ASCALON, taken possession of by Cœur de Lion, i. 192.
ASCHAM, ROGER, tutor of Elizabeth, ii. 266. ASGILL, Captain, chosen to be hanged in re- prisal for execution of an American officer, iv. 275, pardoned, 275.
ASGILL, Lady, mother of the above, applies to Marie Antoinette for release of her son, iv. 276.
ASHAM, ANTHONY, adherent of Parliament, murdered at Madrid, iii. 150. ASHANTEE, English expedition into, v. 341. ASHANTEES, King of, v. 340, 341. ASHBURNHAM, valet of Charles I., iii. 73; his negotiation with Cromwell, 86; declines to treat with the soldiers, 88; carries letter of the king to the army, 89; withdrawn from service of the king, 93; accompanies his flight, 94, 95.
ASHE, Mr., moves the re-establishment of monarchy under Cromwell, iii. 178. ASHLEY, Ashley Cooper, Lord, iii. 235; member of Cabal" ministry, 265; sus- pends payment of principal of loans advanced by London, 268. See Shaftes- bury.
ASKE, ROBERT, at head of insurgents against Henry VIII., ii. 187; overtures made to, 188; executed, 189.
ASKEW, ANNE, preaches reformed doc- trines, ii. 210; burned, 211. ASPERN, battle of, iv. 391.
ASSAS, Chevalier d', his heroism at siege of Wesel, iv. 213.
ASSENDON, battle of, i. 45.
ASSER, historian of Alfred the Great, quoted, i. 45-47; invited to court of Alfred, 59. ASTLEY, Sir JACOB, major-general in army
of Charles I., iii. 26; defeated at Stow; taken prisoner, 72.
ASTURIAS, Louis, Prince of, son of Philip V., in Spanish camp, iv. 118. ATH, taken by Marlborough, 1706, iv. 56; its fortifications dismantled, 1831, v. 395. ATHELING, MARGARET. See Margaret Atheling.
ATHELING EDGAR. See Edgar Atheling.
EDWARD. See Edward Atheling. ATHELNEY, (Ethelingaia), Island of the No- bles, i. 48, 49.
ATHELSTAN, (895-940), first king of the An- glo-Saxons, i. 63, 64.
ATHENS, Mr. Gladstone's popularity in, v. 295.
ATHERTON MOOR, battle of, iii. 34, ATHLONE, captured by Ginckel (1691), iii. 388. ATHLONE, Earl of. See Ginckel. ATHOL, Duke of. See Tullibardine. ATHOL, Marquis of, remains neutral during insurrection of Dundee, iii. 376. ATREBATES, Belgian tribe, i. 15. ATTERBURY, FRANCIS, (1662-1732), made Bishop of Rochester, iv. 85; proposes pro- claiming James III. on death of Queen Anne, 90; letter of Bolingbroke to, 94; member of council for conducting affairs of the Pretender; organizes plot in his favor; imprisoned in the Tower, 125; his appeal to the House on his trial, 126–128; exiled to France, 128.
ATTWOOD, Mr., speech in Parliament on the general distress (1833), iv. 443. AUCKLAND, capital of New Zealand, v. 340. AUCKLAND, Lord, governor of India, his reasons for entering on the Afghan War, v. 48; his proclamation, 53, 54; superseded by Lord Ellenborough, 54.
AUDLEY, Lord, at head of insurrection against Henry VII., ii. 105, 106; executed, 106.
AUDLEY, Sir James, at battle of Poictiers, i. 325.
AUGEREAU, Marshal, his delay in joining Napoleon, iv. 398; Napoleon's reproaches, 399.
AUGUSTENBURG, Duke of, his claim to the Schleswig-Holstein provinces, v. 345. AUGUSTINE, first missionary to the Anglo- Saxons, i. 34-37.
AULUS PLAUTIUS, Roman general in Britain,
AUMALE, Count of, at capture of Verneuil, ii. 17.
