Bishop of London, iv. 74, 89, 95, 97;
sets up Bibles in St. Paul's, v. 82

Bordeaux,
Parliament of Gascony at, ii. 285;
Richard II. born at, 306;
surrenders to Charles VII., iii. 68, 71

Born, Bertrand de, i. 263

Borodino, battle of, viii. 200

Boroughbridge, battle of, ii. 195

Boroughs,
their developement after Norman Conquest, i. 177;
"farm" of, ii. 152;
representation in Parliament, 73, 121, 152-154;
reluctance to attend, 155;
restriction of franchise in, iii. 99-101;
new, created under the Tudors, iv. 234, 235;
change in character of their representatives, 234, 235;
qualification of members for, 235;
the Five, i. 117, 120.
_See_ Towns

Borough-moot, the, i. 296

Boscawen, Admiral, vii. 266

Boston, outrage of barons on merchants at, ii. 116

Boston (Massachusetts),
its foundation, v. 310, 311;
occupied by British troops, viii. 14;
tea-riots at, 17, 18;
siege of, 22, 23

Bosworth Field, battle of, iii. 172

Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, iv. 226, 229;
plots against Darnley, 242, 243;
contrives his death, 244;
charged with murder, _ib._;
marries Mary, 245;
flies, 246

Boulogne
captured by Henry VIII., iv. 30;
restored to France, 33, 57;
Napoleon's camp at, viii. 170, 171

Bourbon, Cardinal of, iv. 348, 369, 372

Bourbon, Charles, Duke of, iii. 246, 247, 269

Bouvines,
battle of, i. 342;
besieged by Flemings, ii. 234

Bow, the English, ii. 241, 242

Boxley, miraculous rood at, iii. 343

Boyle, Robert, vi. 166

Boyne, battle of the, vii. 71

"Boys," the, vii. 204, 226, 249

Brabant, John III., Duke of, ii. 227, 244

Brabant, John IV., Duke of, iii. 42, 43, 45

Brackley, barons meet at, i. 346

Braddock, General, vii. 245

Bradford on Avon, battle of, i. 87

Bradford, John, iv. 132

Bradshaw, John, vi. 66, 91, 101;
outrage on his corpse, 201

Bradwardine, Thomas, ii. 276

Bramber, Sir Nicholas, ii. 353

Bramham Moor, battle of, iii. 19

Brandywine, battle of, viii. 25

Braose, William de, i. 332

Breaute, Faukes de, ii. 4, 5

Brecknock
stormed by AEthelflaed, i. 118;
Mortimer routed at, ii. 88

Breda,
Declaration of, vi. 152;
Treaty of, 241, 243, 247

Breitenfeld, battle of, v. 275

Bremen, quarrel about, vii. 188, 189

Brentford captured b