920 
Navy of England, 801; privileges of Tea¬ 
men, 802, 
Nelfon (rear-adm.) his bravery in the battle 
of St. Vinient, 787 ; lofes an arm at 
Tenerifte, 7885 defeats the French at 
Aboukir, 790; (lord), gains the battle 
of the Sound, 794. 
Nile, or Aboukir., battle of, 790. 
Nootka found, difpute about, 774 ; fettled 
amicably, 775. 
Norfolk, duke of, his cor.duft in refpefl 
to Mary queen of Scots, 653 ; beheaded, 
^ 54 - 
North, lord, 7391 his adminiftration formed, 
74 2 j diffolved, 767; disapproves of the 
peace, and joins Mr. Fox, 770. 
Northampton, battle of, 617. 
Nottingham, countefs of, and the ring, 661. 
Noyon, battle of, 567. 
Nullum tempus bill, and the occafion of it, 
739 - 
Oates, Titus, his ftory of a plot, 687; for 
, w hich he is rewarded with a pennon, 688 ; 
afterwards punifhed, and fublequently re¬ 
warded, 691. 
Odo arcbbilhop of Canterbury perfecutes 
Elgiva, and caufes her to be murdered, 
553 -. 
Odo bifiop of Bayeux, brother to William 
the Conqueror, 539 ; defeats a body of 
confpira'tors, 563 ; his wealth and ambi¬ 
tion, 56r ; put in prifon, 562 ; engages in 
a confpiracy againft William Rufus, 563. 
©ldcaftle lord Cobham, a bold follower of 
Wicklifte, 608, his painful death, 609. 
Orleans, relieved by the Maid of Orleans, 
612. 
Oudenarde, battle of, 706. 
Overbury, fir Thomas, 663; poifoned, 664, 
Oxford, its loyalty, 675. 
Parker, admiral Hyde, his aftion off the 
Dogger bank with the Dutch, 767. 
Parker, Richard, head of the mutiny at 
the Nore, 7875 hanged, 788. 
Parliament in the time of Henry III. 383, 
584; firft houfe of commons, 583,' under 
Edward I. 389 ; eleftions limited to free¬ 
holders of 40s. 6185 petition of right, 
667; refufe to be adjourned, 668 ; the 
long parliament, 670: fhews a republican 
fpiric, 671 ; arms againft the king, 673 ; 
the Oxford parliament, ibid, the army 
againft the parliament, 676 ; parliament 
wifh to reftore the king, 677; the rump- 
parliament vote the king’s trial, 678 ; 
upper houfe abolifhed, 680; Cromweli 
clears the lower houfe alfo, 68r; the 
barebones parliament, 682 ; rump reftored 
and fupprefled, 683 ; a new parliament, 
which reftores the king, 684; repeals 
the triennial aft, 685 ; paffes the teft-afl, 
686 5 the a£t of habeas corpus, 688 ; bill 
of rights, 696; bills difpleafing to king 
William, 699, 700; one parliament for 
Great-Britain, 703 ; the feptennial aft, 
7 it; interell reduced, marriage-aft, game- 
aft, 721 ; proceedings about printing de¬ 
bates, 744; particularly ddcribed, 790. 
Paul emperor of Rufha declares againft the 
French, 790; againft the Engliih, 793; 
is murdered, and the northern confede¬ 
racy diffolved, 794. 
Pembroke, earl of, guardian of king Henry 
Ill. 58.. 
Peterborough, earl of, 704. 
Feter-pence, origin of in England, 547. 
Philip of Spain, 646 ; comes to England, 
marries the queen, apd retires to Spain, 
647 ; propofes marriage to Elizabeth, 649 ; 
invades England with a vaft force, 638 j 
GENERAL INDEX 
his armada defeated, his Cadiz fleet taken, 
and another difperfed by a ftorm, 659. 
Pichegru fuccefsful againft .the duke of 
York, 782; takes and lofes Manheim, 
_ 784- 
Pigot, lord, his fervices, and ill treatment, 
764. 
Pitt, Mr. William, (afterwards earl of Chat¬ 
ham,) refigns the feals, and receives a 
penfion, 730; oppofes the peace, 734; 
oppofes the ftamp-aft, 737 ; treated with 
negleft, and retires from bufinefs, 739; 
appears again in favour of the Americans, 
and of Mr. Wilkes, 742 ; againft acknow¬ 
ledging the independence of America, 
747; his death, 748. 
Pitt, William, fon of the preceding, chan¬ 
cellor of rhe exchequer at three-and- 
twenty, 768; his India-bill, 771; his 
behaviour in the affair of the regency, 
773; in the difpute with Spain, 774; 
unclaimed dividends, 773; refigns, 793 ; 
again in office, 796. 
Plague and fire of London, 683. 
Poidliers, battle of, 399, 600. 
Pole, cardinal, a mild catholic, 646, 647 ; 
his death, 648. 
Pondicherry taken from the French, 731, 
Popes, origin of their power in England, 
54 3 - 
Portugal attacked by Spain, 732 ; lofes fe- 
veral towns, 733 ; regains them at the 
peace, 735. 
Prefton-pans, battle of, 718. 
Puritans, their rife and ptcgrefs, 668 ; their 
meafures in England and Scotland, 669 ; 
divided into Prefbyterians and Independ¬ 
ents, 674 ; Cromwell at the head of the 
latter, 676 ; di(liked by Charles II. 684. 
