Part 59

Land-tax, i. 186, 207, 350; ii. 103

"Landless man," the, i. 322, 323

Lanercost, Chronicle of, i. 273

Lanfranc, abbot of Bec, i. 159; Archbishop of Canterbury, 187; crowns William II., 191

Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, vi. 40

Langland, William, ii. 178, 179, 269-272

Langport, battle of, vi. 41

Langside, battle of, iv. 261

Langton, Simon, i. 355

Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, i. 330; comes to England, 338; relations with John and the Charter, 340, 341; suspended, 354; goes to Rome, ib.; returns, ii. 3; supports Hubert de Burgh, 5; his care for the Charter, 6; death, 26

Langton, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, iii. 196

Language, English, its literary revival in thirteenth century, i. 174; effects of Norman Conquest on, 278; Henry III.'s proclamation in, ii. 62; first used in opening Parliament, 300, 356; ordered to be used in law courts, 356; vii. 201; supersedes French, ii. 356, 357; changes in, in Caxton's time, iii. 159, 160; replaces Latin in church service, iv. 49; Welsh, ii. 50

Lansdowne, William Fitzmaurice, first marquis of (see Shelburne) viii. 115

Lansdowne Hill, battle of, vi. 6

Lathom House, siege of, vi. 19

Latimer, William Latimer, fourth Lord, ii. 304, 306

Latimer, George Neville, first Lord, iii. 114

Latimer, John Neville, third Lord, iii. 323

Latimer, Hugh, iii. 262-265; Bishop of Worcester, 336; imprisoned, 347; forced to resign, ib.; denounces Warwick's government, iv. 57; sent to the Tower, 74; burnt, 92

Latimer, William, iii. 201

Latitudinarians, the, vi. 133-137, 168

Laud, William, Bishop of St. David's, v. 293; his views and character, 245, 292-294; Bishop of London, 266; Archbishop of Canterbury, 295; dealings with the Puritans, 295-297; revives the Bishops' Courts, 298; restores Lambeth Chapel, 299, 300; revives ritual, 300; dealings with Prynne, 306, 329; relations with Wentworth, 318; dealings with Scotland, 325-327; arrested, 351

Lauderdale, John Maitland, second Earl and first Duke of, vi. 181, 245, 259

Lauffeld, battle of, vii. 231

Lauzun, Count of, vii. 71, 72

Law, common, ii. 110, 113; ecclesiastical, new code of, iv. 60; English, Glanvill's treatise on, i. 174, 244; of the Forest, ii. 34; Roman, revived study of, i. 282; in England, 283; influence of its imperial theories, ii. 95, 96

"Lawmen" of the Five Boroughs, i. 118

Laws, Old English, two classes of, i. 5; first put in writing, 59; of Æthelred, i. 138; of David of Scotland, ii. 171; of Eadgar, i. 144; of Eadward the Confessor, 150, 199, 340; of Henry I., 339; of Howel Dda, ii. 46