Duc d', his marriage with Queen Isabella proposed, v. 112. AUSTERLITZ, battle of, iv. 373. AUSTIN, juror on trial of the seven bishops, iii. 342.
AUSTRALIA, penal colonies in, v. 288, 289; almost complete independence of, 375. AUSTRIA, concludes Treaty of Worms with France and Sardinia, iv. 153; accedes to peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 180; concludes alliance with France, 192; weakened by the Seven Years' War, 220; concludes peace with Prussia (peace of Huberts- burg, 1763), 220-221; peace of Campo- Formio with France (1797), 334; joins coa- lition against French Republic, 343; con cludes peace of Luneville with France, 344; accedes to coalition against Napoleon (1805), 369; mediates between the allies and Napoleon (1813), 397; interferes in affairs of Naples, 416; her policy in regard to Turkish question, v. 34, 35; concludes with England convention of July, 1840, 36; concurs in treaty of 1841, 100; Hun- garian revolt against, 141; takes part in conference at Vienna, 178; her proclama- tion in favor of maintaining the Ottoman Empire, 182; instigates new conference at Vienna, 219; negotiates for peace, 233; Italian revolt against, 302; loss of power in Italy, 303; connives at Polish insurrec- tion, 342; concurs in scheme for pacifica tion of Poland, 343; her power weakened by war with Prussia in 1866, v. 356: Gui- zot's estimate of her rivalry with Prussia and consequences of defeat in war of 1866, 356-359; folly of her alliance with Prussia against Denmark, 358.
ALBERT, takes possession of Calais, ii. 344; married to daughter of Philip II., 350. CHARLES. See Emperors of Germany.
son of Ferdinand I., ii. 278; nego- tiations for his marriage with Queen Elizabeth, marries daughter of Duke of Bavaria, 299.
son of Leopold I., iv. 33; made
LEOPOLD, plants his banner on the ram- parts of Acre, i. 191; leaves army of the Crusaders, 192; imprisons Richard Coeur- de-Lion, 196; excommunicated, 199. MAXIMILIAN. See Emperors of Ger- many.
proclaimed Emperor of Mexico, v. 337; his death, 339. PHILIP. See Sovereigns of Spain, Philip.
Don John of, Governor of Low Coun- tries, his project to invade England, ii 317.
Don John of, Spanish general, iii. 190; defeated at battle of the Dunes, 191. Duke of, ally of Edward I., i. 258. Margaret of. See Margaret of Aus-
Emperors of:- FRANCIS I. (II. of Germany), declares war against France, iv. 321; his army takes possession of Conde and Valenciennes, 325; subsidies voted for by Parliament, 333; his hereditary states invaded by French, 331; joins Holy Alliance, 1815, 403, 404.
LEOPOLD, iv. 320. See Germany, Leopold II.
FRANCIS JOSEPH, v. 337.
AUSTRIA, House of, domains claimed by Elector of Bavaria, iv. 148; alliance with House of Bourbon, 192.
AUSTRIAN Succession, war of (1741-1748), iv. 119.
AUTEROCHE, Count d', at battle of Fontenoy, iv. 155. AUVERGNE, becomes possession of English crown on accession of Henry II., i. 149; overrun by the Black Prince, 321. AVAUX, Count d', French envoy at the Hague, iii. 347; with James II. in Ireland, 369; his difficulties, 370; quoted, 371; his account of the battle of Newton-Butler, 373; returns to France, 383; recalled to Paris, iv. 40.
AVEJOU, Baron, in army of William III. in Ireland, iii. 383.
AVIGNON, first Pretender takes refuge in, iv. 107.
AVRANCHES, William the Conqueror enter- tains Harold at, i. 90; regained by France, ii. 40.
AXTELL, DANIEL, in command of the guard at trial of Charles I., iii 112, 114; excluded from amnesty of 1660, 253.
