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GENERAL INDEX.

A.

ABBEYS, spoliation of, in reign of Henry
VIII., ii. 190, 191.
ABBEVILLE, Marquis d', ambassador of
James II. to Holland, iii. 348; dispatch
to the king, 349.
ABBOT, CHARLES (afterwards Lord Colches-
ter, 1757-1829), as speaker, gives casting
vote against Lord Melville, iv. 367.
ABD-EL-KADER, Emir, v. 104; war with
French in Morocco, 108, 109, 110; efforts
to prevent massacre of Christians in Da-
mascus, 314.

ABD-EL-RHAMAN, Emperor of Morocco, his
war with the French, v. 108, 109, 110.
ABDUL AZIZ. See Turkey, Sultans of.
ABDUL MEDJID. See Turkey, Sultans of.
ABERCROMBY, Sir RALPH (1738-1801), takes
possession of the Antilles, iv. 331; his un-
successful expedition against Holland, 343;
wounded at Aboukir; his death, 354.
ABERDEEN, George Gordon, Earl of (1784-
1860), in Wellington's cabinet, iv. 418; in
Sir Robert Peel's cabinet, v. 57; his char-
acter, 60; desire for friendly relations be-
tween England and France, 100; accom-
panies Victoria to Chateau d' Eu, 101;
conversation with Guizot, 104; position on
Morocco question, 110; on Spanish mar-
riage, 112-114; Guizot's sketch of, 114-118;
advice to Palmerston on quitting the min-
istry, 118; Peel's approbation of his policy,
133, 134; becomes prime-minister, 147; op-
posed to emancipation of the Jews, 157;
attached to peace policy, 171; resigns, 217;
quoted, 235.

ABERDEEN, University of, founded, ii. 363.
ABJURATION BILL, proposed by Whigs, iii.
380.

ABOLITIONISTS in United States, their party
strengthened by election of 1860, v. 318.
ABOUKIR, battles of, iv. 343, 354.
ABRAHAM, Heights of, taken by Wolfe, iv.
200; attempted recapture of, by French,
201.

ABSOLUTISM, its decline, iv. 137.
ABYSSINIA, Napier's expedition to, v. 376,
378, 379.

ACADIA, French territories in, ceded to Eng-
land by treaty of Utrecht, iv. 68; depopu-
lation of, 190.

ACHÉ, M. d', in command of French fleet in
India, defeated by the English, iv. 208.
ACRE, taken by Crusaders, 1191, i. 191; re-
taken from Templars by Keladeen, 243.
JOAN of. See Joan of Acre.

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ACTON, Sir ROGER, friend of Oldcastle, put
to death, i. 382.
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, United States
minister to England, v. 323; despatch
from Seward concerning the Trent, 328;
action in regard to the Alabama, 332, 333,
334.

ADAMS, DANIEL, prosecuted for political
libels, iv. 325.

ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826), interview with
Mr. Oswald, iv. 277; minister to England,
280, 281.

ADDA, FERDINAND, Count of, papal nuncio,
iii. 330, 335, 342.

ADDINGTON, HENRY. See Lord Sidmouth.
ADDISON, JOSEPH, English essayist (1672-
1719), his connection with politics, iv. 85;
secretary of state in cabinet of 1717, 113.
ADELAIS, widow of Henry I. of England, i.
143.

ADIGE, the, becomes frontier of Cisalpine
Republic by peace of Luneville, iv. 344.
ADMIRALTY, English, courts of, ignore rights
of neutrals, iv. 255.

ADRIAN IV., Nicholas Breakspeare. See
Popes.

ADRIAN VI., Cardinal of Tortosa. See
Popes.

"ADULLAMITES," Mr. Bright's name for
followers of Robert Lowe, v. 362, 363.
AFGHANISTAN, government of, in 1837, v. 47.
AFGHANS, their difficulties with England, v.
44; character of; their war with the Eng-
lish, 49-55; independence secured, 55, 56;
assist in defence of Punjaub, 241, 242.
AGACE, GOBIN, conducts Edward III. to the
passage of the Somme, i. 306.

