commodities, however, were generally little more then the natural productions of the country, without any manafactures; for it must be observed at this time that foreign artificers much surpassed the English in dexterity, industry, and frugality; and it is said at one time not less than fifteen thousand artizans of the Flemish nation alone were settled in London.

INDEX.

A

ACHAMBER, John, heads a rebellion, 204-taken
prisoner, and put to death, 205

Açon, in Palestine, the Siege of, raised, 3.

Alban's St. first battle of, 160-second battle of, 164
Alençon, Count de, slain in the battle of Cressy, 72
Ardevelt, James, account of, 65 --

Arras, treaty of, 135

Arthur, prince of Wales. married to Catherine of
Spain, 222-his death, ib.

Artillery. used by Edward III. at the battle of Cressy,70
Askew, Anne, put to the torture, 289-condemned to
the flames, ib.

Assassins, who, 3-their detested character, 4-under-
take to murder prince Edward ib.-disappointed,
and their emissary slain, ib.

Audley, lord, joins the Cornish insurgents, 212-taken
and executed, ib.

Aumerle, duke of, betrays a conspiracy formed against
Henry IV. 113

Azincourt, battle of, 131

B

BAINHAM, James, burnt for his religion, 260
Baliol, John, claims the Scottish throne, 14-acknow-
ledges the superiority of Edward, 15-renews his.
oath of fealty, 16-placed on the throne of Scotland,
ib. is summoned to appear at Westminster, ib.-re- ́
volts from Edward, ib.-enters into a treaty with
Philip, ib.-summoned to appear before the parlia
ment of England, 17-is assigned a council of twelve
noblemen, ib.-makes his peace with Edward, 18—-
resigns his crown into that prince's hands, ib.-car-

ried prisoner to London, 19-banished to France,
and dies in a private station, ib.

Baliol, Edward, claims the crown of Scotland, 60-is
supported by Edward III. ib.-gains a considerable
victory, ib.-crowned at Stone, 61-defeated by
Archibald Douglas, ib.takes refuge in England,
ib.-reinstated by Edward, 62.

Banister, betrays his benefactor, the duke of Bucking-
ham, 190.

Banochurn, battle of, 45.

Bards, the Welsh, massacred, 13.
Barnet, battle of, 171.

Beaufort, Henry, bishop of Winchester, opposes the
duke of Gloucester, 152-gains the ascendant, 153
-is accused of the death of that nobleman, 154—
his death, ib.

Becket, Thomas, his shrine, demolished, 264-his name-
struck out of the breviary, ib.

Bedford, duke of, brother to Henry V. appointed pro-
tector of England, 141-totally defeats the dauphin.
142-retires into England, ib.-causes Henry VI,
to be crowned at Paris, 147-burns the maid of Or
leans at Rouen, 149-his death, 150.

Bible, translated into English, 265.

Bigod, Roger, refuses the command of an army, 24.
Bilney, Thomas, burnt for supporting the protestant
tenets, 260.

Bloreheath, action of, 101.

Bloody Statute, what, 265.

Bohun, Humphry, refuses to take the command of an.
army, 24.

-, Henry de, killed by Bruce, 45.

Boleyn, Anne, account of, 249-privately married to
Henry VIII. 257-favours the reformation, 259.
confined to her apartment, 267-accused of inconti-
nence, ib.-sent to the Tower, ib.-er letter to the
king, 269-tried by a jury of peers, 271—her noble
defence, ib.her protestations of innocence, 272-
her execution, ib.

Bosworth-field, batcle of, 192.
Boxley, crucifix at, exposed, 264,

Bristol made a bishopric, 265

Bruce, Robert, claims the Scottish throne, 14-ac-
knowledges Edward's superiority, 15-his claim dis‐
missed, 16-submits to Edward, ib.-secretly favours
Wallace, 27-resigns the pleasing hopes of deliver-
ing Scotland to his son, 33

Robert the younger, resolves to free his country
from the English yoke, ib.-makes his escape from
England, ib.-stabs Cummin, 34-expels the Eng.
lish forces, ib.-crowned at Scone, ib.-defeated by
Aymer de Valence, 35-flies to the Western Islands,
ib. his sister shut up in a wooden cage, ib.-defeats
Aymer de Valence, 39-gains a great victory at
Banocburn, 45-kills Henry de Bohun, ib.

-, David, invades England, 77-defeated, and
taken prisoner, 78-

Buchan, countess of, shut up in a wooden cage, 35.
Burdet, Thomas, executed for a trifling exclamation,
177

Burgundy, duke of, assassinates the duke of Orleans,
135- -is himself assassinated by the dauphin of
France, ib.

the young duke of, joins with Henry V. to
revenge the death of his father, 155-continues his
engagements with the duke of Bedford, 142-breaks
his treaty with the English, 149-several of his sub-
jects murdered, 150

Burley, Sir Simon, condemned and executed, 98

C

CABOT, Sebastian, discovers the Northern parts of
America, 225

Cade, John, account of, 156-heads a rebellion in Kent,
157-his demands, ib.-cuts to pieces a detachment
of the royal army, ib.-enters London, ib.-puts
lord Say, the treasurer, to death, ib.-is abandoned
by his followers, 158-flies into the woods of Kent,
ib.slain by Alexander Eden, ib.

Caen, taken and plundered by the English, 69
Calais, famous siege of, 74-made a mart for wool,
&c. 76

Catharine, princess married to Henry V. 136

-,of Spain, married to Arthur prince of Wales,
222-married to Henry prince of Wales, ib. cited
before the ecclesiastical court, 251-her pathetic in-
treaties to the king, 252-refuses to appear before
the court, 257-retires to Ampthill, 258

Chalons, count of, foiled by Edward, 6-his unge-
nerous behaviour, ib.

Charles, the wise, ascends the throne of France, 85-
leads an army of Banditti into Castile against Peter
the cruel, ib.

dauphin of France, assassinates the duke of
Burgundy, 135-gains an advantage over the English,
137 is driven beyond the Loire, 138-his deplora-
ble situation, 141-defeated at Verneuil, 142-assist-
ed by Joan of Arc, 143-crowned at Rheims, 146-
becomes very successful, ib.-applies himself to cul-
tivate the arts of peace, 150-invades Normandy,
151-drives the English out of France, ib.
Chester made a bishopric, 265

Chivalry, its advantages in England, 88

Clarence, duke of, defeated. 137-drowned in a butt
of Malmsey, 177

Cleves, Anne of, contracted to Henry VIII. 278—her
marriage celebrated, 279.

Clifford, Sir Robert, joins Warbeck, 208-gained over
by Henry, 209-accuses Sir William Stanley, 210
Cobham lord. See Oldcastle, Sir John.

Combat, single, ceremonies of, 102
Commons, origin of the house of, 22
Companions, who, 85

Cranmer, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, some ac-
count of, 253-supports the protestant tenets, 259
intercedes ineffectually for Anne Boleyn, 268-in.
forms Henry of Catharine Howard's incontinence,
283-the council ordered to inquire into his conduct,
287-restored to favour, 288-attends Henry VIII.
in his last moments, 294

Cressingham, his avaricicus conduct, 26-persuades
Warrenne to attack Wallacey 27-is slain in battle,

28

Cressy, battle of, 71