AYALA, DON PEDRO, Spanish ambassador, ii. 107
AYLOFFE, compromised in Whig conspira- cies, in exile in Holland, iii. 309; engaged in Monmouth's insurrection, 310; attempts suicide, interrogated by James II., 314. AYMERIE of Pavia, Governor of Calais under
BABINGTON, Sir ANTHONY, his conspiracy in favor of Mary Stuart, ii. 324, 325. BACIOCCHI, Princess Elisa, sister of Napo- leon Bonaparte, Lucca bestowed upon her by Bonaparte, iv. 369.
BACON, FRANCIS, Lord (1561-1626), anecdote of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 268, 269; prosecutes Earl of Essex, 351, 352; joins Somerset in intrigues against Parliament, gains name of Undertaker, 396; conducts trial of Somerset, 397; made Keeper of the Seals, disgraced, made Lord Verulam and Chancellor, 399; charges against him, his trial, confession, 404; sentence, literary works, death, 405.
BACON, NICHOLAS (1510-1579), Keeper of the Seals under Elizabeth, ii. 269; repri- mands the Commons, 308.
BADAJOZ, capture of, by Wellington, 1812, iv. 396.
BADLESMERE, Lady, wife of Governor of Leeds Castle, i. 281.
BAGNALL, Sir HENRY, defeated and killed at Blackwater, ii. 348.
BAGNARA, taken possession of by Richard Coeur-de-Lion, i. 188.
BAILLIE of Jerviswood, refuses to inform against Whig conspirators, iii. 293.
General, his detachment destroyed by Hyder Ali, iv. 289. BAIREUTH, MARGRAVE of, unsuccessful campaign on the Rhine, 1807, iv. 58. BAJEE RAO, Peishwah of Poonah, v. 251. BAKARA, Ameer of, English prisoners in his power, v. 55.
BAKER, Major HENRY, takes command at Londonderry, iii. 371.
BALAKLAVA, V. 188, 197; British base of operations in Crimean War, 199, 200.
battle of, v. 202–207. BALANCE of Power, in Europe, disturbed by Franco-Prussian War, v. 390; M. Guizot's estimate of its importance, 396, 397. BALCARRAS, Count, concerned in Dundee's insurrection in Scotland, iii. 374. BALDOCK, Chancellor, in reign of Edward I., his death, i. 284. BALFOUR, Sir WILLIAM, Governor of the Tower, ii. 434; deprived of his position, 447; in command of cavalry under Earl of Essex, iii. 52.
BALIOL, BERNARD, at battle of the Standard, I. 141.
EDWARD. See Sovereigns of Scot-
HENRY, brother of the above, killed at Annan, i. 294.
BALL, JOHN, priest, one of the insurgents in reign of Richard II, hanged, i. 349. BALMERINO, Lord, concerned in Jacobite re- bellion of 1745, his trial and execution, iv. 178.
BALTIC SEA, the, war between Sweden and Denmark in regard to, iii. 210; English expedition to, under Parker and Nelson, iv. 353; English fleet in, during the Cri- mean war, v. 188.
BALTIMORE, Massachusetts regiment at- tacked by mob in, v. 322.
BANGOR, Abbot of, i. 37; monks of, massa- cred by Saxons, 37.
BANISTER, delegate to American Congress, Washington's letter to, iv. 250.
BANK Charter Act of 1844, v. 280.
of England, established in 1694, iii. 404; its jealousy of South Sea Company, iv. 122; attacked in the Gordon riots, 255; authorized to increase its circulation, v. 280.
BANTRY BAY, action in, iii. 399.
BAR, Duchy of, Margaret of Anjou takes refuge in, ii. 55.
Earl of, son-in-law of Edward I., i.
