Howard, fir fid ward, his unfortunate death, 
632. 
Howe, lord, commands the fleet for the 
relief of Gibraltar, 769; defeats the 
French fleet on the firft of June, 781. 
Hubert de Burgh, minifter to Henry III, 
581 ; difgraced, 58a, 
Humber river, -529. 
Humbert, French general, lands in Ire¬ 
land, but is defeated, and his whole party 
made prifoners, 789. 
Hyder Ali, a formidable enemy of the 
Englilh in India, 764 ; h.is death, 765. 
Jamaica takeo from the Spaniards, 682 j 
the Maroons quelled, 785. 
James I. hi3 political behaviour while king 
of Scotland only, 6555 in vain endea¬ 
vours to lave his mother’s life, 657 9 
will not join the Spaniards againft Eng¬ 
land, 658; marries Anne of Denmark, 
659 ; crowned king of England upon the 
death of Elizabeth, 662 j detefts the 
gonpowder-plot, improves the govern¬ 
ment of Ireland, lofes his eldeft fon, 
promotes an unworthy favourite, 663 j 
another favourite, 664 ; hated and de- 
fpifed, 665 ; his death and charafter, 
666 . 
James II. married to Anne Hyde, daughter 
of lord Clarendon, 684; commands the 
fleet againfl: the Dutch, 685, 636 ; de¬ 
fends the caufe of Clarendon, 686 ; per¬ 
fected by Shaftefbury, 648 ; bill for his 
exclufion, thrown out, 689 ; afeends the 
throne, and openly pvofefies popery, 691; 
his cruelty and ineannefs, 692; revives 
the high-commiflion court, 693 3 is in¬ 
formed of the intentions of the prince 
of Orange, 694; endeavours to quit the 
kingdom,- but returns to London, 6953 
at length retires to France, 696; makes 
an unfuccefsful attempt in Ireland, 697; 
heads the troops for a defeent on Eng¬ 
land, 698 } his death, and charadler, 696, 
701. 
James, fon of James II. proclaimed in 
France king of England, 701 5 rebellion 
in Scotland in his favour, 710 ; and in 
England, 711 ; he vifits Scotland, ibid, 
his curious manifefto, 7139 his death, 
737 - 
Jane of Flanders, an heroic lady, 397. 
Jefferies, judge, made lord chancellor for 
his inhumanity, 692. 
Jerfey, 5349 attacked by the French, 
766. 
Jervis, (lord St. Vincent,) his victory over 
the Spaniards, 787. 
Jews, a dreadful maflacre of at London and 
York, 576; banilhed, 587. 
Ina king of Weflex, 547. 
Indian wars, 724, 756, 764, 765, 776, 791, 
803. 
Joan of Arc, relieves Orleans, defeats the 
Englilh, and takes Jergeau, Troyes, and 
Rheims, 612 ; her unfortunate end, 613. 
John furnamed Lackland, rebels againfl: his 
father, 575 ; is kindly treated by the 
king his brother, 576 ; againft whom he 
rebels, and is pardoned, 577; becomes 
king of England, and murders his nephew 
Arthur, 578; gives his kingdom to the 
pope, to fave it from the French, 579 ; 
figns IV|agna Charta, 580 9 his death and 
charadVdr, 581. 
John king of France, 599; taken prifoner 
at the battle of Poictiers, 600 5 his nobig 
behaviour, and death, 601. 
Jones, Paul, 730. 
Ireland annexed to England by Henry II. 
573 j its fttuation in th« %\m of Eliw- 
GENERAL INDEX. 
betb, 654; and of James, 663 ; maflacre 
of the proteftants, 671; reduced to the 
commonwealth by Cromwell, 680; holds 
out for James II, 697 j reduced for 
William III. 6989 parliament deprived 
of the right of final judgement, 712; 
fifuation of affairs there in 1779, 750; 
commercial regulations in favour of, 7519 
invaded by the French, 786 ; rebellion, 
and fecond invafion, 789 9 its parliament 
fupprefled, and united with Great-Britain, 
792 ; debate upon the emancipation of 
the catholics, 7939 fecond rebellion foon 
quelled, 796. 
Ifle of Wight, 534. 
Junius’s Letters, 74X. 
Keppel and Pallifer, admirals, 748; both 
tried by a court martial, 749. 
Kilmarnock and Balmerino, rebel lords, 
7 * 0 . 
Kirke, colonel, his cruelties, 692. 
La Hogue, battle of, 699, 
Lancafter, earl of, beheaded, 594. 
Lanfraac archbifhop of Canterbury, 363. 
Laogfide, near Glafgow, battle of, 652. 
Langton, difputes about his promotion to 
the fee of Canterbury, 579 3 his laudable 
condudl, 580. 
Laud archbifhop of Canterbury, 668 ; ar¬ 
retted, 670; tried and executed, 674. 
Layer, ChriftOpher, executed for treafon, 
?i 3 - 
Leicefter, earl of, 3 very wovthlefs noble¬ 
man, Elizabeth’s favourite, 658 j his 
death, 659. 
Levellers, a curious fe£t, 677. 
Lewelling prince of Wales, his bravery, 
and death, 587. 
Lewes, battle of, 5843 treaty or mife of, 
583. 
