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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