Part 105

Weavers, gild of, i. 317; Flemish, in England under Edward III., ii. 226

Wedmore, Peace of, i. 107

Weights, uniformity of, enacted by Great Charter, i. 352

Welles, Sir Robert, iii. 135

Wellesley, Sir Arthur, his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 186, 188. See Wellington

Wellesley, Richard, Marquis (see Mornington), viii. 140; his devotion to Pitt, 71; words on Pitt's death, 174; Foreign Secretary, 189

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, first Viscount and Duke of (see Wellesley), his campaigns in Spain and Portugal, viii. 190, 191, 199, 200, 202; enters France, 202; campaign in Belgium, 207-211

Welsh, the, defeated by Cenwealh, i. 87; by Offa, 97; league with Scots and Cumbrians against Æthelstan, 119; rise against Æthelred II., 139; subdued by Harold, 153; ii. 47; rise against William I., i. 167; against John, 333, 334; ii. 55; national revival, 49-58; ravage Shropshire, iii. 19; Oxford students join Owen Glyndwr, 11; North, tributary to Æthelstan, i. 119, 120; West, become vassals of Æthelstan, i. 120; driven from Exeter, ib. See Britons, Wales

Welwood's Memoirs, vi. 158

Wendover, Roger of, i. 273; ii. 43

Wentworth, Paul, iv. 238

Wentworth, Peter, v. 56

Wentworth, Thomas, member for Yorkshire, v. 195, 260, 282-284; policy and character, 285-287; Deputy in Ireland, 290; his rule there, 290-292, 364, 365; returns, 338. See Strafford

Wenzel of Bohemia, king of the Romans, ii. 348

Wesley, Charles, vii. 207

Wesley, John, vii. 207-210

Wessex, its power under Ceawlin and Cuthwulf, i. 56; fall, ib.; attacked by Eadwine, 63; subdued, 64; greatness under Ine, 89, 90; civil strife in, 90; subject to Mercia, ib., 91; rises against Æthelbald, 96; anarchy in, 97; greatness under Ecgberht, 102; attacked by northmen, 103, 105, 106; revival under Ælfred, 107, 112, 113; submits to Swein, 143; to Cnut, ib.; its Golden Dragon standard, 96, 163; earldom of, 146. See West Saxons

Westfold, Harald of, i. 128

West Indian Company, vi. 223

West Indies, English conquests in, vii. 307

Westminster, Eadward the Confessor's abbey at, i. 149; rebuilt by Henry III. ii. 25; completed under Edward I., 106; William I. crowned at, i. 166; the Scotch coronation stone removed to, ii. 162; refounded by Mary, iv. 106; Henry VII.'s chapel in, iii. 174; Assembly of Divines at, vi. 30; Caxton's press at, iii. 156; chapel of St. Stephen at, ii. 290; Chaucer's home at, 366; the Jerusalem Chamber at, iii. 25; Parliament fixed at, ii. 158; Provisions of, 62; Statutes of, 103, 122, 124

"Westminster, Matthew of," ii. 43

Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, first Earl of, iii. 14, 18

Westmoreland, Ralph Neville, fourth Earl of, iii. 323

Westmoreland, Henry Neville, fifth Earl of, iv. 162

Westmoreland, Charles Neville, sixth Earl of, iv. 268, 269

Weston, Lord Treasurer, v. 265; Earl of Portland, 276; revives monopolies, 279; success of his financial measures, 280; death, 315

Westphalia, kingdom of, viii. 185; treaty of, vi. 113, 187