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Havana conquered by England, vii. 307

Havre surrendered to Elizabeth, iv. 210; capitulates to France, 217

Hawarden Castle captured by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 11

Hawke, Admiral, vii. 265

Hawkesbury, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord, viii. 157. See Liverpool

Hawkins, John, iv. 283, 361

Hawley, General, vii. 229

Haxey, Sir Thomas, ii. 370

Hayward's Life of Edward VI., iv. 3; his Annals, ib., 4

Heathenism, its struggle with Christianity in England, i. 65, 66, 70-73

Heathfield, battle of the, i. 66

Heaven's Field, battle of, i. 67

Hebrides, Northmen in the, i. 129

Hemingford or Heminburh, Walter of, ii. 177

Hengest, i. 31, 49

Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I., v. 241, 376; vi. 4

Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, vi. 192, 257

Henry I., King, i. 198; charter and marriage, ib., 199; relations with the English people, 198, 200-202; with the barons, 202; conquers Normandy, ib.; dealings with Wales, ii. 48; his rule, i. 203-205; administration, 205, 206; death, 214; literature at his court, 246; his charter produced by Langton, 340; his charter to London, 304; to Oxford, 309; "Laws" of, 339

Henry (II.) Fitz-Empress, i. 226; comes to England, 227; treaty with Stephen, ib.; king, 228; person and character, 229-231; results of his rule, 231; first measures, 232; Welsh war, ib.; ii. 53, 54; extent of his continental dominions, i. 232, 233; war of Toulouse, 233; relations with the barons, ib.; with the Church, 235-237, 253; struggle with Thomas, 236, 237, 239, 240; penance at his shrine, 255; legal reforms, 235-239, 255, 256; reforms of the King's Court, ii. 110, 111; visits Arthur's tomb at Glastonbury, i. 247; ii. 57, 58; dealings with Ireland, i. 250, 251, 253; rebellions against him, 254, 255; receives homage of Scotland, i. 255; ii. 134; reorganizes the fyrd, 257; revolt of his sons, ib.; introduces taxation of personal property, ib.; death, 258; charter to Oxford, 309

Henry III., King, crowned, ii. 1; crowned again, 5; character and policy, 25, 26; relations with Rome, 26, 27, 59; campaigns in Britanny and Poitou, 29; quarrel with Hubert de Burgh, ib.; personal government, 31; marriage, 32; foreign favourites, ib., 33; misrule, 34; confirms Charter, ib.; second campaign in Poitou, 35; quarrels with Simon of Montfort, 39, 40; contributes to Matthew Paris's Chronicle, 44; goes to France, 64; forbids summoning of Parliament, ib.; gets the Provisions of Oxford annulled by the Pope, 65; tries to surprise Simon at Southwark, 69; prisoner, 71; vengeance after Evesham, 79, 83; dies, 90

Henry (IV.), Earl of Derby, son of John of Gaunt, ii. 351; one of the Lords Appellant, 353; position and policy, 369; supports Richard II., 370; Duke of Hereford, 372; quarrel with Norfolk, ib.; exiled, ib.; returns, 373, 379; captures Richard II. at Flint, 381; king, iii. 2; relations with Parliament, 3, 4; with the Church, 4; with France, 6; with the lords, 7; plot against him, 8; marches against Scotland, 9; against Owen Glyndwr, 10, 11; imprisons James of Scotland, 15, 16; epilepsy, 22; struggle with council and Parliament, 23-25; vow of crusade, 25; death, ib.

Henry (V.), son of Henry of Lancaster, ii. 378; his campaigns in Wales, iii. 10, 17, 18, 22; person and character, 17, 18; friendship with Oldcastle, 20, 27; policy, 22; struggle with the council, 24, 25; king, 25; coronation, 26; first measures, ib.; action against Lollards, 27; claims French crown, 28; plot against him, 30; takes Harfleur, ib.; victory at Agincourt, 30-32; alliance with Burgundy, 32; conquers Normandy, 33, 34; marriage and treaty with France, 35; enters Paris, 36; captures Dreux, ib.; repulsed from Orleans, ib.; besieges Meaux, ib.; his plans, 37, 38; death, 36; Life of, by Titus Livius, iii. 41; authorities for his reign, ii. 179

Henry VI., king, iii. 39; crowned at Paris, 55; his court at Rouen, ib.; struggle with York, 68-70; idiotcy, 71; recovers, 72; prisoner, 74, 75; escapes to Scotland, 80; recaptured, 123, 127; sent to the Tower, 127; restored, 139; imprisoned again, 142; death, 145; library, 161; authorities for his reign, ii. 179, 180

Henry (VII.) Tudor, iii. 145; early life, 165, 166; expedition to England, 167; goes to France, 171; lands at Milford Haven, ib.; victory at Bosworth, 172; person and character, 173; title to the crown, 174, 175; marriage, 175; his government, 176-178; expedition to France, 179, 180; dealings with Ireland, 181, 182; with Scotland, 184, 185; with Spain, 186-188; patronage of Caxton, 161; chapel at Westminster, 174; death, 198; Lives of, 83

Henry (VIII.), son of Henry VII., betrothed to Catharine of Aragon, iii. 187; king, 198; person and tastes, ib., 199; protects the New Learning, 202, 204; temper, 204; policy towards France, 205, 207; marries Catharine, 207; relations with Ferdinand, ib.; attempt on France, 209, 210; treaty with Lewis XII., 232; with Charles, 233; relations with Charles, 235; treaty with Francis, ib.; seeks the Empire, 240; designs on France, ib.; interview with Charles, 241; with Francis, ib.; league with Charles and the Pope, 243; financial difficulties, ib., 244, 251, 252; new alliance with Charles, 250; supports the Papacy, 255; his Assertion of the Seven Sacraments, ib.; named "Defender of the Faith," ib.; protects Latimer, 263, 265; treaties with France, 266, 270; joins the Holy League, 266; seeks a divorce, 268, 272; relations with Anne Boleyn, 267, 270, 273, 274, 276; with Parliament, 288; forbids the circulation of Tyndale's Bible, 290; appeals to the Universities about his divorce, 292; claims to be "Head of the Church," 296; banishes Catharine from his house, 298; league with France, 302; threatened with excommunication, ib.; marries Anne Boleyn, 303; takes title of "Supreme Head of the Church," 306; Cromwell's hold over him, 313, 314; marries Jane Seymour, 326; dealings with Ireland, 327, 328, 330-333; turns to the Lutherans, 335, 336; his Articles of Religion, 337, 338; attitude towards Protestantism, 345; excommunicated, 350; marries Anne of Cleves, 351; divorces Anne and marries Catharine Howard, iv. 17; marries Catharine Parr, 24; dealings with Scotland, 25-29; alliance with Charles, 27; campaign in France, 30; treaty with Francis, 33; financial difficulties, 34; offers aid to the League of Schmalkald, 36; drift of his religious policy, 37; address to Parliament in 1545, 38; his scheme for union of England and Scotland, 52; death, 45; will, 46, 69

Henry V., Emperor, i. 208

Henry VI., Emperor, i. 262

Henry II., king of France, iv. 53, 65, 174

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