[140] Stephens, a “hot-headed” Chartist preacher, put the case as he, a typical agitator of the day, saw it in 1839: “The principle of the People’s Charter is the right of every man to have his home, his hearth, and his happiness. The question of universal suffrage is after all a knife-and-fork question. It means that every workman has a right to have a good hat and coat, a good roof, a good dinner, no more work than will keep him in health, and as much wages as will keep him in plenty.”—See R. G. Gamage, History of the Chartist Movement.
[141] Charles Kingsley, who is said to have signed the petition, gives his view of April 10th in Alton Locke.
[142] See Hansard, June, 1849.
INDEX
- Adam of Marsh, Franciscan friar, friend of Grosseteste and de Montfort, [120], [130]
- Aldrich, an Alderman of Norwich, [229], [231]
- Alexander III., Pope, [45], [56]
- Anselm, Abbot of Bec, [8];
- called to court of William II., [8];
- appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, [9];
- refuses to give up church lands, [11];
- firm attitude at Council of Rockingham, [15];
- semblance of peace with the king, [16];
- leaves England, [18];
- returns at request of Henry I., [19];
- his services to the king, [21];
- dispute with the king, [23];
- reconciliation, [26];
- his death and character, [27–30];
- his birthplace, [30]
- Appleton, William, [161]
- Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury, impeached for treason, [174];
- murdered at Erdington, [175]
- Bailey, John, hanged by Cade, [184]
- Ball, John, itinerant priest from York, preaches social revolution, [143];
- released from Maidstone prison by Wat Tyler, [153];
- preaches to Tyler’s followers at Blackheath, [153];
- hanged as a rebel, [167]
- Barton, Elizabeth, “Holy Maid of Kent,” [206]
- Becket, Thomas, his parentage, [33];
- early years, [34];
- appointed Chancellor of Canterbury, [34];
- ordained priest and appointed to Archbishopric, [38];
- dispute with the king, [41–45];
- yields to king’s demands at Council of Clarendon, [47];
- refutes charges at Council of Northampton, [49];
- leaves England and appeals to the pope, [55];
- reconciliation with the king, [57];
- lands at Sandwich, [57];
- ill-will of the bishops, [58];
- Henry’s sudden rage, [59];
- his murder, [63];
- his canonisation, [64]
- Belknap, Chief Justice, [147], [148]
- Berksted, Stephen, Bishop of Chichester, [128]
- Bigod, Hugh of Norfolk, [121]
- Bigod, Roger, [126]
- Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, [110], [131]
- Bradshaw, John, [297]
- Buckingham, Duke of, [249], [250], [251], [252]
- Burdett, Sir Francis, [313]
- Burley, Sir Simon, [148], [163]
- Cade, Jack, leader of the revolt of Kentish commons, 1450, [173];
- uncertainty as to real name and family, [176];
- marches to Blackheath at head of [46],000 followers, [177];
- draws up and presents petition to Henry VI., [178];
- no answer returned, [178];
- withdraws to Sevenoaks and defeats small body of Henry’s troops, [180];
- gathers reinforcements in Kent, [181];
- Henry VI. treats with him fruitlessly, [181];
- enters London without opposition, [182];
- preserves strict discipline in his force, [184];
- forced to levy toll for support of his followers, [185];
- after first good reception London turns against him, [187];
- unsuccessful fight for London Bridge, [187];
- treats with Henry’s representatives, [188];
- many of his adherents return to their homes, [189];
- refuses to lay down arms till parliament issues legal pardon, [189];
- proclaimed a traitor, [189];
- defeated at Queenborough, [189];
- dies fighting as a fugitive, in Sussex, [189];
- head exposed on London Bridge, [190]
- Cartwright, John, enters Navy and begins promising career, [308];
- it is cut short by his siding with the Americans at outbreak of war, 1776, [308];
- trains the Nottinghamshire Militia, [309];
- pioneer of political reform, [310];
- writes and speaks on the subject, [310];
- unsuccessful efforts to enter parliament, [312];
- at age of 80 charged with sedition and fined, [313];
- known as “Father of Reform,” [315]
- Catherine of Aragon, [203]
- Cantilupe, Bishop of Worcester, [122], [126], [133]
- Cantilupe, Thomas, Chancellor, [128]
- Cave, Robert, [148]
- Chalton, Sir John, Lord Mayor of London, [183]
- Charles I., [250] et seq., [280], [282]
- Church, Corporal, [286]
- Clarendon, Earl of (quoted), [262]
- Clarendon, Council of, [46]
- Clarkson, Thomas, [313]
- Cocke (or Cooke) Thomas, friend to both Henry VI. and Cade, [182]
- Cod, Thomas, Mayor of Norwich, [228], [229], [231], [232], [233]
- Coke, Lord Justice, [252]
- Colet, Dean of St. Paul’s, [199], [212]
- Conyers, Dr., Vicar of St. Martin, Norwich, [231]
- Cranmer, Archbishop, [204]
- Cromwell, Oliver, [279] et seq.
