ABBEYS, suppression of, by Henry
VIII., i. 334
Abercromby, general, commander-in-
chief in North America, iii. 51-fails
in an attack on Crown-Point, 51
Abercromby, sir Ralph, leads the ad-
vance of the duke of York's army
in Holland, iii. 169-lands in Egypt
with an army, 178-is wounded, and
dies, 178

Aboukir, the French fleet defeated by
Nelson in the bay of, iii. 167, 168-
landing of a British army at, 178
Acre, St. Jean d', capture of, by the
Crusaders, i. 153-unsuccessful siege
of, by Buonaparte, iii. 172
Addington, Henry.
Viscount.

Addison, ii. 368

See Sidmouth,

Agincourt, battle of, i. 265

Agricola, his conquests and civil go-
vernment in Britain, i. 13, 14
Aix-la-Chapelle, peace of, iii. 29
Akenside, iii. 62

Alban's, (St.) Cassibelaunus besieged
by the Romans in a fortress near,
i. 4-sacked and burnt by the Ro-
mans, 12-one of the two municipia
of Roman Britain, 17-battle of,
279, 283

Albuera, battle of, iii. 211

Alexander I., emperor of Russia, his
interview with Napoleon, iii. 197—
his visit to London, 220
Alexander III., king of Scotland, his
death, i. 194

Alexandria, battle of, iii. 178-expe-
dition of general Frazer against,
197

Alfred the Great, his birth and early
visit to Rome, i. 46-backwardness
of his education, 47-his summons
to the throne, and peace with the
Danes, 48-his equipment of a fleet,
and successes at sea, 48-his reverses
on shore, and surprisal by the Danes,
49-his narrow escape, and subse-
quent adventures, 50-his fortified
retreat in Somersetshire, 50-his
visit to the Danish camp in the dis-
guise of a minstrel, 51-his defeat
of the Danes, and capture of their
king, 51-his formation of a militia,
and further successes, 52-his great
power and reputation, 52-his en-
couragement of learning and literary.

VOL. III.

works, 53-his fame as a legislator.
54-his death, 54-his expedient for
marking the course of time, 80, 81
Algiers, bombarded by lord Exmouth,
iii. 226

America, discovered by Columbus, i.
315

America, North, colonization of, ii. 147,
iti. 33 increase of population in, ii.
253-relative situations of the French
and English in, after the peace of
Aix-la-Chapelle. iii. 34-encroach-
ments of the French in, 34, 35-
complaints of the English colonists,
36-warlike operations in, 37-suc-
cesses of the English in, 51-57-
state of the English colonies after
the peace of Paris, 72-their govern-
ment and institutions, 72, 73-their
discontent at the Stamp Duties Act,
73, 79-and at the imposition of other
taxes, 74, 79-measures of the Bri-
tish parliament, 75, 79-resistance of
the colonists, and commencement of
the civil war, 80, 81. See American
War and United States.
America, South, British expeditions
to, iii. 194, 197-emigration of the
royal family of Portugal to, 203
American War of Independence, its
commencement, iii. 80, 81-blockade
of Boston by the colonists, 81-battle
of Bunker's Hill, 82-evacuation of
Boston by general Howe, 83-suc-
cess of the colonists, 84-their re-
verses, 85-retreat of Washington
from New York, 85-his subsequent
successes, 86-capture of Fort Ti-
conderoga by the British general
Burgoyne, 87-his surrender to
general Gates, 88-the colonists
aided by a French fleet and army, 90
-Howe succeeded by general Clin-
ton, 90-lord Cornwallis appointed
to the command in the south, 96-
his surrender to the French and
Americans, 105, 106-termination of
the war, 106, 107

Amiens, peace of, iii. 180, 181
André, major, his interview with the
American general Arnold, iii. 97-
his capture, 98-and condemnation
as a spy, 99-efforts made to save
bis life, 103-his execution, 103
removal of his remains to West-
minster Abbey, 103

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Angles, their conquests in Britain un-
der Ida, i. 27, 30

Anglesea, destruction of the Druids
in the island of, i. 11-its second
reduction by Agricola, 13
Anglia, East, kingdom of, established,
i. 30

