ib.--breaks all his promises to his parliament, and is again governed by foreigners, ib.-a confederacy formed against him by Simon Montfort, earl of Leicefter, 362-his. barons; appear before him in the parliament-house, in complete armour, 363-promises them all poflible fatisfaction, ib.-fummonfes another parliament at Oxford, called the mad parliament, ib.-his fon, prince Edward, oppofes the infolence of the barons, 366-his diftreffed fituation, 367calls a parliament and refumes his former authority, 368-is obliged to conclude a difadvantagious peace with the infurgent barons, 369-raifes an army against the barons, 370-fubdues Northampton and feveral other towns, ib.-enters the county of Derby, and lays it waste with fire and fword, ib.-refolves to come to an engagement with the rebels, ib.-refuses terms of accommodation offered by Leicester, ib.-is taken prifoner by Leicester, 372-his unhappy fituation, 373-his caufe efpoufed by foreign powers, 374-is carried by Leicefter into Wales, 376-is obliged by Leicester to put on armour and fight at the head of his army against his fon, 377-receives a wound in his fhoulder, being unknown to his friends, 379-is in danger of being flain, ib.-discovers himself and is ordered by his fon to be conducted to a place of fafety, ib.-his army obtain a complete victory, ib.refolves to wreak his vengeance on the citizens of London, 380-is diverted from his purpose by the fubmiffions of the people, ib.-demolishes their caftles and fortifications, ib.finds his health decline, 383 his kingdom again disturbed by refractory barons, ib. -removes from St. Edmund's to Westminster, ib,— his death and character, 384.

Henry, brother to Stephen,-created abbot of Glastonbury, and bishop of Winchester, 202-exerts all his influence in favour of his brother, 203-refolves to vindicate the privileges of the church, 206-efpouses the caufe of Matilda, 211-befieges her in the palace,

212.

JEWS

I

EWS maffacred by Richard I. 276

Ina, king of Weffex, fubdues the Britons, 56—
compiles a body of laws, ib.-affembles a council of
the clergy, 57-undertakes a pilgrimage to Rome,
ib.-retires into a cloister, ib.

Innocent III. his artful conduct, 311-his prefent to.
John, ib.-lays England under an interdict, 313-
excommunicates John, 315-abfolves John's fubjects
from their oaths of fidelity, 316-gives the kingdom
of England to another, ib.

Interdit, fentence of, what, 313

John, brother to Richard I. joins the king of France,
289-claims the crown of England, ib.-his claim
rejected by the barons, 290-his poffeffions con-
fifcated, 294-makes his fubmiffion to his brother,
295-fucceeds him as king of England, 301-is in
danger of being oppofed by prince Arthur, his nephew,
302-renews the war with France, ib.-concludes a
treaty with Philip, 303-marries Ifabella, daughter,
of count Angouleme, ib-quells a dangerous in-
furrection formed against him, ib.-offends his ba-
rons, 304-another dangerous confederacy formed
against him, ib.-renders himself contemptible, ib.
-his cruel treatment of his nephew and his mother,
ib.-is oppofed by young Arthur in concert with
Philip, 305-defeats the prince and takes him pri-
foner, ib.-confines him in the caftle of Falaise, ib..
-refolves to put him to death, ib.-removes Arthur
to the castle of Rouen, 306-repairs thither himself
at midnight, and orders the prince to be brought be-
fore him, ib.-ftabs the prince with his own hand,
307-is detefted for this inhuman action, ib.-is de-
prived of all his French provinces, 308-lofes the
whole dutchy of Normandy, ib.-accufes his barons
as the caufe of his ill fuccefs, 309-his ridiculous
treatment of his barons, ib.-his pufillanimous con-
duct, ib.-fets fail, and lands at Rochelle, ib.-marches

