Malplaquet, battle of, vii. 136

Malta
conquered by Buonaparte, viii. 132;
blockaded by a British fleet, viii. 162;
surrenders, 165

"Maltote," ii. 166

Man, Isle of, conquered by Eadwine, i. 63

Manchester seized by Eadward the Elder, i. 119;
its rise, vii. 196

Manchester, Edward Montagu, second Earl of (_see_ Mandeville),
head of the Association of the Eastern Counties, vi. 8, 13, 18;
quarrels with Cromwell, 24, 34;
retires, 35

Mandeville, Geoffrey de, Earl of Essex, i. 343

Mandeville, Edward Montagu, Viscount, v. 354, 358.
_See_ Manchester

Manor, the, i. 322-323

Mans, Le,
seized by Geoffrey Martel, i. 212;
rebels against William Rufus, 197;
Henry II. besieged in, 258;
surrendered to Charles VII., iii. 62

Mansel, John, ii. 8

Mansfield, Count, v. 239

Mansfield, William Murray, first Earl of, vii. 259

Mansion, Colard, iii. 155

Mantes, William the Conqueror wounded at, i. 190

Manton, Thomas, vi. 252

Mantua,
siege of, viii. 123;
surrenders to Buonaparte, 125

Manufactures,
growth of, under Elizabeth, iv. 278-280;
in Yorkshire, their rise, v. 281;
English, in eighteenth century, viii. 53, 54, 59, 60;
altered conditions of, 193, 194;
of linen, in Ireland, v. 291;
of silk, at Spitalfields, vii. 14

Manumissions, sale of, to the king's serfs, i. 325

Map, Walter, i. 174, 247-249

Mar, John Erskine, sixth Earl of, vii. 145, 183

March, Edward, Earl of. _See_ Edward IV.

March, Roger Mortimer, first Earl of. _See_ Mortimer

March, Roger Mortimer, fourth Earl of, ii. 378

March, Edmund Mortimer, fifth Earl of, iii. 2, 13, 14, 28, 30

Marchers, the Lords, ii. 67, 75, 80-82, 85

Mardyke, capture of, by the French, vi. 124

Mare, Sir Peter de la, ii. 306, 307, 311

Marengo, battle of, viii. 142

Maria Theresa of Austria, vii. 199;
queen of Hungary, 220;
her struggle with Frederick the Great, 221, 223, 225, 246

Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI., iii. 61;
her policy, 72, 74;
flies to Scotland, 75;
victory at St. Albans, 79;
defeated at Towton, 80;
appeals to Lewis XI., 121;
defeated at Hexham, 123;
reconciled with Warwick, 137;
lands at Weymouth, 143;
captured at Tewkesbury, 145

Margaret, wife of Malcolm III., king of Scots, i. 170

Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., wife of J