Anglo-Saxons, their manners and cus-
toms, i. 77, et seq.-state of educa-
tion among, 79-their domestic eco-
nomy, 79, 80-their dresses, 80-
dwellings and furniture, &c., 80, 81
-diversions, 81, 82-their treatment
of women, 82-division into classes,
82, 83 trades and handicrafts
among, 83, 84, 85-their commerce,
85, 86-money, 86-existence of the
feudal system among, 87-their agri-
culture, 88, 89, 90-political institu-
tions and laws, 90-powers of their
kings, 91, 92-their armies, 92-their
Wittenagemot, or great council, 92-
provincial assemblies, 93, 94-tribu-
nals and modes of trial, 94-dis-
tinctions of rank, 94, 95-punish-
ment of offences, 95, 96-system of
mutual suretiship, 96.

Angouleme, duc d', leads an army into
Spain, iii. 228, 229

Anjou, duke of, his projected marriage
with queen Elizabeth, ii. 75, 81
Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII.,
i. 342-their marriage declared nul!,
343

Anne, queen, her accession, ii, 325-
the struggle of parties at the period
of it, 325-her conduct, 326-in-
trigues of her court, 334, 335-dis-
misses the Whig ministers, 340-her
illness and death, 346, 347-her cha-
racter, 347, 348

Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, i.
112, 113, 117

Anson, commodore, iii. 10, 28
Arbuthnot, ii. 368

Arc, Joan of, her origin, i. 271-suc-
cesses of the French under her
guidance, 272-captured, and put to
death, 273

Armada, Spanish, the, ii. 91, 92-its
defeat, 93

Arnold, the American general, his
character and early career, iii. 96—
his treachery, and intrigues with
the British commander, 96, 97-his
escape to New York, 99-Washing-
ton's device for retaking him, 100, 103
Arthur, king. his opposition to the
Saxons, i. 28-his reign and death,

28

Arthur, prince, nephew of king John,
his title to the throne, i. 159-his
claim supported by Philip II. of

France, 160-is taken prisoner by his
uncle, and murdered, 161

Arthur, prince, son of Henry VII., his
marriage with Catharine of Spain, i.
312-his death, 312

Ashley. See Shaftesbury, earl of.
Assaye, battle of, iii. 206

Athelstan, reign of, i. 54, 55-his title
of first king of England, 54-his re-
nown and death, 55

Atterbury, bishop of Rochester, im-
plicated in a conspiracy against the
house of Hanover, ii. 362-banished
pursuant to an act of pains and
penalties, 362

Augustine, the monk, conversion of
the Anglo-Saxons by, i. 36.
Augustus, his intended conquest of
Britain, i. 10

Austerlitz, battle of, iii. 190

BABINGTON'S Conspiracy, ii. 83-his
execution, 84

Bacon, sir Francis, lord chancellor, ii.
131, 148-convicted of receiving
bribes, and dismissed, 141

Bacon, sir Nicholas, created lord
keeper by Elizabeth, ii. 38
Baird, sir David, leads an army of
Sepoys into Egypt, iii. 178
Badajoz, stormed by the British, iii. 213
Baliol, John, lays claim to the crown
of Scotland, i. 195-is chosen king,
197-wages war with Edward I. 199
-is defeated and deposed, 200-his
subsequent career, 200

Banks, Thomas, the sculptor, ii. 368
Bannockburn, battle of, i. 215
Barcelona, siege of, ii. 330
Barebone's parliament, ii. 235
Barnet, battle of, i. 292
Barons, their tyranny in the reign of
Stephen, i. 121, 122—their rebellion
and league against John, 166-they
force him to sign the Magna Charta,
167-their further demands, 169-
they offer the crown to Louis of
France, 170-and acknowledge him
king, 171-their discontent in the
reign of Henry III., 176, 178-meet
the king in a council at Oxford, and
remodel the government, 179-their
arbitrary proceedings under Simon
de Montfort, earl of Leicester, 180-
defeat the royal forces at Lewes, 181
-their submission to Henry, after
the battle of Evesham, 183-their
disputes with Edward II., 213, 214
-their conflicts with him, 217, 218-
they depose him, 219