Quebec, battle of, and death of general 
Wolfe, 723. 
Quiberon fatal expedition, 784. 
Ragonaut Row, 756 ; protected by the Bri- 
tifh, 757. 
Raleigh, fir Walter, condemned for a plot 
againft James I. 662; executed twelve 
years after, 664. 
Ramillies, battle of, 704. 
Reformation, rife of, 634; Luther’s pro¬ 
ceedings, 635 ; completed in England, 
and the reformers turn perfecutors, 643 ; 
fufpended during the reign of Mary, 646- 
649 ; finally fettled and confirmed under 
Elizabeth, 649. 
Richard Cceur de Lion, his ferocious tem¬ 
per, 373 ; fucceeds to the crown, and 
joins the fecond crufade, in which he 
greatly diftinguifhes himfelf, 576 ; taken 
prifoneron his return, ibid, reftored to his 
kingdom, and receives a mortal wound, 
377 ; his death and charaCler, 378. 
Richard II. fon of Edward the Black Prince, 
quells an infurre&ion by a happy prefence 
of mind, 602 ; weak and capricious; de¬ 
prived of his authority, 603 ; recovers 
his power, but fhews no capacity, 604; 
depofed, 605; murdered, his character, 
606. 
Richard duke of York commands in France, 
613; his charafter, and pretenfions to 
the crown of England, 614; puts in his 
claim, 613; his caution and fuccefs, 616; 
he is killed, 617. 
Richard II f. when duke of Gloucefter, afiifts 
in murdering the fon of Henry Yi. takes 
Berwick for Edward IV. 621; made pro- 
teftor and guardian of the young king 
Edward V. and caufes feveral perfons to 
be put to death, 622; caules Haftings to 
be beheaded, Jane Shore to be punifhed, 
the king and his brother to be murdered, 
and is crowned king, 623 ; commands in 
perfon at the battle of Bofworth, 624; 
where he is killed, his character, 625. 
Riots in Edinburgh, Glafgow, and London, 
7 S 1 - 
Rivers of England, 329. 
Rizzio, David, murdered, 630. 
Robert, fon of William the Conqueror, 56r ; 
becomes duke of Normandy, 562 ; joins 
in a confpiracy againft his brother the 
king of England, 363; pawns his domi¬ 
nions, and joins the croifade, 564; lofes 
the crown of England by negleti, 565 ; 
fufters for his imprudence, 566 ; ends his 
days in prifon, 367. 
Robefp ; erre, his tyranny and dowrfall, 780, 
Rodney, fir George, takes a rich Spanish 
convoy, and foon after defeats don Lan- 
gara, 752; engages count Guichen in 
the Weft Indies, 733 ; takes Euftatius, &c„ 
766 ; defeats and takes count de Grafl'e, 
768 ; made a peer and pcnfioned, 769. 
Rohilla war, (ketch of, 734. 
Romans invade Britain, 535; reduce it to 
fubjedtion, 540; fubdue it a fecond time, 
542; abandon it, 543; Roman antiqui¬ 
ties extant in Britain, 796. 
Rooke, fir George, burns eighteen French 
(hips at La Hogue, 699 ; takes a confi- 
derable fum of money, &c. at Vigo, 703 ; 
takes Gibraltar from the Spaniards, 704; 
engages the French off Malaga, ibid. 
Rofamond Clifford, 573. 
Rupert, prince, a general in the fervice of 
Charles I. 673, 675; an admiral under 
Charles II. 685. 
Ruffel, lord, 689; his trial and execution, 
690. 
Ruffel, admiral, defeats Tourville at La 
Hogue, 699. 
Sacheverel, Henry, his trial, 706. 
Sackville, lord George, his behaviour at th© 
battle ofMinden, 726. 
Saumarez, fir James, his fpirired adlions 
with Linois near Gibraltar, 794, 795. 
Sawtre, the firft Engiifh martyr, 607. 
Saxon heptarchy, 545; particulars of the 
feven kingdoms, 546 ; which are united 
by Egbert, 548 ; Saxon antiquities, 797. 
Schomberg, general, 697 ; his death, 698. 
ScilIy ifies, 534. 
Scots and Piets, 536; Scots defeated, and 
their king taken, by Henry II. 574; 
twelv? claimants to the crown of Scot¬ 
land, which is given to Baliol as the 
vafial of Edward I. of England, he foon 
revolts, 588 ; but is fubdued, 389; frefh 
inferred! ions under Wallace, 590; and 
under Bruce, 591; their independence 
eftablifhed for a time, 593 ; become in¬ 
vaders in their turn, 595 ; Edward Baliol 
does homage for his crown, 596; the 
Scots afiift the French againft Henry V. 
and VI. 6to, 6n; defeated, and their 
king killed, 632; Scots defeated at Muf- 
felbopough, 642; the reformation gains 
ground, 649; Morton, the regent, put 
to death, 654 ; in arms againft Charles I. 
669, 673, 674; fell the king, 675; arm 
.in his favour, and are defeated by Crom¬ 
well, 677 ; acknowledge Charles II. 680; 
perfecute the covenanters, buc are quiet¬ 
ed by Monmouth, 688; acknowledge 
William III. and abolifli cpifeopacy, 697; 
Scottifh union, 705. 
Sciope, the firft prelate capitally punifhed 
in England, 607. 
Seamen’s wages raifed, and a mutiny fup- 
preffed, 787, 788. 
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