London burnt by the Britons, 5405 prefent 
ftate, 808. 
Lovat, lord, 718; executed, 720. 
Loan to the emperor, 783. 
Luneville, treaty of, the third between the 
emperor and the French, 793. 
Luther preaches againfl: indulgences, writes 
againfl the church of Rome, and is an- 
fwered by Henry VIII. 633. 
Macclesfield, earl, his trial, 713. 
Magna Charta figned by king John, 580 5 
renewed by Henry III. 582 3 confirmed 
by Edward I. 589. 
Mahratta war, 75O, 737 3 peace made, 765. 
Malcolm king of Scotland, marries the 
After of Edgar Atheling, 360 j Bain in 
battle, 564. 
Malplaquet, battle of, 707. 
Malta, taken by Bonaparte, 790 ; retaken 
by the Englilh and Portuguefe, 793 9 
occafions a new war, 795. 
Man, ifle of, 334. 
Manilla, conqueft of, 734. 
JVIar, earl of, headi the rebellion in Scot¬ 
land in favour of the pretender James, 
7 TO. 
Marengo, battle of, 793. 
Margaret of Anjou married to Henry VI. 
613; fuppofed to be concerned in the 
death of the duke of Gloucefter, 6143 
fupports .the king’s caufe, and gains the 
battles of Wakefield and St. Alban’s, 
617; defeated at Towton, and at Flex- 
ham, 6185 efcapes to , Flanders, 619; 
returns to England, 6209 defeated at 
Tswkelbury, her fon murdered, and her- 
felf put in the Tower, 621 ; whence Ihe 
is liberated, her death, ibid. 
Marlborough, earl of, commands the allied 
army againft the French; he is made a 
duke, his farther fuoeefles, 702 j gains 
019 
the battle of Blenheim, 7033 of Ramil, 
lies, 7049 makes an indecifive campaign, 
705 ; his political intrigues, 706; his 
laft campaign, including the battle of 
Malplaquet, Sec. he is difgraced, 7073 
infulted by earl Pawlet, and retires to 
the continent, 708; reftored to favour 
under George Tf 710. 
Martinique, and other Weft-India iflandt, 
taken from the French, 7329 reftored, 
733 3 taken again, 78r. 
Mary, eldeft daughter of Henry Vlll. af¬ 
eends the throne, and quells fome infur- 
redions, 646 3 marries Philip of Spain j 
her dreadful cruelty, 6475 death and 
charader, 648. 
Mary queen of Scots is refufed by Elizabeth 
a fafe-condud from France to Scotland, 
649; marries lord Darnley, 650 ; her 
behaviour after his murder, 651; marries 
Bothwell, is imprifoned, efcapes, is de¬ 
feated, and' flies to England, 652 3 her 
caufe examined before commilfionefs, and 
file is kept in confinement, 633 ; plots in 
her favour defeated, 634, 655; fent to 
Fotheringay caftle, 655; tried, and fen- 
tenced to die, 6563 her execution, 657 5 
charader, ibid. 
Mary, eldeft daughter of James II. mar¬ 
ried to the prince of Orange, afterwards 
William III. king of England, 694 ; her 
moderate behaviour, 6963 her death and 
charader, 701. 
Matilda, daughter to Henry I. married to 
the emperor Henry V. and to the count 
of Anjou, 367 ; deprived of the crown 
by Stephen, 5689 her various fortune in 
aflerting her claim, 369 ; quits the king¬ 
dom, and refigns her pretenfions to her 
fon Henry, 370. 
Matthews and Leftock, their trials, 717. 
Matthews, general, his fuccefles, reverfes, 
and death, 765. 
Maximus, emperor of Britain, 543. 
Meadows, general, commands the Carnatic 
army, 776. 
Merfey river, 329. 
Militia, its origin under Alfred, 550; im- 
p'-oved by Henry II. 5743 prefent ftate, 
8or. 
Mi naen, battle of, 726. 
Mines of tin, lead, gold, marble, and fait, 
532. 
Minorca taken by the French, 721; by 
the Spaniards, 768 3 by the Englilh, 790. 
Mitchell, vice-admiral, takes the Dutch 
ihips under rear-admiral Story, 791. 
Monk, general, employed by Cromwell in 
.Scotland, 681; embraces the royal caufe, 
683 j and brings in the king, 684. 
Monmouth, duke of, a natural fon of 
Charles II. 6873 quells an infurre&ion in 
Scotland, 688 ; enters into a plot againft 
the government, 689 3 declares againft 
James II. 6919 proclaimed king, taken, 
and executed, 692. 
Montford earl of Leicefter incites the baron* 
againft Henry III. 583; gains the battle 
of Lewes, 584 ; his rapacity and death, 
585. 
Moreau, his fplendid viftories on the Upper 
Rhine, 7869 defeats the Auftrians at Ho- 
henlinden, 793. 
Mortimer, paramour of Edward II.’s queen, 
594i governs the kingdom, 5959 his ra¬ 
pacity and death, 596. 
Mountains and hills, 5293 of Wales, 530, 
Muflelborough, battle of, 64a. 
Namur taken by king William, 700, 
Nafeby, battle of, 675, 
Navigation-aft, 801. 
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