254. BARANTE, M. de, Guizot's letter to, v. 27, 28. BARBAZON, Sire de, defends Melun against Henry V., i. 403.
BARBEZIEUX, Marquis of, son of Louvois,
secretary of state to Louis XIV., iii. 400. BARBIER, Advocate, his journal quoted, ref- erence to Emperor Charles VII., iv. 150; remarks on assistance promised by France to Charles Edward, 163, 164; letter on French War in America, 189. BARCELONA, captured by Vendôme, iv. 23; by Peterborough, 54.
BARCLAY, Sir GEORGE, heads plot for assas- sination of William III., commissioned by James, iv. 17, 18.
BARDOLF, Lord, friend of Earl of Northum- berland, dies of wound received at Bran- ham Heath, i. 374. "BAREBONES Parliament." See Parliament. BARFLEUR, taken by Edward III., i. 304. BARILLON, ambassador of Louis XIV. to England, iii. 294, 307, 308; quoted, 317; letter to Louis on revocation of Edict of Nantes, 323, 324; letters to Louis, 326, 327, 329, 333; interview with James II., 330; under influence of Sunderland, 347; ex- planation of James II. to him, 353; letter on return of James II., 357. BARKSTEAD, Colonel, Lieutenant of the Tower under Cromwell, iii. 188. BARNARD, Sir HENRY, takes command of Indian army on death of Anson, v. 246.
Sir ALEXANDER, agent of Lord Auckland in Afghanistan, v. 47; mur- dered, 49.
Dr. ROBERT, dependant of Thomas Cromwell, ii. 197; burned at the stake (1540), 198.
BARNET, battle of, ii. 62, 63. "BARONETAGE," James I. creates title of, ii. 396.
BARONS, urge William the Conqueror to take the crown, i. 107; council of, assembled to
judge Odo of Bayeux, 115; invade France under the Conqueror, 117; their discon- tent under William Rufus, 120; assembled in London, proclaim Henry I., 126; di- vided in allegiance, 128, 129; convoked to swear allegiance to Prince William, 132; protest against marriage of Empress Maud, 135; elect Stephen, 138; his popularity with the majority, 139; insurrections of those supporting Maud, 139, 140; unite in acknowledging her, 143; fortify them- selves in their castles, 146; council of, con- voked by Henry II., 168; their disloyalty to him, 182; do not support Longchamp, 197; remain faithful to Richard, 199; won over by John, 204; their discontent, 207, 209; convoked by Archbishop Langton, 211; their oaths, 212, 213; present their demands to John, 213; rise against him, 214; extort Magna Charta from him, 215; wage war against him, 216, 217; call in aid from France, 218; their discord, 219; acknowledge Henry III., 221; their quar- rels, 223; their assembly first called Par- liament, 224; refuse to support war with France, 227; exact ratification of their lib- erties, 229; their demands, 230; under Simon of Montfort, 231; exact oaths from Henry III. and Prince Edward, 232; their dissensions encourage the king to resi-t them, 233; defeat him at Lewes, 234; swear allegiance to Edward I., 239; their resist- ance to him, 256, 257; demand ratification of his concessions, 261, 262; their victory, 263; discontent under Edward II., 273, 274; capture Gaveston, 275; execute him, 276; their jealousy of Despencer, 280; rise against Edward, 280, 281; depose him,
BARRAS, Count de (1755-1829), his power in France after 18th Fructidor, iv. 338.
BARRE, Colonel, Pitt's arrangement with him as to clerkship of the polls, iv. 301. BARKÈRE, BERTRAND (1755-1841), moves in the Convention, decree of no quarter to English and Hanoverians, iv. 326. BART, JEAN, French privateer, iii. 402. BARTHELEMY, M., envoy of French Repub- lic at Basle, iv. 329.
BARTON, ANDREW, naval commander of James V. of Scotland, defeated and killed in engagement with Sir Edward Howard, ii. 121.
ELIZABETH, Holy Maid of Kent, ii. 173; executed, 1534, 174.
