector Palatine, i. 533.

Libel, prosecution for, ii. 39; reform
of the law of, 246.

Liberals, the {temp. Charles I.),
neither Laudian nor Puritan, i. 499.

Libertines, sect of, i. 545.

Liberty, the first great documents of
English, i. 133; personal, as secured
by the Great Charter, i. 137, 138.

Liherum veto, the Polish, i. 136.

Licensing Act (14 Car, IL c. 33), the
lapse of, gives freedom to the press,
ii. 38, 39,

Lichfield House Compact, ii. 358.

Life, shortness of {temp. Edward III.),
i. 213.

Lilburne, John, indicted, i. 503; his
influence, 575; his character, 555,
578; tries to upset the government
of the commonwealth, ih.; how
Cromwell dealt with him, 614.

Limerick, siege of, ii. 97.

Limitation, bill of, ii, 44.

Limoges, siege of, i, 212.

Linacre, Thomas, i. 314,

Lincoln, " fair " of, i. 150.

Lincoln, John de la Pole, Earl of, i.
282.

Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence,
third son of Edward III., i. 245.



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Lisle, Alice, beheaded, ii. 61.

Lisle, Philip Sidney, Viscount (after-
wards third Earl of I-icicester) , i.
611.

Lisle, Sir George, condemned to be
shot, i. 566.

Literature, birth of, in England, i. 7 ;
revival of, under Henry I., 58 ; has a
new birth {temp. Edward IIL), 219;
(fe^n/). Henry VII.), 279.

Littleton, Edward John, first Baron
Hatherton, ii. 355.

Liturgy, Cranmer's English Protestant,
i. 345, 346 ; a compromise, 371, 372.

Liveries, statutes against, i. 284.

Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson,
second Earl of, ii. 306, 313.

Livingstone, house of, i. 405,

Llewelyn, marries Eleanor de Mont-
fort, i. 191; rebels, 190, 191; sur-
renders, 191 ; revolts, ib.; slain, lb.

Local government in Saxon times, i. 11.

Locke, John, his political philosophy,
ii. 57.

Lockyer, Robert, the pomp of his
funeral, i. 575, 576.

Lollardism, i. 239; attitude of the
church towards, 251 ; {temp. Henry
V.),2o6, 314, 412.

Lollards, acts against, repealed, i. 348.

Lombard, Peter ("master of the
sentences "), i. 279.

London (temp. William I.), i. 38; re-
ceives a charter of liberties, ib.; its
fidelity to Stephen, 74 ; massacre of
Jews in {temp. Richard I.), 110 ; pro-
gress of {temp. Richard I.), 116; its
first lord mayor, ib.; its govern-
ment, ib.; riots in {temp. Richard
I.), 117; occupied by the barons,
{temp. John), 132; treated on the
footing of teuants-in-chief , 135 ; laid
under an interdict, 142; thrives
under Henry III., 146; liberties
and companies, 147; tallaged by
Henry III., 154; sides with De
Montfort, 160; Watt Tyler occu-
pies, 236; sides with Anne Boleyn,