AGATHA, wife of Edward Atheling, i. 75.
AGENOIS, overrun by Black Prince, i. 321;
ceded to English by treaty of Bretigny, 329.
AGHRIM, battle of, iii. 388."
AGINCOURT, battle of, i. 390-392.
"AGREEMENT of the People," republican
pamphlet, iii 92.

AGRICOLA, Roman prætor in Britain, i. 22–24.
AGRIPPINA, Roman Empress, i. 19.
AHMAD-SHAH, founder of Afghan Empire,
v. 47.

AIGUILLON, defended by Sir Walter Manny,
i. 311.

Duke d', repulses invasion of Nor-
mandy and Brittany, iv 197.
AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON, historical
novelist, v. 168.

AIRE, JOHN d', citizen of Calais, i. 316.
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, peace of (1668), iii. 266;
peace of (1748), England and Holland with

France and other powers, iv. 180, 181; dis-
content excited by it in France and Eng-
land, 183.

AKBAR KHAN, son of Dost Mohammed, v.
49; at head of insurrection in Afghanistan;
murders Macnaghten, 50; attacks the Eng-
lish in pass of Koord Cabul, 51; his pro-
posal to them, 51, 52; lays siege to Jellala-
bad, 53.

ALABAMA, State of, joins Southern Confed-
eracy, v. 320.

the, Confederate privateer, v. 332,
333; destroyed by the Kearsarge, 333;
controversy in regard to between England
and the United States, 332-335.
ALAMAYOU, son of King Theodore of Abys-
sinia, brought to England; his death, v.
379.
ALBA, Duke of (1508-1582), Spanish general
in the Netherlands, ii. 298, 303, 306; his
correspondence with Mary Stuart, 310; re-
called to Spain, 317.

ALBAN, historical name of Scotland, i. 141.
ALBANY, Duke of, brother of Robert III. of
Scotland, i. 365; assists Earl of Douglas,
367; imprisons his nephew, Rothesay, 373;
his ascendancy in Scotland, 371; negotia-
tions with court of France, 399.

Duke of, brother of James III. of
Scotland, his conspiracy, ii. 70; death, 103.

Duke of, sent to Scotland by Francis
I., ii. 129; becomes regent, 130; his quar-
rels with Queen Margaret, 144; with
Henry VIII. 145.
ALBEMARLE, Duke of, consin of Richard

II., joins Bolingbroke, i. 357; divested of
his title by Henry IV., becomes earl of
Rutland, 361; betrays conspiracy against
Henry IV., 363.

, Duke of. See General Monk.
Duke of, son of General Monk, in
command of militia, in Monmouth's insur-
rection, iii. 315.

KEPPEL, Earl of, influence with Wil-
liam III., iv. 30; Portland's jealousy of,
32; his mission to Holland, 47; in com-
mand at Denain, 74.
ALBERONI, Cardinal Giulio (1664-1752),
prime-minister of Spain, his administra-
tion, iv. 113; schemes for aggrandizement
of Spain; expedition against Sardinia and
Sicily, 114; retaliation for Bing's destruc-
tion of Spanish fleet, 115; leagues with the
Pretender, is connected with Cellamare's
conspiracy, 116; requests the Pretender to
leave Madrid, 117; his illusions in regard
to the French, 117, 118; attempts to incite
revolt in France and England, is dis-
missed from office and banished, 119; re-
tires to Rome, 120.

ALBERT (1819-1861), Prince of Saxe Coburg
Gotha, his advice concerning the royal
household, v. 21; marriage with Queen
Victoria decided upon, v. 28; Guizot's es-
timate of, 30, 31; marries the queen, 32;
congratulated by Parliament on birth of
Prince of Wales, 63; meets Louis Philippe,
103; corrects translation of the king's ad-
dress to London, 104; his anxiety concern-
ing Sir Robert Peel, 134; his project for

Great Exhibition, 136; letter concerning
it, 139; criticism of Palmerston's conduct,
142; suspects Napoleon's Italian designs,
282; his death, his character, 330.
ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales, his
birth (1841), v. 63; illness, 406.
ALBIGENSES, i. 203; Simon de Montfort,
persecutor of (1208), 231.