JOHN, brother of Andrew, naval commander of James V., ii. 121. BARUKZYES, tribe of, v. 47. BARWICK, JOHN, his letter to Edward Hyde, iii. 200.
BASÈLE, Monk of, Knight of King Philip of Valois, i. 308.
BASLE, Congress at (1794-1795), iv. 328, 331; peace of (1795), Tuscany, Prussia, and Sweden with the French Republic, 331.
BASTILLE, the, fall of, Fox's exultation at,
BASTWICK, JOHN, arrested, ii. 421; his son- tence, 422.
BATBY, JOHN, heretic, burned at Smithfield, | i. 381.
BATEMAN, executed for giving assistance to Titus Oates, iii. 322.
BATES, servant of Catesby, ii. 391. BATH, Bishop of, Thomas Ken, signs peti- tion against Declaration of Indulgence, iii. 338, 339.
Earl of, present at deathbed of Charles II., iii. 297.
Earl of, William Pulteney, his en- mity to Robert Walpole, iv. 134; in oppo- sition, 140; becomes Lord Bath, 150; Walpole's observation to him; declines office, 151.
BATTERSEA, Country-house and birth-place of Bolingbroke, iv. 146.
BATTLE ABBEY, built by William the Con- queror near Hastings, i. 106.
Aboukir, 1798, iv. 313; 1801, 354.
Aghrim, 1591, iii. 388.
Agincourt, 1415, i. 390-392. Alcoba, 1810, iv. 395,
Alma, the, 1854, v. 191, 192. Almanza, 1707, iv. 57. Arapiles, 1812, iv. 396. Ardoch Moor, i. 23. Aspern, 1809, iv. 391. Assendon, 871, i. 45.
Atherton Moor, 1643, iii. 34. Austerlitz, 1805, iv. 373. Balaklava, 1854, v. 202-207. Bannockburn, 1314, 276-278. Barnet, 1471, ii. 62, 63. Baugé, 1421, i. 405. Bautzen, 1813, iv. 397. Baylen, 1808, iv. 387.
Beachy Head, 1690, iii. 386. Bergen, 1759, iv. 210. Blenheim, 1704, iv. 53. Bosworth, 1485, ii. 82, 83. Bothwell Bridge, 1679, iii. 284. Boyne, the, 1690, iii. 384. Brandywine, 1777, iv. 246. Branham Heath, 1408, i. 374. Brentford, 1642, iii. 28. Brenville, 1119, i. 133. Bull Run, 1861, v. 324. Bunker Hill, 1775, iv. 238. Camperdown, 1797, iv. 338. Canterbury, 839, i. 41. Chalgrove, 1643, iii. 33 Chevy Chase, 1388, i. 351. Chillianwallah, 1849, v. 241. Coleshill, 1157, i. 151. Copenhagen, 1801, iv. 353. Corbiesdale, 1650, iii. 134. Corrichie, ii. 282.
Corunna, 1809, iv. 387. Crécy, 1346, i. 307-311.
Crevant, 1423, ii. 15, 16. Crevelt, 1758, iv. 197. Cropredybridge, 1644, iii. 48. Culloden, 1746, iv. 173. Dantzic, 1807, iv. 381. Denain, 1712, iv. 74. Dettingen, 1743, iv. 153.
Drayton, 1459, ii. 46.
Dresden, 1813, iv. 397.
BATTLES (continued): ·
Dunbar, 1650, iii. 141.
Dunes, battle of the, 1658, iii. 191. Duplin Heath, 1332, i. 293. Edgehill, 1642, iii. 27, 28. Essling. See Aspern. Ethandune, 878, í. 50. Evesham, 1265, i. 236. Eylau, 1807, iv. 381. Falkirk, 1298, i. 262. 1746, iv. 170.
Farnham, 884, i. 52. Flodden, 1513, ii. 125, 126. Fleurus, 1690, iii. 386. Fontenoy, 1745, iv. 154-156. Formigny, 1450, ii. 40. Friedland, 1807, iv. 381. Futtehpore, 1857, v. 255, 256. Germantown, 1777, iv. 246.
