Part 35

"Easterlings," i. 303

Eastern Counties, Association of the, vi. 8, 13

East India Company, iv. 284; vii. 63, 232

East-Saxons, their settlement, i. 35; conversion, 59

Ebbsfleet, i. 31, 32, 58

Ecclesiastical Courts separated from civil Courts, i. 188

Ecgberht, king of Wessex, i. 101-103

Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 86-89

Ecgwine, Bishop of Worcester, i. 86

Eddi's Life of Wilfrid, i. 4

Edgecote, battle of, iii. 134

Edgehill, battle of, vi. 3

Edinburgh founded, i. 63; seat of the Scot kings, 147; won by Bruce, ii. 191; burnt by the English, iv. 28; castle of, besieged by Henry IV., iii. 9; treaty of, iv. 176; riot at, against the new Liturgy, v. 328; the Covenant signed at, 333; rises against James VII., vii. 50; "James the Eighth" proclaimed at, 228

Edinburgh Review, the, viii. 195

Edington, battle of, i. 107

Edith. See Matilda

Edmund Rich, St., i. 287-289; Archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 33; obtains dismissal of Peter des Roches, ib.; dealings with Llewelyn ap Jorwerth, 58; retires to Pontigny, 42

Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III., ii. 59, 82, 87, 187, 188

Edmund, Earl of Woodstock, ii. 293

Edward (I.), son of Henry III., defeated by the Welsh, ii. 59; joins Earl Simon, 64, 65; rejoins Henry, 65; marches against Llewelyn, 67; surrenders Windsor, ib.; attempts to surprise London, 70; share in battle of Lewes, ib.; prisoner, 71; escapes, 75; seizes Gloucester, 76; defeats the younger Simon, ib.; meets Simon at Evesham, 77; attitude after the battle, 81; marches against Axholme, 85; negotiations for peace, ib.; captures Adam Gurdon, 87; effects off his influence, 89; goes on Crusade, 90; King, ib.; his motto, 41; his temper, 91-93; influence of chivalry on, 94, 95; spirit of legality, 96; moral temper, 97; military skill, ib., 98; political genius, 98, 99; constitutional aspect of his reign, 100, 101; first measures, 102, 103; progress of art and trade in his reign, 105-107; brings Llewelyn to submission, 108, 109; judicial reforms, 109-113; policy towards the barons, 116, 117; towards the Church, 118, 119; conquest of Wales, 119-121; legislation, 122-124; visit to Aquitaine, 123; expels the Jews, 131; relations with Scotland, 135-140; quarrel with France, 141, 142; summons Scotch barons to war in Guienne, 143; admits burgesses to Parliament, 154; his scheme for representation of clergy in Parliament, 157; storms Berwick, 160, 161; Scotland submits to, 161, 162; struggle with the clergy, 163; exactions from merchants, 164; quarrel with barons, 164, 165; goes to Flanders, 165; confirms the Charters, ib., 166, 170; truce with France, 168; victory at Falkirk, 169; treaty with France, 170; second conquest of Scotland, 171; his "New Custom," 172; absolved by the Pope from his oath to observe the Charters, ib.; his vow on the swan, 173, 174; death, 174

Edward (II.), son of Edward I., ii. 173, 174; character and policy, 184-186; marriage, 186; relations with Gaveston and the barons, 186-188; struggle with the Ordainers, 188-191; marches on Scotland, 191; defeated at Bannockburn, 192, 193; accepts the Ordinances, 194; campaign of 1319, ib.; relations with the Despensers, 194, 195; truce with Scotland, 196; relations with France, 197, 198; flies to Lundy Island, 198; deposed, 199, 200; murdered, 200; authorities for his reign, 177

Edward (III.) of Windsor, son of Edward II., ii. 198; proclaimed king, 199; arrests Mortimer, 207; relations with France, 208, 209; acknowledged as suzerain by Edward Balliol, 211; takes Berwick, ib.; receives Balliol's homage, 212; declares war on France, 213; number of his forces, 216; continental alliances, 216-219; Vicar-General of the Empire, 219; negotiations with France, ib.; besieges Cambray, 220; complains of papal exactions, 225; alliance with Flemish towns, 226, 227; besieges Tournay, 228; losses in Scotland, 229, 230; relations with Parliament, 230-233, 292, 299; supports John of Montfort in Britanny, 233; invades Normandy, 235; marches on Paris, ib.; victory at Crécy, 237-239; causes of his military success, 242, 243; besieges Calais, 243; his treatment of the six burgesses, 245-247; the imperial crown offered to, 248; his character, 249-251; founds the Order of the Garter, 252; rebuilds Windsor Castle, ib. alliance with Charles of Navarre, 258; with David Bruce, 263, 264; ravages France, 265; treaty with Burgundy, ib.; with the Regent of France, 266; forbids entry of Papal bulls, 273; policy in Spain, 287; truce with Charles V., 288; his evil rule, 290, 291; compromise with the Pope, 296; death, 311

Edward (IV.), Earl of March, iii. 75; victory at Mortimer's Cross, 78; King, 80; his finance, 89, 152; protection of trade, 106; his temper, 112, 116-118; relations with Lewis XI., 120, 121, 123, 124; marriage, 124; double-dealing with Lewis and Charles the Bold, 129, 130; league with Charles, 130; relations with Warwick, 131-135; driven out, 139; returns, 141; victory at Barnet, 142; marches against Margaret, 143; defeats her at Tewkesbury, 144, 145; new alliance with Charles against Lewis, 148; invades France, 149; makes peace with Lewis, 150; his rule, 151-153; death, 163

Edward V., King, iii. 163, 167; More's Life of, 83, 218

Edward (VI.), son of Henry VIII., born, iii. 326; scheme for his marriage, iv. 26; his temper, 67; "plan" for the succession, 69, 70; death, 70; Journal, 3; Hayward's Life of, ib.; his Grammar Schools, 62

Edward (the Black Prince) proposed as Count of Flanders, ii. 233; exploits at Crécy, 237, 238; ravages Guienne, 259, 260; campaign on the Loire, 260; victory at Poitiers, 261-263; invested with Aquitaine, 281; supports Pedro the Cruel, 283; victory at Navarete, 284; imposes hearth-tax on Aquitaine, ib.; summoned by France to answer the Gascon appeal, 285; storms Limoges, 286; marriage, 293; sickness, 286, 302; action in the Good Parliament, 305; death, 306

Edward, son of Henry VI., iii. 71, 137, 140, 145

Egypt conquered by Buonaparte, viii. 132; the French driven from, 165, 166