ALBINUS, Roman general in Britain, i. 24.
ALBRET, Count d', assists Duke of Brittany
against Charles VIII., ii. 95; aspirant for
Anne of Brittany, 97.

, JOHN, King of Navarre. See Navarre.
ALCAZOR, battle of, ii. 347.
ALCOBA, battle of, iv. 395.
ALDERMEN, Ccouncil of, i. 38.
ALDRED, Archbishop of York, crowns Wil-
liam the Conqueror, i. 107, 109, 110.
ALENÇON, JOHN, first Duke of, assumes
badge of the Armagnacs, i. 375; death of,
at Agincourt (1415), 391.

Duke of, taken prisoner at Verneuil,
ii. 17; present at capture of Jargeau, 26;
his greeting to Lord Talbot, 27.

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FRANCIS, Duke of, afterwards Duke
of Anjou (1554-1584), negotiations for his
marriage with Queen Elizabeth, ii. 310;
his visit to England postponed, 314; con-
spiracy against Henry III., becomes Duke
of Anjou, 316; visits England, receives
promise of marriage from Elizabeth, 318;
his disappointment, his death, 319.
ALEXANDER II. See Popes.

III. See Popes.

See Russia.

, emperors of Russia.
kings of Scotland. See Scotland.
ALFRED the Great (848-901), birth, i. 42;
boyhood, 42, 43; taken to Rome, at the
French court, 43; his marriage, defeated by
Dancs before Reading, victorious at Assen-
don, 45; becomes King of Wessex, 46; un-
successful war with the Danes, 46, 47; a fu-
gitive, 47, 48; anecdote of, 48; discovered
by his subjects, undertakes to recover his
kingdom, 49; defeats Danes at Ethandune,
captures Godrun, compels him to embrace
Christianity, 50; marches against Hastings,
51; defeats him at Farnham, his generos-
ity, 52; shuts up the Danes in Chester,
constructs canal to stop their navigation,
53; opposes them with a navy, 54; finally
subdues the Danes, organizes his kingdom,
54; relations with Danish kingdom in
Northumbria, organizes his army, 55; re-
lations with the clergy, 56; administration
of justice, 56, 57; compiles code of laws,
57; laws in respect to serfs, 58; zeal for
learning, 58-60; quoted, 59, 60; literary
attainments, 60; measurement of time, 61;
dying words to his son, 61; death, celebra-
tion of his birthday in 1849, 62.

-, son of Ethelred the Unready, i. 73;
lands in England (1042), and is taken pris-
oner, 79; death of, 80.

Prince, son of Queen Victoria, the
crown of Greece offered to (1862), v. 296.
ALGAROTTI, Count, letter from Frederick the
Great, iv. 212.

ALGERIA, effect of war in, on the French, v.
182.

ALGIERS, bombarded by Lord Exmouth, iv. |
404.

Dey of, English expedition against,

iv. 404.
ALLECTUS, ruler in Britain, i. 26.
ALLEN, concerned in Fenian outbreak at
Manchester, v. 371; hanged, 372.
ALMA, battle of the, v. 191, 192.
ALMAQUE, Henry of, assumes the cross, i.
239; is assassinated, 239.
ALMANZA, battle of, iv. 57.
ALICE, Princess of France,
Henry II., i. 180, 181.

imprisoned by

of Thouars, daughter of Constance of
Brittany, proclaimed by Bretons, i. 206.
ALINAGORE (or God's Port), name given by
Surajah Dowlah to Calcutta, iv. 206.
ALPHONSO X., King of Castile (1222-1284),
threatens Guienne, i. 229.

son of Edward I., dies, i. 248.
ALTHORP, Lord. See Spencer.
ALUMBAGH, park of, Sepoys defeated at, v.
261, 262.

ALURED, Colonel, devoted to cause of Long
Parliament, iii. 226.

AMBOISE, Cardinal d' (1460-1510), minister
of Louis XII., his wise administration, ii.
128.

AMELIA, Princess, daughter of George II.,
present at her father's death, iv. 213.