Bartholomew, St., massacre of, ii. 77
Basing, battle of, i. 46

Bastille, at Paris, its destruction, iii. 121

Bautzen, battle of, iii. 216
Baxter, a Presbyterian divine, ap-
pointed chaplain to Charles II., ii. 257
Beaton, cardinal, i. 344-assassinated,
ii. 6

Beaufort, cardinal Henry, bishop of
Winchester, has the care of Henry
VI.'s person during his minority, i.
268 endeavours to reconcile the
dukes of Bedford and Burgundy, 273
-his disputes with the duke of
Gloucester, 275

Beauharnais, Eugene, viceroy of Italy
under Napoleon, iii. 202
Becket, Gilbert, father of Thomas

Becket, his romantic history, i. 129
Becket, Thomas, his birth and rise, i.
128, 129-his introduction to the
king, 130-his appointment to the
primacy, 133, 134--subsequent change
in his mode of life, 134-strenuously
maintains the rights of the church,
134, 135-signs the constitutions of
Clarendon, and afterwards retracts
his consent, 136-his persecution, and
escape to France, 137-his return,
and restoration to power, 138-his
murder, 139-Henry 11. does peu-
ance at his tomb, 146

Bedloe, the accomplice of Titus Oates,
ii. 280

Bedford, John Plantagenet, duke of,
named regent of France by Henry
V., i. 267-appointed protector by
the parliament, during the minority
of Henry VI., 268-his conduct of
the war in France, 271-his marriage
with Jacqueline of Luxembourg, 273
-his death, 274

Bellingham, John, his assassination of
Mr. Perceval, iii. 213
Benedictine monks, their rise in Eng-
land, i. 57-their discipline and cha-
racter, 57-their progress under Odo
and Dunstan, 58, 60-supported by
Edmund and Edred, 60-and depri-
ved of their possessions by Edwy, 61
-their subsequent advancement, 62
Beresford, general, capture of Buenos
Ayres by, iii. 194-defeats the French
at Albuera, 211
Berkeley, Dr.
Cloyne, ii. 368
Berlin decrees, issued by Napoleon,
iii. 196-measures of England in
return, 200

George, bishop of

Bertha, queen, her zeal in favour of
Christianity, i. 37

Betroun law, in Ireland, ii. 136
Bhurtphore, capture of, iii. 239
Bishops, the seven, their remonstrance
to James II, ii. 293-their trial and
acquittal, 294

Blake, admiral, ii, 233
Blenheim, battle of, ii. 328, 329
Blood, his attempt upon the duke of
Ormand, ii. 270-his endeavour to
steal the crown, 270-receivea into
favour by Charles II., 271
Bloreheath, battle of, i. 280
Blucher, marshal, defeated at Ligny,
iii. 223-his arrival at Waterloo,
225

Blunt, a scrivener, projector of the
South Sea Company, ii. 363
Boadicea, her revolt and successes
against the Romans, i. 11-her defeat
and death, 12

Board of Trade, erected by Charles
II., ii. 303

Board of control, iii. 132

Boleyn, Anne, maid of honour to
queen Catherine, i. 328-her mar-
riage with Henry VIII., and corona-
tion, 333-committed to the Tower,
and beheaded, 339
Bolingbroke, Henry, duke of Hereford,
i. 247-his quarrel with the duke of
Norfolk, and banishment, 247-seiz-
ure of his father's possessions by
Richard II., 248-lands with an army
in Yorkshire, 248-and captures the
king, 249. See Henry IV.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, viscount,

one of the ministers of queen Anne,
ii. 327-his political character and
intrigues, 334-his elevation to the
peerage, 340-his share in the
scheme for restoring the family of
James II., 345-his unsuccessful
intrigues to supplant Harley, 346-
his fall, 350, 351-his flight to the
Continent. 352

Bonner, Edmund, bishop of London,
his opposition to Cranmer's measures
of church reform, ii. 5-deprived
of his see, 5-and imprisoned, 10-
released, and taken into the con-
fidence of queen Mary, 17-his per-
secution of the Protestants, 25-dis-
countenanced by queen Elizabeth,

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