Part 12

Bigorre restored to Edward III., ii. 266

Billericay, villagers of, resist Richard II., ii. 332

Bilney, Thomas, iii. 262

Birinus, St., bishop in Wessex, i. 71

Birmingham, its rise, vii. 196

Bishoprics, new, erected under Henry VIII., iv. 13

Bishops excluded from State offices, ii. 302; denounce Oldcastle and the Lollards, iii. 27; mode of appointment, 307, 308; position under Henry VIII., 308; under Edward VI., ib., iv. 60; proposal to exclude them from the House of Lords, v. 354, 355, 371; excluded, 377; restored, vi. 204; position under the Georges, vii. 171, 172; the Seven, 30, 31; in Scotland, their position under Knox, v. 137; abolished, 140; restored, 143, 166, 167

"Bishops' War," the, v. 341-343

Black Book, the, of 1536, iii. 310

Black Death, the, ii. 252-254, 266, 288; its social results, 254, 255

Blackfriars, Council at, ii. 339; trial of Henry VIII.'s divorce at, iii. 276; first public theatre at, v. 22

Blacklow Hill, Gaveston beheaded on, ii. 190

Blake, Robert, his defence of Taunton, vi. 78; commands the fleet against Rupert, ib.; fights with Tromp and Ruyter, 86, 88; bombards Algiers, 116; victory at Santa Cruz, 124; outrage on his corpse, 201

Blanchard, Alan, iii. 33, 34

Blanche of Bourbon, wife of Pedro of Castille, ii. 282

Blanche-Taque, ford of, ii. 236

Blenheim, battle of, vii. 120-122

Blois, Charles of, claimant of Britanny, ii. 233, 248

Blondel, De Reductione Normanniæ, ii. 179

"Bloody Circuit," the, vii. 10, 11

Bloreheath, battle of, iii. 74

Blount, Sir Thomas, ii. 200

Blücher, Marshal, viii. 207, 210

Boat, an Old English, found in Sleswick, i. 27, 28

"Boatmen" of London, i. 308

Bohemia, Protestant rising in, v. 216-219

Bohun, Henry de, first Earl of Hereford, i. 343

Bohun, Humfrey de, third Earl of Hereford, ii. 164, 166