Gettysburg, 1863, v. 338.
Gravelines, 1558, ii. 262.
Grossmont, 1405, i. 372. Guzerat, 1849, v. 242. Halidon Hill, 1333, i. 295. Hastenbeck, 1757, iv. 195. Hastings, i. 1066, 104.
Hedgely Moor, 1464, ii. 55. Heligoland, 1864, v. 346. Heliopolis, 1800, iv. 353. Hexham, 1464, ii. 55. Hochkirch, 1758, iv. 197. Hochstett, 1800, iv. 344.
Hohenlinden, 1800, iv. 344.
Homildon Hill, 1402, i. 367.
Inkerman, 1854, v. 209-213. Inverlochy, 1645, iii. 58. Jarnac, 1569, ii. 302. Jemmapes, 1792, iv. 322. Jena, 1806, iv. 378.
Killicrankie, 1689, iii. 376, 377. Kolin, 1757, iv. 194. La Hogue, 1692, iii. 399. Langport, 1645, iii. 64. Lawfelt, 1747, iv. 170. Leipzig, 1813, iv. 397. Lexington, 1775, iv. 236. Ligny, 1815, iv. 401. Lincoln, 1141, i. 143. Lissa, 1757, iv. 196.
Little Canglar, 1488, ii. 103. London, 839, i. 41. Loudon Hill, 1307, i. 270. Lowestoft, 1665, iii. 261. Lutzen, 1813, iv. 397. Maida, 1806, iv. 380. Malplaquet, 1709, iv. 64. Marengo, 1800, iv. 344. Marignan, 1515, ii. 129.
Marston Moor, 1644, iii. 49, 50.
Meanee, 1843, v. 152.
Methven, 1306, i. 267.
Minden, 1759, iv. 210.
Moncontour, 1569, ii. 302.
Mortimer's Cross, 1461, ii. 49.
Mungulwar, 1857, v. 258.
Nancy, 1477, ii. 78.
Naseby, 1645, iii. 61-63.
Navarette, 1367, i. 332.
Neerwinden, 1693, iii. 402, 403.
Nesbit Moor, 1402, i. 367.
Newton-Butler, 1689, iii. 372, 373.
Northampton, 1460, ii. 46. Oakly, 851, i. 42.
Orthez, 1814, iv. 400.
Oudenarde, 1708, iv. 59.
Patay, 1429, ii. 27. Pavia, 1525, ii. 149.
Philip-Haugh, 1645, iii. 68. Pinkie, 1547, ii. 222. Plassey, 1757, iv. 207. Poitiers, 1356, i. 322-325. Porto Novo, 1781, iv. 289. Preston, 1648, iii. 102.
Prestonpans, 1745, iv. 161, 162. Princeton, 1776, iv. 242. Quatre Bras, 1815, iv. 401. Ramilies, 1706, iv. 55. Raucoux, 1746, iv. 179. Revoux, 207, i. 24. Rochester, 839, i. 41. Roncesvalles, 1813, iv 398. Rosbach, 1757, iv. 196. Rosebecque, 1382, i. 350. Sadowa, 1866, v. 356. St. Albans, 1455, ii. 45. 1461, ii. 49.
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, 1488, ii. 95. Saint Vincent, 1797, iv. 334. Sedgemoor, 1685, iii. 317.
Sherbourne, 1645, iii. 68.
Sheriffmuir, 1715, iv. 101, 102.
Shrewsbury, 1403, i. 369, 370. Sole Bay, 1672, iii. 269.
Solway Moss, 1542, ii. 204.
Spurs, battle of the, 1513, i. 123, 124.
Standard, battle of the (North Allerton), 1137, i. 141, 142.
Steinkirk, 1692, iii. 401. Stirling, 1297, i. 260. Stoke, 1487, ii. 93.