- Cromwell, Thomas, [208]
- Crowmer, Sheriff of Kent, [180];
- arrested and sent to Tower, [181];
- beheaded by Cade’s orders, [184]
- Curtis (Girste, or Ghirstis) City Merchant, [186]
- De Burgh, Hubert, [95], [107]
- De Gray, John, Bishop of Norwich, [81], [82]
- De Morville, Hugh, [59–63]
- Derby, Henry, Earl of (afterwards Henry IV.), [157], [163], [170]
- Despenser, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, [168]
- Des Roches, Peter, Bishop of Winchester, [82], [94], [107], [108]
- De Tracy, William, [59–63]
- De Valence, William, [123], [132]
- Eadmer (quoted), [6], [7], [14], [17], [26]
- Edward, Prince, son of Henry III., afterwards King-Edward I.;
- takes oath of reform to barons, [123];
- takes Gloucester in civil war, [126];
- taken prisoner at Battle of Lewes, [127];
- escapes to Welsh marshes, [132];
- intercepts de Montfort’s relief force at Evesham, [133]
- Eliot, John, enters parliament as member for St. Germans, [249];
- knighted and becomes Vice-Admiral of Devon, [249];
- captures the pirate Nutt, but eventually finds himself in Marshalsea prison over the affair, [250];
- released and is returned for Newport, 1624, [250];
- quarrels with Buckingham and insists upon his impeachment, [251];
- imprisoned in Tower in connection therewith, but soon released, [251];
- refuses forced loan and again imprisoned and deprived of Vice-Admiralship, [252];
- carries Petition of Right, [252];
- attacks policy of Laud, [252];
- supports John Rolle in refusing payment of taxes, [253];
- summoned before Privy Council, imprisoned for fourth time, and fined, [255];
- remains passionately loyal to House of Commons, [256];
- health gives way in confinement, [257];
- dies in the Tower, 1632, [257];
- his son’s appeal for his burial at Port Eliot, Cornwall, refused, [257]
- Erasmus, [193], [194], [197], [202], [211], [212]
- Essex, Earl of, [267]
- Ethelmar, half-brother to Henry III., [106]
- Everard, [297], [298]
- Fairfax, General, [298], [299]
- Falkland, Lord, [265], [266]
- Finch, Chief Justice, [262]
- Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, [206], [207], [208]
- FitzOsbert, William, called Longbeard; his early life, [72];
- lays his grievances before Richard I., [72];
- defies Archbishop Hubert, [73];
- his arrest and death, [75]
- FitzStephen, W. (quoted), [35], [49], [53], [59]
- FitzUrse, Reginald, [59–63]
- Flowerdew, Sergeant, [222], [223]
- Frost, [321]
- Fulke, follower of Ket, [235]
- Fussell, [328]
- Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester, [126], [128], [131], [132]
- Gough, Matthew, [186]
- Green, J. R. (quoted), [91], [92]
- Green, Squire of Wylby, [222]
- Gregory IX., Pope, letter to, from Grosseteste, [102]
- Grindcobbe, William, supporter of John Ball in Hertford, [143], [146];
- follows Wat Tyler, [149];
- at Mile End, [159];
- hanged at St. Albans, [167]
- Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, born in Suffolk of humble parentage, goes to Oxford, rises to foremost honours there, and becomes bishop, at sixty, [101];
- institutes reforms at Oxford, [102];
- befriends Dominican and Franciscan friars, [102];
- withstands Henry III.’s rapacity, [104];
- attends council in London, recites grievances of Henry III.’s misrule, [107];
- resists seizure of English Church revenues by Innocent IV., [108–111];
- refuses canonry of Lincoln to pope’s nephew, [111];
- Cardinals uphold Grosseteste against Innocent IV., [112];
- makes appeal to whole realm on behalf of rights of English Church, [113];
- dies, 1235, and is buried in Lincoln Cathedral, [113];
- Edward I.’s application for canonization refused, [113]
- Gunnell, Tutor in Sir Thomas More’s family, [199]
- Hales, Sir Robert, Treasurer to Richard II., [146];
- advises no conference with Tyler’s followers, [154];
- beheaded on Tower Hill, [160]
- Hampden, John, refuses to pay ship-money, [258];
- case decided against him, [259];
- acts with Eliot against Buckingham, [261];
- strong influence in House of Commons, [262];
- prominent work in Long Parliament, [263];
- impeached for high treason, [265];
- takes refuge from Charles in city, [266];
