Part 106

West Saxons, foundation of their kingdom, i. 34; defeated by Arthur, ib.; defeated in a raid upon Chester, 38; take Old Sarum, 37; conquer Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ib.; victory at Deorham, 38, 61; burn Uriconium, 38; driven back across Thames, 85; advance to south-west, 87; defeated at Bensington, 98. See Wessex

Wexford, massacre at, vi. 77; revolt at, viii. 129

Wharton, Philip, fourth Lord, v. 343; vi. 288; member of the Junto, viii. 85; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 133; death, 181

Whethamstede, Abbot of St. Albans, iii. 40

"Whiggamore Raid," vi. 62

"Whigs," origin of the name, vi. 62, 315; their policy in 1689, vii. 45; struggle with Marlborough and Anne, 132, 133; refuse peace, 136; dismissed from office, 139; invite Marlborough's aid, 145; their relations with the Church, 169; with the Crown, 172, 174; with Parliament, 175, 176; fidelity to the principles of the Revolution, 177; relations with public opinion, 289; with Pitt, 301; the "Old," viii. 104; in Scotland, their outrages, vii. 16

White, Sir Thomas, iv. 157

Whitefield, George, vii. 205, 209

Whitehall built, iii. 236

Whitelock, Bulstrode, v. 306, 322, 323; his Memoirs, 72

White Ship, wreck of the, i. 207, 208

Whitby (Streoneshealh), Hild's abbey at, i. 77; synod of, 79, 80; its effect on England, 80, 81

Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, iv. 341, 343; v. 58; his Articles, iv. 341, 342; v. 115, 116; Strype's Life of, iv. 4

Whittingham, Dean of Durham, iv. 127

Wight, Isle of, annexed to Sussex, i. 85

Wilberforce, William, viii. 48, 52

Wilfrid, St., i. 79, 92; Eddi's Life of, 4

Wilkes, John, vii. 249; his services to the Constitution, 313; attacks the Government in the North Briton, 314, 317, 318; arrested, 318; prosecuted for libel, ib.; flies to France, ib.; returned for Middlesex, viii. 5; imprisoned, 6; struggle with the Government, 7; with the House of Commons, ib., 8; his proposal for Parliamentary reform, 75

Wilkins, Dr. John, vi. 132, 166

William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, i. 157; visits England, 158; subdues Maine and Britanny, ib.; his claim on England, 160; lands at Pevensey, 162; exploits at Senlac, 163, 164; chosen king, 165; crowned, 166; returns to Normandy, 167; risings against him, ib., 168; his vengeance on the north, 168, 169; march on Chester, 169, 179; master of England, 170; receives the Scot king's fealty, ib.; his character, 178, 179; rule, 179-181; dealings with feudalism, 181-185; with Old English judicial and administrative organization, 185; finance, 186; dealings with the Church, 187, 188; with Wales, 189; ii. 47; suppresses slave-trade at Bristol, i. 250; last war and death, 190

William the Red, king, i. 191; revolts against him, ib., 192; his rule, 192; dealings with the barons, 193; with the Church, ib.; with Anselm, 196; with Normandy and Scotland, 197; with Wales, 198; ii. 48; death, i. 198

William III., Prince of Orange, vi. 225; his youth, 269; repels the French invasion of Holland, 270, 277; his diplomatic success, 277; plans for his marriage, 283; defeated at Cassel, 289; marriage, 290; plans the Grand Alliance, 317; policy in England, ib., 318; visits England, 334; shelters Monmouth, vii. 8; forbidden to visit England, 12; relations with James II., 26-28; invited to England, 35; his preparations, 37; lands at Torbay, 40; his advance, 42; enters London, 44; calls a Convention, ib.; declines to be Regent, 46; the Crown offered to, 47; he accepts it, 48; his foreign aims, ib.; dealings with Scotland, 51; signs the warrant for the massacre of Glencoe, 53; relations with Parliament, 62, 63, 66, 69; campaign in Ireland, 71; goes to Flanders, 76; defeated at Steinkirk, 79; struggle with the Commons, 81, 82; treaty with Lewis, 90, 91; policy as to the Spanish succession, 92, 93; his unpopularity, 95; forced to send home his Dutch guards, 97; forms a new Grand Alliance, 107; his relations with Marlborough and Anne, 110; death, 112

William the Ætheling, i. 207

William the Lion, king of Scots, i. 255, 259; ii. 134

William Longsword, duke of Normandy, i. 155

William, son of Robert of Normandy, i. 203, 208, 213, 214

William of Jumièges, i. 6

William of the Long Beard, i. 319, 320