to

to Angers, and lays the city in afhes, ib.-returns
ingloriously to England, ib.-his impolite behaviour with
refpect to the clergy, 310-receives a metaphorical pre-
fent from the pope, 311-refuses to admit Stephen Lang-
ton as archbishop of Canterbury, 312-expels the
monks from their convent, and takes poffeffion of their
revenues, ib.-receives a threatning meffage from the.
pope, ib.-is entreated by his bifhops to receive the
new-elected primate, 313-his violent behaviour, ib.
his authority treated with contempt, 314-is ex-
communicated by the pope, 315-oppofed by his
fubjects, ib.-puts Geofry, archdeacon of Norwich,
to death, ib.-his fubjects abfolved from their oaths
of allegiance by the pope, 316-his deplorable fitua-
tion, ib.-fhuts himself up in the caftle of Notting-
ham, ib.-puts all the Welfh hoftages to death, ib.-
requires the fons and daughters of his barons as hof-
tages for their obedience, ib.-fends a body of forces
to feize the perfon of Braufe, a nobleman, whose
wife had refused to give up her children, 317-throws
thewife and fon into prifon, and has them ftarved to death,
ib.-his kingdom offered, by the pope, to the king of
France, ib.-his perplexed fituation, 318-raifes an
army to oppofe Philip, ib.-advances to Dover at the
head of his forces, ib.-has an interview with the
pope's legate, 319-agrees to fubmit to that pontiff,
320-takes a folemn oath of obedience to that pontiff,
ib.-confents to reinftate Langton in the primacy
321-receives his crown from the legate, ib.-re-
folves to profecute the war with France, ib.-his bar-
barous treatment of Peter Pomfret, an hermit, 322-
his odious proceedings both in public and private, ib.
-his barons, in conjuction with Langton, form a con-
federacy against him, 323-refufes the demands of
the barons, 325-is treated with haughtiness by them,
ib.-diverts their purpose by a promife of giving a
pofitive reply to their requeft, ib.-folicits the favour
of the clergy, 326-takes the crofs, ib.-appeals to
the pope against his barons, ib.-is favoured by the
pope, 327-his fubjects take arms against him, 328—

fends

fends the archbishop of Canterbury and others to
meet the rebels and know their requeft, ib.-is en-
raged at their infolence, and fwears never to comply
with their demands, 329-his kingdom ravaged by
the rebels, ib.-is left at Odiham, in Surry, with
only feven knights, ib.-appeals to Langton, ib.-
his commands flighted by that prelate, 330-is per-
fuaded to difmifs his German forces, ib.-is enraged
at his own weakness, ib.-agrees to come to terms of
accommodation with his barons, 331-fends his com-
miffioners to meet his barons at a place called Runi-
mede, ib.-fubmiffively figns and feals the charter
required of him, now known by the name of Magna
Charta, 332-appoints twenty-five barons as con-
fervators of the public liberty, 336-fends writs to
to the fheriffs with orders to fwear obedience to the
twenty-five barons, ib.-his perfidy, ib.—his fullen de-
portment, 337-retires to ifle of Wight, ib.-fends
to the continent to enlift forces, ib.-complains to
the pope, who efpoufes his caufe, ib.-throws off his
hypocrify, and again appears the tyrant, ib.-takes
the field at the head of a numerous army of Germans,
&c. ib.-invefts, and takes the caftle of Rochester,
338-puts feveral of the prisoners to death, ib.-pur-
fues his victory with great fuccefs and cruelty, ib-
burns the the towns, and exercises the most horrid
tortures on the people, ib.-is oppofed by his barons,
who invite over to their affiftance Lewis fon to the
king of France, 339-is deferted by great numbers
of his army, 340-again affembles a large force and
directs his route towards Licolnfhire, 242-lofes his
carriages, treafure, &c. and is himself in danger of
being loft, ib.--is thrown into a fever by the distracted
ftate of his mind, ib.-his death and character, ib.-
his iffue, 343

Ifaac, king of Cyprus, pillages the English fhips, and
imprifons the failors, 281-is totaly defeated by Ri
chard I. 282

KYNE-

K

KYNEGILS, king of Weffex, embraces christianity,

56

L

LANGTON, cardinal Stephen, chofen archbishop
of Canterbury, 311-refused admittance by John,
312-joins with the barons, 323-produces a copy
of Henry the Firft's charter, ib.-reproached by the
pope 327, his noble reply to John, 330

Leolf, the robber, ftabs Edmund, 88-is killed, ib.
Leopold, duke of Auftria, arrefts Richard I. 285

Lewis, fon of Philip of France, invited into England
by the barons, 340-reduces the caftle of Rochefter,
341-exercises the fovereign authority, ib.-is de
ferted by the barons, ib.-rejects the claim of Robert
Fitzwalter, 345-excommunicated by the pope, ib.
-his army totally routed, 348-his fleet defeated, ib.
concludes a peace with the protector, 349,-retires to
the continent, ib.

Longbeard, efpoufes the caufe of the poor, 278-repre-
prefents the people's distress to the king, ib.-obtains
a mitigation of their taxes, ib.-is fummoned before
the jufticiary, 299—appears with a formidable trairi,
ib.-flies to the church of St. Mary le Bow, ib.-ex-
ecuted, ib.-is revered as a faint, ib.

Luidhard, a Gaulifh prelate, officiates at Canterbury, 49

M

MAD parliament, what, 363

Magna Charta, figned in Runimede, 332-fub-
ftance of that famous deed, ib.-folemnly confirmed,
361
Malcolm, king of Scotland, joins with Edwin and Mor-
car against William, 144-invades England, 160-
is flain in battle, 173