- prepares for war, [266];
- raises regiment of infantry in Bucks, [267];
- mortally wounded at Chalgrove, [268]
- Hazlerig, [265], [288]
- Henry I., [19–26]
- Henry II.; appoints Thomas Becket Chancellor of England, [34];
- their close friendship, [35];
- determines to appoint Thomas to the archbishopric, [36];
- his dispute with Thomas, and its cause, [41];
- draws up the Constitutions of Clarendon, [46];
- his dissatisfaction with the result, [48];
- charges Thomas with corrupt practices, [48–54];
- his sudden rage and hasty words, resulting in the murder of the archbishop, [63]
- Henry III.; appeals for money at Council of Westminster, 1244, [104];
- confronts bishops with Innocent IV.’s letter exhorting them to give liberally, [104];
- bishops evade coercion, [105];
- king again tries in 1252, [106];
- bishops, led by Grosseteste, refuse, [106];
- his miserable misrule, [108];
- dealings with Simon of Montfort in Gascony, [118–120];
- his financial difficulties reach climax, 1257, [120];
- continued quarrels with barons, [122];
- obtains dispensation from promises to barons, [124];
- civil war is declared, [126];
- defeated by Simon of Montfort, and peace made, 1264, [127];
- war again breaks out, [132];
- is victorious, [137]
- Henry VIII., [197], [201], [202], [203], [207], [208]
- Holland, Sir John, [159]
- Holles, [265]
- Horne, Alderman, [182]
- Horne, Alderman, supports Tyler, and welcomes him to London, [156]
- Hotham, Sir John, [267]
- Howe, Lord, [308]
- Hugh of Lincoln, [77]
- Herbert of Bosham (quoted), [38], [58]
- Iden, Alexander, [189], [190]
- Innocent III., Pope, [77], [81], [83], [95]
- Innocent IV., Pope, [104], [106], [110], [111], [113]
- Ireton, General, [280], [286]
- Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury, [144]
- John, King, refuses to acknowledge Stephen Langton’s appointment to archbishopric, [81];
- seizes estates of Canterbury, and drives chapter into exile, [82];
- is excommunicated, [83];
- meets primate at Winchester and is formally absolved, [85];
- strife with barons, [86];
- his campaign to recover lost Angevine provinces, [87];
- capitulation to the barons, [90];
- signs the Great Charter, [91];
- his death, [95]
- John of Gaunt, calls parliament at Northampton, [147];
- his unpopularity with the people, [151];
- his palace of the Savoy and its valuable contents destroyed, [157]
- John of Salisbury (quoted), [56]
- Jones, Ernest, [324];
- joins Chartist movement at [27], [325];
- son of an officer and educated abroad, [325];
- works with Feargus O’Connor, [325];
- attends Chartist convention, [327];
- addresses large meetings in London, [328];
- arrested, tried, found guilty of seditious speech and imprisoned, [328];
- on his release Chartist movement declining, [329];
- contests Halifax unsuccessfully, [330];
- gives support to advanced radicals, [330];
- stands twice unsuccessfully for Nottingham, [330];
- dies suddenly at the age of [50], [330]
- Kemp, Cardinal, Archbishop of York, Chancellor to Henry VI., [187], [188], [190]
- Kent, Earl of, [159]
- Ket, Robert, landowner in Norfolk, a tanner by trade, [223];
- sympathies on the side of the people, [223];
- offers to lead the movement against enclosures of land, [224];
- he is eagerly accepted as captain, and leads large army towards Norwich, [224];
- issues manifesto attacking landlords, [225];
- advances to Mousehold, and his force increases to 20,000, [228];
- sends statement to Edward VI., [229];
- king replies by herald, [229];
- sets about organising and victualling his followers, as he is not content with vague promises, [230];
- arrests landowners, [231];
- repudiates king’s “pardon” as being a just and innocent man, [232];
- his arrest ordered by king’s messenger, but impossible in the presence of his followers, [232];
- friction arises between Norwich authorities and the rebels, [232];
- fight ensues, Norwich in his hands, [233];
- unsuccessfully opposed by Marquis of Northampton, [234];
- commands in Norwich for three weeks, [235];
- disappointed at rising not becoming general, [236];
