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ABBATS of the Cistercian Order, 78.

Aberdeen, Lord. See Gordon, Sir

Arthur.

Absalom and Achitophel, quoted from, 277.
Agriculture, among the early Germans, II;
in the tenth century, 28; the failure of
crops under Stephen, 53; again in 1257,
83; the manorial system under Edward II,
100; injured by wool-growing, 188; legis-
lation for its protection, 190; in the Reign
of Queen Mary, 197; in the Virginia
Colony, 217; in 1629, 223.

A History of England, xx.
Alexander, R. J., QUID LEONE FORTIUS,
contributed to the London Spectator, May
21, 1898, 465.

ALFRED AND THE DANES (871-878), 21.
ALFRED'S DOOMS, 17.

Alfred in the Chronicles, xxiii.

American Government and the "Trent "
affair (1861), 446.
ANARCHY, the, 51.

Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, 20.
Angles and Normans compared, 41-43.
Annual Parliaments, petitioned for by the
Chartists, 389.

Anonymous. THE LAMENT OF EARL
SIMON, 86; Political Songs, 89; THE
LIBEL OF ENGLISH POLICY, 112; Polit-
ical Poems and Songs, 113; THE BATTLE
OF TOWTON (1461), 121; Archælogia,
122; THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION
UNDER EDWARD VI (1547), 146; Chron-
icle of the Grey Friars of London, 148;

HENRY VII AND THE EARL OF KIL-
DARE, 186; Book of Howth, 188; A
FAMOUS SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COM-
MONS (1629), 219; Archælogia, 222; THE
RIVALRY OF ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
(1653), 254; Collection of State Papers,
256; THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE,
(1692), 292; Clarendon Historical Society
Publications, 297; A BURLESQUE BILL OF
COSTS FOR A TORY ELECTION, 715; The
Flying Post, 715; DUNNING'S MOTION ON
THE POWER OF THE CROWN (1780), 308;
The New Annual Register, 313; BURKE
AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1791),
363; Parliamentary History, 365; JOHN
COMPANY'S FAREWELL TO JOHN BULL
(1858), 437; Blackwood's Magazine, 444;
A RECANTATION (1865), 449; Punch, 451.
Anthony, Lord Ashley, later Earl of

Shaftesbury, THE CHILDREN IN THE
COAL MINES (1842), 401; Speeches, 406.
APOLOGY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
(1604), 212.

Apulia, the kingdom of, 82.
Arber, English Reprints, xxii.
Arch, Joseph, THE REVOLT OF HODGE,
(1872), 419; The Story of his Life,

422.
Archbishop, of Canterbury, 52; at the time
of the Peasants' Rising, 108; of Messina,
sent by the Pope to extort moneys from re-
ligious houses, 79; of York, 35, 131.
Army, the, its early equivalent, 3; among
the Germans, 58; of Alfred, 23; of Ethel-

Beauchamp, William de, 75.

red, 31; of Harold, 39; of Henry II, 64; | BATTLE OF CRECY, THE (1346), 93.
the Barons', 74; of Edward, 85; of Earl BATTLE OF EVESHAM (1265), 84.
Simon, 85; of Scotland, 92; at Crecy, 93; BATTLE OF QUEBEC, THE (1759), 345.
at Towton, 121; at Barnet, 126; main- BATTLE OF TOWTON, THE (1461), 121.
tenance of, in France, 137; in 1554, 151; BATTLE OF WATERLOO (1815), 375.
lacks a leader, 153; of Mary Queen of Battles, other, Balaklava (1854), 427; Naseby
Scots, 163; the Self-denying Ordinance,
(1645), 245.
242; at Naseby, 245; at Blenheim, 339;
in India, 342; in Canada, 345; in New
England, 355; at Waterloo, 375, 378; at
Balaklava, 428-431; in India, 435, 442; in
the Sudan, 456, 459; and expansion, 463.
Asser, ALFRED AND THE DANES, 21;
De Rebus Gestis Alfredi Magni, 24.
Athelstan, in the battle of Brunanburh, 24.
ATTEMPTED ARREST OF THE FIVE MEM-
BERS (1642), 237.

BEDA,

DA, THE COMING OF THE ANGLES
AND SAXONS, 12; CONVERSION OF
EDWIN, KING OF THE NORTHUMBRIANS,
14; Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglo-
rum, 13, 16.

Baillie, Robert, THE IMPEACHMENT OF
STRAFFORD (1640-1641), 232; Letters
and Journals, 235.

