eres to England, 20

Vitoria, battle of, viii. 202

Voltaire, his visit to England, vii. 152

Volunteers, the Irish, viii. 37

Wace, i. 174, 247

Wake, Baldwin, ii. 84, 86

Wakefield, battle of, iii. 78

Walcourt, skirmish at, vii. 50

Walcheren, English expedition to, viii. 188

Walden, Roger, Archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 371

Wales,
sources of its early history, i. 7;
its struggle with Mercia, ii. 46;
subject to the West Saxon kings, _ib._;
Harold's campaign in, i. 153, ii. 47;
William I.'s, i. 189, ii. 47;
William II.'s, i. 198, ii. 48;
Henry I.'s dealings with, 48;
Henry II.'s campaigns in, i. 232; ii. 53, 54;
Gerald de Barri's account of, i. 245, 274;
John's campaigns in, ii. 54, 55;
national revival in, 49-58;
Edward's first campaign in, 59;
outbreaks in, 65, 66;
Edward I.'s annexations in, 109;
conquest of, 119-121;
incorporated with England, 121;
revolts, 142, 143; iii. 9-12;
students from, at Oxford, i. 291;
Council of, v. 168.
_See_ Welsh

Walker, Obadiah, vii. 25

Wall, the Roman, i. 30

Wallace, William, ii. 167-169, 171

Wallenstein, v. 274

Waller, Edmund, vi. 325

Waller, Sir William,
defeated at Lansdowne Hill and Roundway Down, vi. 6;
his reception by the Parliament, 13;
joins Essex, 18, 19;
defeated at Cropredy bridge, 22;
retires, 35

Wallingford, treaty of, i. 227

Wallington, Nehemiah, v. 72, 73, 94

Wallis, Dr. John, vi. 132

Wallis, Captain, vii. 277

Walloons, fugitive Protestant, in England, iv. 51, 58

Walpole, Robert, vii. 134;
his temper, 178;
policy, 179-181;
in the Townshend ministry, 182;
resigns, 190;
defeats the Peerage Bill, 191;
returns to office, _ib._;
head of the Government, 192, 193;
his peace policy, 193, 194;
finance, 195, 196;
his policy of inaction, 197;
towards Catholics and Nonconformists, 198;
relations with George II., 200;
Excise Bill, 195, 201-203;
his jealousy of his colleagues, 203;
strives to avoid war, 215, 217;
loss of his power, 218;
consents to war with Spain, _ib._;
plans of alliance with Russia and Prussia, 220;
fall, 222;
rejects the project for an American Excise, 241

Walsingham, Sir Francis, iv. 119; v. 63

Walsingham's _History_, i. 274; ii. 177, 179; iii. 98

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