1047

VIR

Virginia, colonisation of, 489
Viriconium, Roman colony at, 14
Vittoria, battle of, 871

Volunteers, the Irish, 796; the English,
848, 957

Vortigern establishes Jutes in Thanet,

27

Vote of No Addresses, 556

WAGRAM, battle of, 865
Wakefield, battle of, 328
Walcheren, expedition to, 865
Wales reduced by Harold, 90; Flemish
settlement in, 128; conquered by
Edward I., 210; marches of, ib.; sup
ports Richard II., 285

Walker, Obadiah, Roman Catholic
Master of University College, 639
Wallace, William, rises against Ed-
ward I., 221; execution of, 222
Waller, Sir William, defeated at Lans-
down and Roundway Down, 538 takes
Arundel Castle and defeats Hopton
at Cheriton, 542; fights at Cropredy
Bridge, 544; resigns his command, 545
Wallingford, Treaty of, 137
Walls, the Roman, 17

Walpole, Sir Robert, resigns office, 709;
opposes the repeal of the Test Act and
the passing of Peerage Bill, 710; re-
solves to rely on the Commons, not on
the Lords, ib.; re-admitted to office,
711; becomes First Lord of the Trea-
sury, 712; his method of managing
the House of Commons, 714; his doc-
trine of Quieta non movere,' 716;
his rivalry with Carteret, 718; con-
tinues in power under George II., 720;
his breach with Townshend, ib.;
brings in an Excise Bill, 722; with-
draws the Excise Bill, 724; is unwilling
to go to war with Spain, 728; charac-
teristics of the sections of the opposi
tion against, ib.; hopes to end the
quarrel with Spain by negotiation,
729; end of the administration of,
730; made Earl of Orford, 731
Walsingham, Sir Francis, Secretary to
Elizabeth, 457
Walter Map, 167

Waltheof, Earl of Northamptonshire
and Huntingdonshire, 90; is be-
headed, 110

Wanborough, Ceawlin defeated at, 36
Wandewash, battle of, 764

War-band, the, composed of Gesiths, 30
Warbeck, Perkin, insurrection of, 350-
352; execution of, 354

Wardship, nature of the lord's claim to,
116; results of the system, 330
Wars of the Roses, origin of the name
of, 324; state of society during, 330
Warwick, Earl of, opposes Richard II,
279; banishment of, 282

Warwick, Earl of (son of the Duke of
Clarence), imprisonment of, 343; exe-
cution of, 354

WES

Warwick, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of,
regent in France, 313

Warwick, Richard Nevill, Earl of (the
King-maker), influence of, 324; retires
to Calais, and comes back and defeats
the Lancastrians at Northampton,
326 estranged from Edward IV.,
332; is reconciled to Queen Margaret,
333; restores Henry VI., and is de-
feated and slain at Barnet, 334
Warwick, Earl of, see Northumberland,
Duke of

Washington, burning of the Capitol at,
873
Washington, George, appointed com-
mander of the Continental army, 783;
his difficulties, 784; driven by the
British out of New Jersey, ib.; regains
New Jersey, 786; defeated on the
Brandywine, ib.; winters at Valley
Forge, 787

Wat Tyler, insurrection of, 268, 269
Waterloo, battle of, 874

Watt improves the steam-engine, 816
Wealth of Nations, The, publication of,

810
Wedderburn becomes Solicitor-General,

779

Wedmore, Peace of, (the so-called) 59
Wellesley, Marquis, his subsidiary sys-
tem, 859: see Mornington, Lord
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, his victories in
India, 859; defeats Junot at Vimeiro,
864; returns to Portugal, and drives
Soult out of Oporto, 866; defeats the
French at Talavera, 867; created a
Viscount, ib.; see Wellington, Vis-