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Princess, daughter of George III.,
her death, iv. 394.
AMERICA, English colonies in, Grenville
proposes their taxation, iv. 222; their re-
sistance to the Stamp Act, 223-225; Declar-
atory Act in regard to, 227; grave aspect
of affairs in, 230; oppose importation of
English goods, 231, 233; their Declaration
of Independence, 240. See United States.
AMHERST, Lord (1717-1797), English gen-
eral in Canada, takes Ticonderoga from
the French (1759), iv. 199, 200.
AMIENS, captured by Spanish army (1596),
ii. 344.

peace of (1802), England with
France, Spain, and Holland, iv. 354; dif-
ficulties in regard to its execution, 356.
AMNESTY BILL, of Charles II., iii. 247.
AMORANT, Viceroy of Wales, under Alfred,
i. 54.

AMOY, port of, opened to British traders,
v. 46.

AMPÈRE, JOSEPH MARIE (1775-1836), his
experiments in use of electricity, v. 22.
AMPTHILL, residence of Catharine of Aragon,
ii. 171.

AMSTERDAM, Shaftesbury's arrival at, iii. 292,
293; its hostility to House of Nassau, 310;
resistance to second Partition Treaty, iv.
33.
ANABAPTISTS, persecuted under Henry
VIII, ii. 175; by Presbyterians under
Long Parliament, iii. 40, 41; engaged in
plot against Cromwell, 187.
ANASTASIUS II. See Popes.
ANDRASTA, British goddess of victory, i. 22.
ANDRE, Major, sent by Sir Henry Clinton to
negotiate with Arnold for surrender of
West Point, arrested as a spy, iv. 259; his
trial, 260; letter to Washington, 260, 261;

his execution, 261; monument in West-
minster Abbey erected to, 261.
ANGLES, invade Britain, i. 29-33.
ANGLESEA, Lord, Hanoverian Tory, iv. 95.
ANGLESEY, Isle of, taken possession of by
Edward I., i. 246.

ANGLIA, East, Anglian kingdom of, founded,
i. 31; accepts Christianity, 38; occupied
by Danes, 44-51; Danish inhabitants rise
against Ethelred the Unready, 68.
ANGLO-SAXONS, i. 64.
ANGOULEME, promised by Armagnacs to
Henry IV., i. 376.
See France,

FRANCIS, Count of.

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ANGOUMOIS, becomes possession of English
crown on accession of Henry II., i. 149.
ANGUS (Archibald Douglas, Bell-the-cat ")
fifth Earl of, at battle of Flodden (1513),
ii. 125.

sixth Earl of, marries Margaret,
widow of James IV., ii. 130; quarrels with
her, 144; joins English army, 204; grand-
father to Lord Darnley, 283.
ANJOU, bequeathed to Geoffrey, second son
of Geoffrey Plantagenet, is retained by
Henry II., i. 149; Coeur-de-Lion does
homage for, to Philip Augustus, 181; no-
bility of, in favor of Prince Arthur, 203;
insurrection in, 206; regained by France
(1203), 207; ravaged by English, 376;
claimed by Henry V., 383; overrun by
English, 405; restored to René, ii. 38;
claimed by Henry VIII., 119.

House of, its claims to crown of
Sicily, i. 248.

CHARLES of, i. 241-243.

Duke of, brother of Charles V. of
France, Governor of Languedoc, i. 333.
FRANCIS, Duke of. See Alençon.
FULKE, Count of, marries his daugh-
ter to son of Henry I., i. 132.

III.

HENRY, Duke of. See France, Henry

LOUIS, Duke of, sole representative
of elder branch of House of Bourbon. See
France, Louis XV.

jou.

MARGARET of. See Margaret of An-

MARY of. See Mary of Anjou.
MATILDA of. See Matilda of Anjou.
PHILIP, Duke of. See Spain, Philip

V.
ANNA, Infanta of Spain, negotiations for her
marriage with Prince Henry of England,
ii. 394; with Prince Charles, 395–401; her
marriage with the King of France, 406.
ANNATES, suppressed by Parliament, ii. 171;
vested in the crown, 186; restored to Holy
See by Mary, 258; return to the crown,
269.

