see_ Welsh.

Labourers, Statute of, 248, 268.

Lambeth, ford over the Thames at, 20.

Lancaster, Duke of (John of Gaunt), makes unsuccessful war
in France, 257;
heads the anti-clerical party, 260;
opposes the Black Prince, 262;
reverses the proceedings of the Good Parliament, _ib._;
supports Wycliffe, 263;
takes the lead at the accession of Richard II., 266;
goes to Spain, 279;
marries Catherine Swynford, 282.

Lancaster, Earl of (Thomas), opposes Edward II., 225;
execution of, 228.

Lanfranc trusted by William I., 88;
becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, 106;
crowns William II., 114;
death of, 117.

Langland, William, 259.

Langton, Stephen, chosen Archbishop of Canterbury at Rome, 177;
allowed by John to come to England, 180;
produces a charter of Henry I., 181;
his part in obtaining the Great Charter, 182.

Latimer, Lord, impeached, 262.

Lawrence, Archbishop of Canterbury, keeps Kent Christian, 41.

Layamon's Brut, 207.

Leicester, Anglian settlement at, 36;
earldom of, inherited by Simon de Montfort, 193.

Leicester, Earl of, shares the Justiciar's office with Richard
de Lucy, 140.

Le Mans, sieges of, 121.

Leo IX., Papacy of, 88.

Leofric, Earl of the Mercians, 85, 90.

Leofwine, Earl of the Mercians, 84.

Leofwine, son of Godwine, earl of the shires about the Thames, 90.

Leopold, Duke of Austria, imprisons Richard I., 161.

Lewes, battle of, 201.

Lewis III. (the Bavarian), Emperor, supports Edward III., 235.

Lilla gives his life for his lord, 44.

Limoges taken by the Black Prince, 257.

Lincoln (_see_ Lindum), settlement of the Lindiswaras round, 28;
establishment of the see of, 107;
Stephen taken prisoner at, 135;
cathedral at, 171, 207.

Lincoln, Earl of, killed at Stoke, 347.

Lindiswaras, settlement of, 28;
possible advance of, 36.

Lindum, Roman city at, 20;
Anglian settlers round, 28.

Liveries, _see_ Maintenance and Livery.

Llewelyn, career of, 140.

Loidis conquered by Eadwine, 43.

Lollards, the, rise of, 269;
Oldcastle's leadership of, 300.

Londinium, _see_ London.

London, early importance of the position of, 20;
foundation of the bishopric of, 40;
its commercial position under the kings of Essex, _ib._;
acquired and fortified by AElfred, 62, 63;
attacked by Olaf Trygvasso