lbinus, friend of Baeda, i. 94

Alcwine, letters of, i. 4

Alderman of a gild, i. 299

Aldfrith, king of Northumbria, i. 91

Aldgate, Priory of Holy Trinity at, i. 223

Alencon,
William the Conqueror's vengeance on, i. 179;
reduced by Henry V., iii. 33

Alencon, Francis, Duke of. _See_ Anjou

Alexander III., Pope, i. 235

Alexander I., Czar of Russia, viii. 164, 180, 198, 202

Alexander III., king of Scots, ii. 135

Alfred of Beverley, i. 246

Alfune founds St. Giles', Cripplegate, i. 223

Algiers bombarded by Blake, vi. 116

Allen, Dr. William, iv. 307, 310, 353, 354;
his _Defense of the English Catholics_, 354

Alleyn, Joseph, vi. 223

Alliance, Grand, vii. 49;
its success, 79, 80, 88;
breaks up, 89;
the second, 107;
Triple, vi. 249; vii. 185

Almanza, battle of, vii. 134

Alva, Ferdinand Alvarez, Duke of, iv. 225, 257, 258, 298, 300, 335

Amboise,
conspiracy of, iv. 175;
edict of, 217

America,
early settlements in, iv. 329, 330, 345;
Puritan emigration to, v. 308-314, 319, 320;
English colonies in, vii. 236;
their progress, 237;
slavery in, _ib._;
education in, 238;
their political condition, 239, 240;
relations with England, 241, 243, 244;
strife with the French, 249;
Pitt's policy in, 266;
relations with England after the Seven Years' War, 280-283;
Bute's policy towards, 310, 311;
Grenville's, 320, 321, 326;
English and American theories of their relation to England, 320-325;
renewed attempt at taxation of, viii. 3, 4, 14;
war with England, 22-26, 32;
French settlements in, vii. 232, 242, 243;
ceded to England, 307;
Spanish conquests in, iv. 329, 330;
English trade with, vii. 216;
United States of, declare their independence, viii. 24;
alliance with France, 28;
peace with England, 41;
importance of their independence, 42-44;
increase of their carrying trade through the Continental System,
177;
embargo on trade with Europe, 182;
pass an Act of Non-Intercourse with England and France, 183;
repeal it, 184;
cease intercourse with Great Britain, 192;
war with England, 198, 203-205

Amherst, General, vii. 266, 267, 269

Amiens,
Mise of, ii. 68;
Peace of, viii. 167

Ancrum Moor, battle of, iv. 29

Anderida (Pevensey) destroyed by Saxons, i