count

Wellington, Viscount, afterwards Duke
of, defends the lines of Torres Vedras,
867; elements of the success of, 868;
takes Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz,
869; defeats Marmont at Salamanca,
becomes
and enters Madrid, ib.;
Prime Minister, 893; supports the
Catholic Emancipation Bill, 896;
fights a duel, ib.; resignation of, 900;
takes measures against the Chartists,
935; death of, 938; see Wellesley, Sir
Arthur

near

Welsh, the, speak a language derived
from that of the Britons, 7; origin of
their name,31 ; adopt the name Kymry,
37; defeated by Ethelfrith
Chester, 43; split up into three divi.
sions, ib.; driven out of Somerset, 53;
their relations with Ecgberht, 56; see
Wales

Wentworth, Sir Thomas, see Strafford,
Earl of

Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Lord,
governor of Calais, 427
Weregild, system of, 32
Wesley, teaching of, 746
Wesley, Samuel, sermon by, 642
Wessex, gradual formation of, 28, 34, 35:
is weakened by internal quarrels, 41;
accepts Christianity, 48; growing

1049

WIL

129

William Clito, son of Robert, 129
William Longbeard, 169, 170
William of Malmesbury, 129
William of Newburgh, 167

William the Lion, king of Scotland,
acknowledges himself to be a vassal
of Henry II., 154; frees himself from
vassalage, 159

Williams, John, Archbishop of York,
impeachment of, 535
Winceby, fight at, 542

Winchelsey, Archbishop, 221

Winchester, secular canons driven out
of, 68; burial of William II. at, 122;
Stephen chosen king at, 131; taken by
Cromwell, 549

Windham enters Pitt's cabinet, 828
Winnington Bridge, Booth defeated at,
575

Winwæd, the battle of, 48

Wishart, George, burnt, 413
Witenagemot, the, constitution of, 45;
discussion on the acceptance of Chris-
tianity in, 46; constitutional powers
of, 74; becomes the Great Council,
113; see Great Council, the

Witt, John de, Pensionary of Holland,

589; negotiates the Triple Alliance,
599; murder of, 605

Wolfe, General, sent against Quebec,
753; death of, 756

Wolfe Tone; see Tone, Wolfe

Wolseley. Sir Garnet, defeats Arabi at
Tel-el-Kebir, 971

Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, rise of, 363;
magnificence of, 364; supports a policy
of peace, 365, 366; comes into the
House of Commons, 371; becomes
unpopular on account of the Amicable
Loan, 372; secures his position by an
alliance with France, 374; aspires to
the papacy, 375; is named legate a
latere, ib.; his views on Church re-
form, 376; founds two colleges, 377;
fails to persuade Henry VIII. to
abandon Anne Boleyn, 380; is ap-
pointed legate to try Henry's divorce,
382; fall of, 383; death of, 384
Women, education of, in the Middle
Ages, 65

Wonderful Parliament, the, 280

Wood's halfpence, 718

Worcester, battle of, 564

ZWI

Worcester, secular canons driven from,
68

Wordsworth, poetry of, 889

Wren, Sir Christopher, buildings by,
632

Wriothesley, Lord Chancellor, excluded
from the Council, 412

Wroxeter, see Viriconium

Wulfhere maintains the independence
of Mercia, 48

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, rebellion and exe-
cution of, 423

Wycliffe, John, his doctrines, 261; sum
moned before an ecclesiastical court
at St. Paul's, 262; sends out 'poor
priests,' and renounces transubstantia-
tion, 266; retires, and dies, 269
Wykeham, William of, deprived of the
Chancellorship, 260; restored to the
Council, and again dismissed, 262

YARMOUTH Supports Stephen, 134.
York (see Eboracum) submits to Harold
Hardrada, 95: taken by William I.,
102; devastation of the Vale of, 103;
massacre of Jews at, 160; Charles I.
at, 537; siege of, 542

