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ABBATS of the Cistercian Order, 78.
Aberdeen, Lord. See Gordon, Sir
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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