- negotiates with Earl of Warwick, sent to suppress revolt, [237];
- abrupt conclusion, and battle follows, [238];
- his mistaken tactics and defeat, [239];
- his followers surrender to Warwick, [239];
- his flight and capture, [239];
- tried, found guilty of high treason and condemned to death, [241];
- hanged in chains in Norwich, [241]
- Ket, William, [223], [239], [240], [241]
- Knolles, Sir Robert, [156]
- Knyvett, Sir Edmund, [236]
- Langham, Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury, [144]
- Langland, Robert, [145]
- Langton, Stephen, appointed to archbishopric of Canterbury against King John’s wishes by Innocent III., [81], [82];
- is driven into exile by the king, [82];
- returns six years later, [85];
- starts the movement for the Great Charter, [86];
- frames articles for the Charter, [90];
- disagreement with papal legate, [94];
- works for preservation of peace during early years of Henry III.’s reign, [95];
- his character and place in history, [96]
- Laud, Archbishop, [252], [253], [256], [257], [260], [262], [272]
- Legge, John, [147], [160]
- le Despenser, Hugh, Justiciar, [126], [128], [134]
- Lilburne, John, apprenticed to a cloth merchant in London and becomes friend of Prynne, [278];
- charged before Star Chamber with circulating unlicensed books, and sentenced to be whipped, pilloried, and imprisoned, [278];
- released by order of Long Parliament, [278];
- fights at Edgehill and Marston Moor, where he is taken prisoner, [278];
- leaves army in 1645 rather than take the Covenant, [279];
- resists the tyranny of parliamentary government, [279];
- heads the party in the army called the Levellers, [281];
- again imprisoned and released in 1649, [282];
- writes pamphlets against the government and is again imprisoned, [284];
- petition presented to parliament for his release, [284];
- tried for treasonable writings, [287];
- fined and banished, [288];
- goes to Holland, and returns, without permission, to London, in 1653, [289];
- arrested and acquitted, [289];
- again imprisoned by Cromwell for two years, [290];
- converted to Quakerism, [290];
- released and pensioned, [290];
- dies at Eltham, [290]
- Litster, Geoffrey, follower of John Ball in Norfolk, [143], [146];
- his death, [168], [217]
- Looney, [328]
- Lovett, [319], [322]
- Luard (quoted), [101–2]
- Lyons, Richard, [161]
- Macaulay, Lord (quoted), [264]
- Malpas, Philip, [185]
- Martin, Papal Legate, [110]
- Matthew of Westminster (quoted), [127]
- Maurice, C. E. (quoted), [95]
- Mendall, John, a name by which Jack Cade was known, [175]
- Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, supporter of Duke of Suffolk, killed at Portsmouth, [174]
- Montfort, Henry of, eldest son of Earl of Leicester, [133], [134]
- Montfort, Simon of, second son of Earl of Leicester, [132], [133]
- Montfort, Simon of, Earl of Leicester, son of first Earl of Leicester, marries Eleanor, sister of Henry III., and widow of Earl of Pembroke, [117];
- boyhood passed in France, [117];
- leaves for crusades, distinguished career in Palestine, [118];
- returns in 1242, [118];
- works with Grosseteste in his reforms, [118];
- goes to Gascony for five years (1248–53) and deals with turbulent nobles, [118];
- saves Gascony for English crown, and restores order in the province, [119];
- Henry III.’s ingratitude, [119];
- recognized leader of the barons on his return to England, [120];
- successful in “Mad Parliament,” 1258, [122];
- as “foreigner” yields castles of Kenilworth and Odiham, [123];
- fresh difficulties with Henry III. in carrying out Provisions of Oxford, [124];
- civil war imminent, 1264;
- and many bishops and barons desert Simon, [125];
- offers £[30],000 to king to make peace and adhere to Provisions of Oxford—proposal rejected, [126];
- Battle of Lewes won by Simon, [126];
- peace made, [127];
- draws up new scheme of reform, the precursor of later representative government, [129];
- fresh disturbances and defections, followed by renewal of war, [132];
- Battle of Evesham, and death of Simon, [134];
- interred in Evesham Abbey, [134]