Stow, 1646, iii. 72.
Talavera, 1809, iv. 389. Tehernaya, 1855, v. 224. Teneriffe, 1656, iii. 186. Tewkesbury, 1471, ii. 63. Tinchebrai, 1106, í. 130. Torrington, 1646, iii. 71. Toulouse, 1814, iv. 400. Towton, 1561, ii. 52.
Trafalgar, 1805, iv. 371, 372. Ushant, 1778, iv. 251. Valladolid, 1818, iv. 385. Valmy, 1792, iv. 322. Verneuil, 1424, ii. 17.
Villa Viciosa, 1710, iv. 65. Vimeiro, 1808, iv. 386. Vittoria, 1813, iv. 398. Wagram, 1809, iv. 391, 392. Wakefield, 1460, ii. 48. Waterloo, 1815, iv. 401. Wilton, 1142, i. 146.
Worcester, 1651, iii. 145, 146. Zorndorf, 1758, iv. 197. Zutphen, 1586, ii. 345.
BAUDIN, French vice-admiral, his fleet dis- persed by English, iv. 394.
BAUDRAND, General, M. Guizot's letter to, v. 36.
BAUDRICOURT, Sire de, his treatment of Joan of Arc, ii. 23.
BAUGE, battle of, i. 405.
BAUTZEN, battle of, iv. 397.
BAVARIA, Duke of, his daughter marries Archduke of Austria, ii. 299.
Elector of, Maximilian Emanuel (1662-1726), death of his son, adopted by Charles II. of Spain, iv. 31; at head of German Princes, 34; Governor of Low Countries, orders surrender of frontier towns to Louis XIV., 39, 40; joined by Tallard, 52; effects retreat after Blenheim, 53; harasses march of Prince Eugene, 58. Elector of, Charles Albert, (1697- 1745), his claim to part of dominions of Austria on death of Charles VI., iv. 148; becomes Emperor of Germany, 1742, 150. See Germany, Charles VII.
-, Elector of, Maximilian Josephi, gains Tyrol by Peace of Presburg (1805), iv. 373. Electoral Prince of, adopted by Charles II. of Spain, his death, iv. 31. ISABEL of. See Isabel of Bavaria. LOUIS of, letter from Henry VIII. to, ii. 138.
BAXTER, RICHARD, opposes Declaration of Indulgence, iii. 334, 335.
BAYARD, (1475-1524), Chevalier, marches to
relieve Therouenne, ii. 123; his death, 149. BAYEUX, regained by France, ii. 40. BAYEUX, ODO, Bishop of, brother of William the Conqueror, i. 95-104; intrusted with government of England, 108; made Earl of Kent; his character; aspires to papacy, 114; imprisoned by the Conqueror, 115; supports Robert Curthose, 120, 121. BAYLEN, battle of, iv. 387.
BAYONNE, camp of Marshal Soult at, iv. 400. BEACHY HEAD, battle of, iii. 386.
BEALES, EDMOND, President of Reform League, v. 364.
BEATON, Cardinal DAVID, his influence over James V., ii. 203; claims the regency; imprisoned, 205; regains his liberty; is reconciled with Arran, 207; his fanaticism; his assassination, 209.
BEAUCHAMP, Lord, nephew of Earl of Es- sex, iii. 51.
BEAUFORT, Cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV., as Bishop of Winchester, his speech in Parliament, i. 385; appointed to educate Henry VI., ii. 14; his quarrel with Glouce ster; made cardinal, 19; sends reinforce- ments to Duke of Bedford, 28; his dispo- sal of remains of Joan of Arc, 34; crowns Henry VI., 35; at council of Arras, 32; his death, 39.
BEAUFORT, JANE, marries James I. of Scot- land, ii. 16.
-, MARGARET. See Richmond, Coun- tess of. BEAUJEU, M. de, in command of French troops in America, defeats Braddock, iv. 191.
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