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Rostopchin, Count, viii. 162

Roucoux, battle of, vii. 231

Rouen, William I. dies at, i. 190; besieged by Lewis VII., 254, 255; Arthur murdered at, 268; siege of, by Henry V., iii. 33, 34; Jeanne d'Arc burnt at, 54; Henry VI.'s court at, 55; besieged by Henry IV. of France, iv. 371; relieved by Parma, ib.

Rouergue restored to Edward III., ii. 266

"Roundheads," v. 372

Roundway Down, battle of, vi. 6

Royal Society, its beginnings, vi. 132, 165, 166

Rudolf II., Emperor, v. 177

Runnymede, i. 347

Rupert, Prince, captures Brentford, vi. 3; his raid on Buckinghamshire, 9, 10; Bristol surrenders to, 12; defeated at Marston Moor, 19, 22; commands royalist ships, 71, 78; struggle with Blake, 78; sea-fights with the Dutch, 238, 277; returns to the Council, 278; his "drops," 166

Rushworth's collection of State papers, v. 72

Russell, John, Lord, iv. 47, 56. See Bedford

Russell, William, Lord, head of the Country party, vi. 272; correspondence with Barillon, 298; takes office, 300; supports the Exclusion, 306; resigns, 315; beheaded, 337; his attainder reversed, vii. 66

Russell, Edward, signs the invitation to William III., vii. 35; goes to the Hague, 37; commands the fleet, 77; victory at La Hogue, 78; member of the Junto, 85, 88; resigns, 98; impeached, 105

Russia, its alliance with Maria Theresa, vii. 246; treaty with George II., 247; invaded by Napoleon, 198, 200

Russia Company, iv. 284

Ruthin burnt by Owen Glyndwr, iii. 10

Ruthven, Patrick, third Lord, iv. 225, 228, 230

Rutland, Edward, Earl of (Duke of Albemarle), iii. 7, 8. See Albemarle

Rutland, Edmund, Earl of, iii. 78

Rutland, John Manners, ninth Earl of, vii. 23

Ruyter, Admiral De, his fights with Blake, vi. 88, 115; with Monk and Rupert, 238; with the Duke of York, 268

Rye-House plot, vi. 337

Rygge, Robert, chancellor of Oxford, ii. 340

Ryswick, Peace of, vii. 90, 91

Sacheverell, Dr., vii. 137

Sackville, Lord John, vii. 265

Sæberht, king of the East Saxons, i. 59