- More, Sir Thomas, born 1478, member of Cardinal Morton’s household, leaves there for Oxford, and later studies law in Lincoln’s Inn, [193];
- friendship with Erasmus, [194];
- spends four years with Carthusians, [195];
- leaves Charterhouse, marries and enters parliament, [195];
- opposes Henry VII.’s exactions, [195];
- Under-Sheriff for the City, [196];
- embassies to Flanders and Calais, [197];
- enters Henry VIII.’s service, and rises rapidly to highest offices of State, [197];
- happy domestic life, [198];
- withholds support from king on his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, [203];
- resigns chancellorship, [205];
- declines to be present at Anne Boleyn’s coronation, [206];
- unsuccessful attempt to implicate him in the “treason” of Holy Maid of Kent, [206];
- finds himself unable to take oath denying papal supremacy, and is sent to Tower, [207];
- indicted for treason, [208];
- sentenced to death, [209];
- beheaded on Tower Hill, [210];
- beatified, [213]
- Mortimer, name by which Jack Cade was popularly known, [176]
- Mortimer, Roger, [132]
- Newton, Sir John, Governor of Rochester Castle, taken prisoner by Tyler, [149];
- sent with message from Tyler to the king, [154]
- Nicholas, papal legate, [86]
- Norfolk, Duke of, [202]
- Northampton, Council of, [48]
- Northampton, Marquis of (William Parr), [234]
- Oastler, [323]
- O’Brien, James Bronterre, [320], [321], [322]
- O’Connor, Feargus, [320], [323], [329], [330]
- Otho, papal legate, [109], [110]
- Overton, Richard, [284]
- Palgrave, Sir Francis (quoted), [22], [23]
- Pandulf, papal legate, [83], [94]
- Pankhurst, Mrs., [336]
- Pankhurst, Christabel, [336]
- Paris, Matthew (quoted), [100], [105], [108], [113], [117], [124]
- Parker, Matthew, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, [231], [232]
- Perkins, Corporal, [286]
- Petibone, John, [232]
- Place, Francis, [314], [319], [320]
- Powell, Professor York (quoted), [30], [65], [91], [121], [135]
- Prince, [284]
- Pym, John, enters House of Commons, 1614, [260];
- conspicuous in “Short Parliament,” [260];
- supports Eliot in Buckingham’s impeachment, [261];
- becomes leader of parliamentary party, [261];
- canvasses England on horseback before “Long Parliament,” [261];
- opens charge of impeachment against Strafford, [262];
- active work in parliament, [263], [264];
- makes overtures to the queen, [263];
- impeached for high treason, [265];
- takes refuge in city from Charles, [266];
- secures Portsmouth and Hull for the parliament, [266];
- his “solemn league and covenant” accepted by parliament, [269];
- dies, 1643, and buried in Westminster Abbey, [269]
- Rich, Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, [106];
- retires to Pontigny, 1240, and dies, [109]
- Richard II., agrees to interview with Tyler, [154];
- allows himself to be dissuaded, [155];
- sends to Tyler for written statement of grievances, [157];
- agrees to a meeting at Mile End, [159];
- assents to Tyler’s requests, [160];
- second meeting at Smithfield, [162];
- again agrees to Tyler’s demands, [164];
- after Tyler’s death personally disperses his followers, [166];
- the danger passed, rebels fiercely punished, [167];
- formally annuls charters granted to Tyler, [168];
- his death, [170]
- Richard the Breton, [59–63]
- Richard, Earl of Cornwall, half brother to Henry III., became King of the Romans, [118]
- Richard, Earl of Gloucester, [121], [122], [124]
- Rishanger, Chronicler for St. Albans (quoted), [121], [134]
- Rockingham, Council of, [13], [15]
- Roger of Wendover (quoted), [88]
- Roper, William, son-in-law to Sir Thomas More, [195], [196], [202]
- Roper, Margaret (his wife), [198]
- Russell, Lord John, [321], [326], [329]
- Sadler, [323]
- Salisbury, Earl of, counsels Richard II. not to interview Tyler, [155];
- at Smithfield, [163];
- his death, [170]
- Sanders, Henry, [297]
- Say-and-Sele, Lord, treasurer to Henry VI., impeached for treason, [174];
- arrested and taken to Tower, [181];
- beheaded by Cade’s order, [184]
- Scales, Lord, guardian of prisoners in Tower, [182];
- in conjunction with mayor and corporation opposes Cade, [186]
- Seldon, [252]
