Nevil (lord) impeached by the commons, iii. [56].
Nicolas II. (pope), innovations introduced by, ii. 183.
Nobility, origin of, in France, i. 157, 158 and note, 189;
privileges conferred on the class, 191;
consequences of marriage with plebeians, 192;
letters of nobility when first granted, 193;
different orders, and rights belonging to each, 194;
their gallows distinctions, ib. note c;
their right to coin money, 205, 206;
to levy private war, 207;
characteristics of the early Frank nobility 309-312;
excesses of the Florentine nobility, 423, 424;
turbulence of the Spanish nobles, ii. 13;
contests of the German nobles with the cities, 91, 92;
rural nobility, how supported, 94, 95;
their career, how checked, 95;
source of the influence of the English nobility, iii. [165];
their patronage of robbers, [169];
German robber lords, [314];
legislative province of the English nobility [see [Parliament]].
Norfolk (earl and duke of). See [Bigod], [Mowbray].
Normans, piratical pursuits of the, i. 20;
their plan of warfare, 21;
sufferings of the clergy at their hands, 22;
their conversion and settlement in France, ib.;
terror excited by their audacity, 134, 135;
beneficial effects of their conversion, 135;
their incursions into Italy, 363 and note m;
successes of their leaders, 363, 364;
their invasion of England [see [England]].
Nottingham (earl of). See [Mowbray].
Oaths, papal dispensations from, ii. 210;
notable instances thereof, ib. note c.
Odo (archbishop). See [Dunstan].
Oleron, laws of, iii. [334].
Ordeals, nature of, iii. [294], [295];
stories of queens Emma and Cunegunda, [295] [note] y;
instance of a failure of the water ordeal and its consequences, ii. 339 note b.