Richard I., the Crusader, Hume's account of, 266; his fleet, 269; his dangerous adven- tures, ib. et seq.; captures a large Saracen ship, 272; his arrival at Acre, and its capture, 273; departs for Jerusalem, 275; defeats Saladin, 276; his heroic bravery, ib.; his captivity in Austria, 279; sums advanced for his ransom, 281; his liberation, 282; his death and cha- racter, ib.
Richard II., the deposition of, 421; drama- tised by Shakspere 421 et seq.; captivity of, as related by Froissart, 436; his deposition, 439
Richmond, Earl of, his victory at Bosworth Field, 525, 526
Ridley, Bishop of London, martyrdom of, 637 Robert, the Captive, 179; takes possession of Normandy, 180
Robert, Earl of Gloucester, 193
Robert Fitz-Walter, chosen by the Barons of England as their general, 311 Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, 284 Rochester Castle, its antiquity and strength, 160
Roderic, King of Connaught, 242
Rogers, Prebendary of St. Paul's, martyrdom of, 636
Roman civilization, destruction of, 45 Roman period, 1-41; Cæsar's invasion of
Britain, 1; Cymbeline, 5; invasion of Claudius, 15; Bonduca, 18; the Druids, 26; Severus, 30; Diocletian, 33; the last Romans, 36
Roman road, near Silchester, 38 Romans, their first acquaintance with Bri- tain, 2; their conquest of Britain, 3; the written monuments of their rule, ib.; their first landing in Britain, 3, 4; their depar- ture from Britain, 5; last of the, in Bri- tain, 36
"Roses, White and Red," their sanguinary contests, 509
Rouen, captured by the French, 483
Rufus (see WILLIAM RUFUS)
Runnemede, the place where Magna Charta was signed, 312
SACE, a nation of Asiatic Scythia, 43 St. Alban, Abbey of, 137
St. Albans, battle of, 509 Saladin, the Saracen commander, 276; op-
poses the Crusaders, 276; bis defeat, ib. Saunders, martyrdom of, 637 Saxons, their arrival in Britain, 42, 43; their supposed origin, 42; defeat the Picts and Scots, 43; their irruptions into Britain, ib.; Saxon kingdom founded by Hengist, 43; Heptarchy of the, 48; the Normans rapidly absorbed among the, 145; the Conqueror's conciliatory policy towards the, 145; description of the, 146. (See ANGLO- SAXONS)
Scotland, Edward I.'s military operations against, 350; invaded by Henry VIII, 574; beginnings of the Reformation in, as related by Sir Walter Scott, 618 Scott, Sir Walter, his story of William Wallace, 357; his account of the battle of Bannockburn, 368
Severus, his invasion of Britain, 31; his death, 32
Seymour, Jane, married to Henry VIII., 573
Seymour, Lord, charged by his brother with high treason, and executed, 625
Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood's adventures, 285
Ships of war, all galleys during the Norman period, 272
Shrewsbury, battle of, 454
Silchester, site of, 37; description of, 38, 39; antiquities of, 40, 41
Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, 329; dramatic scene of, 330; ballad written on, 340; slain at the battle of Evesham, ib.; ballad on, ib. et seq.
Simnell, Lambert, the impostor, historical notices of, 527
Somerset, Duke of, the Lord Protector of England, 623; charged with high treason, and executed, 626
Spanish Armada, invasion of the, 656; de- feated and destroyed by the English squadron, 658
Standard, battle of the, 196
Stephen of Blois, his accession to the throne of England, 191
Stephen and Maud," Keats' drama of, 202 et seq.
Stonehenge, account of, 26; the purposes to which it was appropriated, 27; Julius Cæsar's description of, ib.
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, executed,
Sussex, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48
Sweyn, King of Denmark, invades England,
87; his death, ib.; succeeded by his son Canute, ib.
Swithelm, Bishop of Sherburn, sent to India, 70
TALBOT, JOHN, and his son, death of, 486; dramatised by Shakspere, 487
Taylor, the Rev. —, martyrdom of, 637 Taylor's drama of "Edwin the Fair," 78 Tewkesbury, battle of, 512
Thomas à Becket, rise of, 217; biographical notices of, 218 et seq.; his character and great abilities, 220; history of his fall, 221 et seq.; account of his death, 226; drama of the "King and the Archbishop,” 229 et seq.
Tin found in Britain, 2; an article of com-
mercial importance, ib. Towton, battle of, 513; dramatised by Shakspere, ib. et seq.
Trades among the Anglo-Saxons, 127 Tudors, Government of the, 666 Tyrrel, Sir James, the murderer of the Princes in the Tower, 522; dramatised, ib. et seq.
Tyrrel, Walter, and William Rufus, drama- tised, 168
UVERLAMACESTIR, ancient church of, 35
VERSTEGAN, the antiquarian writer, 62 Vespasian in Britain, 16
Vineyards among the Anglo-Saxons, 125 Vortigern, the British Sovereign, 42; invites the Saxons to Britain, 43; is deposed, ib. Vortimer, son of Vortigern, 43
WAKEFIELD, battle of, 510 Wales, Edward the First's military opera- tions against, 350; conquest of, and anexation to England, 350, 352; ode on Edward's treatment of, 354
Wallace, Sir William, of Scotland, his resist- ance to Edward I., 351; history of, by Sir Walter Scott, 357
"Wallace and Bruce," dramatised, 363 Warbeck, Perkin, the impostor, Lord Bacon's account of, 531, 541; condemned and executed, 545; tragedy of, ib.
"Wars of Mercia," a tragedy, 50 et seq. Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of, his opposi- tion to the Lord Protector, 625; his power and authority, 626
Wessex, one of the kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy, 48
"White and Red Roses," historical notices of the, 509
Wilford, Ralph, the impostor, 544
William I., the Norman, his invasion of Bri- tain, 111; wins the battle of Hastings, 112, 113; his speech before the battle, 120; Thierry's account of his march to London, 135; coronation of, 137; his con- ciliatory policy towards the Saxons, 145; his death, 147; his death and burial dra- matised, 150 et seq.; his chara ter, 156 his wife and children, 157; epitaphs and panegyrics on, 158
William, Prince, shipwreck of, 180; the ship- wreck dramatised, 182
William Rufus, the son and successor of the Conqueror, 157; account of his accession, 158; death of, 164; inscription on, 168 character of, 173
Wine among the Anglo-Saxons, 124 Wolsey, fall of, dramatised by Shakspere, 562; death of, 572
YORK AND LANCASTER, quarrel between the houses of, 509
York, Edward, Duke of, 571
York, Richard, Duke of, his address to the Houses of Parliament, 509; is slain, 510 York, Richard, Duke of, defeated at the bat- tle of Bosworth Field, 526, 527
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