James II.'s dealings with, vii. 24-26

Urban V., Pope, ii. 275

Uriconium burnt by the West Saxons, i. 38

Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, v. 290, 353; vi. 199

Utrecht,
treaty of, vii. 141;
Union of, iv. 312

Uxbridge, negotiations at, vi. 38

Vacarius, i. 283, 285

Valence, Aymer de, Bishop of Winchester, ii. 33

Valence, Aymer de, Earl of Pembroke, ii. 174, 183

Valence, William de, Earl of Pembroke, ii. 33

Val-es-Dunes, battle of, i. 158

Valois, Charles of, ii. 208

Vane, Sir Harry, the elder, vi. 102

Vane, Sir Harry (the younger),
leader of the Independents, v. 354; vi. 45;
negotiates with Scotland, 14, 108;
opposes ordinance against heresy, 60;
re-creates a navy, 78;
his policy, 86, 89;
attacks the Protectorate, 148;
exempted from pardon, 195;
executed, 204

Vannes, Henry of Lancaster sails from, ii. 373

Varangians, i. 167

Varaville, battle of, i. 158

Vassy, massacre of Protestants at, iv. 208

Vaudois, massacre of, vi. 123

Vendome, Louis Joseph, Duke of, vii. 134

Venner, leader of Fifth-Monarchy men, vi. 182

Verden, quarrel about, vii. 188, 189

Vere, Robert de (third Earl of Oxford), i. 343

Vere, Robert de (ninth Earl of Oxford), ii. 350, 351, 353;
Duke of Ireland, 377

Vere, Sir Horace, v. 219

Vergil, Polydore, ii. 180

Verneuil, battle of, iii. 39

Verney, Sir Edmund, v. 369

Verney, Sir Ralph, v. 72

Vernon, Admiral, vii. 219, 221

Vervins, treaty of, v. 60, 62

Vesci, Eustace de, i, 335, 347

Vienne, John de, ii. 349

Village, the English, i. 10, 11;
its organization after the Norman Conquest, 322

Villars, Marshal, vii. 134

Villenage
unknown in Kent, ii. 320;
demand for its abolition in the eastern counties, 321;
dies out, 333; iii. 65

Villeneuve, Admiral, viii. 172

Villeins, i. 133, 321-323;
their relations with the lord, 323-325;
rise into yeomen, ii. 240, 241;
attempts to check their enfranchisement, 256, 257, 266, 267, 335;
revolt of, _see_ Peasant Revolt

Villeroy, Duke of, vii. 125, 126

Villiers, George, v. 207-210.
_See_ Buckingham

Vimiera, battle of, viii. 187

Vinegar Hill, battle of, viii. 130

Virginia discovered, iv. 345;
settled, v. 307, 308;
heads resistance to the Stamp Act, vii. 330;
remonstrates against taxation, viii. 14;
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