c, 85, 87;
under AElfgar and Eadwine, 90.

Mercians, the, distinguished from the Middle English, 36.

Merciless Parliament, the, 280.

Merton College, foundation of, 207.

Middle English, the, first settlements of, 36.

Middle Saxons a branch of the East Saxons, 35.

Middlesex, Saxon settlement in, 35.

Ministerial responsibility, proposal to establish, 195.

Mirebeau, Eleanor besieged in, 174.

Mise of Amiens, the, 200.

Mohammedanism, origin and spread of, 54.

Molynes, Lord, ill-treats John Paston, 321.

Mona (Anglesey) conquered by Suetonius, 14.

Monasticism, character of early, 39;
converts made in England by, 40;
character of Irish, 47;
Benedictine, 128.

Monks contrasted with Friars, 191.

Montague, Lord, made Earl of North-humberland, 331;
is deprived of the earldom, 333;
turns against Edward IV., and is killed at Barnet, 332.

Montfort, de, _see_ Simon de Montfort.

Morkere, becomes Earl of North-humberland, 90;
is present at Eadgar's election, 98;
submits to William, 102;
is banished, 103.

Mortimer, Edmund, _see_ March, Earl of.

Mortimer, Roger, paramour of Queen Isabella, 229;
governs in the name of Edward III., 231;
is hanged, 232.

Mortimer, Sir Edmund, imprisoned by Glendower, 293.

Mortimer's Cross, battle of, 328.

Mortmain, Statute of, 212.

Morton, Thomas, Bishop of Ely, afterwards Cardinal and Archbishop
of Canterbury, gives advice to Buckingham, 341, 342;
his 'fork,' 349.

Mount Badon, British victory at, 28.

Mowbray, Robert of, rebellion of, 120.

Navarrete, battle of, 255.

Navy, AElfred's, 60.

Neolithic man, 3.

Nevill, influence of the family of, 324.

Nevill, George, Archbishop of York, deprived of the
Chancellorship, 332.

Nevill's Cross, battle of, 242.

Newark, death of John at, 185.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, foundation of, 120.

New Forest, the, making of, 110;
death of William II. in, 122.

Nigel, Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of Henry I., Stephen's attack on, 134;
is reappointed Treasurer, 140.

Norfolk, origin of the name of, 28.

Norfolk, Duke of, banished by Richard II., 283.

Norfolk, Earl of, _see_ Bigod, Roger.

Norham, award of the crown of Scotland at, 216.

Norman Conquest, the, 96-103.

Normandy, early dukes of, 80;
institutions of, 81;
its condition under Robert, 118;