ANNE, Queen (1664-1714), daughter of
James II. and Anne Hyde, her Protestant
education, iii. 273; as princess, her friend-
ship for Sarah Jennings, 345; resolution

against Catholicism, 346; conversation
with Lord Clarendon, 351; joins Prince of
Orange, 352; her claims brought forward
by the Tories, 363; declared heir to the
throne after children of Mary, 364; retires
with Duchess of Marlborough to the coun-
try on disgrace of the Duke, 392; asks per-
mission to visit William after Mary's death,
iv. 13; her interview with him, 14; Wil-
liam refuses to make her regent in his ab-
sence, 15; her accession, 49; character, 50;
resolution to carry on William's policy; be-
stows favors on Marlborough, declares war
against France, 51; her growing indiffer-
ence to Duchess of Marlborough, 58, 67;
interview with Mesnager, 68; forbids Ger-
man ambassadors to appear at court, 69;
her cold reception of Prince Eugene, 71,
72; speech in Parliament on the peace, 73;
dissolves Parliament, 76; death of her
husband, 77; gives her consent to the
union of England and Scotland, 79; for-
mation of political parties in her reign, 80;
establishes "Queen Anne's Bounty," 81;
her affection for Mrs. Masham, 82, 83;
dissolves Parliament, 83; last interview
with Duchess of Marlborough, 84; refuses
to summon the Elector of Hanover to
House of Lords, 86; proclaims reward for
arrest of Pretender, 87; dismisses Oxford,
transfers her confidence to Bolingbroke,
88; her illness, 89; death, 90; landed-
property qualification for members of Par-
liament dates from her reign, v. 292.
ANNE, Grand-duchess of Russia, Napoleon's
negotiations for marriage with, iv. 392.

of Austria (1602-1666), queen of
Louis XIII., remark of Cardinal Retz in
regard to, iv. 224.

of Bohemia, queen of Richard II., i.
350; her death, 352.

of Brittany (1476–1514), daughter of
Duke Francis, ii. 96; married to Maxi-
milian of Austria, 97; annuls the mar-
riage, marries Charles VIII., 98; subse-
quently wife of Louis XII., her death, 127.

of Burgundy, sister of Duke Philip,
marries Duke of Bedford, ii. 15; her efforts
to renew their alliance, 29; her death, 35.

of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII.,
ii. 196; her personal appearance, 196; mar-
riage with the king, 197; is supplanted by
Catharine Howard, accepts title of "adopted
sister" of the king, 198.

MORTIMER, mother of Richard, Duke
of York, ii. 42.

NEVIL, daughter of Earl of War-
wick, marries Edward, son of Henry VI.,
ii. 60; marries Richard of Gloucester, 65;
is crowned, 77; her death, 81.
ANSELM. See Archbishops of Canterbury.
ANSON, COMModore George (1697-1762),
his expedition to Peru, circumnavigates
the globe, iv. 147.

General (1797-1857), commander-in-
chief of English army in India, his death,
v. 216.
ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE, formed, Chartists
refuse to ally themselves with, 71; Fox's
speech in support of, 72, 73; its rapid pro-

gress, 73; its attacks on Sir Robert Peel,
74; further progress, 77.
ANTILLES, the, D'Estaing's campaign in, iv.
253; Guichen and Rodney in, 256, 257.
ANTRIM, Marshal Schomberg lands at, iii.
378.

ANTRIM, Earl of, in command of Irish corps
in Scotland, iii. 31.
ANTWERP, surrenders to Louis XV., iv. 179;
to Marshal Gérard, 1832, 449.
ANNWAR-OOD-DEEN, Indian Prince, iv. 203.
APPEALS, Statute of, voted by Parliament,

ii. 171.