York, Archbishop of, his right to crown
a king questioned, 149
York, Archbishopric of, founded, 46
York, Duke of Edmund (son of
Edward III.), joins Henry IV., 285
York, Duke of, second son of George
III., commands in the Netherlands,
826

York, James, Duke of, see James II.
York, Richard, Duke of (father of
Edward IV.), is regent in France, 313;
governs Ireland, 319; first Protectorate
of, 323; second Protectorate of, 324:
driven to Ireland, 326; claims the
throne, 327; defeated and slain, 328
York, Richard, Duke of (son of Edward
IV.), lodged in the Tower, 341;
murdered, 342

Yorke, Charles, suicide of, 776
Yorktown, Cornwallis capitulates at,

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minis-

CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, Sir H.,
try of (1905 8), 988
Chamberlain, Mr., tariff reform policy
of, 987; as Colonial Secretary, 987,
989
China, war between Japan and, 976;
defeat of, 976; possible break-up of,
976; massacre of Chinese Christians
and missionaries in, 976; intervention
of the Powers, 976; order restored in,
976

Colonies, the, and the Mother Country,
989

Crete, declares union with Greece, 991
Crimes Act (1887), 973

DELCASSE, M., French foreign minister,
985

Dogger Bank incident, 934
'Dreadnought' battleships, 989

EARTHQUAKES in 1906-8, 997
Edward VII., King, accession of, 979;
coronation, 979; labours of in interests
of peace and international arbitration,
985, 986; death of, 996
Education Act (1902), 981
Electoral reform, 993; Plural Voting
Bill, 993; redistribution, 993; pro-

portional representation, 993; woman's
suffrage, 993; the referendum, 993;
proposed reform of House of Lords,
994

Elementary Education Act (1870). 973
Entente Cordiale, 985

FINANCE BILL 1939

tion, 994

and the dissolu-

Foreign policy in the reign of Edward
VII., 983-986

France, agreement of with England, 98;

GEORGE V., King, accession of, 996
Gladstone, Mr., third ministry of, 972;
his Home Rule Bill, 972; fourth
ministry of, 974; resignation of, 974

HALDANE, MR., army scheme of (1907),
988
Herzegovina, annexed by Austria-
Hungary, 991

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE OF 1909, 989
India, unrest and sedition in, 990
Irish Land Act (1896), 974

Irish Land Purchase Act (1903), 982

RADIUM discovered, 997

Roberts, Lord, relieves Kimberley, and
occupies capitals of Free State and
Transvaal, 977; is succeeded in South
Africa by Lord Kitchener, 981
Roosevelt, Mr., President of United
States, 984, 986

Rosebery, Lord, succeeds Mr. Gladstone
as Prime Minister, 974
Roshdestvensky, Admiral, 984
Russia, war with Japan, 984; convention
with England signed (1907), 986; re-
volutionary movements in, 986; con-
stitution granted and dumas elected,
986

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5), 984

SALISBURY, LORD, first ministry of, 972;
second ministry of, 973; Irish policy
of, 973: third ministry of, 974
Servia, anti-dynastic plot in, 986
Social reform: Labour Party and
Socialists, 991, 992; socialism adopted
by the Labour Party and the trade
unions, 992

South Africa, population of, 969; war in,
976; peace proclaimed, 981; colonies
of, decide in favour of Union, 990;
first Union Parliament opened, 990
Soudan, reconquest of, 975.
Sweden and Norway, union repealed,
986: Prince Carl of Denmark elected
King of Norway as Haakon VII., 987

YOU

TARIFF Reform versus Free Trade, 987
Tibet, expedition into (1903), 990
Togo, Admiral, 984

Trades Disputes Act (1906), 992
Transvaal, war in, 976, 980, 981;
Jameson's raid, 977: British out-
landers petition Queen, 977; war de-
clared, 977; annexation of, 978;
guerilla warfare, 980, 981; peace
proclaimed, 981

Turkey, revolution in, ggo; counter-
revolution unsuccessfully attempted,