- Shaftesbury, Lord, [323]
- Sharpe, [328]
- Sheffield, Lord, [234]
- Sibley, Alderman, [156]
- Somerset, Protector, [221], [236]
- Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor to Henry VI., [181], [187], [188]
- Stafford, Sir Humfrey, [180]
- Stafford, Sir William, [180]
- Standish, Ralph, [165], [166]
- Steward, Augustine, [234], [235]
- Strafford, Earl of, [252], [256], [262], [263]
- Straw, Jack, priest in Essex, follower of John Ball, [143];
- acts as lieutenant to Wat Tyler, [149];
- hanged without trial, [167]
- Strode, [265]
- Sudbury, Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury, [144];
- his palace at Canterbury ransacked by Tyler, [152];
- Lambeth palace stormed by Tyler and records destroyed, but building uninjured, [156];
- beheaded by Tyler, on Tower Hill, [161]
- Suffolk, Duke of, chief minister to Henry VI., [173];
- impeached as a traitor, [174];
- beheaded, [174]
- Suffolk, Earl of, President of Richard II.’s council, [155], [163], [167], [170]
- Sutherton, Leonard, [232]
- Tonge, Alderman, [156]
- Theobald, Archbishop, [33], [34], [36]
- Thompson, Corporal William, [285]
- Thompson, Cornet, [286]
- Tressilian, Sir Robert, [167], [170]
- Tyler, John, [148], [149]
- Tyler, Wat, chosen captain of peasants at Maidstone, [149];
- his recorded history can be followed for eight days only, [150];
- his followers at first moderate, [151];
- at Canterbury, [152];
- bursts open gaol at Maidstone and releases Ball and other prisoners, [153];
- sets out for London at head of [30],000 men, [153];
- encamps at Blackheath, [153];
- sends Sir John Newton with message to Richard II., [154];
- interview refused, [155];
- he marches on London Bridge, and destroys adjacent property, [155];
- keeps his followers under strict discipline, [156];
- demands interview with the king, [158];
- conference at Mile End, [159], [160];
- invites king to meet him again, at Smithfield, [162];
- his demands agreed to, [164];
- in sudden scuffle draws dagger, strikes Walworth, and is mortally wounded in return, [165];
- his head exposed on London Bridge, [166]
- Urban, Pope, [18], [19]
- Vernon, [328]
- Vincent, [321]
- Von Hutten, Ulrich, [193]
- Warwick, Earl of, High Chamberlain to Henry VIII., [236–240]
- Walter, Hubert, Bishop of Salisbury, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, [69], [70], [73], [76], [77], [81]
- Walter of Coventry (quoted), [85]
- Walworth, William, Mayor of London, owns London houses of ill-fame, [155];
- the same destroyed by Tyler, [155];
- attempts to fortify London Bridge, [155];
- urges king and council to action, [157];
- at Smithfield, [163];
- wounds Tyler mortally, [165];
- knighted by Richard, [166]
- Walwyn, [283]
- Warham, Archbishop, [197]
- Watson, a Norwich preacher, [229]
- Waynfleet, William, Bishop of Winchester, [188]
- Wellington, Duke of, [326]
- Wentworth (see Strafford, Earl of).
- Weston, Chancellor of the Exchequer, [252]
- Wilberforce, William, [313]
- William I., his character, [3];
- condition of country under, [3–5];
- death, [5]
- William II., his character, [5];
- condition of England under, [6];
- appoints Anselm to Archbishopric of Canterbury, [10];
- his quarrel with Anselm, [11–13], et seq.;
- his death, [19]
- Williams, [328]
- Windebank, [262]
- Winstanley, Gerrard, [286];
- leader of the “Digger” movement, [293];
- born in Lancashire, but settled in London as a trader, [294];
- fails, and retires to the country, [294];
- publishes pamphlets, social and religious, [295];
- first action of the “Diggers,” [297–8];
- appeals to General Fairfax against interference, [299];
- receives little notice, [300];
- makes further active efforts, [300];
- movement suppressed, [300];
- little known of him later, [301]
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, [336]
- Wolsey, Cardinal, [197], [201], [202], [203], [208], [217], [222]
- Wraw, John, supporter of Ball in Suffolk, [143], [146];
- follows Wat Tyler, [149];
- at Blackheath, [153];
- returns to Suffolk to announce rising, [153];
- is hanged as rebel, [167]
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