AQUITAINE, part of marriage portion of wife
of Henry II., i. 147, 149; English princes
do homage for, 164; designed by Henry
II. for his son Richard, 174, 176, 205;
Coeur-de-Lion does homage for, to Philip
Augustus, 181; revolts, 182; recognizes
John (Lackland) as liege-lord, 203; in-
trigues of Philip, the heir, to gain posses-
sion of, 250, 251; recovered by Edward I.,
258; Edward III. does homage for, to
Philip of Valois, 295; Black Prince estab-
lished in, 331; claimed by Henry V., 383.
Eleanor of. See Eleanor of Aqui-

taine.
ARAGON, its claims to Sicily, i. 248; defended
against the Bonapartes, iv. 385.

CATHARINE of. See Catharine of

Aragon.

King of, accompanies Henry II.
against Toulouse, i. 152.
ARAPILES, battle of, iv. 396.
ARBROATH, Abbot of, bearer of Baliol's re-
nunciation of homage to King of England,
i. 253.

ARC, JOAN of. See Joan of Arc.
ARCHBISHOPRIC of Canterbury founded, i. 36.
ARCON, Chevalier d', French engineer, con-
structs floating batteries at siege of Gib-
raltar, iv. 273.

ARCOT, capital of the Carnatic, captured and
defended by Clive, iv. 204.
ARDEN, PEPPER, his motion to supply va-
cancy occasioned by Mr. Pitt's acceptance
of office, iv. 296.
ARGENSON, M. d', Secretary of'war to Louis
XV., nesitates to send Lally-Tollendal to
India, iv. 207.

ARGYLE, Archibald Campbell, fourth Earl
of, governs Scotland with Earl of Arran,
in name of Queen Mary, ii. 305.

Archibald Campbell, Marquis of,
(1598-1661), attempts of Charles I. to ar-
rest, ii. 440; made Marquis, 441; defeated
by Montrose in Scotland, iii. 58; his ad-
vice to Scottish commissioners, 59; recep-
tion of Cromwell at Edinburgh, 102; en-
mity to Montrose, 135; present at his
execution, 136; his treatment of Charles
I., 138; rivalry with Hamilton, 142; ex-
ecuted, 285.

Árchibald Campbell, ninth Earl of,
imprisoned for making reservation in
taking oath of submission, iii. 289; his
escape, 290; in exile at the Hague, 309;
at head of insurrection in Scotland in favor
of Monmouth, 311; taken prisoner, 312;
his execution, 1685, 313.

iii. 96.

ARGYLE, Archibald Campbell, tenth Earl | ARNOLD, RICHARD, shot for insubordination,
of, (afterwards first Duke, 1701), commis-
sioner of Scottish parliament to William
and Mary, iii. 375.

John Campbell, second Duke of,
at meeting of privy council on illness of
Queen Anne, iv. 89; commander-in-chief
of royal troops in 1715, 99, 100; defeats
Mar at Sheriffmuir, 101, 102; reinforced,
103; marches against insurgents, 105.

George Campbell, Duke cf, ardent
supporter of abolition of slavery, v. 331;
Indian secretary in Gladstone's cabinet
(1868), 384.

ARGYLL. See Argyle.

ARKANSAS, State of, joins Southern Confed-
eracy, v. 322.

ARLINGTON, Henry Bennet, Earl of, (1618-

1685), member of Cabal ministry, iii. 265; in
favor of Dutch alliance, 267; his impeach-
ment proposed; leaves the ministry, 271.
ARMADA, the Spanish, sets sail; dispersed
by storm, ii. 310; its disasters, 311, 312.
ARMAGNAC, Count of, afterwards constable
of France, father-in-law of Duke of Or-
leans, i. 375, killed in massacre of Armag.
nacs in Paris, 1418, 393.
ARMAGNACS, the, partisans of the House of
Orleans, i. 375; their struggle with Bur-
gundians, 384; powerful in Paris, 394, 395;
massacre of, at Paris, 1418, 396.
ARMY, of the Long Parliament, Parliament