Ball, John, leader in the Peasants' Rising, 107.
Barlow, William, JAMES I AT THE HAMP-

TON COURT CONFERENCE (1604), 209;
The Summe and Substance of the Confer-
ence at Hampton Court, 211.
Barons, the, at St. Edmund's, 72; demand
confirmation of the Charter of Henry I,
72; at Winchester, 73; truce, 73; at
Brackley, 74; siege of Northampton, 75;
supported by London, 75; in conference
with the king, 77; cession of Charter to,
77; return to London, 78.
Barnard, F., THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND
IN THE REIGN OF HENRY THE SECOND,
62; Strongbow's Conquest of Ireland (from
the Latin of Cambrensis), 65.

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Becket, Thomas, and King Henry, 59; and
the Primacy, 60.

Beginning of STRIFE (1454), 118.
Bengal, Clive's Policy in, 342; criticism of,
362.

Bible in English, contradictory orders as to,
144, 145.

Bibliographies of Sources, xx.

Birmingham Riots, the (1791), 365.
Bishop of Ely, the, rejected by Henry III,
79.

Bishops and prelates, witnesses to the Charter
of Henry I, 51; imprisoned and robbed by
Stephen, 52; in the Barons' War, 72–78;
make a large grant to Henry III, 82; in
Parliament, 90; the Cardinal of York, 130;
preach against images, 146; at the Hamp-
ton Court Conference, 209; attempt to
force the English Service Book on Scot-
land, 228, 230; Petition of the Seven
Bishops, 284; Trial of the Seven Bishops,
285.

Black Prince, the, 93.

Blakman, John, KING HENRY VI, 114;
De Virtutibus et Miraculis Henrici VI,
116.

Bohn Library, The, xxii.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 372; at Waterloo,
375.

Border robbers, Queen Margaret's adven-
tures among, 124.

Bosham, Herbert, THOMAS AND THE PRI-
MACY, 60; among Materials for the
History of Thomas Becket, 61.

Bowles, Sir George, THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO (1815), 375; Letters of the
First Earl of Malmesbury, 379.

Bright, John, The "Trent" Affair (1861),
444; Speeches on Questions of Public Policy,
449.

Britain, its boundaries, etc., I; origin of its
inhabitants, 2; military customs, 3; climate
and products, 3; Roman governors of, 4;
neglect of, by Rome, 4.

BRITISH ISLES IN THE FIRST CENTURY, I.
BURGHLEY TO ELIZABETH ON MATTERS
OF STATE (circ. 1583), 169.
Burke, Edmund, THE POSITION OF A REP-
RESENTATIVE (1774), 305; Speech to
the Electors of Bristol, 308; his "Remon-
strance," 355; BURKE AND THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION (1791), 363; breaks with
Fox, 364; quoted by Gladstone, 392.
BURLESQUE BILL OF COSTS FOR A TORY|
ELECTION (1715), 298.

Burnet, Gilbert, THE FIVE MILE ACT
(1665), 268; History of his Own Times,
270.

Burt, Capt. Edmund, THE HIGHLANDERS
(circ. 1730), 329; Letters from the North
of Scotland, 333.

'AMBRENSIS, GIRALDUS, THE CON-
QUEST OF IRELAND IN THE REIGN OF
HENRY THE SECOND, 62; Expugnatio
Hiberniæ, 65. See Barnard.

Cambridge and Eton, endowment of colleges
at, 114.

Canada during the American Revolution,
358.

Canute, a letter from, to the English church
and people, 35; his visit to Rome, 35.
Cardinal Wolsey, xxii.

Carew, Sir Edmond, 193; Sir Peter, 193; Sir
William, 193.

Cassell's National Library, xxii.
Catherine, Empress of Russia, refuses to aid
George III during the American Revolu-
tion, 358.

CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION (1808), 314.
Catholics, and the Cavalier Parliament, 276;
satirized by Dryden, 279; Emancipation
of, 314, 393.

Cavalier Parliament, the, 276.
Cecil, Lord Burghley, BURGHLEY

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ELIZABETH ON MATTERS OF STATE,
169; Advice to Queen Elizabeth in Mat-
ters of Religion and State, 172.

| Charles of Bohemia, 95.
Charles I, THE EARL of Strafford, 235;
The Earl of Strafford's Letters and De-
spatches, 236; letter to the House of Lords,
236; Attempt to arrest the Five Members,
238; at the battle of Naseby, 245; his
death-warrant, 249.

Charles II, the Restoration of, 265; his dogs,
268; during the Great Fire in London,
272; alluded to, 275; address of the Cava-
lier Parliament to, 276; satirized by Dry-
den, 278.

Charles IV, Emperor, 95.

Charles V, Emperor, alluded to, 136, 139,
144.

CHARTER OF HENRY I (1100), known as
the Charter of Liberties, 49, 72-74.
CHARTIST PETITION, A (1838), 387.
Chastellain, George, QUEEN MARGARET'S
STORY OF HER ADVENTURES (1463),
123; Chronicle, 125.

