of the, i. 71

Masham, Mrs., vii. 132

Massachusetts,
first settlement in, v. 310;
first charter granted to, 311;
protests against English taxation, vii. 326;
proposes a congress, 330;
its assembly dissolved, viii. 14;
resists the tea-duty, 15;
its charter altered, 18;
takes up arms against England, 19;
repudiates English government, 23;
refuses to join in war against England, 203, 204

Massena, General, viii. 140, 189-191

Massey, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, vii. 25

Massinger, Philip, v. 303

Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, i. 159

Matilda or Maud (Edith), wife of Henry I., i. 198-200, 246

Matilda or Maud, daughter of Henry I., i. 208, 213, 219, 220

Matthias, Emperor, v. 177, 213, 217

Maud. _See_ Matilda

Maunay, Sir Walter, ii. 234, 246, 253

Maurice, Bishop of London, i. 223

Maurice, Prince, vi. 13, 19, 22

Maximilian I. of Austria, iii. 147;
marries Mary of Burgundy, 151;
war with Lewis XI., _ib._;
treaty with him, 170;
supports Perkin Warbeck, 180;
relations with France, 232-234;
death, 239;
policy towards Luther, iv. 18

May's _History of the Long Parliament_, v. 72

Mayenne, Charles of Lorraine, Duke of, iv. 367, 372

_Mayflower_, the, v. 309

Mayne, Cuthbert, iv. 309

Maynooth stormed, iii. 328, 329

Mayor of a town,
successor of portreeve, i. 303;
right of electing, 315;
of Oxford, 310

Mazarin, Cardinal, vi. 114, 117, 190

Measures, uniformity of, enacted by Great Charter, i. 352

Meaux taken by Henry V., iii. 36

Medina Sidonia, Duke of, iv. 360, 362

Medway, the Dutch in the, vi. 242

Melfort, John Drummond, first Earl of, vii. 17

Melrose,
Cuthbert at, i. 75;
_Chronicle_ of, 273;
English raid on, iv. 29

Melville, Andrew, v. 133, 136, 138, 164, 165

Menou, General, viii. 164, 166

Meonwaras, i. 85

Merchade, i. 265

Merchant Adventurers,
English, in Flanders, iii. 155;
of London, iv. 283, 284

Merchant Associations, iv. 233, 283

Merchant-gild, the, i. 297, 300;
struggle with craft-gilds, 316-318;
of London, 319

Mercia
under Penda, i. 66, 70-73;
submits to Oswiu, 73;
becomes Christian, _ib._;
its revival under Wulfhere, 78, 85;
struggle with Wessex, 90-91;
greatness under Offa, 97, 98;
struggle with Wales, ii.