York, capital of Roman Britain, i. 36; occupied by William I., 167; stormed by rebels, 168; massacre of Jews at, ii. 129; provincial council at, 120; Parliament at, 195; held for Elizabeth by Lord Sussex, iv. 269; Charles I. at, v. 337, 378; besieged by Manchester, Fairfax, and Leven, vi. 18; surrenders, 22; its common pastures, i. 296; school at, 91; six shires of, 295; four wards, 296
York, Edmund of Langley, Duke of (see Cambridge), supports Richard II., ii. 370; regent, 379
York, Edward, duke of (see Albemarle, Rutland), iii. 15
York, Frederick, duke of, viii. 108, 110, 140
York, Richard, duke of (see Cambridge), iii. 30; Regent of France, 56, 57; recalled, 60; sent to Ireland, 62, 63; returns, 67; struggle with Henry VI., 68-70; Protector of the Realm, 72; marriage, 73; rises in arms, ib.; Protector again, 74; raises his standard at Ludlow, ib.; flies to Ireland, 75; victory at Northampton, ib.; his claims to the crown, 75-77; slain, 78
York House (Whitehall) built, iii. 236
Yorkshire, Pilgrimage of Grace in, iii. 322; rise of manufactures in, v. 281
York Town, Cornwallis's surrender at, viii. 32
Young, member for Bristol in 1450, iii. 68
Zaragoza, siege of, viii. 187
Zorndorf, battle of, vii. 263
Zürich Letters, the, iv. 4
Zutphen, battle of, iv. 349
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Transcriber's Notes:
This is the index for the 8 volume set of History of the English People. It was included at the end of Volume VIII in the original. For ease in accessibility, it has been removed and produced as a separate volume.
Words in italics in the original are surrounded by underscores.
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page 213: Æthelflæd{original has Ætheflæd}, Lady of the Mercians
Page 222: under the entry, Burgundy, Philip III., withdraws his troops from siege of Orleans{original has Orléans}
Page 237: under the entry, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII., Parliament refuses to oust her from the succession{original has sucession}
Page 244: Gilbert, William, discovers terrestrial{original has terrestial} magnetism
Page 282: Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley{original has Wroithesley}, fourth Earl of
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