Chatham, defences of, against the Dutch, 274.
CHILDREN IN THE COAL MINES (1842),
401.

Chronicles as valuable sources, xxii.
Church, the English, established by Paulinus,
14; spread by Alfred, 24; named in
Ethelred's Coronation Oath, 30; its in-
fluence in 1027, 35, 36; its property in the
Great Survey, 44; respected by William,
47; its rights under the charter of Henry I,
49; importance of the See of St. Paul,
London, 65; levies on by Pope and king
in 1257, 78-81; Wycliffe's answer to the
Pope's summons, IIO; contradictory
legislation as to the use of the Bible by,
145; Protestant Revolution under Edward
VI in, 146; opposing the growth of Popery,
276; Catholic Emancipation, 314; John
Wesley, 333.

Churchill, John, A FAREWELL LETTER TO
THE KING (1688), 288; A Collection of
Papers Relating to the Present Functure
of Affairs in London, 289; THE BATTLE
OF BLENHEIM (1704), 339; Memoirs of
the Duke of Marlborough, 341.

Churchill, Lord Randolph, alluded to, 399.
Clans of Scotland, the, 329.

CLARE ELECTION, THE (1828), 381.
Clergy, the English, letter of Canute to, 35;
state of, at the Norman Conquest, 42; their
part in the winning of the Magna Carta,
72-78; the Cistercian Abbats and Henry
III, 78; the monks of Ely, 79; of St.
Albans, 79; granted full Episcopal powers
during the Plague, 103; at the Hampton
Court Conference, 209; the Five Mile Act,
269; coöperation during the Famine in
Ireland, 416.

Clive, Robert, later Lord Clive, PLASSEY
(1757), 342; Memoirs of Lord Clive, 345.
CLOTH MARKET AT LEEDS, THE (1725),
321.

Consecration of William the Norman, 41.
CONVERSION OF EDWIN, KING OF THE
NORTHUMBRIANS, 14.

Cooper, Anthony Ashley. See Shaftesbury.
Corboil, William, Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 52.

Correr, Giovanni, MARY STUART'S ESCAPE
FROM LOCHLEVEN (1568), 161; Giovanni
Correr, Venetian Ambassador in France to
the Signory (Calendar of State Papers,
Venetian), 164.

CORN LAWS, THE, 406.

Costume and occupations of Henry VI,
115.

Cottier's Services in the tenth century, 29.

Cobden, Richard, and the Anti-Corn Law Council of the Birmingham Union, A
League, 407.

Coifi, conversion of, 15.

College Endowments by Henry VI, 114.
Collieries and Mines, labourers in (1842),
401-403; condition of these labourers,
403-406.

Colonial Constitutions, by Arthur Mills, 453.
Colonial Policy, England's true, 454.
COLONIAL SCHEME OF OLIVER CROM-
WELL, A (1656), 260.

Colonies, the value of, 423; no advantage
to the parent country, 424; sources of loss
rather than gain, 426; another view, 452;
constitutions of, 453; duties of England
to, 454; dangers of expansion in, 461.
COMING OF THE ANGLES AND SAXONS
(circ. 450), 12. ́.
COMMONWEALTH

(1654), 257.

AND EUROPE, THE

CHARTIST PETITION (1838), 387; History
of the Chartist Movement, 391.
Crecy, the battle of, 93.

CRITICISM OF ENGLISH POLICY IN INDIA
(1783), 360.

CROMWELL AND THE LONG PARLIAMENT
(1653), 251; Cromwell (1658), 263.
Cromwell, Gregory, 195.

Cromwell, Oliver, TOLERATION IN THE
ARMY (1643), 240; THE COMMON-
WEALTH AND EUROPE (1654), 257;
Letters and Speeches, 241, 260; his Self-
denying Ordinance, 243; at Naseby, 246;
in the Long Parliament, 251; Marvel's
Ode to, 263; satirized by Dryden, 278.
Cromwell, Thomas, A DISCUSSION
ENGLAND'S FOREIGN POLICY (1523),
136; A Speech Delivered in Parliament,
140; father of Gregory, 196.

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Comparison of English and Normans at the CUSTOMARY TENANT IN THE REIGN OF
Conquest, 43.

CONCERNING THE KEEPING OF THE
QUEEN OF SCOTS (1569), 164.
Conciliation of American Colonies sup-
ported by William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
350.

Concord, attack on British troops at, 356.
CONFESSION OF DEFEAT, A (1782), 359.
CONQUERED AND CONQUERORS (1066), 41.
CONQUEST OF IRELAND IN THE REIGN OF
HENRY II, 62.

Conrad the Emperor, 35.

EDWARD II, A, 100.

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