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Walworth, William, ii. 312, 323

Wanborough, battle of, i. 90

Warbeck, Perkin, iii. 180, 181, 184, 185, 187

Ward, Dr. Seth, vi. 132

Wareham, northmen encamp at, i. 106

Warenne, William, sixth Earl of, i. 345

Warenne and Surrey, John, seventh Earl of, ii. 117

Warenne and Surrey, John, eighth Earl of, ii. 162, 168

Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, his patronage of the New Learning, iii. 196-198; protects Colet, 204; helps Erasmus, 212, 215; the seals offered to, 289; death, 303

Warner's Albion's England, v. 35

Warwick, Guy Beauchamp, second Earl of, ii. 187, 190

Warwick, Thomas Beauchamp, fourth Earl of, ii. 353, 370, 371

Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of (see Lisle), iv. 47; puts down revolt in Norfolk, 56; Protector, 57. See Northumberland

Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl of, iii. 73, 75; defeated at St. Albans, 79; victor at Towton, ib., 80; his greatness, 112, 113, 118; character, 114, 115; policy, 119, 122; negotiations with Lewis XI., 123, 124; rivalry with the Woodvilles, 127; mission to France, 129; estranged from Edward, 131; submits to him, 132; intrigues with Clarence, 133; revolts, 134, 135; repulsed from Calais, 135; difficulties with Burgundy, 136; alliance with the Lancastrians, 137; lands at Dartmouth, 138; restores Henry VI., 139; slain, 142

Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of, iii. 175, 187

Warwick, Robert Rich, second Earl of, resists a forced loan, v. 255; plans to emigrate, 319; put in command of the fleet, 378

Warwick, Sir Philip, v. 72

Washington, George, his attack on Duquesne, vii. 243; takes it, 266; his influence in Virginia, viii. 15; his character, 21, 22; his defence of Boston, 23; evacuates New York, etc., 24; his campaign of 1777, 25; forces Cornwallis to surrender, 32

Washington city burnt by the English, viii. 204

"Water-beggars," the, iv. 298

Waterford besieged by Cromwell, vi. 77

Waterloo, battle of, viii. 208-211

Watling Street, i. 120

Watt, James, viii. 58

Waverley, Annals of, i. 273

Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, iii. 66

Weald, iron-mines in the, ii. 107

Wearmouth, Benedict Biscop's abbey at, i. 91, 92; plundered by northmen, 101

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