surrenders authority to, by Self-Denying
Ordinance, iii. 59-60; under control of the
Independents, 74; disbandment voted by
Parliament, 78, 79; insurrection incited by
Independents, 79, 80; concessions of Par-
liament to, 80; refuses to disband without
further guarantees, 81: removes the king
from Holmby, 82-84; advances on Lon-
don; demands expulsion of eleven Pres-
byterian members, 85; consents to with-
draw, 86; enters into negotiations with the
queen, 86, 87; Independent members take
refuge with, 88, 89; enters London, and
restores the fugitive members, 89; assumes
complete ascendancy, 90; disorders fo-
mented by the Republicans, 90, 91, 92, 93;
outbreak of insurrection, 96; suppressed
by Cromwell, 96, 97; in alliance with the
Republicans, causes expulsion of Presby-
terian members from Parliament, 104, 105;
insurrection incited by the Levellers, 126-
128; bill for its reduction passed, after
battle of Worcester, 159; Cromwell seeks
its support against Parliament, 183, 187;
in opposition to Parliament, 201, 202, 203,
204; on good terms with the Republican
Parliament, 211; the struggle renewed,
213-217; appoints commissioners to treat
with Monk, 220; becomes disorganized,
224; is disbanded, 226.

ARNOLD, BENEDICT, (1740-1801), American
general, failure of his attempt against
Canada, iv. 41; negotiations for giving up
West Point to the English, 259; joins
British army, 261; reply of American pris-
oner to, 261, 262.

170.

MATTHEW, English author, v. 169,

THOMAS, Dr. (1795-1842), of Rugby,
letter of, v. 25; his death, 167.

the king's brewer, juror on trial of
the seven bishops, iii. 342.
ARRAN, James Hamilton, second Earl of,
afterwards Duke of Chatelherault, (re-
gent of Scotland 1542-1554) and chief of
Protestant party, ii. 205; returns to Cathol-
icism, 207; leader of Catholic party, 221;
heir-presumptive to Scottish throne; his
marriage with Elizabeth contemplated,
274; revolts against Mary Stuart, 284;
flight to England; reception by Elizabeth,
285; governs Scotland in Mary Stuart's
name, 305; his domains ravaged by Eng-
lish troops, 306.

JAMES STUART, Earl cf, favorite of
James VI. of Scotland, ii. 319; his power
in Scotland; imprisoned, 320.

Earl of, son of Duke of Hamilton,
proposes negotiations with James II., iii.
360.
ARRAS, congress assembled at (1435), ii. 36.
"ARROW," the Lorcha, difficulties between
England and China in regard to, v. 233-
237.

ARTEVELDT, JACQUES VAN, brewer of Ghent,
contracts friendship for Edward III.,
i. 295; supports his cause in Ghent, 302;
slain by the populace, 1345, 303.

PHILIP VAN, killed at battle of Rose-
becque, 1382, i. 350.

ARTHUR, King, tradition concerning, ii. 91.
ARTHUR (1187-1202), son of Geoffrey Plan-
tagenet and Constance of Brittany, i. 203;
attempts to become king of England, is
imprisoned and put to death, 205.
ARTHUR, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII.,
(1486-1502), his birth, ii. 90; marriage to
Catharine of Aragon; death, 110.
ARTOIS, ravaged by Edward III. i. 128; by
Earl of Buckingham, 342.

ARTOIS, ROBERT of, brother-in-law of Philip
of Valois, accompanies Countess of Mont-
fort to Brittany, i. 300.

Count d', brother of Louis XVI., at
siege of Gibraltar, iv. 273; fails to appear
at Quiberon Bay, 328. See France,
Charles X.

ARUNDEL, Archbishop of Canterbury
Canterbury.

See

ARUNDEL, Earl of, proposes truce between
Stephen and Prince Henry, i. 147.

Earl of, arrested, i. 352; executed by
Richard II., 357.

Earl of, warns Queen Mary of Nor-
thumberland's design against her, ii. 239;
announces his resolution to support her
cause, 241; advances against Wyat, 248;
favorite of Elizabeth, 278; joins Leicester,
300; leaves Elizabeth's court, 302; his im-
prisonment and death, 321.

285.

Earl of, father of Lord Stafford, iii.

Earl of, made privy councillor by
James II., iii. 330.
HUMPHREY, heads insurrection
against Edward VI., is executed, ii. 226.

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